Half the people I saw at the grocery store today were in masks. What the f*ck people, what the f*ck. I guess the fear porn about Omicron is paying dividends for the powers that be.

I just got informed by my father-in-law, as he was leaving after a three day visit, that if he had known in advance that we were not vaccinated they wouldn't have come; he has recovered from cancer and his immune system is shot, so even though he has the vaccines and the booster, covid could kill him.

So let me get this straight, he wasn't deterred ( Read more... )

You know what's exhausting? Being angry and sad all the time while trying to act like you're not angry and sad. All the time. Oh, and being worried...about EVERYTHING.

So many things out of my control right now.

My need to control freak about something has led me to control freaking about my daughter's online class, that she doesn't even know how to ( Read more... )

Wednesday.

Done. Cleaning not finished to my standards because the manager suddenly wanted to get the inspection out of the way before close of shop 12:30. Bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen (besides wiping out the fridge) were done, and only light cleaning in the livingroom/dining room left, but I was planning on an extra hour when H got off work to ( Read more... )

When I went to do my grocery shopping in freedom today I had an unpleasant surprise. A new sign was at the grocery store entrance: In accordance with the CDC, blah blah blah, all customers must wear a mask, blah, blah, blah.

I did minimal shopping in my shemahg, then did a longer trip at a store I hadn't shopped in since the mask mandate went down ( Read more... )

I woke up feeling rotten today. Not, I have a virus rotten, just a tired, headachy, dehydrated, lazy as f*ck, sort of rotten.

It's tricky.

I realize we are very blessed and in a very good place, even with all the crazy sh*t going on in the world these days. I realize there are folks in much worse shape than we are.

But...

I still want to whine.

I ( Read more... )

Tired.

I need to get more sleep.

I'm not good at waiting for other people to do what they need to do before I can do what I need to do. Especially when they aren't proceeding in a timely fasion.

I am a control freak after all.

Elizabeth Warren was advocating for universal childcare. She insisted that one way this will pay for itself is freeing up women to go into the workplace. I assume this translates to increased tax revenue in her mind. It also continues to undermine the value of parents. What about the crazy idea of a stay at home parent? A choice to live on one ( Read more... )

Let me be clear. I don't own an Amazon or Google home device, I don't own a nest or a roomba. I don't have my phone set up with Google assistant, and I don't have a device that runs Siri. I didn't Google anything about donating blood. I didn't post on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook about donating blood. Even though I gave my cell number to the ( Read more... )

Spring is trying to kill me.

PS. This is just me wanting to whine about it, I'm not looking for solutions. I'll muddle through like I always do. Muddling will just include a fair bit of sneezing, sniffling, itchy eyes, and general blurriness, until the worst is over.