I always forget what an endless slog of grey February is. Constant cloud cover even when there isn't rain or snow. I spend the month half-asleep. I'm in the second week of K's work trip and that's certainly contributing to my February gloom. We're doing ok, but it's just a lot trying to keep everything afloat. If I've worn my Critical Role ( Read more... )

Adventures in breastfeeding: I have a blocked milk duct. It's about as fun as it sounds! It's not serious, just uncomfortable. I think about talking about breastfeeding and how my boobs have changed and how my perception of them has changed, but then I'm not really sure anyone wants to hear that much about my boobs.

Certainly no one wants to hear ( Read more... )

Today was a bad brain day. Sometimes they happen, and sometimes my brain doesn't give a shit about bad timing. I get that. Sometimes it's enough to just get to the other side of the day, and I did.

I tend to hum - a little obsessively, honestly - when I'm anxious. Sometimes I'll even sing to myself. The same couple of verses, over and over. This ( Read more... )

Today was a crazy day at work, full of personnel problems and technology problems and technology problems exacerbated by personnel problems, and basically, I shouldn't have spent so much time listening to Force Over Distance because when I zoned in on iPad syncing station repair, my internal monologue gently slid into Scottish ( Read more... )

I had a flash of my own supervillain origin story moment this morning on the way into work. I was listening to NPR (always a mistake to listen to radio news instead of Fall Out Boy) and heard the President's blistering speech about the complete failure of the Senate to pass any gun reform. I was enraged all at once about how little anyone seems to ( Read more... )

Ok, it's mini-disasterpalooza over here today! I forgot my phone at home on the day I need to make several important phone calls; re: the phone thing, I forgot I have two-part verification on for my email which means I can't open my email unless I can enter the text code on my phone fine FINE; I'm in a work situation where I'm taking on extra work ( Read more... )

( Cut for politics and some ridiculousness of being queer and wanting a kid. If we disagree politically, this is not the place for you to try to change my mind. )

You guys, this weekend I had to dust my chickens and all of their roost and play areas with something called diatomaceous earth, which is, it turns out, also a stabilizing agent in dynamite. I don't know what to say beyond that ( Read more... )

Most of last week has been and most of this week will be swallowed up by work. My library has changed ILS software, we had some less than appropriately skilled people running the show, and right now we're suffering for it. Switching interfaces is definitely enough of a challenge for our staff, but the functions that aren't working the way we were ( Read more... )

Today and tomorrow are going to be crap days at work, and I know it and can't do anything to mitigate that. So! In the spirit of moving the fuck on, let's play.

Timestamp meme: Give me a timestamp sometime in the future or sometime before the start of one of my stories, and I'll tell you what's going on. (Bonus: if you pick a story that has a sequel ( Read more... )