Mishmash post [stress, sickness, a movie, and pastitsio]
Remember that tomorrow is More Joy Day!
I'm so glad to be in decent shape for my pair of deadlines tomorrow (if not as on top of things as I wish I were); US politics continue to have me in a general state of distress and anxiety, and I imagine tomorrow's going to be hellish in terms of focus, given everything.
(It's not my country, and it's been a long, long time now since I felt any real connection to the States, but as many of you know, my mother is from New York, and I grew up as a deeply fond visitor with family ties. So that's all bundled up in my feelings along with my fears for what the political climate means for my many American friends and for Canada as a country.)
scruloose has been home sick with a cold for most of the week. :/ So far I seem to be dodging it, and hopefully that'll continue, but it's another reason to be glad that my current deadlines turn over tomorrow; if I get sick in the next day or so, I'll have the leeway to rest up.
I've been sleeping more than usual this week, which could mean my system's actively fighting the bug off. I rather hope that's the case, honestly, because then I can chalk the oversleeping up to something that probably won't last too much longer.
scruloose, Ginny, Kas, and I saw Hidden Figures earlier this week. The internet promised that it'd be fantastic, and lo, the internet did not lie. Wonderful performances all around, and an amazing piece of history.
I'm so glad the movie's doing wonderfully; I wish I believed ~Hollywood~ will see that as anything but a fluke. More movies with glorious Black ladies, please!
Beforehand we grabbed dinner at a place Kas goes to for lunch that
scruloose and I had never been to (Ginny, I can't remember now if it was your first time too), and it had good pastitsio. Not nearly enough Greek places in town seem to have pastitsio, and the couple of other spots where I've had it in the past few years have been disappointing. This stuff wasn't life-changing or anything, but I'm delighted anyway, and glad to have a known food option in the vicinity that's tasty, a cut above fast food, not a chain, and less expensive than super-delicious-but-not-cheap Indian.
(There used to be a really affordable place with amazing pastitsio just a few minutes' walk from Casual Job, and I've still crushed that it's gone.)
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I'm so glad to be in decent shape for my pair of deadlines tomorrow (if not as on top of things as I wish I were); US politics continue to have me in a general state of distress and anxiety, and I imagine tomorrow's going to be hellish in terms of focus, given everything.
(It's not my country, and it's been a long, long time now since I felt any real connection to the States, but as many of you know, my mother is from New York, and I grew up as a deeply fond visitor with family ties. So that's all bundled up in my feelings along with my fears for what the political climate means for my many American friends and for Canada as a country.)
scruloose has been home sick with a cold for most of the week. :/ So far I seem to be dodging it, and hopefully that'll continue, but it's another reason to be glad that my current deadlines turn over tomorrow; if I get sick in the next day or so, I'll have the leeway to rest up.
I've been sleeping more than usual this week, which could mean my system's actively fighting the bug off. I rather hope that's the case, honestly, because then I can chalk the oversleeping up to something that probably won't last too much longer.
scruloose, Ginny, Kas, and I saw Hidden Figures earlier this week. The internet promised that it'd be fantastic, and lo, the internet did not lie. Wonderful performances all around, and an amazing piece of history.
I'm so glad the movie's doing wonderfully; I wish I believed ~Hollywood~ will see that as anything but a fluke. More movies with glorious Black ladies, please!
Beforehand we grabbed dinner at a place Kas goes to for lunch that
scruloose and I had never been to (Ginny, I can't remember now if it was your first time too), and it had good pastitsio. Not nearly enough Greek places in town seem to have pastitsio, and the couple of other spots where I've had it in the past few years have been disappointing. This stuff wasn't life-changing or anything, but I'm delighted anyway, and glad to have a known food option in the vicinity that's tasty, a cut above fast food, not a chain, and less expensive than super-delicious-but-not-cheap Indian.
(There used to be a really affordable place with amazing pastitsio just a few minutes' walk from Casual Job, and I've still crushed that it's gone.)
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