@TrustyBird I love that you are so happy and gonna enjoy the winter storms. Makes me smile imagining you playing out in the snow. I myself am not looking forward to it but happy for those who are. @erntedank Covid sucks! Sorry that you are still feeling the lingering effects. Hope that hair cut brightened up your day. @garry great to see you on the Friday thread – lovely plan for a sober Friday! We are here for you if you find yourself needing a distraction. @ofmiceandroach Yeah to the first Friday sober – I do love the first’s The key for me was to change up my routine and keep myself busy. Chilling out and watching Netflix sounds perfect. Stock up on your favorite non alcoholic drinks (I had a lot of la croix in house). The little things really do help get over that hump. @mno thanks for that gif – love the sassy pants dance. Enjoy your three day break!
Happy Friday to all – I am grateful that we did not wake up to a dump of snow… it’s coming later today and I am prepared. I have a few major time consuming things to take care of which I plan on starting this afternoon and other than that a laid back Friday.
Wishing everyone a wonderful carefree Friday and weekend ahead!
We are having quite the winter storm here and managed to get out for a midday hike in it, fun but exhausting! Snow in my boots noooooo!!! My dog was not phased until we got to the top of the bluff and the wind was whipping. Then I said for the third time, “Ready to go home?” And she finally said yes, let’s go.
My wife has been interviewing at 2 companies, one was put on hold until after the holidays, the other, not sure where they are at in the process (they neither rejected or moved her along yet).
The jobs she’s looking at are drying up. She was hoping maybe some would open up after the new year, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The only thing that is happening is more and more layoffs in the thech industry, which is bad news for her. During COVID times, a lot of companies saw huge increase in sales/customers due to millions staying home and getting a lot of money from unemployment. Those companies bloated their work force and now, times are tough for millions of people… and so the layoffs. That’s an over simplified version, but not far from reality.
Anyhow, the unemployment algorithm picked my wife to be audited, she had her first meeting today. Earlier this year, congress passed a bill to make it harder to defraud unemployment after billions was stolen in 2020-2021, this audit is the fallout of that. She’s fine, she’s been doing everything she needs to be doing and what not.
My boss moved on, as I’ve mentioned. He recently text me to say the HoofHearted at his new place just quit… so, there’s an opening. Great news, being my job future here is unknown, but it’s in another state. So, I’ll either convince them to let me work remote and commute once every X days, or relocate. I really don’t want to relocate.
Uf, it’s a tough spot to be in with the uncertainty. I feel for you, man. We went through that too many times in the last several years and one is too many. I don’t have kids…having them in the mix surely complicates everything too. Sending you hopeful vibes for best possible long term outcomes. Stability is so important. Thanks for the update.
I will be working the majority of the day and night. The joys of being a salaried director at a community based organization is that when I’m short staffed and underfunded that I get to do more work .
Resting this evening. Got an estimate gas bill. Horrifically high. Nonsense. We have a smart meter and still they did a guesstimate. Tomiro I will be on the phone
@RosaCanDo Love the snow pics! None here but I really enjoyed the stars and the cold air when I went out to fire the furnace in the dark morning.
@HoofHearted Sending love and good vibes to you & wife. Transition episodes are hard to pass and need a authentic focus on yourselfs and an open mind. Whatever will be, stay tuned and don’t forget that a gut feeling is a valid input. For today it’s to be just you.
@Englishd You crack me up, I laughed louder than I should. God am I grateful those times are behind me. I hear you
Looks so cold everywhere this year in the northern hemisphere, I’m currently dealing with 95% humidity and another scorching day coming up, and a shit load of mosquito’s
Well I am pleased to say I half white knuckled / half processed a very very hard Friday.
I used to feel around my mom that I was giving a load of good and positive solutions to what was always negative vitriol, bad vibes and constant critical thinking. I would try my hardest all the time to spin it to sound better, and in the end I had nothing left anymore to give as nothing I did was enough or pleasing. She just turned into this negative swamp of sorrow that I knew I had to walk through some days… I’m thinking of the never ending story now, I digress.
But you know when you kind of even bore yourself with the rut you are in. That me.
I made it through Friday safely, via the gym for a run and also a swim. Kind of proud of my self to be honest.
The key for me was to change up my routine and keep myself busy. Chilling out and watching Netflix sounds perfect. Stock up on your favorite non alcoholic drinks (I had a lot of la croix in house). The little things really do help get over that hump.
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to be just you.
a wonderfun get together with chats, fun and fucking amazing steaks ( yeah, I still got it 
