Another night laying awake staring at the ceiling. Tired of everything, but especially work. There's just no way to recharge enough anymore, given the state of things.

Fuck, even my basic-ass Federal tax return is absolutely savaged this year. Lowest refund I've ever gotten, I'm paying a lot more in taxes. o.O

Today has been a struggle. No time to get traction on any one task until there is a question, emergency, or something that requires me to lane switch 'just for a minute.' Not feeling I'm getting much actually done. I feel like I should be better at this, and am disappointed in myself. :|

I am such a bad dog, sneaking out of work 25 min early. Such a rebel, that Whiskey.

For the first time in forever I accidentally used 'www.reddit.com' instead of 'old.reddit.com' and I think my retinas burst into flame. That is some ugly and unusable site design, that is.

First day of work in a long while that I've felt accomplished and uplifted after finishing. Feels good, man.

anyone in the seattle area or even just pnw in general know anyone who would sell an RV?

Therapy appointment first thing in the AM, then time to head into work. Had some rough dreams about my schedule (and lack of ability to perform well, apparently) and I am hoping that all that will have just been dreams. I think all of us deserve an easy Monday, frankly!

Judging from all the exuberant explosions in my neighborhood, a significant sportsball must have been won.

Clucking bell, you can't even make a 'mmm, cozy escape away from the horrors temporarily' post without a bazillion bots coming out of the woodwork to interact with it. This place is gross sometimes - I miss the days of locking one's account down and getting to choose who sees what.

There's a video out there of ice lynching a man. Don't watch it. It will not help you or others to traumatize yourself. Spend the time you would have spent watching it/wanting to vomit and scream making a donation to somewhere in Minnesota, or if you can't, researching where you can help locally.

24F out this morning - I was pondering going out for breakfast, but I'm thinking coffee and a warm blanket are sounding pretty nice too.

This bulgogi salad will fix me. :9

Delete your #tiktok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY DO IT NOW His friends are officially in the driver seat now They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff

Coworkers geeking out about Final Fantasy 11, getting super into it and enthusiastic. Love to hear it!

Gruh. If there's time to post there's time to speed run the basics to fix this. Snack. Water. Shower. Let's do this. XD

Man. Today was going so well and now after that commute I don't know what changed, it's just that my brain is suddenly full of bees.

This Office 365 outage at work is making for a peaceful and email free afternoon.

Okay, this little family owned deli within 5 min of work was a great find. *wag*

Because I really need sleep but wanted to get something out there, I decided to break my investigation into yiffpersonality into parts. Enjoy!

I slept and feel a bazillion percent better, but now have a small fever of 99. I guess that's the universe telling me to spend the morning wrapping up critical work obligations at home, then take the rest of the day as sick time.

Oh thank heaven. Got in touch with my co-host for today's sponsor audit - she's my trainer, I was going to shadow. She's got this covered and I can take the sick day. This must sound insane to all my friends in Europe where labor laws are actually there to help.

Been trying to fall asleep for the last 3 hours or so. Really wishing I could afford to take a sick day tomorrow, at this rate... Insomnia stinks.

Woke up too early again, but went to bed early too so it all came out in the wash. Skulking around a quiet dark house for a wake and bake, nesting in blankets and reading... Mornings can be good sometimes.

It's nice and clear and sunny, but that means it's cold too! Bundled up and sitting out back listening to a woodpecker put in some work.

This is just stunning. Positively stunning (no pun intended.) Always something to aspire to.

Quiet foggy morning; here's hoping for an easy Friday.

Waking up and realizing this is the last day you have to write your self eval at work.

I feel a sinus cold coming on, please send Sudafed (and a nice steam room with a shower, cause a dog can dream.)

This bagel is absolutely delicious (but now I have cream cheese stuck in my mustache and clean up attempts are going to require more than the single crumpled napkin I possess.)

Blerg. My twenty minute commute took an hour. Hoping that doesn't bode.

Looks like there was a nasty car crash on the way to work, I've been stuck on this off-ramp for 15 minutes. I hope they're okay, but I also want to smack whoever is responsible. Grr. Rar.

Puppy with flower

My therapist advised me to try to be more present in the moment, especially when I get anxious or nervous. Meditation, emptying my head, sure. I can do that. But being mindful? Paying full attention? Shits hard, y'all. The present moment is frustratingly difficult to concentrate on. :|

Just shy of 1k people have now noted their stance on the bill, and the ratio of Pro vs. Con is roughly 1 : 25. Rookie numbers, pump it up.

You know what, chores are done and all work related issues can wait until tomorrow. Time for an edible and a day of wending my way through Guild Wars 2's story. FF14 really spoiled me, at least up to Dawntrail. This instead is... fine? Question Mark? The gameplay really does slap, though!

HEY WASHINGTON FURRIES WANT TO GIVE FURAFFINITY YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO? WANT TO SHOW ID FOR FUCKING *BLUESKY*??? CALL YOUR FUCKING REPS I SWEAR TO GOD HB 2112 WILL FUCK YOU UP app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112 app.leg.wa.gov/memberemail/

Washington State residents: they’re trying to pull online age verification bullshittery here too. This bill would require people to upload their ID/credit card to view online adult content. You can complain to your reps here: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112

I am so tired of waking up every morning tense, alert, and in full fight or flight. Especially when you wanted to sleep past 5. Guess I'm up, what to do what to do...

Home. High. Hungry. *waits patiently for tacos*

Sometimes I wish I was hourly just for the overtime...

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Jumpy and nervous dog is very jumpy and nervous at work today.

Ooof, three big adrenaline / panic work moments in a row, all related to mistakes I thought I was being told I made before I realized someone was forwarding something one of my reports audited and may have missed. People get so accusatory they forget to communicate!

I need a distraction. Anyone I know play GW2 and want to run Battle of Lion's Arch later? XD

Fucking hell.

I just am completely incapable of getting this song out of my head. Also, go play Dispatch. :3 youtu.be/ffwWRqpmUc8?...

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/