Nostr friends, my heart is broken today. My dad, my sweet Papa, died last night. My husband and I found him. I don't have the words to convey how much this hurts right now. He was one of my very best friends. We shared the same dark sense of humor. I know he is free from all his bodily pain and probably dancing with Jesus and rejoicing at being reunited with my mom.

Eh, I work for a large university. We're pretty much working all the time on "do more with less", so it's nothing new!

And you as well!

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GM Nostr friends. Off to another chilly morning here, but I got my coffee. Taking Lu in for a bath and haircut with her favorite groomer over lunch today. I'm excited for her to be able to see again - the fur around her forehead grows out and down, giving her what almost looks like bangs. Hubby is back to work today, but he said he feels like 💩 with 🌽 in it. Pretty great description! I'm choosing to be happy and grateful today. There are things getting me down (and my ever-present anxiety), but God's got this. Enjoy your Wednesday, people. That's an order. 🫡

Oh, I was pretty vocal about it in a large team meeting. Several people spoke up and sided with me, but it's more a question of resources. Always the 'do more with less' mentality. I doubt we're going to get any additional help, for a while anyway.

My workplace has started an initiative to make all public-facing documents and pages accessible. That's all well and great, but unfortunately they did not provide any training to staff, and told us that we had to get our areas tested and any issues submitted either to our local developers or our software provider by a certain date. I just got off a video meeting with my boss and the developer assigned to an issue I submitted, and I fumbled my way through the whole thing. We're fairly busy right now with regular system testing and other projects, and the "on high" leadership who decided to make this a thing have basically provided nothing to help us. I'm so frustrated, as there are deadlines approaching to get this all done, and no one on my team has any idea what we're doing.

GM Nostr friends. It's Tuesday, but also Veterans Day here in the US. If you served, thank you. If you are still on active duty, thank you. If you were the spouse/parent/child of someone who served and had to deal with missing large chunks of time together, thank you. Hubby is still sick today. He tried going to work, then turned around and came home. Said he's feeling better, but his voice is gravely and he's still coughing and stuffed up. His coworkers would murder him if he got them sick, so probably a smart move. I finally threw away our very dead plants from the front patio this past weekend and stacked up our outdoor chairs and table. Not much to winterize here with the 8x8 patio we're given as part of the town house, but it looks a little less chaotic now. No mistaking that winter is here. It's currently 32 out, and somewhat windy. Feels great when you first go outside, but by the time you come back in you realize multiple things went numb. Lu even galloped over to our garage door to go inside early instead of going around to the front door, which was odd because she LOVES the colder weather normally. Have a good day, all.

GM Nostr friends, and happy Monday! Hubby is home sick today. He's currently curled up in bed coughing and watching Youtube videos. It appears that despite getting the shot (same time as me) some weeks ago, he got the flu. Felt worse and worse during the day yesterday and by last night his skin hurt, kept going between hot/cold, head stuffed up, and eventually threw up before bed. My poor guy. Gotta go finish up some testing work for before the morning meetings begin. Have a good day, all.

That looks so warm and cozy! Daisy is a lucky girl.