Perfecting the Art of Insanity, One Day at a Time
Sidestep Today was my last day at my job. To clarify: not my last day at work, or even at this company. My long-term project is being phased out, and I’m moving to a different department. The change is an ouch in the wallet because it means no more automatic overtime. On the other hand,…
Fair warning. This a mostly text/talky post. I edited a lot out. I divided it into smallish segments. It’s still longer than I’ve written in a while. Countdown Today marks exactly one month from the start of my mini-cation. I’m scheduled for five consecutive days off. We have plans. Our “base camp” for the first…
A combo of G’s health and the local temperatures mean his woodworking subsided on a similar trajectory to the garage sales. Which is to say, they’re nonexistant for at least the next couple of months. He still keeps an eye out for deals, though. And since woodworking is becoming problematic for him regardless of the…
Mother Nature decided we needed WEATHER tonight. We get our share of dust and wind, Sometimes we get storms with rain — occasionally lots of rain. A few years ago we got the tail end of a hurricane that dumped more than six inches of rain onto the Phoenix metro area, over the span of…
When I was in school in the Midwestern USA, we had a dress code, at least through junior high school. It was strict: dresses only for girls, length regulated, blah blah blah. We moved to Arizona in February the year I was in 8th grade, midway through my second year of junior high school. Whiplash…