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Friday, overnight to Saturday at usual house.
Saturday, overnight to Sunday at usual house.
Monday, overnight to Tuesday at new house.
Tuesday, overnight to Wednesday at new house.
Wednesday, run home, get four hours of sleep, run back to work for 4-12 shift, ask N if he can stay late so I can leave early because I'm doing the overnight at the new house. Thank goodness the bus gets me right there.

That's seven shifts. Today I sleep, and tomorrow night I do it again because I do actually need cash this week and next.

(This other house has a cleaning checklist for the overnight shift. The manager assured me that it's not really intended to be all done each night except the laundry. Good to know, because I did none of it last night. All of it the night before, none of it this night so I could be more awake and focused for the morning part of the shift, the part that involves dealing with the people.)

Incidentally, anybody who tells you that working with intellectually disabled adults is super rewarding or inspiring is just lying. It's mostly laundry, and there's just nothing inspiring about laundry.

It's a necessary job, and I like helping people, but during the work part of work? Mostly I'm doing their laundry. Sometimes making their beds, or helping them shower, or making lunches.

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1) Lunch on my sunny balcony where I’m mostly shielded from the wind

2) Reading one of those books that I bought some time ago but never got to ^^

3) Possibly going to an art fair this evening

beanside

Well, fuck. The nausea wasn't all the stomach bug. Some of it was the Mounjaro. I gave myself the shot on Tuesday afternoon and by 10am yesterday I was feeling nauseous and now I've added the repeated bathroom runs. This is no bueno, and Mounjaro will not be coming on vacation with us. I'll just skip it for a week and restart when I come back. Because apparently, side effects will ease up in a few weeks, but I am not feeling like this on my vacation. Just hell no.

Once we get home, I'll restart and give it a couple weeks to see if it settles down. I'm going to be on a ship with unlimited free food. I am not spending the week nauseous.

We've got Jess mostly packed. Being nonbinary frees up a lot of luggage space apparently. They don't have to worry about dresses or which shoes to take. They've got a pair of tennis shoes and a pair of crocs for the pool and that's it. We have a couple of more shirts to pack once they're washed today, and after that, I think they're done. Their suitcase topped out at a whopping 30lbs. Mine for comparison is 43. They'll have to pack their carry on bag but knowubg Jess that won't be very much stuff either. Fancy night is much easier when you don't have to pack a ton of extras.

We've all got very bright or saturated colors for our bags to make them easier to see on the baggage claim. Mine will probably be toughest to see, as it is a very pretty gunmetal/navy color. Jess' is a bright teal, my sister's is dark purple and the BIL has forest green. We should be good, I hope.

Yesterday was very busy. I spent most of the morning frantically paddling through the pile of messages and emails, and then moved to shifting people into the slots that were open. It was a good day for that. I had no less than 3 people tell me that I was their favorite person. One nearly cried with relief that we could get them in to check the breast mass.

After work, I was going to go pick up meats at the punjab market, but I felt assy. I think I'm going to order from instacart to get the meat for Yoda's food. Cooking it will be a fresh bit of hell, because it smells bad and icky when my stomach is in top form. I don't think it'll be any better with an upset stomach.

Tomorrow night, we go to get Yoda. THe pictures continue to be adorable. Yesterday, he apparently got a poopy butt, but they're taking care of it. We have lots of good pictures, and it sounds like he's doing well. It's been really quiet in the house. I even miss him barking at our neighbors. We also have an open house at a newly opened spa. I probably won't stay long, but if I can get a seated massage, I'd be happy. Of course, that is contingent on how I'm feeling on Mounjaro.

( Holy Shit, 7 days )We have games set up all this weekend. I've got Blades on Friday, then Marchen on Saturday, and then

poisontaster is running Prophecy of the Nine Omens, which is always super fun. I'm also going to be doing a lot of cooking, so that Yoda will have food for our trip.

I'm really proud of him for being such a good little gentleman. Every other report card we get talks about how sweet he is, and how he's a pleasure to work with, which is lovely to hear. He can be such a little asshole sometimes, but it's nice to see that someone else sees the good side. I really can't wait to pick him up tomorrow. I've missed him horribly. I'm not looking forward to putting him back in 5 days later, but he really needed a couple of stays for lead up to vacation, and after the pet sitter decided he was "too wild," we didn't have much time to do it in.

One of his report cards says that he's really opening up to them, which is good to hear. I want him to be comfortable and as stress free as possible.

I plan to get a visit package, so that he can go for a few days here and there after we're back. I feel like that would be good for him. And he'll spend the night when we go to see Rocky Horror and Weird Al.

I mentioned in the cut part that if anyone wants a post card from Canada or Alaska, I bought some postcard stamps. Just send me a message with your info and I'll do my best to send you one. If you have a specific city you want it from, let me know. We're going to Seattle, Vancouver, Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway.

And now, I shall go forth and get myself together. Everyone have a wonderful Thursday!

dine

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Challenge 299:
UPRISING

It’s dangerous. Even success will probably result in some collateral damage, and failure could have catastrophic consequences. But sometimes, things are just so bad that there’s really only one way out: rising up and doing something about it, no matter the costs along the way.

Would your characters participate in an uprising, given the chance? Would they lead it? Or would they try to stop it, for whatever reason? How does it work out for them?

Write a story about an uprising.

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silver_chipmunk

Got up at 10:00 and had breakfast and coffee. Showered and dressed.

At 1:00 I left for Flushing to meet

mashfanficchick for lunch. I went to the bank first, then went to meet zer at Duane Reade. But ze called and said that there were delays on the E train, and ze was going to switch to the bus instead. That meant I had a longer time to wait, so I went to wait in the Flushing Library, However it's closed for renovations, so instead I went to Hey Tea, the bubble tea place I went to awhile ago, to wait there.

My order took an awfully long time for some reason, though it was quite tasty. I was just finishing it when ze got there. We were going to go to the rice noodle place, but for some reason their A health department rating has been shifted to Rating Pending. So since we didn't know why they lost the A, we decided to go somewhere else.

We went to the food court of one of the shopping markets there, and got skewers of spicy stuff. I got two skewers of lamb and on of mushrooms. Delicious.

Then we did some quick shopping in the store, and then went to my place.

The first thing i did was put in a very quick Shipt order, because I needed creamer for my coffee tomorrow. Then we cleaned the cat pan. Ze emptied it and took out the litter, I opened the new litter and filled the pan.

Then we started on the Christmas stuff. We got the tree undecorated without any breakage, which always makes me happy. It took a long time, and was hot even though I opened the living room window as much as I dared (because of the cat) and turned on the fan. But it is done, and all the decorations in the apartment are down and everything is neatly packed away.

Then I got out the box for the tree itself, and while I had the box out and the TV moved, I got out the boxes of the ashes of my parents, which have been behind the TV under the Christmas tree box for years. I put them under the table the printer is on (Oldest Brother's ashes are on top of the printer). That's so I have easy access to them for taking them upstate to the cottage in July.

Then I got the Christmas tree in the box and behind the TV where it stays all year. And I have a more normal apartment now.

Then we took a break, to rest for a bit. And then we took care of the turtle tank. The water was low, and needed changing, so I used my nifty pump and we did that. I drained it and

mashfanficchick dumped the water and carried buckets of clean water to refill it.

Then it was too late to go to Busy Bee, but J's Confections, the sweet shop, is open til 8:00, so we went there. Ze had bubble tea, I had a mango milkshake. We stayed there til a bit after 7:00.

Then ze went home, and I went home too and Teamed the FWiB. At 8:00 I popped into Discord to see if anyone was there for D&D (the DM is away tonight and next week) but no one was, so we kept talking til about 8:30.

Then I caught up on my internet reading, and called the Kid who didn't answer and pointed out to me by text that we spoke last Thursday. *grumble*

Then it was pet feeding time and I fed the pets, and started here. All-in-all a very productive day.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2.

mashfanficchick

3. The rain held off til the evening.

4. Bubble tea.

5. The Christmas decorations are away!

6. Cleaner turtle tank.

Current Mood: accomplished

jo posting in

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Ted Lasso season 4 will start streaming on August 5 on Apple TV+!!!

Here's the teaser:

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Season 5 premieres on May 14.

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beanside

It's Hump day! Thank goodness, we're halfway through the week. This week and the three days next week are just going to drag on forever.

Yesterday was a quiet day. I spent most of it trying to fill a cardiac MRI, but I swear, no one wanted it. Fortunately, one of my coworkers finally filled it in, because I was ripping my hair out. I swear, I called over 45 people. Half didn't answer the other half felt like July was just fine for their heart scan. After that, I tried to start filling the Cardiac Schedule for Columbia, but the stystem wouldn't let me, so I'll need to wait a bit for that to get fixed.

After that, with everyone's stomachs behaving themselves, I ran out and got some Italian food from a place that opened nearby. The food was very good but lord, we have so many leftovers. I'm planning to have my short rib ravioli for breakfast. Sadly, I ate the shrimp scampi appetizer, but it was SO good.

We got another good report card for Yoda, which was nice. I really like this place. They send twice daily "report cards" which are usually kind of cutesy and positive, I'm sorry pawsitive. Even the corny, cutesy stuff makes me inordinately happy. He seems pretty good, but I've been a little worried that he was stressed, and that's why he was being such a total love pig to the staff, because we hadn't seen a full body picture where his tail was up. well, yesterday's pictures alleviated that worry with this picture.

He looks so happy! I nearly cried. I'm missing him something fierce, but that did help to settle my nerves that they're the right people to leave him with.

Then, we sat down and watched the rest of the video series of the British couple taking the same trip we are, which was very nice and relaxing.
( Yup, she's about to spew random vacation thoughts again )
Tonight I have to go pick up some meats so that I can make the dogs food. I've got lamb and goat and chicken gizzards and livers. The stinkier the better for Yoda. I'm going to go on a cooking spree over the next few days, so that we have enough food for his kennel stay. I need 24 packets, and I usually get 7-10 packets our of a batch, so I've got at least three or four cooking sessions between now and Tuesday. I also need to make more of the food to hold him from Friday night til Tuesday. By the time we take him on Wednesday morning, I will need to have made at least 36 packets minimum on hand. IT might be slightly less, because I still have some in the freezer from the last time I cooked.

So tomorrow, I'll start cooking and vacuum sealing. They like us at the daycare, because we bring pre-portioned food that makes it easy for them to dump and go. Also because we have "the sweetest dog," who is "a pleasure to work with." Go figure.

The good thing is that aside from sealing, the cooking isn't that labor intensive. Throw meat into pot at 7:30am with water to cover. Boil until 10am, when you pull the meat and bones and then throw in veggies and rice. (he's especially fond of sweet potatoes or butternut squash and green beans) Boil them until tender/done and put the meat back in at lunch time. Cover, and portion and seal it after work.

On Friday, a spa that we have gone to is opening a new location near us, so after work, we're going to go visit, and have free seated massages. Then, it'll be off to get a dog who will. yell at us.

We're going to have a quiet weekend, and tie up any last little things that we need to do before we leave.

Okay, time for me to hop off and get myself ready for work. I've only got 6 more work days before we go. They're going to feel super long and dragged out, I know. Everyone have an amazing Wednesday!

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1) Gorgeous weather! Going to enjoy lunch in the sunshine and cycling to training

2) Reading a good book

3) Dinner with friends from volley. Really looking forward to that, it's been a while since I've last seen some of them... ^^

dine

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conuly

Anybody able to recommend a library or ten that allows for nonresident digital cards?

There’s a series I was reading, and the three libraries in NYC have books 1 - 4 and then 9 - 11. I don’t like it enough to pay for just the missing books. I still want to read them. More library systems, that I would pay for. (And hopefully get these books.)

silver_chipmunk

Got up at 10:00 and made it out of bed by 10:30, so bravo to me. Had breakfast and coffee.

Checked the mail, got another letter from the organization that says I may be being overcharged on my rent. They said if I emailed them they would get the paperwork for the past rents on this apartment for me, so I figured what could I lose? I emailed them that I was interested, and I got a response from them tonight that the paperwork will be sent to me directly and I just send them pictures of it when I get it.

I got the email notice that the magazine I ordered for the Kid was on its way to her, so I texted her about that and several other things as well. No response yet of course.

Then I took a shower and washed my hair. I got dressed, and took out a bag of recycling. While I was walking around the block, I detoured to the mailbox and mailed the paperwork for Middle Brother.

Came back home, and puttered online for awhile, then went to the bedroom and got a load of laundry together. Lay down to relax after that and

mashfanficchick called. We discussed the past two days, and made plans for tomorrow, when ze is going to help me finally get my Christmas decorations down!

Eventually I figured I should take the laundry down so I got up and did that. Came back, and got on the computer, puttered online until it was time to Team the FWiB.

He had trouble with Teams tonight so we starte late, but we talked until I had to get off for my Al-anon meeting.

The meeting was very good, both M and S were there.

After that I had dinner and went to the bedroom. I called the Kid who didn't answer as usual. Played solitaire for awhile. I thought about downloading Seanan McGuire's 13th InCryptid book, which I haven't gotten around to despite it having been out for a few years. But I decided that I should finish the Jo Walton first.

Then it was pet feeding time, so I did that, and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Clean hair.

3. The possibility, even if slight, of lower rent.

4. Good weather.

5. Going to get the Christmas stuff down!

6. My meetings and the people there.

Current Mood: good

jo posting in

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And here's the teaser trailer:

Watch on YouTube

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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk

Reality TV is declining: "The declines have hit every subgenre, from cooking, design and home shows to travel and crime…There are fewer channels greenlighting fewer shows, and it all seems to be moving unstoppably to the bottom…there are no new shows right now." The article reports a large number of people leaving the industry.

Which shows would you miss if they ended? What shows do you wish would be produced?

camwyn

Ferry season started today. Well, yesterday, but I have WFH on Mondays and Fridays.

I don't care that the ferry ride adds half an hour each way to my commute and costs more than the bus plus the T. I'm not underground trying to sit despite people's elbows, shoulders, bags, etc. intruding into my seat's airspace. I'm not dealing with the urge to grab people and yell YOUR SMARTPHONE CAME WITH EARBUDS, IF YOU ARE WATCHING A VIDEO, WEAR THEM. I'm not underground being shaken around like a Red Devil paint mixer.

I saw the first common tern of the season today while I was waiting for the ferry.

Totally worth it.

dark_kana posting in

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1) a hot water bottle to relax my aching back/shoulder/neck muscles

2) enjoyed eating outside in the sunshine with hubby for lunch

3) lazy evening, going to work on my crochet project. Or read a library book

pshaw_raven

A couple of days ago, I was sitting next to the window when a Crow flew down and dropped half a bagel in the bird bath. He returned about an hour later to retrieve beakfulls of soggy bagel.

Every afternoon or evening since then, he's shown up again with hamburger buns and dropped them into the bird bath to soak. This is hugely entertaining for me, despite needing to wash out the bird bath every day so that the water doesn't get gross. I assume that someone is throwing stale bread out for the birds. But it was fun at first to wonder if the Crow was stealing buns from someone's backyard picnic table.

The in-shell peanuts are also a big hit, but I haven't seen a Crow come around early in the morning like they used to in order to load up before the squirrels got them all.

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Frugit - She Hold Me Like

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Fandom: Star Wars
Characters/Pairings: Luke Skywalker/Din Djarin, Grogu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Bo-Katan Kryze, Korkie Kryze
Rating: Gen
Length: 25,754
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: magneticwave on AO3
Themes: Arranged marriage, Kidfic (has a child), AU - fork in the road, Humor

Summary: “Gone to a Child of the Watch, the Darksaber has,” Grand Master Yoda announces in his creaky little voice. “Peace, there is not, and yet peace, there must be.”

Reccer's Notes: On first glance this may not seem to fit the Arranged Marriage theme, but hear me out. In this AU the Republic won, and Luke is a renowned hero who is viewed with some misgivings by many other Jedi after gaining a reputation for (highly effective) violence in the war. Partly to get rid of Luke, he's instructed to accompany Obi-Wan on a diplomatic mission to Mandalore to investigate the fate of the Darksaber, and of course they meet Grogu. This causes a dilemma as Grogu must be trained, but he can't be separated from Din, who's struggling with having the mantle of the Mand'alor thrust upon him, and with the political factions of Mandalore. What makes this feel like an Arranged Marriage fic is the combination of a slightly disreputable hero being kind of exiled to a royal court (effectively), and machinations bringing him and the ruler together. In this case, the yentas are Obi-Wan, and, to a much greater degree, the Force. Luke's perspective is irreverent and funny - he struggles for jedi calm but just can't help being an action hero. It's beautifully written, and a great read.

Fanwork Links: staring down the barrel of the hot sun

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conuly - Ooof!
lhune in 3_good_things_a_day - Thursday 30/04/2026
beanside - Yesterday I thought that I walked alone and love was just a memory.
dine - I got it, Dwayne Jetski
fanweeklymod in fandomweekly - [#299 | Uprising] Challenge Post
fanweeklymod in fandomweekly - [#298 | Disappearance] Results Post
silver_chipmunk - Got the Christmas decorations down!
jo in tv_talk - Ted Lasso Season 4 Teaser Trailer!
jo in tv_talk - Welcome to Wrexham s05 official trailer
beanside - And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming, or the moment of truth in your lies
dark_kana in 3_good_things_a_day - Wednesday 29/04/2026
dine - even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists
conuly - (no subject)
silver_chipmunk - A few random tasks
jo in tv_talk - Star Trek Strange New Worlds s04 premieres July 23
yourlibrarian in tv_talk - TV Tuesday: Unscripted Declines
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dark_kana in 3_good_things_a_day - Tuesday 28/04/2026
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