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My sister H. came to TX and took my mom to live with her in Indiana. They bought a new house and have space for Mom to have her own 'suite'. It's nice, big airy and open, big sliding glass door out to a patio where there's a birdfeeder. Mom has her cat to snuggle and sleep with. Mom was being taken care of at the care place here in Austin, the day to day staff that interacted with Mom were all great, but the owner was being a dick to Holly and it was $9000/month.(goddamn.) H. got a CNA years ago and has worked in elder care. She also has a social work degree and worked in Title 10 services for a while, so she is very familiar with both the hands on aspects of what Mom needs, plus navigating all the legal stuff and working to get mom the best government programs and benefits. My brother and Aunt L were visiting regularly (Brother A, every other day or so, Aunt L daily) and I was going on the weekends and taking our little dog Pepita who is a sweetie and a snuggler and mom always recognized her, knew her name, and was happy to see her.
So... that happened.
Meanwhile, my cousin B has bottomed out in his life in the pacific northwest; he was having issues with drugs and alcohol, feeling isolated, seasonal depression because there's no sunlight up there....so he's coming back to TX. He will be living with aunt L and uncle B who will be helping him out financially and helping him with his sobriety. Right now he's back in OR, getting rid of all his stuff and selling his house, we are dog sitting, and possibly when he's back in town and he and his pup are settled, I might drive the rest of mom's stuff to IN. Sister H. says mom has everything she needs, so it's up to me if I want to come visit and bring up the art and furniture we moved out of her room here in TX.
remote job continues. supervisor moved me from rekeying orders to migrating rekeyed orders to the new order entry system (onsite supervisor complained to my temp agency recruiter that I was asking too many questions and not using my training materials/notes before I kept asking the 'same question', so she moved me to a different task) ... so I'm caught up and the two people in rekey haven't done much in the last couple days. At time of hire we were told there was a backlog of about 600 orders, so each of my coworkers needs to key at least 3 a day until end of contract, and I need to complete at least 6 a day by end of contract, just to get caught up. I had a couple of good days and now its gone flat. Anyway. Trying to only care about what it is my power to do or change.
I like working from home. When there's nothing to do I can theoretically go and get some work done around the house. Or work on my data analyst class.Still regretting that decision but hoping that the data analyst stuff comes together in my brain at some point.
I got a bluesky account. I am no longer receiving dopamine from social media posting or reading. Not sure why I am bothering with any of it.
I rode my ebike for the first time about a week ago. It was fun. Thax has healt insurance with his new job so he got a physical and such. His dr says better portion control, fewer carbs, and more cardio is needed. So hopefully we can build better habits together. As of now, we just walk dogs twice a day and that's about it for exercise.
The stuff happening in this country is insane and disgusting....senseless tarriffs tanking the economy, massive layoffs of government employees, incompetent morons installed at high level positions, and the worst thing - deporting people without any due process to prison in El Salvador. You can't even call it 'deporting'. it's trafficking people to concentration camp in another country. how the fuck is any of this legal? it isnt! but no one is doing anything to stop it.
there was a mass protest on 4/5. counts are between 2 and 5 million people who participated. will those translate to any effective action? we will see :/
I just want el stinko to keel over and join his ancestors. This whole shit show falls apart without him as the figurehead. There are evil and stupid people who will regroup and try again but no 'charismatic' figure to fall behind.
So... that happened.
Meanwhile, my cousin B has bottomed out in his life in the pacific northwest; he was having issues with drugs and alcohol, feeling isolated, seasonal depression because there's no sunlight up there....so he's coming back to TX. He will be living with aunt L and uncle B who will be helping him out financially and helping him with his sobriety. Right now he's back in OR, getting rid of all his stuff and selling his house, we are dog sitting, and possibly when he's back in town and he and his pup are settled, I might drive the rest of mom's stuff to IN. Sister H. says mom has everything she needs, so it's up to me if I want to come visit and bring up the art and furniture we moved out of her room here in TX.
remote job continues. supervisor moved me from rekeying orders to migrating rekeyed orders to the new order entry system (onsite supervisor complained to my temp agency recruiter that I was asking too many questions and not using my training materials/notes before I kept asking the 'same question', so she moved me to a different task) ... so I'm caught up and the two people in rekey haven't done much in the last couple days. At time of hire we were told there was a backlog of about 600 orders, so each of my coworkers needs to key at least 3 a day until end of contract, and I need to complete at least 6 a day by end of contract, just to get caught up. I had a couple of good days and now its gone flat. Anyway. Trying to only care about what it is my power to do or change.
I like working from home. When there's nothing to do I can theoretically go and get some work done around the house. Or work on my data analyst class.Still regretting that decision but hoping that the data analyst stuff comes together in my brain at some point.
I got a bluesky account. I am no longer receiving dopamine from social media posting or reading. Not sure why I am bothering with any of it.
I rode my ebike for the first time about a week ago. It was fun. Thax has healt insurance with his new job so he got a physical and such. His dr says better portion control, fewer carbs, and more cardio is needed. So hopefully we can build better habits together. As of now, we just walk dogs twice a day and that's about it for exercise.
The stuff happening in this country is insane and disgusting....senseless tarriffs tanking the economy, massive layoffs of government employees, incompetent morons installed at high level positions, and the worst thing - deporting people without any due process to prison in El Salvador. You can't even call it 'deporting'. it's trafficking people to concentration camp in another country. how the fuck is any of this legal? it isnt! but no one is doing anything to stop it.
there was a mass protest on 4/5. counts are between 2 and 5 million people who participated. will those translate to any effective action? we will see :/
I just want el stinko to keel over and join his ancestors. This whole shit show falls apart without him as the figurehead. There are evil and stupid people who will regroup and try again but no 'charismatic' figure to fall behind.
