85 and thunderstorming today, hello summer

Hard to believe the first half of the year is ending.

Tiny victories:

• I managed to replace my favorite worn-out hoodie, because someone was selling a new one on eBay (it was "used", but not "favorite hoodie for ten years" used like mine).


• My back is clear of yeast-related blemishes for the first time in more than two goddamn years ("yay! now don't do anything rash" said the squirrel helpfully).


• I figured out a situation when I was definitely sitting with a twist, as suspected by last week's massage therapist. Another pattern to not repeat, and to counteract.


• My reading of paper books, to get through my to-read bookshelf instead of scrolling on Reddit, is going pretty well so far. I uninstalled Pokemon Go at about the same time as Reddit, btw, and now instead of catching pokemon when I walk around I pull out black swallow-wort.


• I gave some stuff away to new homes. Always feels good.

I was glued to the news about the Titan submersible this week, and I'm unnerved by the current related awfulness all over the internet. Nothing I care to go into detail about, except this: I'm extremely glad the crew & passengers died instantly instead of suffocating slowly over the course of four days.

I almost posted mid-week in frustration at the huge number of incoming things that I wasn't on top of, but some resistance broke and I was able to deal with a lot of them on Friday. This unfortunately included the world's least productive visit to the vet, who urged me to come in same-day for the kitten's cough but then were out of swabs for the test we'd scheduled... and also failed to X-ray the little squirmer. But at least we got medicine, because everyone is pretty sure that Hypercube gave her something, and I'm moving forward on most things. Of course, as I go to bed I'm making a list of all the things to attack tomorrow.