flexagon | [12%] this whole week had mood swings

I got freaked out and overreactive / panicky at some point earlier this week (Weds and Thurs). It was all over things that should've been manageable, but too damn many of them, and including a small medical uncertainty. Also a friend thing -- have I mentioned that I dislike when things aren't really about me? Translation: flexagon, you are powerless to do anything about this. Give up. Turn your attention elsewhere. Yeah, if there's one thing I learned from the Lions it'd be that. So there was too much in total, and then on Friday a lot of it began to swing better. A lot better.

Work had three people from my old team landing new jobs this week. I had my hands in all three, but I was critical to one in particular that came through on Friday: not only did I meet "in person" with the hiring skip-level to explain why the person would be great, but I sent documentation on a headcount trick that made the person be hirable "for free" in that new group, and without that I think it wouldn't have happened. Yes, I am proud of that one. Pure icing on the cake that someone (a stranger) sent me a peer bonus and someone else (a stranger?) randomly complimented me on an anonymous internal forum.

Handstands: I just held a 60-second straight handstand in class today. Finally!! I posted that on FB and said it's officially the best Valentine's Day. Which probably made people worry about my marriage and/or romantic life, but only if they don't know about me and handstands. :)

Valentine's Day turned out to be the best day to introduce Norwood and Helios to each other, so I did that (with the help of some ridiculous special V-day donuts from a local donut place. They were pink! With chocolate-covered strawberries on top!). The two of them went on a walk and now they like each other. I knew they would but I set them up carefully anyway, and now it's real and I reap the warm fuzzies. Then Norwood brought me down to RI and we did a little bit of a kink thing with our Valentine's dinner (me all dressed up, eating fancy bouillabaisse and crab cakes out of a dog bowl on the floor) and that was fun. The bug and I also did V-Day (Observed) yesterday, involving cooking a meal kit from Gobble and putting together our new weightlifting bench, and that felt really good too. We are in the middle of a lot of nesting right now and I like it.

I am so tipsy and sleepy. I'm glad I have tomorrow off work.