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Stickiness, Circa, things can get scary really fast
An observation: at the moment, for unknown reasons, I have to push and follow up on a lot of things or else they won't go. For instance, Hypercube's visit to the specialist vet two weeks ago? I never got test results back, so I finally called them. Found out that they'd emailed the wrong address along with getting her birthdate wrong (but they did find an infection and are prescribing antibiotics, which is good!). The prescription didn't get done on time, so I requested that CVS expedite it. It didn't get done by the next "on time" time either, and I finally stood there while they mixed it up. And this kind of thing, this extra stickiness, seems to pervade all.
Good things. I had dinner with an old work-friend, who told me amusing stories about van life and also introduced me to an excellent nearby Mediterranean restaurant, and also told me that Action Athletics, where they do ninja warrior training, is planning to open a gym in Boston sometime in spring 2023. Squee! It's going to be annoyingly far away, but will I at least try it out? Hell yes.
And I also saw the show Sacre by Circa (link is to a one-minute trailer), as well as to a free workshop run by four of the cast members at Local Circus School. It was pretty simple stuff, but it felt good to be out just reaffirming that my circus community still exists, and I learned another move or two for rolling around on the floor.
Helios and Perse were supposed to be part of the Sacre group, but that didn't happen because of the more exciting medical stuff in my circle -- poor Perse was in the hospital with endo-related pain, and no emergency surgery on the horizon yet (though we thought for a while it was becoming more likely). My squirrel has been exhausted, and Perse had to quit her job for the semester, which I know she hates and had no intention of doing even a few days ago. This has gotten worse super fast over the last 2-3 weeks, and it's scary how quickly bodies can do that. However, I wrote most of this paragraph on Friday and today she came home, so that at least is better.
And, HAHAHAHA right. Speaking of "scary how quickly", I shouldn't forget that Zillian stock fell 13% in two days this last week, following our making idiots of ourselves in the wake of a Microsoft announcement. Fucking execs. That burned so much more money than the layoffs a few weeks ago could possibly save, even short-term, and I'm so angry with them that I'm glad. Even though my own income depends on that stock. Our incentives are aligned, sure, but I lose an inch (an angry inch!) where they lose a mile.
- Allergies: I finished my two weeks of inhaler use (miraculously without getting thrush, despite this being a known risk and my being on antibiotics at the same time) and I guess I'm breathing better. I made probably 6-7 phone calls to allergists with no real headway on getting shots to happen, but a new "worst case" of getting re-tested in June and starting over from there at an office I can reach by subway. No word about the results of mold testing; I suppose I'll have to call to follow up.
- I also finished my course of antibiotics for the kitten bite, miraculously without getting a yeast infection (which is also called thrush; it's the same thing, no matter which end it gets you at). My bacteria can't be all back to normal yet, so I suppose I'm still at risk, but usually by now I'm in pain, so I miiiiiight be getting lucky here.
- Hypercube, in case you were wondering, has mycoplasma felis. It's an infection involving a fairly normal bacterium that can cause trouble in the case of asthma or bronchitis, like Hypercube has. Ten days of azithromycin coming right up... it would be really nice if this gets her coughing under control. Two days in, she does seem more active and to be hanging out with me more.
Good things. I had dinner with an old work-friend, who told me amusing stories about van life and also introduced me to an excellent nearby Mediterranean restaurant, and also told me that Action Athletics, where they do ninja warrior training, is planning to open a gym in Boston sometime in spring 2023. Squee! It's going to be annoyingly far away, but will I at least try it out? Hell yes.
And I also saw the show Sacre by Circa (link is to a one-minute trailer), as well as to a free workshop run by four of the cast members at Local Circus School. It was pretty simple stuff, but it felt good to be out just reaffirming that my circus community still exists, and I learned another move or two for rolling around on the floor.
Helios and Perse were supposed to be part of the Sacre group, but that didn't happen because of the more exciting medical stuff in my circle -- poor Perse was in the hospital with endo-related pain, and no emergency surgery on the horizon yet (though we thought for a while it was becoming more likely). My squirrel has been exhausted, and Perse had to quit her job for the semester, which I know she hates and had no intention of doing even a few days ago. This has gotten worse super fast over the last 2-3 weeks, and it's scary how quickly bodies can do that. However, I wrote most of this paragraph on Friday and today she came home, so that at least is better.
And, HAHAHAHA right. Speaking of "scary how quickly", I shouldn't forget that Zillian stock fell 13% in two days this last week, following our making idiots of ourselves in the wake of a Microsoft announcement. Fucking execs. That burned so much more money than the layoffs a few weeks ago could possibly save, even short-term, and I'm so angry with them that I'm glad. Even though my own income depends on that stock. Our incentives are aligned, sure, but I lose an inch (an angry inch!) where they lose a mile.
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every time we have an all-hands a New Management exec will say some unvarnished evil thought, and i take a little joy in knowing that the lousy stock price hurts them much more than it hurts me. (admittedly i still think of the stock as funny money even though i have started vesting RSUs; too much bad experience with options in the past.)
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The flip side of "stock prices affect execs more" is that it leads to situations like Steve Ballmer saying "I quit" and having his net worth go up by more than $750 million because of it.
(I treat RSUs as no-ops when budgeting, allocating whatever does come in as a combination of investment, extra cash cushion, and fun money.)
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My stock auto-sells every month and reliably brings in more money than my salary does, at this point, so it's not funny money to me and you'd think I would care more. But then I also am SUPER pissed off, and perfectly willing to pay a little to see the billionaires running scared.