Gentle debauchery
The week's update is happening a day late because... I took a while at the hardware store yesterday, walked home super slowly, and then the bug and I spent all evening playing Chants of Senaar together, with the impulsive young cat alternating slowly between laps. And that is just the kind (and level) of debauchery I can get behind, in this current season of my life.
So, the week.
The squirrel says I haven't really found the balance between Doing All the Things and Doing None of the Things, and that seems both fair and accurate. I've made some decidedly odd choices, like spending a few hours this week hollowing out a tree stump to make a planter; I think I'm only sticking with it because it's so nice to sit outside listening to a good audiobook and doing something manual. And sometimes I do too much and then crash out early. But... so what, exactly?
So, the week.
- I read my first real manga that needed to be read from back to front: Uzumaki. Very fun (the big bad is... a spiral?) and good body horror. It took me an embarrassingly long time to see "maki" (as in sushi) hidden inside of "uzumaki" (spiral).
- Too many of my friends lost jobs; one quit to escape a shitshow, two more went out together when a local company decided their software didn't need no stinking frontend, and a fourth just got the axe from one half of a husband-and-wife team after the other half had hired her. I feel some kind of survivor's guilt, even though I don't have a tech job anymore either and I'm glad I'm not trying to get one. The whole sector seems to be on fire.
- Random good news #1: the bug's kidney stone is out and gone!
- Random good news #2: the squirrel has a new puppy! I took the bug to visit her. She seems to have the makings of a sweet doggo, but of course a new puppy is still mayhem; the squirrel family is short on sleep.
- Flora: of the five types of plant I put in last week, one of them curled up and died without comment. The others are alive. And the two that I chose most carefully, based on shade requirements, actually seem to be firm and perky after a week in the ground. Nothing exciting like new leaves growing, but they seem at least curious to see what's happening here.
- Crossword nerdery:I've been getting more and more into the NYT crosswords. Last Thursday the puzzle constructor put out a call for collaborators, so I emailed (with some nervousness), and he wrote back to me and now we're brainstorming theme ideas together.
- I went on two lovely long walks with people, the better one being with
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apfelsingail to have the best breakfast sandwich of my 2025 along with a tour of the USS Constitution. If any of y'all are anywhere close to Lechmere / Galleria area, go here and try the breakfast pita and thank me later. I've been walking a lot; enough to make my feet feel the burn most days.
The squirrel says I haven't really found the balance between Doing All the Things and Doing None of the Things, and that seems both fair and accurate. I've made some decidedly odd choices, like spending a few hours this week hollowing out a tree stump to make a planter; I think I'm only sticking with it because it's so nice to sit outside listening to a good audiobook and doing something manual. And sometimes I do too much and then crash out early. But... so what, exactly?
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Typo in the link to Amba ("haref" instead of "href").
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