What converted me to cold brew was the fact that I can drink it without the worries of it making me sick, so long as I don’t overdo it. Pre-COVID, I’d usually stop to get a cold brew at Starbucks on the way home from work, just to have a little downtime. I miss that.

Really is a different crowd on the weekdays, so show away!  :)  I think it looks great.

Congrats on weaning off!  I can’t drink coffee straight, but I did manage to step from sweetened creamers and/or sugar to just coffee and milk.  Now working on reducing caffeine, which is no joke with the hours I keep.

So I discovered on Friday that my preferred leadership style is apparently: kick hornet’s nest until result. Despite having adopted a largely no-contact policy at work, our department head (who only stared in April) decided to walk it back on a key area. I knew going to my boss wouldn’t help, so I cc’d two other group…

I’m not crazy about painting, but I’d rather do that than attempt to wallpaper. That said, when it came time to redo the bathroom I hired a contractor and went with all tile.  Cost more up front, but looks great, is easy to clean, and I don’t have to worry about doing anything else with it for a long time, save maybe…

I really don’t think so.  My guess is--and I thought this would happen at the time--he knew exactly who he’d spoken to like that.  All I was really hoping for was that he’d leave me alone afterwards, so in a way I can look at this as sort of an upgrade.  :)

I’m glad to hear it, you’ve been working like crazy!  Hope the Gameboy project goes well for you, too.  You’ll have to tell us about the results (please).

Good news to start things off! Temper Tantrum Guy came back and apologised. I was told when he was spoken to that my name was left out of it... kind of tells me he figured out who it was from circumstances alone. I’m not sure if it was something he was made to do or not (wouldn’t surprise me), but from the things he…

Don’t speak that into existence!!

It can be hard, though, trying to focus.  Mind you, I love to read, and I still had trouble fitting it in sometimes even pre-pandemic.  I used to literally build it into my schedule; 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there.  These days I’ve made it part of my before-bed routine, so that I’m not trying to go from screens to…

short of long-term unemployment.

Same. Moreso since *waves in the general direction of 2020* all... this.

They wanted us to turn all of our joust troupe’s horses out into the wild. Because you know it’s such a good idea to take a well-cared-for domestic animal and dump them into that environment. :/

Ruby has improved my day exponentially, so thank you for that.  :)

Uf, my sympathies.  I hope the area they’re in isn’t too bad.

Sounds like a nice dose of nostalgia, and a well-deserved enjoyable afternoon!  :)

My brother and his wife live across the country from me—we’re literally on opposite coasts. I always go out to see them once a year, preferably in early winter. But my SIL has always asked me to come in summer. This was the year I agreed... and now may not see them until 2021 (or later?) due to both travel…

Seconding that, I very much want to play this one!  :) 

I’m starting to think that if I woke up not anxious or underlying stressed one day, I’d think something was wrong with me.  :/

It was hard enough hearing that a friend of mine was told by her doctor to “get her affairs in order”, because if she got it— To hear about meetings like that, is just horrifying.  I am so sorry for you both.  I wish there was a way to make this right, safely, for everyone.