I got an appointment in 2 weeks’ time. I’m honestly hoping that I can go to the gym at off-peak hours. Physical therapy costs too much and is now virtual-only for me, and I really need to build up my back strength again to be out of pain.

Oh heck no, not for Illinois. For the two years my household received unemployment, the state either could not or would not issue us the needed forms for our tax returns that would prove we got them taxed. It was far easier to get the full amount and pay the taxes at the time of filing our returns.
Ugh. I never want…

Thanks for this. Dealing with how to best help my centenarian Alzheimer’s relative that can’t keep herself too clean anymore. Worse yet, she doesn’t speak English. 

Lol, GameStop’s not getting any more of my money after https://kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-because-wer-1842415962

Lol, GameStop’s not getting any more of my money after https://kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-…

Spouse and I know we are very lucky. Our jobs are not going anywhere. We are decently supplied (even though I look at him funny when he reaches for another roll of TP so soon after the last one). We can even keep paying our dog walker even when they can’t come. We are very lucky.

So we are throwing all of what we get…

Spouse and I know we are very lucky. Our jobs are not going anywhere. We are decently supplied (even though I look…

Brushing my teeth, and getting up from my desk more often than every 3 hours. I’m supporting market traders and it’s been more than a little insane.

The two 12-packs of Coke Zero in my apartment is literally the only thing keeping me from daytime drinking from my husband’s liquor selection.

I’m a big, big fan of gummies. I can’t stand the smell and the taste, and some gummies a friend brought from Colorado had the mildest aftertaste that went away after some bread and honey (then I went back and ate the whole goddamn baguette with more honey). 

I love that Bagel seasoning from TJ’s. This morning I had an everything bagel with skyr cream cheese topped with that shit and it made my day.

Praise Jibbers. I’ve worn heels maybe 10 times in my 3x years and I loathed every time.

If you like to cook, get an Airbnb with a kitchen (don’t expect to relive your Under the Tuscan Sun shit here, most places are furnished via IKEA) and raid Campo de Fiori for the pretty and the guanciale, and make amatriciana at home.

Oh my god. I am so excited for the job I started this week. First good thing is that I finally have a female boss for the first time in 7 years, and my team is geographically separated, so there is absolutely zero chance of Office Mom Scope Creep. I don’t even have to manage her calendar, I can actually be a project…

Mr. PHV (who is the cook in our family) is making cheese souffles because he wants to. I picked up a Duncan Hines cheesecake that I may make at a later date since those souffles take priority for the oven. I was going to make his favorite cookies (white chocolate and cranberry), but I just agreed to make a chocolate…

Yoink! Spouse liked the Columbia Han Solo coat, but not the price. Grabbed a superb deal on a thick winter coat for walking the dog in Chicago in the same blue for $230.

Yoink! Spouse liked the Columbia Han Solo coat, but not the price. Grabbed a superb deal on a thick winter coat for…

Word. Same here. I had to cut out group training with the best guy ever in August 2016 and I’ve ballooned up, lost strength and muscle, and I miss lifting, and my BMI skyrocketed. I need to go back.

JFC are you me? I’m trying to get 5 cards paid off this year, trying to track an entire month of spending in YNAB instead of restarting and stopping, reading more now that I passed my PMP, and trying to eat less junk and cook more.

Gahhhh. I’m going to grab the movie and watch it again this weekend just for these scenes alone. So good.

I’ll read this while rolling on the floor and crying a lot.

I’ll read this while rolling on the floor and crying a lot.

Taking the Red Line down to Chinatown will get you amazing dim sum and cheap groceries (lots of things cheaper at the Asian store).

Yoink. I am excite.

Yoink. I am excite.