I’m more with you. I stared at 2017 for quite a while, befuddled.

But unlike you i do have a couple of wants that eventually simmered to the surface. I want to sell my house. I want to continue to pay bills, and therefore remain employed. I wouldn’t mind being happy at work. I want to get better at my sport. I want…

Yes, for me it’s a mad rush to get all ongoing reactions to a safe place to be stored over the weekend. Even setting up reactions on a Thursday, depending on the known reaction times, can lead to horrible Friday afternoons if your conversion isn’t high enough and you can’t leave until it’s done and worked up :(

I have been having serious motivation issues at work, at home, and in my fitness life recently. And this article and the ones linked within aren’t helping me diagnose my problem :( though i have tried to incorporate the techniques within because i recognize intellectually they are sound.

At work i can get things done,…

Another pro-tip:

If you cut the sleeves off tshirts routinely, either to make a tank or even just to shorten them to cap sleeve, don’t throw out the scraps. They also make the PERFECT headbands, with or without hemming. If your sport requires a helmet, unhemmed tshirt sleeves are honestly the best sweat absorbing…

Quitters, Inc. would like to have a word with you for stealing their premise :)

Mostly, when i’m dirty.

2-3 nights a week that means after practice/gym.

1-2 times a month midafternoon on a Saturday or Sunday, before going out for the night.

And maybe twice a year first thing in the morning, usually after i’ve been sick and the shower is a test to see if i’m well enough to work. If the shower…

The Star Wars snuggie at our Yankee Swap Saturday night was the most stolen gift.

The runners up were Exploding Kittens, a mediocre bottle of scotch, and an architectural drawing of a skate.

It was a really high quality gift exchange :)

Thank the gods for breaking larger tasks into small ones. Were it not for that, my weekly report would be empty. But fortunately i can always rotovap something, or set up 1 test recrystallization, or purify something by chromatography. A good week means i did only high priority stuff first, and got it all done, plus…

Yeah, very different interpretation of a staycation. For me, time off work is the only time i can tackle any household chore more involved than laundry or dishes. Xmas/New Years, Memorial Day, and Labor day are the times i actually repair, purge, goodwill, paint, steam clean, etc.

My list of things to do next week…

I got my first one perhaps around 2009 ish? I cannot imagine going back to tampons. I’m pretty lazy about changing it during the day but i just take 2 quickie non-hair washing showers a day and change it then. So it doesn’t matter if you fumble it.

Related information: i would burn through super sized tampons in 1-2…

Wait, then, what are the plates provided for? And do you go through the line once per item? And leave the table completely littered with toothpicks and plastic swords instead of holding them on your plate and disposing of them yourself? I have never seen an appetizer buffet table where people were encouraged to…

I agree with all the comments about the myth of the quiet workplace.

Oh dear gods above and below, please no.

Cheering is great, and i’m all for it. But refs need to be able to communicate with each other, and with the players. My league had to ban cowbells and air horns because visiting refs just absolutely would refuse to work our bouts, and our home refs were getting equally…

“she wriggles out of it with the unhinged determination of a half-blind barn cat in a thunderstorm.”

For the love of all that is good and right in this world, please do not back down on writing like this after 20 January. We need you! I am intimidated and terrified to stand up by myself, but knowing that others are…

I’m CHEAP :D

I’m not sure how i’m supposed to get to work to buy said sushi in that case ;)

(21 miles, 1.5 hour bus ride plus a 30 minute walk if i sell my car. Yeahno. I’m comfortable getting 30 minutes of NPR every day during my commute.)

What about the psychology of black friday filling many of us with terror at the thought of touching all those frenzied, hysterical humans? And then being force to spend MONEY on physical ITEMS to boot? That’s basically the 3rd circle of hell for me.

Though, i will concede that between wickedskategear.com and…

Interesting. I hate money myself, so i devalue it in the other way. My house is 100 % paid off, so i just pay taxes and insurance. My car i had to finance about $6K of the overall $16K price because i wanted a reliable car instead of a junker for a change. I’m paying off that 4 year loan at double the rate with a…

“They’re going to rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skin into clothing. And if we’re very, very lucky, they will do it in that order.”

Interesting. It varies by bar; the pub i go to for post-workout drinks we always pay cash because it’s a Monday or a Wednesday, and therefore slower.