Done This Week

Now my supervisor is also going to be leaving for health reasons. The proposed shuffling about of personnel in response to that has not pleased anyone I’ve talked to. Another person is going to be looking elsewhere soon, though I only know that because we talk secretly about such things. The whole plant is getting hollowed out.

The company, as seen from my level, is blithely ignoring the issue and hammering us with austerity measures. Because number not go up bad. That’s the level of sophistication on display currently.

I have to get through six months. Or, to be precise, five months and thirteen days. That gets me to my surgery. As long as I don’t lose my insurance before then, I’m okay. If I spend my recovery time sending out job applications, so be it.

That, at least, is what keeps me from rage quitting each time the next bit of self-defeating stupidity comes down the line. I’m also looking at other positions in the company, which would at least address the issue of being in a dead-end role with no options for better pay. But increasingly, it’s difficult to imagine a role that would escape the general tendency to shoot ourselves in the dick repeatedly.

I’ve been getting an assortment of books and movies from the library, which always makes me feel like I’ve somehow gotten away with something in the best way. (Free stuff! No consequences! Yay!) I tried the charcuterie vending machine that’s downtown, which was pricey but a fun indulgence.

Lewisia: 3 new pieces written

Day job: 43.5 hours, including an hour of overtime beating my head against a recalcitrant machine

Cooking: cornflake breaded chicken and pan pizza (no particular recipe for either)

Crafting: darning socks, repaired stitching on my binder, made some progress on the crochet dice bag I’ve been ignoring for months

Reading: Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire (as always, ow, my heart, but also: I love that I can always count on Seanan to upend the prejudiced assumptions that are taken for granted in some YA and folk stories both)

Watching: Beetlejuice (never seen it before but wanted to in preparation for the sequel because, in both cases, Winona Ryder, I found the titular character largely uninspiring but all the rest of the crowd immensely charming)

Listening: Classics by Ratatat (been listening to a lot of folk music, which is heavy on lyrics to learn, so took a break with something instrumental, another long-delayed album purchase)

Aftermarket Parts: booked the hotel I’ll stay at during surgery

Other: unloaded hay, dealt with a flat tire on the ranch truck