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Done This Week
Mar. 16th, 2025 11:18 amAfter a brief and unexpected illness and hospitalization, my friend A’s husband died. The funeral was Friday. Seeing a traditional funeral and indoor reception drove home that we made the perfect choice for us to have dad’s memorial outdoors and casual. I’m not criticizing how A handled the situation--different folks, different strokes. But with this happening so soon (relatively speaking) after dad’s death, it was impossible not to have the two things get tangled up in my head.
For contrast from last week, at my first succulent club meeting post-surgery, my friends merely expressed happiness at having me back and satisfaction that I was back on my feet. No demands for information, no invasive comments. It was lovely.
The HR person at work fucked up in covering my medical insurance deductions while I was out on leave. Despite having the check I gave them for nearly two weeks, it wasn’t cashed early enough to be correctly applied to that pay period. So then my next pay stub had double deductions (in addition to the check having been cashed). It’s getting sorted out, my insurance is still active, it will be fine. But I was not exactly pleasant and understanding in my emails with HR, because this was an inexcusable dereliction.
More weird weather, with another burst of hail mid-week. Wild swings between 70 degrees and below freezing. Somehow, the fruit trees that are in bloom have *not* lost all their blossoms yet.
Lewisia: 3 new pieces written
Day job: 42.75 hours and I’m right back in the thick of our usual nonsense
Gardening: succulent club meeting
Reading: Return of the King audiobook, thus wrapping up the Serkis productions (there was so much that spoke to fragile hope in dark times, I spent much of my listening on the verge of tears)
Listening: MYTH: Side Two and MYTH: appendix by The Narcissist Cookbook (wonderfully creepy and melancholy and weird, this is the sort of eccentric project that just gets me feeling so inspired, like making things is really worth it)
Clock Mouse: 1285 words
Other: got our first duck egg of the season! 🦆
For contrast from last week, at my first succulent club meeting post-surgery, my friends merely expressed happiness at having me back and satisfaction that I was back on my feet. No demands for information, no invasive comments. It was lovely.
The HR person at work fucked up in covering my medical insurance deductions while I was out on leave. Despite having the check I gave them for nearly two weeks, it wasn’t cashed early enough to be correctly applied to that pay period. So then my next pay stub had double deductions (in addition to the check having been cashed). It’s getting sorted out, my insurance is still active, it will be fine. But I was not exactly pleasant and understanding in my emails with HR, because this was an inexcusable dereliction.
More weird weather, with another burst of hail mid-week. Wild swings between 70 degrees and below freezing. Somehow, the fruit trees that are in bloom have *not* lost all their blossoms yet.
Lewisia: 3 new pieces written
Day job: 42.75 hours and I’m right back in the thick of our usual nonsense
Gardening: succulent club meeting
Reading: Return of the King audiobook, thus wrapping up the Serkis productions (there was so much that spoke to fragile hope in dark times, I spent much of my listening on the verge of tears)
Listening: MYTH: Side Two and MYTH: appendix by The Narcissist Cookbook (wonderfully creepy and melancholy and weird, this is the sort of eccentric project that just gets me feeling so inspired, like making things is really worth it)
Clock Mouse: 1285 words
Other: got our first duck egg of the season! 🦆
