when family is your greatest source of pain

I had another stellar conversation with my mother today. C and I get back from camping Wednesday morning and I told her I had an appointment at 3pm Wednesday afternoon. Rather than just saying alright she decided to make a rather discouraging, and somewhat offensive comment. Are you going to see that quack until the …

survival mode

August. The season of T's all over the world going on holidays. The season of clients having meltdowns because their T's are going on holidays. For me, it was no different. T went on holiday. But unlike previous ones I didn't have a meltdown--at least not while he was gone. Now that he's back it's …

does the heart make a sound as it cracks?

In a couple of weeks I'm finally getting a week of holidays. Other than stat holidays, I haven't had a day off since Christmas. And that's way too long for me. Normally, I take a few weeks here and there during the summer, but with nowhere to go and all the return to work responsibilities …

masking–trying to do my part–follow up

As promised I'm writing an update on my mask experiences. It looks like work is heading in the direction of us needing to wear them every time we leave our offices. We were exempt for awhile because we're not open to the public but people are feeling nervous so I'm glad I have a variety …

masking–trying to do my part

It's been three weeks since my district mandated masks and for the most part the community is embracing it. There was one woman at the grocery store without and she chose to make a huge deal out of the fact that she wasn't wearing one by being quite loud and obnoxious. You could tell she …