hello Beehaw, it’s a sleepy morning–and i did not get very much sleep. luckily i have no social priorities so this is not a big deal. currently reading a number of books after completely crashing out of doing that for the entire month of June. i think i can get about 3 in before the end of the month, we’ll see
Preparing to go to a national park, one that my mother has been excited to visit for the last decade… Yellowstone!
We got very affordable flight ticket prices, and the whole family’s gonna be extra busy after this summer, so I’m hoping it turns out nicely. Also excited to try out my new binoculars! I want to see many borbs 🥺
Looking forward to my two weeks holidays starting next week.
Really dragging this week out knowing I’ll be off though.
Have so many games and shows to get stuck into. TOTK has been neglected for too long.
Sigh, I’m okay. Work is really stressful lately. I went through an acquisition, and really got demoted in both rank and importance. Defeating, but, I’m also still glad to have a job where I can work from where my cats live.
My wife is having cardiac surgery right now, I am staying at a hotel near the hospital, working remotely, trying to keep busy and not think about it too much.
I’m very sorry to hear that. Hoping the surgery goes well 🙏
Fingers crossed that she’s going to be well.
Back home now, all seems OK 🫰 Thanks…
Yay!
Been a weird one, ngl
Yeah. I just finished a book that I really enjoyed called A Day Of Fallen Night which is a pretty cool to The Priory Of The Orange Tree if you’ve heard of it. It really was a great read, but the pacing and chosen method for organizing the various character viewpoints made my skin crawl more than once. It was frustrating, but one of those books that I really wanted to read regardless.
There is once a book that I read through, because once I’m committed I find it very hard to stop reading, but it was by far the most horrendous experience ever because the author didn’t use quotes for the entire book and I had a real hard time following the dialogue.
Just finished also a couple of novellas which were a really nice and different from the more intense (e.g. action heavy) books I tend to read. They were the first books I’ve read where the protagonist is non-binary and referred to as they. It was challenging in some ways but also very good for me as well. A Psalm For The Wild-built and it’s sequel A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.
Writing styles can certainly make a break books.
That Meltdown book looks interesting!
I desperately need to read Priory! A Psalm For The Wildbuilt was so good, was short but probably my favorite read of the year! I’ve been meaning to get to the sequel but haven’t managed to find time
The sequel novella is just as short, but I was fortunate to be able to read them back to back. I enjoyed them so much and found them so refreshing in so many ways.
I don’t remember The Priory having the same pacing issues as it’s prequel, so I hope you really really enjoy it. And to be clear, I liked the prequel a lot too.
What is happening?! 🤪 We can blame Connect for Lemmy in moving this to the top level… blame alyaza which is more fun.
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Went to a coffee cupping class and got to talk shop with other coffee roasters. It’s been a great start to the week.
Spent the week at a work conference. I normally WFH, so getting to see everyone in person was kinda nice. Got a flight delay going home - no big deal, but I’m anxious to get back home to my dogs and partner.
My dad is going through DTs and I’m on the other side of the world on a business trip. I hope the withdrawal doesn’t kill him before I get to see him again.
Not sure what DT is but I hope he can get some help and you see him as many more times as you’d like.
Delirium tremens- serious withdrawal symptoms
Ah, thank you!
I’m guessing Detoxification from some addictive substance?
I’m trying to find a new job asap! Last week was really the last straw. I was hired for a technical position but for the past two years I’ve done nothing but punishing manual labor almost entirely unrelated to my job. I don’t mind working outside my job description but the reality is I’ve lost so much knowledge just from being out of practice. I hope it hasn’t ruined my shot at the right job. Its technically possible for me to return to school full time but I’m not sure I could 1) make the sacrifices required and 2) actually succeed. I’ve failed twice already.
I know everyone working out in the field wishes they had a desk job and vice versa, but damn I’d love a cubicle.
To cap off one of my strangest days in recent memory, I just got a call asking if I can go to England all next week to accompany a choir tour. Nothing’s confirmed yet, and I’d have to pull some major strings to get out of my obligations here. However, I’d really love to go.
Unfortunately, we’re moving a few days after I’d get back, so I’d pretty much dump all the packing on my partner. She says I should go regardless, but I definitely don’t feel great about that.
I also just finished up a take-home interview project for a part-time software development job. I’ve been trying to break back into that world for some time now, so I’m very excited about the opportunity.
Choir tours are great fun, hope yyhave a good time!
I should be going on tour with my choir next summer. Looking forward to it
She says I should go regardless
Then you should go. No doubt there have been or will be situations where you carry a heavier share of the load between you to support her needs. Equal partnership does not require things to be exactly 50/50 at all times in order to be fair and for both partners to feel supported. It’s also important to respect your partner’s own autonomous ability to make decisions about what they want for themselves and to express those choices. If they tell you they want to support you in some way that is important to you, you should take them at their word.
Well said and agreed. It felt awkward because next week was supposed to be a lighter period for me at work after some sustained intensity, while she’s ramping up for a big project due at the end of the month. So all along, we’d planned for me to shoulder more of the packing and last minute planning. I just wanted to make sure that she knew that I appreciated how much extra work I was passing on to her, and to express that I needed to find ways to make it up to her.
However, late last night I found out that the choir’s original plan worked out and they don’t need me to go at all. So…yeah.
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Been having a long week myself. I could hardly sleep the last two days and work has been insanely busy. I’ve been spending my weekends doing a second job to try and get out of debt and get experience in a field I want to enter. I am so tired and desperately need a day off, but I feel like if I do, I’ll just be depressed all day. Good luck with your reading! I’ve been reading City of Brass and loving it, hope to get that finished in the next week or so.
Been having a long week myself. I could hardly sleep the last two days and work has been insanely busy. I’ve been spending my weekends doing a second job to try and get out of debt and get experience in a field I want to enter. I am so tired and desperately need a day off, but I feel like if I do, I’ll just be depressed all day. Good luck with your reading! I’ve been reading City of Brass and loving it, hope to get that finished in the next week or so.
Been having a long week myself. I could hardly sleep the last two days and work has been insanely busy. I’ve been spending my weekends doing a second job to try and get out of debt and get experience in a field I want to enter. I am so tired and desperately need a day off, but I feel like if I do, I’ll just be depressed all day. Good luck with your reading! I’ve been reading City of Brass and loving it, hope to get that finished in the next week or so.
