New favorite stress reliever of all time. A potato!

5.5 hr drive to the hotel for a 5-day work conference.

They invited all guests to a penthouse suite kick off party tonight.

Oh hell no, my battery is at 0%
I’m not leaving my room, and no one can make me. I’ll socialize/network tomorrow.

Have you ever boiled, colored, and hunted for colored eggs while camping?
I have!
The teenager wanted to go camping (on Easter weekend) for their birthday :)

Off on a weekend camping adventure!

My final book for the month and the #TransRightsReadathon. Today is the Trans Day of Visibility and I’m reading this novella about a Trans man pitched as: “Equal parts historical horror, Trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia”

This dedication is amazing.

I ✨might✨ be in love with the cute employee that completely nerded out with me over our favorite sapphic horror books at my local indie book store today.

I left with one of her recommended books, she added one of mine to her reading list.

Totally meet cute potential.

To the woman wearing strongly scented perfume at the spin studio today:

You suck, and we are fighting.

Unpleasant wishes,
- My nose

Yes!!! The perfect starter pack!

I didn’t think I’d like The Hunting Wives (Netflix) as much as I did.

It started so cringy (Boston liberal vs Texas conservative ideals), but ended up being crazy intense with a lot of twists along the way.

I really enjoyed the toxic lesbian/sapphic representation (so so so much drama!)

Thank you! That was the order I ultimately went with and I got them all read before they were due! :)

Ben comes home today so here is my progress update!

I would have gotten more read but I had a business trip AND I spent some much needed quality time with the teenager instead of spending lots of time reading.
No regrets whatsoever!

4 years ago I worked a conference in OR as support staff at a registration table…

This morning my director asked me to attend, this time in northern WA, as management representing my state agency program.

I can’t believe how much has changed professionally for me in only 4 years.
It’s wild.

My Insect Survey Laborer job listing was posted yesterday! I’m hiring for 10 seasonals.

I’ve had 12 job applications come through in less than 24 hrs, and the posting will be open for 10 days.

How many applicants do you think I’ll end up with in total?

Apple does NOT make downloading large amounts of photos from your phone or the cloud to an external HD easy.

I hate this.

Phone: I cannot do an update because there is no storage left

Me: Reluctantly checks my photos because I know I’m in trouble…

Photos: You have 99,452 photos on your phone!!! Look at all the ✨memories!✨

Me: Guess I’m spending FOREVER transferring photos…
(this is every photo I’ve taken since 2013)

I was a weird kid before I was a weird adult 🐊

I don’t know why I’m so intimidated by larger books. I shy away from anything more that ~400 pages, or ~14 hours long.

My current book is Voidwalker by
S.A. MacLean. 592 pages and nearly 19 hours. I’m definitely pushing myself out of my comfort zone!

I got a lucky star at Spin class this morning! One bike is chosen (drawn randomly) for each class during the month of March for a chance to win a prize!
Bike #7 was lucky today! 🍀 ⭐️

Due to work and ✨life stuff✨ It’s been nearly 2 weeks since my last spin cycle class 😢

I’m gonna go today though!

I couldn’t resist these beautiful flowers. I haven’t bought flowers in a while and these were too lovely to pass up. :)

Renaissance Faire tickets acquired!!! It’s time to up my lady knight game! I already have some embellishments in mind...I can’t wait until June!

The teenager and I volunteered this morning and planted 25 ocean spray and 10 red flowering currant native plants today!
Not a bad way to spend a Saturday before Noon. 🌱

Did I really tweak/pull a chest muscle while putting on a dress?!

Well that’s a first. 🙃

Ya know, if I had to spend 18 hours with a coworker in 2 days, at least I picked the right one.
Spending time with a badass butch lesbian with strong opinions in alignment with my own, was delightful.

It’s unreal how much we have in common. We going to be great friends after bonding so much. :)

Which one? I went to Hat Rock for a bit. I was in a state vehicle with a coworker so I was limited on what we could do

When there is a mirror facing the hotel bed, and you are in a room by yourself, you must take silly photos, right?
Well…I clearly do. :)
What else do you do in Hermiston???

Good guess. I’m already at 2.5 though 😉

Psh, no. I work for the government...lol

I’m not doing quite “enough” to prove I need a “Work Out of Class” bump while I help cover my vacant manager’s role, since I’m splitting the duties with my director.

Interviews wrap up tomorrow, and I don’t like either candidate, so who knows…

I’m so tired and unbelievably stressed from work. I have to start working 48 hr weeks next month and I’m not happy about it…

BUT, it’s a very pretty day, I live next to the wetlands, all the birds are singing, and I’m no longer sick. It would be a pity not to find some joy in those things.

Which sapphic library audiobook do I read next?

#1: Romance (3 hrs)- due in 9 days - 0 people waiting after me

#2: Fantasy (19 hrs)- due in 15 days - 0 people waiting after me

#3: Sci-Fi (14 hrs)- due in 18 days - 13 people waiting after me

Help me choose the order!