It's time for my spring double feature of "A little chaos" (when the flowers start coming out) and "far from the madding crowd) (good shepherd sunday) but imagine my shock and dismay when it turns out I do not actually own "a little chaos" and it isn't streaming free anywhere!
"Do you think about what to wear or do you just put clothes on"
Waited too long to put garbage out, got quite dark, took a bright light but that started dying on the way back. was moving briskly bc it's bear season. Sure enough: got back, closed garage door at 8:17.
8:22 :
(This almost certainly means it was standing in the woods next to the house watching me)
#PrRob: "oh if anyone ever apologizes for swearing in front of me I just say, it's okay, I don't even know what that word means!"
Absolutely fascinating discussions today with a woman ~35 years older than me and a girl ~15 years younger than me.
In between this, multiple men who didn't know how to move a log & didn't have the tools for it physically moved between me and the log, took the tool from me, then used it wrong
Enjoy your [checks notes] tortillas and naan?
Trying to navigate a mealtrain where the recipients state they love Mexican and Indian cuisine but also insist on no hot spices or peppers of any kind and also no raw onions or garlic
Ebay buyer in the UK trying to get me to price match based on someone else's price on another site for the same item in UNKNOWN CONDITION saying "if it helps, it's going to someone who really wants it 😉"
It's an LP. I expect you'll survive.
Shout-out to whomever donated the PILE of STRONGLY PATCHOULI-SCENTED witchcraft books to the church donation shed
Last week: 27°
Today: 88° + thunderstorm
2 of my new coworkers walked out of the office after a brief catchup this morning and I heard them in the hall going "maaaaan don't eff with that boiiiiii"
Which is to say, my brand has never been stronger
First full day at home in 3 weeks: 8.5 hrs of spring cleaning and nowhere near done lolol
Plot twist: the feet belong to the hot land steward
They are still pretty gnarly (sprained)
This will go into the sitcom I'll eventually write, FOR SURE
I have become a member of a group chat which is otherwise entirely old men, who volunteer to work on stone steps and walls. Gc was popping off this morning when one of them sent pics of his disgusting f33+ to illustrate why he couldn't work
1. Ran into garth
2. Spent the day sorting filing that raccoons had been playing in/on
3. Boss says "you don't really need to retype that" and I say, do you want people sinning for their last paycheck tho
4. This is only SOME of the unnecessary folders I pulled out of storage.
...smugly telling me that my math was wrong WITHOUT EVER CHECKING WITH THE PAYMENT PROCESSOR WHEN THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE.
The kicker? The interest fees (thankfully a small amount) on an amount I did not actually owe
are still payable.
"We're giving you a $25 goodwill credit" lol
It took 2 mailed letters & countless hours on phone before someone said "you have to upload your entire bank statement" [which I said, hey, that's a privacy concern "well yes but otherwise your bank has to write us a registered letter" (impossible)].
It took multiple reps and one supervisor...
Learned some fun things about eversource while protesting a bill (for 3+ months) where my payment didn't post:
1. Their system doesn't "talk" to their payment processor's system
2. The people who talk to you on the phone can't see any documents the billing supervisors have & vice versa
Well, I hate the Google messages interface
"I'll just move over to make room for everyone else" [moves 4 inches away from me]
Left behind but very cool
Low tide on the hudson
So with working approximately 25 hours a week for the last two weeks, 2 good-sized ebay sales, and an unexpected class action payment, AFTER accounting for taxes... I took in $4 more than I normally do in a 2-week period.
I'm still kind of freaking out a little (I prefer weekly or monthly bread, this whole daily thing is quite daily right now. And i need more work for when this winds down a bit) but it continues to feel like my whole life is opening up, I am amazed
in terms of life updates, I have part time work! It's extremely difficult (aging bookkeeper left incredible mess) but the guy I'm working with is literally like "I trust you, figure it out at your own pace" and i find when I'm not micromanaged I'm actually... very good at my job??
#PrRob "yeah I was high-fiving the kids who were making handprint posters and it turns out this paint doesn't wash off"
50% thankful to be already very used to living on a shoestring
50% how exactly does one economize when there's nothing to stop doing
Thank God I like beans
I MEAN
Does anyone have a chili crisp favorite? I bought Lao Gan ma and it's just so... meh. Big batch of peanut noodles saved by hefty addition of sambal oelek
Another @builtahouse.bsky.social banger