Happy Friday the 13th!
… wait, wasn’t it JUST Friday the 13th, like, last month?
[consults calendar]
Huh, yeah, OK, that tracks. Stupid linear time.
Anyway, this has been a week that’s felt lucky for me, despite this week being Friday the 13th II: The Marchening.
I mentioned in the comments earlier this week that my wife was back at work. She’s both happy to get back to “normal” and also quickly remembered how much work sucks. Plus she’s gone from her job of resting to recover from chemo to chasing around kids — she’s a preschool teacher — which means she’s come home from work every day this week absolutely exhausted. And that’s despite her boss very kindly letting her work slightly fewer hours to get her back in the game.
The kids have been mostly happy to see her, and the ones in her class before all remembered her, though all but one of them have aged out of her class over the past 7+ months she’s been out. The new kids have been a little more lukewarm, well, except one, who was NOT happy to see my wife because they told the class she would be replacing their previous teacher.
She told her, and I quote: “You still sick, go home.” Which is maybe the coldest thing ever?
But my wife’s got her new shoes — Hokas, which she grudgingly accepted she needs to keep her feet from aching — and is happy to be back to work.
So, my fellow Deadsplinterites, is there anything YOU’RE happy to be doing again?
Or if not, what’cha’ll got cooking for this snowy (wait, what, how in the … how the everliving fuck is it snowing, IT WAS 70 THREE DAYS AGO) Friday evening?
Onward!
Walking without wincing. I think I tore something in my right foot three weeks ago while dealing with stuff at the parents house. Climbing up and down ladders.
It’s why my patience with my sisters is at an all time low. At least I don’t have to pop Ibuprofen like candy anymore.
Well, I’m happy to have time to use my brain for more than just the narrow, exhausting tasks that I’d been using it for, for way too long, as well as to cross off some things on the to-do list that I would have if I were the kind of person who actually kept one of those damn things. And I’m happy to have time to get out of the house at times and under circumstances when other people would be getting out of theirs and maybe even crossing paths with one or two of ’em as well (if you’re picking up what I’m trying to toss out there, brightersider).
This is really subtle, I have no idea what you’re talking about here.
Well, see, the thing is that I went to Target the other day and met a friendly sort of guy who was going up and down the aisles introducing himself to everyone. When he came across me, he asked me if I was happy with my current job. When I told him I didn’t have one anymore, he treated me to a slushie, sat me down at the Starbucks and gave me the most scintillating conversation I believe I’ve ever had. And what he told me I believe could help YOU as well, so I’m hoping to get together sometime to “show you the Plan,” as it were.
And it’d be even better if you could bring along, maybe, five or ten of your friends as well!
I’ve already planned to start a cult with my bestie, and we’ve got it worked out. So this won’t work out for your plan.
But! I might have a better plan for you, if I think you’re cool enough for it.
Ours is way better, just trust me.
I’m happy to be doing laundry.
I had what can politely be called the backlog, aka the “eh I’ll get around to that later I don’t wear that shirt that often” etc etc.
/me throws laundry out the bedroom window
i has a chair down under it i aim for…
said chair is right by my back door…which in turn…is by my washing machine….theres method to my madness….and its fun throwing shit out of the window….