Sweet Relief [NOT 14/11/25]

14/11/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 5

Two weeks in a row, two big W’s here at the ol’ Clever Name Haus.

Last week was the good news about my wife. (I have since learned the news was even better than I thought; her doctor gave us specifics this week and it’s amazing.)

This week I finished my annual end-of-year research book at work, 180 pages, and most of them have my name and/or work on them. It’s always a giant exhale for me when it’s done and as of Wednesday … it’s done!

So I’m sitting here feeling as calm and relieved as I have in a minute and I’m trying to savor it. The rest of the world might be going to hell but I’M CALM GODDAMNIT.

What’s something that’s brought YOU some relief recently?

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  2. …that news is good enough the vicarious edition might place on my personal shortlist this week

    …but a close friend got a not-that-awful-possibility result from a health-scare & that’s kinda in the zone if you look past the part where there’s still something going on that nobody’s come up with an answer on

    …but I get to see some other friends tomorrow if nothing jinxed that part…& some of those I haven’t seen in a minute…so…that’s a thing to look forward to that counts, I’m pretty sure?

  3. I’ve been having issues with school. I didn’t expect things to be easy, but I also didn’t expect to feel like I’m a fucking idiot either. In particular Calculus and Physics (you’d think being a math whiz whose math geniuz was the only thing that kept him from failing out of Engineering school would still be sharp, but alas I’m not.)

    Physics is still a damn struggle (it shouldn’t but it is.) Just wrote my 2nd mid term for Calc and I feel a lot better. The thoughts flowed from my brain easy like water and everything seemed to click. I went thru question by question, making sure I got my signs right, justifying everything, etc. I thought I did better the first mid term, but I kind a shit the bed (only 50%) because I didn’t practice enough problems and my sleep was totally fucked up because I was sick (leading to shitty judgement.)

    This time, I got a good night’s sleep AND I’m not clogged up with snot.

    I’m pretty sure I did a lot better than the last one. I spent the last 20 minutes of the two hour test working over the questions, double/triple checking my answers before handing in my test with about 20 minutes to go.

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