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  • Recovering from burnout. Personal life happened, an anxiety spell took over me, and school continued on. But things are slowly being put back together. I think I'll be okay. Even if at times I feel like I'm alone, I'm reminded by my friends that I'm not. Guess it's a habit to think that way. Breaking out of it.

    Also I met a unicorn. Dating said unicorn. Feel very happy. c:

  • Feeling rather burnt out lately. A lot of stress-inducing things beyond my control have happened this winter, and I've found myself forced to violate the self-imposed 'no more than three prescription sleeping pills a week' rule on several occasions, which is probably not a good sign.

    At least things are looking up now! Most problems have been solved or at least defused, and starting today I get a whole week away from work and family.
    \ The weather helps too! It's getting warmer and I love that the sound of birds singing in the morning has returned.

    The downside is that the dogs feel spring too, which means they do a lot of stupid stuff and consider my increasingly angry yelling to be non-binding recommendations at best, which means lots of walks on a short leash, which in turn means even more pent-up energy for the next walk. Just when we started being grateful for having made it through our youngest daughter's puberty...

    Anyways. Things are mostly looking up, so yay! I'm going to use this week to refuel and work on some absolutely useless but entertaining projects such as an analysis of our collected hotel key cards with respect to their contents and cloneability. So far I've found exactly one keycard that used some kind of encryption. Most keycards are just Mifare Classic cards that rely on the UID alone, and one just had an unprotected data block with the plaintext room number. That's basically one small step above the door locks accepting a handwritten note saying "master key". This is going to be interesting.

  • What books are you juggling? And which notes app do you use? What’s your typical note taking process like?

    • in terms of notes usually i just do unrefined, copypasted highlights into Obsidian to start and then synthesize my notes into prose later; for most books i also tend to export my highlights into their own markdown document so i always have the initial highlights even after the prose

      • Oh nice! I’m super interested in that Palo Alto book. That’s been on my TBR…seeing it now must be a sign that I should start it.

  • Woke up early for what I thought would be a legal contest over a lying highway patrol about a traffic violation. I've got receipts and a list of questions for his bitchass. Turns out it was only an arraignment. Hardest eyeroll ever.

    • OK... so the court was Wednesday. It's Friday and I am sitting in an office of voices that I have low levels of patience for. I hate my bosses and hearing their voices makes me feel awfully stabby.

  • For the past two years I've been communicating with the planning board of the next town over, regarding supplying plants for them to redo the municipal plantings with genetically diverse natives. With the forest service suspending the tree planting programs using IRA funds, I am unsure whether their project is going to move forward. Here's hoping it does - we're one of a number of small nurseries who would've been tapped (hah! tree pun) for the project.

    In other news, our six month old is figuring out standing on her own by holding on to objects. I'd say more but I have to go clear everything off of everything 🙄

    • This junta is fucking so many people. Like, this is a speedrun for the ages that I can only hope makes its own base realize the face of evil.

      • Our six month dr's appointment is Friday, and let me tell you just how excited I am to ask the pediatrician about sticking to the vaccine schedule as it existed when Juniper was born, or about our options for speedrunning vaccinations should they begin messing with the certifications or supply chains.

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