I'd completely forgotten that I'd actually expressed interest in a job at the Exchange.

And they just posted a bunch of them within the past week or two that are right up my particularly snug alley.

Mmmmm...

7/10.

And it's done that before.

Been an ebb/flow kinda deal over the past few years.

But I'd honestly thought this would be the cycle the stuck.

Yet...

Once I started actually thinking about it...

I don't think it's sustainable.

Since Mandy has expressed she gets seasick.

And any kind of realistic idea of "sailing off into the sunset" is just a wee bit crushed if I can't take the family.

Meh.

6/10.

Apparently a quarter of a billion dollars gains you control of the government for not even six months, lol.

And man.

The fallout between these two turds is absolutely sublime.

Definitely excited to see where we go from here.

Been a rough couple of days, so I guess I'm forced to admit that my body has most definitely gotten used to the Adderall, and I'm back to square one.

...With the exception of the boost of energy I get for a few hours.

I could theoretically ask for a higher dosage, but I think that'd require yet another medical appointment as a follow-up, and I'm not down with that.

Speaking of: Blood pressure has been mostly okay the past few months, so I think I'm gonna send in my logs to the folks at Sentara and see if I can't get that kidney donated.

And I just discovered that the odontogenic keratocyst (big words) I had in my lower jaw also contributes to my disability rating.

Potentially.

Yes, a veteran can receive VA disability benefits for odontogenic keratocysts (OKCs). The VA typically assigns a 10% disability rating for OKCs that required treatment but no longer require continuous treatment. A 30% rating is assigned if the OKCs cause symptoms that cannot be controlled by treatment or lifestyle changes.

So I did have the surgery for it back in November 2021.

The doctor(s) at the time had mentioned that I'd most likely always have a numbness in that area (I do, but nowhere near as significant an area), and to follow up if it came back.

Fast forward to recent history, and the civilian dentists are indeed concerned with it.

Which is... great?

Since... if I can get that 30%, it alone should give me the nudge I need to complete disability per the VA.

Which is mas monies.

Got the appointment to have that one checked out by a VA contracted doctor in a week or so.

Cautiously optimistic.

Anyway.

It's Friday.

Got my six plants in from Bonnie yesterday, so I'll get them transplanted into their forever homes this weekend.

Hangry Joe's today because I just can't stop.

Can't stop, won't stop.

Only a single meeting scheduled for the day as of this entry, so... here's hoping that doesn't change.

7/10 so far, could go either way.

Cheers, y'all!

Ah.

Well.

That's great.

But I guess all's well that ends well, though. I never actually felt any pain over there which is why I almost just canceled the appointment for that otherwise unseen and unfelt cavity.

Was an otherwise uneventful day yesterday.

Finished up Barry, which by the end of it, I was thankful that was the last season (there's only four).

The predictability was getting more and more rampant, and as much as I do love me some Bill Hader, his role in this was largely a directionless, seemingly dead-inside hitman, so... his shiny moments were largely few and far between.

Alex reached out to mama bear last night asking if I was causing her stress at work, and what I could do to alleviate it.

Waking up and seeing the messages, I cringed a tiny bit, but I gotta say, I agree with the sentiment.

When I was in a supervisory role, I would've loved for junior folk to ask me the same questions.

Because man.

There were so damn many of them that could've made such seemingly tiny changes (e.g., showing up on time to work, ready to go).

But they never did.

And because I don't like confrontation, I generally opted to find ways of excusing their behavior.

And man.

That shit was killing me.

Anyway.

Almost Friday.

Which is fantastic.

Because I'm exhausted.

I'm pretty damn legit.

Two specific bits of programming ended up coming and kicking me square in the gut yesterday:

"Finish your plate." - Childhood

"Hurry the fuck up!" - Boot camp

To be fair, that second one is also amplified by my desire to "eat this thing while it's still at its most delicious".

Ended up overestimating my ability to comfortably finish a teriyaki chicken bowl that I'd made.

And though I felt okay in the short term, I regret it within about half an hour.

...For the next two hours.

Started gyrating like a snake trying to slither their way outta some old skin.

Except I don't have that luxury.

Coworkers were sympathetic and I left.

Got home, sprawled out, and felt better.

So.

One of the other minor things I find frustrating about work—or more specifically, one of the UI/UX decisions the department made—is that instead of just using the tooltip functionality that's built into standard HTML, we use this weird... question mark... bubble... clicky... thing.

You click the question mark bubble and a modal pops up.

Whereas standard tooltips is legitimately just title="Your tooltip goes here. In a single line of code.".

Now granted, the modals offer a bit more flexibility in what you can display.

I get that.

But one doesn't have to preclude the others.

You can use fancy shmancy modals along with tooltips.

Save yourself time, enhance the experience for the end user just that tiny bit more.

But...

Meh.

It's Tuesday.

One day closer to Friday, which is good.

Dental appointment tomorrow, which is... a thing.

Finishing up that Barry show, which I have to admit got to be a bit of a slog because it became really formulaic really quickly.

Like... watching House, and the team constantly ends up diagnosing a patient with sarcoidosis or lupus.

And then it ends up being something else.

Don't get me wrong: it can be surprising how the events actually trigger in Barry, but the events themselves... not so much.

Alright.

On with the day, I guess.