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Plant diary 2020
On May 4th and 5th, mom and I planted a bunch of stuff in a square-foot-gardening box, and I'm going to start keeping a plant diary here. I'll put them under boredom cut tags. :-)
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For now, maybe surveys are all I can post
I just closed a half-dozen tabs that were old posts from y'all that I keep meaning to respond to. Apologies, but I have limited oomph this week, as a lot of us do.
But hey, surveys are easy.
Quarantine meme (quaranteme? quaranmeme?) picked up from
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Thanks to firecat for the post-ish-ness
Some of us who are disabled and/or fat are worried we'll be denied access to scarce medical resources during the pandemic. This document describes our legal rights (in the US) and ways to maximize our likelihood of getting care.
#NoBodyIsDisposable Guide to Surviving COVID-19 TriageCrips and fatties made this ( Read more... ) -
Update: COVID-19 version
Just emailed this to a family member and thought I'd put it here for my later reference ( Read more... ) -
In which you skip this because other people's drama is exhausting
I want to write this, but I don't want anyone to feel compelled to read it, so here, have some cut tags!
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You don't have to attend every fight you're invited to
My week has been stressful. They called Thursday and offered me the half-time job. They needed to know that day -- we haven't heard back on the lucrative job James has applied for, so I declined, citing the fact that I'm the only breadwinner and James hasn't heard back about the job he was waiting to hear from (I didn't mention to the HR person ( Read more... ) -
Facing finances
Part of how I got out of debt last time was to be frank with myself and others about my finances. For the first 10 years we were together, James and I had zero debt, and it took some pushing past shame to admit we'd accumulated $10K+ in consumer debt, but admitting it was the first step to eliminate it. This time, the debt is even higher (but it ( Read more... ) -
Work stuff
Today, I will be interviewing for a half-time job: the hourly wage is a fair bit higher than what I'm currently making at my day job, but the hours are 20 a week versus 40. It has benefits, though, and it would free up my time to write, and to take more editing gigs. I enjoy the editing, I'm good at it, and it pays well, so this could be the best ( Read more... )