Red States: big government is giving money to lazy, undeserving liberals!

Federal Government: 8 out of the 10 states that receive more federal aid than they pay federal taxes are Republican.

Red States: End federal spending!

It's so weird that I have to be nice to people who voted for a corporate oligarchy dressed up as a fascist dictatorship. Like... They don't think I deserve rights, but I have to be nice to them because we're coworkers. Wild.

I fell. I brought in deliveries and a dog was more interested in searching for treats than avoiding death.
My elbow saved us both, allowing me to fall without hitting my head or the dog.
Does my elbow hurt like hell? Yes.
Does it hurt less than my head would have? Yes.
Good job, evolution!

The preconception that office work isn't REAL work is wild. Like, some days I think so much my head hurts. Some days I work so much my eyes hurt. I don't think that's less valid than working so hard your knees hurt. Work is work.

I worked 24 ish hours this past weekend and 12 hours yesterday, but we have a client live in the system! Hype! Now I collapse.

It's wild how quickly it has become 2025. Like... I need to submit Gen Con events for 2025, because it's 2025 😂 how? How did this happen?!

I have successfully loaded my life into a vehicle and taken it half way across the country again. Back in the east coast, drowning in work. I'm really excited to be back in familiar territory, closer to my family

Life experience. I didn't know I was missing; I pulled over on the side of the road so that my cat could use the litter box.
I hate moving.

Awe, my boss correctly gendered me :)
I don't bother with expressing/enforcing my gender at work or with family, but he saw my pronouns (they/she) on my LinkedIn and asked me about it a while ago. I explained that it's not something I worry about at work but he's doing it anyway :)

Sheriffs/police/marshalls showed up at the church I've been going to for an ICE/ERO raid.
The church has 1 FT and 1 PT employee (pastor and office admin).
So... Why? Well, a Hispanic church rents the fellowship hall and a few rooms for their church employees.

They're coming for our neighbors.

Work is crazy. Moving is stressful.
This is part of why I've never gotten tattoos, because I think like whenever I get to this level of stress, I would just get another tattoo.

That feeling when your co-worker thinks something is super complicated and impossible before even trying but you and another co-worker smash together a solution in two hours 🤘

Moving stress finally caught up with me at 5:24 am this morning. Too tired to get up and do something about it. Too stressed to go back to sleep. :P

Sometimes you're playing BG3 and end up in a five way with your two best bros and drow twins.
What a wild game.

It has been 1 year since I got laid off from my old job. I love my new job so much more :) there may not be a reason for everything that happens, but we can find a reason in everything that happened.

10/10 recommend checking out this commentary about race and representation in the movie version of Wicked!
youtu.be/lc_l0PXB4SA?...

My struggle with BlueSky is that I rarely have 300 words or less to say on any topic. I would have been an EXCELLENT essayist in the 1700's if I'd been born a wealthy white man during that time period.

Some days you wake up, your ankle hurts for no reason, you have to feed the cats before spending 8 hours doing things that don't matter to make money for things you need, and you realize, this is just it for the next 3 decades or so.