Ugh, hopefully not squirrels this time. I went through a few rounds with attic squirrels, too. I had a couple of years of peace and then this year - basement squirrels. That was easier to fix, at least.

My post-con anxiety crash is why am I so bad at talking to people and how do other people make friends at cons, arrgh? I was planning to go to Worldcon this year, but cancelled my trip due to lack of spoons. I kind of regret it, but Worldcon is exhausting even when I'm feeling better than this.

Oh, I love that book! It's my favorite Chambers. Small-scale and kind.

Absolute Puritan bullshit. Suffering does not make the world better! Heat stress is really hard on your body! People do not need to suffer medically dangerous temperatures to remember that climate change sucks!

Mostly. But our high school had a female teacher who liked the boys waaayyy too much. If hearsay is true, to the extent of having sex with them.

The pink! The burgundy seems to suck light out of the space, while the pink pops. Also, people tend to be conservative in their choice of furnishings and usually go for the "sensible" choice. Lately my knee-jerk reaction is to reject that and want the thing that is colorful and fun.

On the plus side, it's the first time I'm getting together with my family for Easter since 1994.

Copper Falls State Park, in northeastern Wisconsin.