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  • General week has been alright, news not so good between the UK government going after Trans people again as well as the Internet being a bad place to be publicly out I'd say that's the bad side of things.

  • Started the week with kidney stones so it’s probably only getting better from there. Looking forward to ditching the ureteral stent.

  • Took part in a work provided health check, and was pleasantly surprised. My cholesterol levels need to be better, but other than that I'm actually in pretty good shape! It's nice to get some good news once in a while.
    Other than that, I'm in a general good mood. Feel like I'm a bit more in sync between my internal and external self, if that makes any sense :)

  • I’m in DC for a slew of meetings, all of which were cancelled. So I got to spend the day cruising the Smithsonian and vibing in a coffee shop

  • I bench tested my van Diesel heater two nights ago, providing minimal interaction ahead of deconstruction due to available space and installation last night in preparation for today's cold front. Thankfully, after drilling holes through the wheel box, everything just worked when tested. With the knowledge that project was out of the way, I slept better than in several days.

    Here's probably where I also mention I gave my two weeks' notice Friday. I could put up with the tedious unrewarding duties for pay so low 22 years into my career that I'm homeless by choice, but my boss' communication is atrocious in ways I've never run into, like having to know what unrelated word she meant when using another one and then getting yelled at for answering the question as asked. She's married to the owner, putting the kibosh on coming to a reasonable agreement.

    I had to do this for two reasons that are probably related: I was starting to feel crazy since I couldn't actually turn to a coworker and say anything when they were in the room, and I was starting to justify reasons to drink. That's a hard limit after 18 months of sobriety.

    The somewhat better news is "threatening sobriety" is the magic phrase, as I met the owner ... 18 months ago ... in detox. Upshot is I'm getting a parting bonus of nearly a month since the holidays are slow for hiring. My job was the only thing tying me to Austin now that I'm leaseless, so I will have far more options than I did when lockdown hit two months after leaving my last job.

    I like my little home on wheels. It's a plenty-big stepvan that I can walk around in, it's well insulated, and it's been as a project the only reason I started having a social life for the first time this decade. I park in a light industrial area that shutters for the night but is well lit, and I parked there for two months before the conversion even started, so I'm an expected part of the area and haven't been bothered yet, three weeks in.

    But if this transition was major on its own, adding a likely move and total change of field will put it at the most sudden shift measured in months since moving off to college in the '90s.

    Other than that, not much.

  • I'm feeling so burnt out at work. I work for a religious org and sometimes I really hate it. I would like a career change but starting out somewhere else looks like I'd have to take a pay cut at first and I live in a very expensive city and am barely getting by as it is. I see some other great jobs I'm qualified for but they'd require relocation and my kid is going to a special high school related to their career choice so I don't think we should move.

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