Of Demolition and Determination

14,959 Days Alive

144 Miles to Drive Tomorrow Morning

13 Homework Assignments Done Tonight

3 Mild Italian Sausage Meatballs Eaten with Dinner

Tomorrow morning at bright o’clock, which here translates to approximately eight a.m., I will be trundling down the road for two plus hours to go see Owl and her parliament of chaos.

I’m going to get to be a handy gay and help take down a cabinet in the kitchen to make room for her new appliance. I love being able to use power tools for both good and mischief. This case is primarily leaning towards the former and staunchly avoiding the latter.

Spock has been a little under the weather today, but seems to be on the mend. I should get him to the vet here soon for his annual.

Speaking of a full year: it is sixteen days until the one year anniversary of my arrival here in Wisconsin. Strange how slowly and quickly time has flown. Getting laid off back in September 2025 really damaged my calm and financial health. Ugh.

I’ve got a question for you, my dear readers: if I used the word “acquiescence” or “acquiesce” in a sentence, would you know what I meant? I used it at work today, specifically because I was asking about someone’s willingness and capacity to assist me in a task. But… I had to break out the Pirates of the Caribbean reference to make myself understood. When asked why I didn’t just announce that I needed help, I kind of fumbled for an alternative to “I did, but y’all were otherwise occupied jabber-jawing about an admittedly enjoyable show and weren’t listening the first two or three times I asked”. I get… crisp when frustrated.

In any case, I did get the help I needed, taught my coworkers a few new words (overmorrow anyone?), and got to find out one of our patrons is a literature professor for the local college. I made him snort in rather indelicate laughter when I said something along the lines of “at least I didn’t say please spare me the dubious joy of your company”. Made my day, really.

I should head to bed. I’ve been up for seventeen hours now and I am toast.

Take your meds, folks.