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spritechan) wrote2020-05-28 10:54 am
spritechan) wrote2020-05-28 10:54 am
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Pics of yesterday
I am still so very angry. To help soothe my rage, I took pictures of things throughout the day yesterday that gave me joy or made me smile.
To start, wanted to show you guys one of Nero's favorite spots to lay:
You can find him so often at the top of the stairs. XD
Been really enjoying coffee out of one of my very first pottery mugs (like, first purchase).
As I said, I called in to work yesterday, and I spent most of the workday sleeping, but I did attend the once-a-year all-staff meeting. There are about 250 people in IT, and about 200 were at the meeting. Turns out I was nominated for one of the employee of the month awards, but ultimately didn't win (I'm totally fine with that lol).
Lunch! Butternut squash ravioli with a pasta sauce! I added cheese and butter to the sauce. Steamed zucchini and brussels!
Another place Nero likes to chill is underneath the coffee table.
Can't forget the beautiful Grimmy boy. Grim LOVES the blue chair.
Got some yarn goodies! Happy to support these guys. <3 <3 They threw in the big tote as a gift!! I love it XD
After work, I knit a little and watched one of my favorite knitting podcasts Youtube. Constance is so precious, I love her! And LOOK at that colorwork!!!!
Finished the cuff on my second Steve sock (also notice my nails are now completely polish free! And horribly broken and impossibly short! I can't stop picking at them!!):
Steve and I went for a leisurely, short walk. The city is FINALLY redoing our neighborhood roads, aafter 30 years of slapping pavement on top of the cracked stuff. The roads are getting torn up and are all hustle and bustle with big machinery, but I still got some pretty pics!
Look at this new growth on this tree!
One of my stubborn Dahlias was like, HEY I AM HERE!!! A couple new blooms are hiding behind it. It stormed super hard the other day, but the dahlia hung on!
These are other bright red flowers in my garden, so tiny and bold!
Do you SEE what I have to deal with??? Look at all those leaves chomped off to the stems!!! This is one of the hostas I planted by our tree.
Nero was very stubborn and ridiculous about being on my lap in the evening.
Bad pic but a bunny was helping out, eating dandelions in the yard:
It was Day 2 of my workout program, "Fun" day. So I did the walk and played lighter-hearted/less intensity ITG (because ITG will also be my day 3, Interval cardio) AND traded off with Steve every few songs.
Workout outfit:
VERY leisurely walk:
ITG sesh:
After showering, Steve and I got up to some fun even though we were both SO tired. I'm happy about how into me he seems lately! I'm always surprised! But omg we were both so sore. It was hot though! Then we made a pizza - it was a "croissant crust" from DiGiorno he wanted to try. He said they really lost out not calling it something like "CRUST-ssant!" XDD
After that, played a bit of Hearthstone battlegrounds together. This match here - I think this screenshot was the first time I went up against them. I was certain I'd lose - look at his board and health compared to mine! We ended up going head to head at least 6 times, tying most games and the rest I wore them down. I ended up taking first somehow!! It was awesome. My opponent also was having a silly fun time at the ridiculousness of our matchups, because it NEVER goes on that long. By our last matchup he had the one Big Boi up to over 100 attack and health!
Separately, in a meeting this morning, Mike told me that SPPS (Saint Paul) teaching staff received a gag order to not talk about the incident at all - with students or with staff. The FUCK. If they did that to us when Philando Castile was killed, I would have quit immediately.
In a meeting this morning, Mike, Jake, Alex, Sandy and I all talked about the shit going on in Minneapolis. Jake and Alex are on the up and up, Sandy's almost there, and Mike is focusing on the wrong thing ("Losing the contract with the U won't hurt the police force financially") - but Jake really nicely educated him on the "message" it sends, and Sandy pointed out that she used to work at a bank, and cutting off the relationship with the police force does hurt individual officers who used it as a part-time job.
To start, wanted to show you guys one of Nero's favorite spots to lay:
You can find him so often at the top of the stairs. XD
Been really enjoying coffee out of one of my very first pottery mugs (like, first purchase).
As I said, I called in to work yesterday, and I spent most of the workday sleeping, but I did attend the once-a-year all-staff meeting. There are about 250 people in IT, and about 200 were at the meeting. Turns out I was nominated for one of the employee of the month awards, but ultimately didn't win (I'm totally fine with that lol).
Lunch! Butternut squash ravioli with a pasta sauce! I added cheese and butter to the sauce. Steamed zucchini and brussels!
Another place Nero likes to chill is underneath the coffee table.
Can't forget the beautiful Grimmy boy. Grim LOVES the blue chair.
Got some yarn goodies! Happy to support these guys. <3 <3 They threw in the big tote as a gift!! I love it XD
After work, I knit a little and watched one of my favorite knitting podcasts Youtube. Constance is so precious, I love her! And LOOK at that colorwork!!!!
Finished the cuff on my second Steve sock (also notice my nails are now completely polish free! And horribly broken and impossibly short! I can't stop picking at them!!):
Steve and I went for a leisurely, short walk. The city is FINALLY redoing our neighborhood roads, aafter 30 years of slapping pavement on top of the cracked stuff. The roads are getting torn up and are all hustle and bustle with big machinery, but I still got some pretty pics!
Look at this new growth on this tree!
One of my stubborn Dahlias was like, HEY I AM HERE!!! A couple new blooms are hiding behind it. It stormed super hard the other day, but the dahlia hung on!
These are other bright red flowers in my garden, so tiny and bold!
Do you SEE what I have to deal with??? Look at all those leaves chomped off to the stems!!! This is one of the hostas I planted by our tree.
Nero was very stubborn and ridiculous about being on my lap in the evening.
Bad pic but a bunny was helping out, eating dandelions in the yard:
It was Day 2 of my workout program, "Fun" day. So I did the walk and played lighter-hearted/less intensity ITG (because ITG will also be my day 3, Interval cardio) AND traded off with Steve every few songs.
Workout outfit:
VERY leisurely walk:
ITG sesh:
After showering, Steve and I got up to some fun even though we were both SO tired. I'm happy about how into me he seems lately! I'm always surprised! But omg we were both so sore. It was hot though! Then we made a pizza - it was a "croissant crust" from DiGiorno he wanted to try. He said they really lost out not calling it something like "CRUST-ssant!" XDD
After that, played a bit of Hearthstone battlegrounds together. This match here - I think this screenshot was the first time I went up against them. I was certain I'd lose - look at his board and health compared to mine! We ended up going head to head at least 6 times, tying most games and the rest I wore them down. I ended up taking first somehow!! It was awesome. My opponent also was having a silly fun time at the ridiculousness of our matchups, because it NEVER goes on that long. By our last matchup he had the one Big Boi up to over 100 attack and health!
Separately, in a meeting this morning, Mike told me that SPPS (Saint Paul) teaching staff received a gag order to not talk about the incident at all - with students or with staff. The FUCK. If they did that to us when Philando Castile was killed, I would have quit immediately.
In a meeting this morning, Mike, Jake, Alex, Sandy and I all talked about the shit going on in Minneapolis. Jake and Alex are on the up and up, Sandy's almost there, and Mike is focusing on the wrong thing ("Losing the contract with the U won't hurt the police force financially") - but Jake really nicely educated him on the "message" it sends, and Sandy pointed out that she used to work at a bank, and cutting off the relationship with the police force does hurt individual officers who used it as a part-time job.