thanks PBW. i've been able to sleep a bit better for the last few days.

yesterday the cleaning crew was at my parent's. the tarp was on too. a lot of their stuff is ruined but at least there is progress. we've been helping them get set up with replacement computers. my dad's laptop was smashed by the collapsed ceiling and so was my mom's iPad. being tech support is always interesting but we made progress. they didn't let me know before they came over this morning but other than that things went well. i told them to be sure and let us know they were coming over next time.

now i need to cook and do a lot of cleaning. with all the rain we've been tracking in mud and dirt so i need to vacuum and wash bedding. i'm tired but i'm feeling a bit more positive about stuff.

Yeah i remember when i was growing up teachers and professors would make comments like "you kids think you invented whatever thing. we were doing that this way back in the 60s". i can't really remember specific examples but it's probably something every generation goes through as we age.

marketing, especially on the internet loves to rebrand things and pretend they never existed before

didn't sleep well either. now i really need a nap but i doubt i'll get one  i'm also too anxious to really get to sleep

oh no BC. is the burn really bad?

no a trivial complaint at all. not really a complaint but i don't want to start a thread. yesterday early in the morning we think lightning struck my parents' house and started a fire. thankfully between the smoke detectors and one of their neighbors they were able to get out safely. so no damage that can't be undone.

their house is in really bad shape. the fire was on the roof and in the attic so the roof and sheetrock collapse in their living room, main bedroom, and office. which is where they have most of the stuff they use all the time. my dad's laptop and my mom's iPad were destroyed along with a ton of other stuff. and water from rain and putting out the fire was all over the house.

their insurance pays for temporary housing so they have a place to stay. i don't have a proper guest room just a office/pony room/guest room where the desk takes up most of the room. it will probably be months before they can living in their house again so not ideal for the long term.

i'm still in a state of shock over it. i was scared to death when i woke up to multiple calls/texts in the middle of the night. i thought something happened to my mom. so i was relieve that they're ok but it's going to be hard for them to start over at their ages.

i have a ton of work related pet peeves but one of my top peeves is when people message "Hi" in the work chat. and wait for a response before saying what they want. seriously say what you want! i have one from mid last week when i was on PTO. "Hi" no context. no follow up. i'm just going to assume it wasn't important and they asked one of the other people on the team. i refuse to enable this behavior. this person does this all the time too.

for a while i just didn't respond until i got a follow up. unless it was someone higher in the org chart. and it worked. but i started to feel bad so i fell back to responding to "Hi". no more!

also when my manager messages and says "Hi. do you time for a quick call?" it scares me to death. i wish people would say "Hi. do you have time for a quick call about <thing the call is about>" especially if the call won't happen until later in the day. it's like some people aren't anxious basket cases like me so they don't have these fears. seriously given no context i will fear the worst.

everyone,

i've been trying to find a solution to add an additional monitor to my work computer. it's a Mac Air M1 so it doesn't support 2 monitors without a docking station. my work doesn't pay for accessories which isn't really a big deal since i already have monitors that i like and the ones they provided when we worked in person were low resolution. however the monitors i have use USB-C cords and every docking station that claims to support 2 monitors on the Mac Air M1 are HDMI. i have tried several converters that didn't work. and all of the ones i can find are designed to allow an HDMI monitor to plug into a USB-C port. i like these monitors and i'm not buying new ones to accommodate this stupid work computer. so for now i'm just out of luck.

There was a Miami Tribune article today about how hot it is in Miami and that "no one knows why". DeSantis made any mention of climate change from media or press illegal in Florida. Yeah, no one can say "climate change" or "global warming" or anything else that hints at it. So when the news reports the temperature it sounds like it's a big mystery. So dumb.

i know it's meaningless at this point but that's definitely unconstitutional. hope the oil money is good DeStantis! Shame on the press for going along.