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As y'all know I was on vacation last week. And per usual, I did fuck all. With the exception of a haircut on Tuesday and a doctor's appointment Thursday.

After my haircut, I spent the day with my parents and finally got some Chinese food. It was good enough that I'm still craving it. The place was a dive (can a restaurant be called a dive?) but the food was good.

Mom said it was dirty. The floors need to be swept and moped but other than that, I think it was fine. I mean, I didn't see any evidence of bugs, so. But Mom said the lady that helped us was wearing rumpled and stained clothes. I didn't actually see her clothes but I did see that she was wearing orthotic flip-flops which I'm sure is a health code violation.

Thursday, I had a follow up visit with my doctor. She set the appointment for six weeks after my last one because she had put me on a diuretic and wanted to check how it was helping with my blood pressure. She also resubmitted the request for Eliquis and this time my insurance is covering it 100%!

I finally got myself a sleep bonnet. I haven't been able to wear it much because I have this thing about things touching my face. It's why it was so difficult for me to get used to wearing a mask during the early days of the pandemic.

When I put it on, my face just starts twitching which has it moving and before long, it has slipped off the back of my head and I have to either retie it or take it off. The reason I got it is because I'm tired of the hair on the back of my head being dry, brittle, and massively tangled from rubbing against the back of the couch.

So, I've decided that I will only wear it when I'm sitting with my feet up because that is when my head rubs against the head rest on the couch. I did try to sleep in the bed with it last night, but it slipped off as soon as I laid down. I might not have had it tied tight enough but it doesn't matter. I don't think I'll try that again. Mostly because I like to play with my hair while I fall asleep. And, yes, it is a security thing as in my version of a stuffie or blanket.

I had planned to spend one day working on one of my stories but just couldn't find the motivation. I also planned to clean over the weekend because I went to the store Thursday.

Friday, I wasn't feeling it so I said I'd do it Saturday. But I wasn't feeling it then either. I did end up doing the laundry. Everything has been washed and other than the sheets and the shirts I don't put in the dryer, everything has also been folded and put away.

I know one of my goals was to clean on a regular basis but I find it difficult to do so. Although, I do take the trash out every Friday, so at least I've developed a routine for something. Right?

I went to bed planning on walking, getting dressed, and making my bed. But I didn't. It started with realizing my scale needed batteries as I was getting ready for bed and ended with leg cramps this morning.

I did take a shower and wash my hair this morning. I plan to make my bed in a bit and fold the last of the laundry.

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I forgot to mention this in my post this morning.

The company I work for has two suites because pre-pandemic there were too many employees for just one. The higher ups decided that we would stay remote (with the exception of those who need to go into the office) after lock down was lifted because so many people already were remote.

Because of this, we do not need both suites.

And as I write that, I realize that they are getting rid of both suites and moving to a smaller location instead of just closing one of them.

What I mean by that is, we received an email the week before my vacation saying they were closing the office and we needed to go clear out our desks. I took that to mean they were just closing the suite that my team used. But today we were told that we need to leave our badges. So, I'm guessing that they are closing both suites.

I went to clear out my desk last week, not that there was much left.

In 2023, I had to go to the office one day over the summer because my apartment lost internet access. When I got there, I found my keyboard (I have two, one that stays(ed) at my house and one for the office from when we went into the office one day a week) on a different desk. I thought they had just moved the keyboards for some reason, but they had moved the mouse and the USB thing (they're wireless). It took me about ten minutes to figure all that out. I'm still confused as to why they didn't just sit at my desk or my coworkers if they wanted to use her keyboard (she has one of those that's ergonomic).

And the shelf over my desk looked like someone had messed with my nick-knacks. So, I took everything I didn't need in order to do my job home.

I only had two things left. A desk blotter and a phone charger. I went through the little file cabinet attached to my desk and doubled checked the shelf. There is nothing left.

We have to have everything out by Friday but I know I can't get back over there until Saturday and another coworker lives a couple of hours away now. Hopefully we can leave our badges Saturday.