My car's battery died while sitting in the garage
Probably because of the cold, and that I'm not driving it much
Every time I go to Reddit or watch the news
it's filled with scenes of ICE and the cops being assholes
and certain politicians being cartoonishly villainish
I want to help, but i cant fight against an army of people with guns who practice hurting other people
Every night this week, I've gone to the eJury website to see if I have to go in to court the next day
Luckily, I never got called in
I learned that me being called in to jury duty is public knowledge
so that's probably how the scam got started
I've been clenching my jaw recently
I'm not sure what could be stressing me lately
It might be from world events and personal problems
I got a note from Ryan telling me to report to the office tomorrow
I started backing up my files from my work laptop
under the assumption that I'm about to lose my job
I'm not fired
just reassigned for now
It turns out that our project doesn't have a way to bill Ford for the work I do out at the plants
so for now, I'll be helping at the laptop depot
It's been snowing all day today
I'm thinking about recreating my snowman mold out of a 55 gallon drum
I've started playing Factorio again
I'm playing it slow like an idler
I've noticed that I tend to talk too loudly
Is my hearing failing, so I can't hear my own voice ?
Am I trying to anunciate too much ?
Is it a desire to be heard before somebody talks over me ?
Is it just me getting over excited about a topic ?
Annie called, and said mom is in the hospital again
I didn't think much of it because she's told me about mom getting sick in the past
But apparently this time is worse
She says she doesn't want to be revived or kept on life support
I drove out to a hospital in Brighton
Annie, Ben, and Terry were there with a priest reading her last rites
Mom had an oxygen mask on, and didn't wake up
I've never thought much of needing to say one more goodbye
Anything we haven't said to each other in the past fifty years either won't or shouldn't be said
Early this morning, Annie called to say Mom passed away
Can't say I'm effected by the news
Mom was 95 years old, and we weren't close
Lots of snow today
Took three hours to shovel
I piled the snow high in the front yard again
I attempted to paint a sunny beach scene on the snow
Just as I got into work, the fire alarm went off
It was too cold to wait outside in the snow, so I drove to PDC to get a renewal done
I wanted to recreate my snowman mold
I found somebody selling 55 gallon barrels for $5 and were just a mile from my house
I bought four of them
I had to make two trips to get them home
I plan to slice them open, and then keep the pieces together with straps while I fill it up with snow
Now that I have them, I expect it won't snow again this year
I has been below freezing for the past couple of weeks
and the low humidity has made my skin super dry
so I wrapped my hands and feet in plastic, and soaked them in skin lotion
The torn cuticles on my hands have mostly healed
and the caluses(?) on my feet are softer now