demode

I left work a little early to pick up the school credit card.

There was a note on the district office door to ring the doorbell and stand with your ID showing, and call if no one comes. I pushed the big glass circle, I pressed the box below the circle. Neither felt pushable, but I tried. Nothing happened.

I called. I spoke to someone who wasn't there who called someone to let me in.

Then I noticed a very obvious round circle beneath the the glass circle. Clearly the doorbell.

The woman who came to the door asked why I didn't push the buzzer. The woman who gave me the credit card asked. I just said I don't know what happened, I tried pushing it. Which is true. I didn't feel like I needed to explain that I pressed the lens and a random box

Oh, oops? 😂

Remember how on Friday an actual car pulled in front of me and I had to slam on the brakes and the automatic braking system was all meh?

This morning, a small yellow plastic bag fluttered in front of my car, the auto braking started beeping, and the brakes slammed so hard that my things flew everywhere, coffee spilled, the Jeep behind me nearly rear ended me, and flung me forward enough that my hip, back, and shoulder hurt. I was so flustered with the force and the beeps from the car and all the cars beeping at me that I couldn't even figure out how to make the car move for a few moments.

I'm seriously considering trading it in for a ten to fifteen year old car. Except I also don't want ten to fifteen year old car issues. That's why I got this car.

Anyway, it was a long day and I'm happy to be home and still have the heating pad on my still sore shoulder.

The first thing I did when I got in my car on the way home was turn the auto braking off. I don't think I'd feel safe in a car with it again.

I think I got a new best time on the Sunday crossword, 16:36. Once it glitched and I got a time of 14:53, but that puzzle was probably half an hour. Last week, I finished in 14 something, but it took three minutes to find a typo.

I don't play Wednesday through Sunday for speed, but I do try for a new best time if it's going quickly. I'd really like to get a real best time for Sunday though!

Stupid little cold or whatever I have. It's been low level, I thought I was getting over it most of the week, and I am, but it's a little less low level than it was. I've had a whiny 2026 so far.

My 30s hat came today and it's perfect! I think it's new old stock. Now to start thinking about making the dress...

I hope I'm not coming down with something. I don't feel great and I've napped twice today. I'm so glad it's a three day weekend!

I went to my second of the biweekly protests Indivisible is hosting today.

A teacher friend texted me that one of her neighbors yelled at her landscaper. She didn't hear, but thinks it was about him not belonging here. He was in tears. How can people be so awful?