And not a moment too soon, cause my stress levels are a bit on the high side, and I fear I’ve been on the snippy at work, so an extended break is not a bad idea.

Though, I can’t imagine why I’d be at all stressed, it’s not like we’re staring into a black hole of not knowing WTF is going to happen in this country other than it is probably gonna be bad, with the bonus of our CEO making a few somewhat boneheaded comments that left me going, “Dude, WTF?” (Nothing bad, just very tone deaf.)

Life with President Elon is super fun so far. We’ve got 30 some odd hours to avert a government shutdown because that unelected jackass won’t shut up and just mind his own business, and he probably thinks this is all fucking hilarious.

Proof positive that the existence of billionaires is a policy failure.

I really, REALLY need the Furry Hacker Mafia, Techie K-Pop fans, and Techie Swifties to clear out all his accounts and break all his toys. He needs to be sad and broke. And the inevitable infighting that is going to make Trump throw him under a bus cannot come soon enough.

Then we have dipshit Rand Paul floating the idea of Musk as Speaker of the House, with some on the left going, “Do it! Just make everything awful to prove the point!” So much for principals of harm reduction, I guess.

This level of uncertainty is…a lot. I don’t really know how to describe it, but damn, I spent the bulk of my formative years under the constant threat of nuclear annihilation and honestly, that was less stressful than this.

I keep reminding myself that my situation is reasonably stable, and though I am a woman (big strike these days) – I am at least past childbearing age. I have two awesome cats. I have good family & friends who are like-minded. I can help people. I can continue to yell at my elected representatives. (Even today!)

Treading that thin line between trying to be prepared without catastrophizing is a challenge, though.  But I’ll get there, and this time off will be good for continuing to figure things out.

And at least I have this: