Author Archives: A Dreamer

I am helping!!!

Posted on December 22, 2020 by A Dreamer

I signed up for a research study, and you don’t have to try to get Covid19 to be helpful!! They’re looking for folks in the DC Metro and it’s a daily questionnaire and you can also optionally sign up for … Continue reading →

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34 days for 2 day priority mail

Posted on December 22, 2020 by A Dreamer

But, my SportPepperCat shirt is here, benefitting kitties in need! But for real, these got dropped at the Post Office on 11/18, never got scanned in and have been in shipping limbo for a month.  Tracker says they’re still in … Continue reading →

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Yay, longer days!

Posted on December 22, 2020 by A Dreamer

We get a whole additional second of daylight today! OK, it’s better than nothing, and I’ll take it. Another half day today, and my enthusiasm for work this week is waning – just having multiple cases of “I cannot brain … Continue reading →

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Happy Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2020 by A Dreamer

And not a moment too soon – not loving the pitch black upon waking up. Bring on the longer days. (Though Weather Underground tells me tomorrow will only have an additional 1 second of daylight. At least it’s going in … Continue reading →

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Very out of sorts today

Posted on December 20, 2020 by A Dreamer

No idea what in particular has gotten me off my game, but just feeling at loose ends. It’s probably just that I’m so fucking tired of everything. It was too cold to get out walking today, which probably didn’t help. … Continue reading →

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More cookies acquired!

Posted on December 19, 2020 by A Dreamer

Now we definitely have enough for distribution and increased pandemic snacking. And a couple of ham & cheese croissants to boot. And a couple chocolate swiss army knives and white chocolate snowman lollipops for stockings. I have no impulse control. … Continue reading →

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Little Christmas Miracles

Posted on December 18, 2020 by A Dreamer

I don’t know what made me go back and look again at the most recent status email on this feature I’m testing that the bug assigner sends – it’s basically the same thing every week, the only thing that changes … Continue reading →

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How am I awake?

Posted on December 18, 2020 by A Dreamer

Didn’t get to bed til around midnight – wide awake at 6:15 AM. Which, given that we’ve got a half day today and they’re moving some servers I use at 1PM so I can’t work past that, and I have … Continue reading →

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No good deed and all that…

Posted on December 17, 2020 by A Dreamer

So, those 9 bugs I found working on this new feature? (Now 10 after yesterday?) They’ll ALL got assigned back to me for retesting, with an email asking if it could be done by 12/22… Theoretically, I can check for … Continue reading →

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Happy Hump Day!

Posted on December 16, 2020 by A Dreamer

I think? I am not great with time these days and the upcoming holidays are not helping. I have a big feature test I’m working on – needs to be done by 1/6 and my brain keeps going, “That’s the … Continue reading →

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