I don’t know where to start. I thought I would start this morning by working. I’m so over things happening. LOL. Shit keeps happening.
Some things wouldn’t be a big deal, but I live with crappy neighbors, so I have to deal with what I do if my lawnmower gets stolen. Things like this piss me off. But people suck. What else is new?
However, my refrigerator being broken kind of came out of nowhere. I was sick most of last week due to eating frozen food I thought was okay to eat. I have probably lost a couple of pounds that I can’t afford to lose. I’m not getting on a scale.
I can eat frozen food, but the freezer is only so big. It is full right now. The bottom part of the fridge is not usable as of right now. So I can’t cook anything like chicken and then put it in the bottom of the refrigerator.
I will probably email the property owners, but I then have to clean this weekend. I don’t know whether they are neat freaks or not. Hope not. The place is clean, but I don’t have a vacuum for dog hair. Could I buy a vacuum or the type of Swiffer that can pick up dog hair? After two weeks of unpaid leave? And I have to pay for a lawnmower? Uh, I’d rather not.
It would take me 20 minutes to clean the living room. And maybe 25 minutes for the kitchen? Not sure. ADHD and cleaning do not go well together.
I’m glad I finally have food to eat besides crackers. But my eggs will probably ruin. It will be 80 degrees tomorrow, and I don’t have AC.
I didn’t know anything about the bombing in Ukraine until 48+ hours after it happened! Before everything started, I knew there was talk about Russia because I would go to the Washington Post and read the headlines. Without Twitter, I don’t know anything!
I have watched a little bit of news over the past for days. I didn’t know Ukraine was considered a right-wing country. Now I want to learn more. I’ve been somewhat following how Black people in Ukraine are having difficulty getting out. One Black guy finally found a train to get out on Thursday. He’s in Hungary now.
Here’s a story about African students having a hard time fleeing. I thought I read it wasn’t just Black people, but I can’t find that now. It was anyone who didn’t look Ukrainian.
“It was very devastating,” she said. Orakpo turned to a Ukrainian woman organizing the line and asked her: “What’s wrong with us entering the bus? When will you start loading us?” The woman looked at her and said: “Only Ukrainians are going to get on the bus,” according to Orakpo. “That’s very bad. What about us?” the medical student asked. The woman shrugged.
The Washington Post
There are so many people, a lot of people are going to have a hard time getting out. It’s not just because people aren’t Ukrainian.
If I can find something digital from a Ukrainian shop, I will support them that way. I was going to look last night, but I’ll do it after posting this. Unfortunately, they can’t ship things right now, so only digital orders help.
I hope the US stops getting oil from Russia. Even Nancy Pelosi and Manchin are for this! But the Biden administration isn’t going to do it right now. Biden doesn’t want to blame gas prices going up more.
This Week I…
Music of the week: Spice Girls, Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding, 112, Adele, Ariana Grande, Backstreet Boys, Freak Nasty
TV of the Week: Big Brother Australia
Podcasts of the Week: The Vanished, Crimelines, Generation Why, Dateline
Books of the Week: I finished reading The Authenticity Project by Claire Pool. Rating: ★★★★ I guess this book would be contemporary fiction. It’s a good book about people being authentic. I could relate to most of the characters in some way. I saw a critic call this a feel-good story. I wouldn’t go that far.
I’m still reading Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb and 20 other books. I’m almost done with Gabby Bernstein’s book – Happy Days. I don’t recommend this book to people who know they are easily triggered by reading about trauma.
Goal for Next Week: We might have required overtime next week. Wow, this is the perfect cure for burnout! I do need money to pay my taxes. I haven’t started them yet. All I know is that one week of overtime will not be enough to pay what I have to pay. I hope I don’t burn out from the required overtime. If it goes on for months, I will not be happy. I have to mow the lawn, go to doctor’s appointments, do business work, etc. I will take FMLA for some of the overtime if it goes on for too long. If it’s only 5 hours a week, I don’t have a problem with that. It’s the 10 hours that I can’t take.
I should probably start my taxes. I read something this week and thought, “Shit, I have to do my taxes!” Right now, I do not want to know how much I owe the government. There is too much going on, but I need to do it so….
Thanks for reading! Have a great week.