11 AM and already all out of f**ks given

[grammarwoman]

I mean, my pool of caring was near empty anyway, given that it's Friday, but posting a question to the team's Slack channel and having it go completely ignored just flushed the rest down the drain.

I think I'm all done with living in interesting times and would like some nice boring sameness for a while, but that assumes that next week brings some relief with a Blue Wave and not "Welcome to a fresh onslaught of never-ending dread and despair!" results.

I feel like I should post some sort of overview of the last (checks post date and sighs) 7 weeks; I just needed to clear that rant out of the queue first. I'm going to set this client database fix to run and go out over my lunch break to vulture over the Halloween clearance, hopefully returning with lots of Reese's pumpkins. They should make that proportion of PB-to-chocolate all year round.

Comments

[kass]

I am so anxious about next week.

[grammarwoman]

So very, very anxious. I already voted, and I've thrown a bunch of money at ActBlue, and I'm about ready to nuke my inbox from orbit because it is overflowing with political ads and asks. I've even stopped answering the phone because of all the robocalls. PLEASE LET US WIN THIS.

[lilysea]

Fittingly, The Little Girl Who Gave Zero Fucks arrived in my mailbox today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41JbAUA5OGE

"This is the story of a brave young girl, Elodie-Rose, who one day decides to change the world and keep all her fucks in her basket.

Waaaaaaait a minute. You’re confused. What are fucks, you ask? It’s quite simple, really. Fucks are her self-esteem; all her happy, sad and wonderful thoughts that sit in her basket. That sit in every girl’s basket! And every girl must give these fucks away every time someone asks.

One day Elodie-Rose decides to break rank and find out what happens if those fucks stay where they are…

“Hello to you, hello from me!
We’ve just one life, not two or three…
have you ever wondered what would be
if you took your fucks and set them free?

Would your head explode? Nose disappear?
Would weeds start growing behind your ears?
I wonder what everybody would say
if you showed how brave you are, one day.

If you grew so tall, everybody saw
that you are destined for much, much more.
When your heart is heavy and your story sucks
be the little girl who gave zero fucks.”

[grammarwoman]

That. Is. AWESOME! I am thinking about putting that on my wishlist. Thanks for the link!

[beatrice_otter]

You have done what you can. Take care of yourself and give yourself time to relax and recharge.

[grammarwoman]

:) Thanks.

I would like to report a bug; my Friday did not have sufficiently enough Friday in it.