• We had a cute new cat visitor this weekend. Snow Jr is being a jerk and scaring them away. Probably for the better and that’s how nature is, etc. etc. but it’s hard to see/hear.

• Look at this fun necklace Carrie W sent me! It says “be kind” on top then if you pull that up it says “…of a badass.” I had been looking at these types of necklaces and hadn’t mentioned it to her at all, and it just showed up at the house! I love it!

• Have crewneck sweatshirts been making a comeback? Or have I just fallen in love with them over the past few years? I used to be a hoodie sweatshirt girl but I’ve just been digging the crewnecks!

• Ha, just another reminder to fact check ChatGPT. I was asking it to help me summarize some of my flying blog posts for lessons learned and it came back with “Lesson Learned: Prepare for the unexpected, like how the door popped open during takeoff, and have a plan to stay calm and address issues safely.” THAT NEVER HAPPENED and hopefully NEVER WILL. We thoroughly check the doors EVERY flight.
• And another reminder – it’s really never appropriate to comment on people’s weight gain or loss. I know someone who lost weight unintentionally due to health issues and they’re getting lots of compliments on it. They’re actually trying to gain the weight back.
• And now for the whiny stuff – I’ve complained about this before but WHY WHY WHY does Google contacts delete birthdays? Like, a contact’s birthday will legit go missing from their contact card, and therefore, from my calendar, which I use to plan for birthdays. So I get to the end of December and realize I haven’t planned anything for Lindsey’s birthday because it’s *POOF* gone. And every time I try to google this it just comes up with ways to turn my birthday calendar back on. Thanks, but I know that. HOW CAN I STOP CONTACTS FROM EDITING ITSELF?! (What I do is make a recurring calendar appointment for their birthday along with having it on the birthday calendar so it’s doubled up.)
• I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed and uncommunicative lately. I find myself not sharing information just so I won’t have to follow up on it or answer questions. Not healthy. I should add – this is for digital communication only. I’m mostly fine if it’s in person.
• I was about to hit publish then saw a note on here for “lady hurt PO Monday.” I wasn’t sure if I was going to share that, but whoa, when I got to the post office Monday to drop off packages this woman had just fallen and smacked her head and there was A LOT of blood (she was on blood thinners, and I was like YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE A SCAN TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T HAVE A BRAIN BLEED – and that was the second thing the EMTs talked to her about after they arrived). Poor thing. I stayed to help as much as I could, and heard from the postal worker that night that the lady was back home and okay.

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