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FINALLY got a full night's sleep. It was glorious. Even better is the fact that I now am in the clear for the next four days. Nothing on the agenda, no work needing to be done, no emails. I am free for a while. Technically my freedom started at 9am yesterday morning. I was up at midnight, started class at 1, finished at about 8:30. I did take a brief nap from 8:30 to 10. At 5 when I was on 'lunch', I started a stew in the slow cooker. We were going to try and go the zoo last night for zoo lights (an annual affair where the whole zoo is lit up) and I wanted to make sure we didn't leave a crockpot going while we weren't home. Hence, I started dinner at 5am, knew it would be done by 2, then if we went to the zoo I could just leave it in the pot and heat it up when we got back. We ended up not going because of the rain unfortunately. At 4 the rain was coming down pretty good and it was colder than shit outside and we said nope. Let's stay in. Sadly though we were both so hungry we ate dinner at 4:30pm.

I do think I could adjust to a life of graveyard like that, but only if I was single. It's too hard to make everyone else in the house do the same kind of hours. I would also start going to bed at like 6pm if this were a regular thing. Sleep from 6-12, work until 9, rest of the day mine. It would be weird but I could do it. LUCKILY I am done with these people. I have made it very clear that any additional work will be done onsite. No questions asked. No more of this. It's too hard to work with them remotely given the time difference. If we lived on the east coast, maybe, but not 8 hours difference. It's rough.

That honestly is about it. Tonight is Chinese food and Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Let the fake holiday begin. Yes, it's fake. You know it, I know it. Ironically as most of Duh-merica celebrates a made up bullshit day, we have the federal government hosing Native Americans with ice water to steal their land once more. Don't know what I am talking about? Go read about Standing Rock. Welcome to the fucked up State of the Union.

I was going to hit publish, but before I do, let me ruminate on something. I complain about this country and there are plenty of people who would say "well just leave". I have considered it. I would rather help fix it. But I truly don't know what to do. I don't feel that most of the protests that happen work. I can't quit my job and go off to standing rock. I have made calls and emails to my reps complaining about the current administration, but what else can I do? We are too big and too cog like for small changes to have a great impact. All the protests aren't going to stop Trump. Look at how he blinded everyone with the Hamilton bullshit. Paying a 25 million dollar lawsuit while distracting everyone with a musical. Shady. This guy is making Nixon look like a saint and we're all swallowing it whole. But how? How do we make a difference? Especially without hurting our families and our livelihood? Answers are more than welcome. Let's see if you have any good ones.