Y11 D285

I wake up at 11:30pm after finally falling asleep at 6:30pm, thanks to anxiety about getting on my 4:30am flight with a 29 minute connection in Dallas. I stress rush to get here to the airport, arrive at 1am after getting lost and finally finding a gas station ONLY TO FIND MY FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Yep. I was supposed to land at 11am EST but now my first flight doesn't leave here until 9am CST, I get to DFW at 10am, leave there at 12:30pm, and get to DTW at 4:10pm. So home at 5:30pm because it's Friday and traffic will suck. So here I am now at 1:26am, waiting to board in SEVEN HOURS. F.M.L.

And people wonder why I am cranky.

Did absolutely nothing yesterday except get into a major pissing match with a co-worker. He tried to pull "i'm the boss" bullshit on me and I called him out on it. I went over his head and told my REAL boss that if he ever talks to me like that again, we're done. As it is, I will only have the minimal amount of interaction with him thanks to his behavior. He demanded I give him certain "immediately" because he "runs the group". Um, fuck you? You take credit for our work, you try to micro-manage people who don't need it, none of us can figure out what you do all day, and you 'run the group'? Dream on silly man. I don't know what will come of it, but I did lay everything out to my boss about this guy's behavior towards me and another co-worker. Let's see if anything changes. Who knows, maybe they will be tired of me and my diva behavior.

It does look like I will be able to piggyback a work trip on my Pearl Jam trip in April. Still looking to finalize details, but I have a client who wants training around the same time and we are trying to get them to fit it into when I need to be there. It may mean 90 minute driving on the day of the concert, but if I can get my hotel, flight, and car paid for by someone else it will be worth it.

There's also talk of me going to Ireland in June. FINALLY. After three years of teaching these people remotely it looks like there are enough local people to justify an onsite. If it does happen, I will figure out a way for B to go with me. It wouldn't be fair or right for her to stay home while I am in Ireland of all places. By June the whole COVID-19 scare should be over. Hell, it's already starting to calm down from what I see. Another election year, another scare.

Speaking of elections, I am very sad Warren dropped out. I described Biden the other day as looking like a corpse being held up for a weekend at Bernie's. I can't understand what people see in him. I think Sanders is a bit of a kook, but I'd rather have a kook then a corpse. At this rate, cheeto will win another 4 years. You watch. And maybe this time he will get us all killed. Good times.