Done Since 2025-01-26

As if it wasn't enough to be grieving for Colleen, now I'm grieving for my native country. Relieved to be out of it, but... It's hard to watch, and to know that it won't be fixed in what's left of my lifetime. And to know that my kids and my friends are stuck in it. Monday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which did not help.

And with my new location, I have a whole new set of worries. (Mostly about health insurance at the moment, but taxes are looming.)

I've been feeling anomalously cold, especially in the afternoon and evening. A few days ago it occurred to me to wonder whether it's anxiety and/or tension rather than temperature, because my body temperature is normal and the house is warm enough. Turns out that anxiety chills are an actual thing. (Or it could be anemia, which is another known problem, dating to October of 2023. But the chills are more recent.) Or it could be both.

I have not been particularly functional lately.

Yesterday was apparently #GlobalSwitchDay. So if you're thinking of switching.software, here's a good place to start. And here are European Alternatives.

Here, have some cat memes. (That list has some of my favorites.)

( Notes & links, as usual )