the end of an era

 today our cousin whose husband passed away last year, passed away herself. she was also very old, and no longer in command of her faculties, and we saw it coming - but it's still very sad nonetheless.

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it was a rough day, workwise, and although i managed to sneak in a small win (and receive confirmation from our friendly consultant that my frontend efforts were on the right track) it was a long battle against a mysterious bug with what feels like very little progress.

also, a piece of danish vegan chocolate popped out of my hand and landed under me, and so my new-ish chair and shorts are stained :/

gd and mr smear had a rough patch in the afternoon, but were otherwise fine. i wasn't feeling good (i was passing out at my desk before i went for a fourth coffee), so i didn't go rollerblading this evening (at least i rollerbladed to and from work), and for the last few days i definitely haven't been doing too well as far as diet is concerned.

i read a whole chapter of the prisoner of azkaban to mr smear tonight, i think we only have one left.

i then played another run of inscryption, and was swatted down before the second boss.

ugh.

the news has been utterly atrocious these past two days, i kinda just want to bury my head in the sand and wait for it all to blow over. but by the looks of things, nothing's going to blow over, war or no war, without a massive, concerted effort to counter the efforts of the enemies of the west.

i'm going to try to get some sleep.