blocked

yesterday:

i was mostly pretty useless for the remainder of yesterday, although i did get one or two hours of work in on one of my side projects. mr smear did alright with his homework. i almost went to the comics library, but it was threatening to rain so i turned back.

we ate latkes last night. mr smear ate too many. it rained pretty hard last night.

i played a lot more balatro.

today:

i struggled a bit less with the blocked nose and sore throat last night, but i still struggled. it's been a little easier today, but still not easy.

i spent most of two hours working on the side project, and the frontend is mostly ready. for the current mocked-backend phase, i'm quite pleased with how it's going.

i joined a company lecture on integrating AI into R&D organizations, and found it interesting. i have a meeting with them in a couple of days, and i'm already planning on asking them why we can't bring my start date forward.

i still don't have the documents i need to claim unemployment for the month, but at least i've been paid by my previous employer...

mr smear's been home and doing homework for a while now, mostly with a good attitude but we've had some friction. and in forty five minutes we have to go to the school for the parent-teacher meeting we missed last week...