It's been a long week

Today is the 6th day of the 2nd week, the 10th day of the 1st month, the 10th day of 2025, and:

  • Houseplant Appreciation Day
  • League of Nations Day - the League of Nations was created as part of the Treaty of Versailles which officially ended WWI on ;this day in 1920
  • National Bittersweet Chocolate Day - you might know it better as "dark" chocolate
  • National Cut Your Energy Costs
  • National Hockey Mom Day
  • National Oysters Rockefeller Day
  • Peculiar People Day 
  • Save the Eagles Day - I can't be the only person surprised when Biden made the eagle the national bird because we thought it was already
  • and Voyager 1 is ~23h 04m 24s of light travel time, or 24,902,000,000 km, or 15,473,000,000 mi, or 166.459 AU from Earth
Quote of the day:
"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."
~  Maya Angelou - American memorist, poet, and civil rights activist 


I don't know about you, but I am finding the news these days very discouraging.  

I know we can't turn away and ignore it, I know we need to try and stem the tide as best we can, but I'm getting mighty tired of bailing out water as it appears the ship is sinking

January is always a bit of a shock after the holiday season.  The first full week of work after a couple four day weeks and vacation time seems to really take it out of you, although I will say those of us lucky enough to be able to work a hybrid schedule have it better than most.  Then there are the endless reports, reconciliations, audit confirmations, and questions generated by the end of the 4th quarter as well as the end of the year.   Bills for the expenses racked up by presents and activities come due and sometimes those totals are rather eye-opening because we failed to keep track  Amd hereabouts, January is when winter weather sets in - so even though our days are now getting longer after the solstice, the darkness seems to weigh more heavily.

At least this weekend won't be dedicated to putting all the lovely decorations away, so I'm looking forward to being able to recharge physically and emotionally.  

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