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shadowkatSo, as you may or may not have already heard by now, Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York resigned today. It takes effect in 14 days. Mother called to inform me at lunch time. I was back in the office today and listening to the Governor's lawyer defend him against the charges on Facebook - when my mother's call interrupted it. (This was on my iphone.)
Sigh.
Talked to co-workers about it, they had the same reaction I did. Mixed.
Anyhow kudos to the folks who predicted this.
It's so weird. The Governor surprised us all last year with his positive response to the pandemic. He became "America's Governor" and people were asking him to run for President. Now, just a year or so later, he's resigning in disgrace. It's insane. But that's what this roller-coaster ride of a watershed year looks like.
Don't know what if anything it will mean for crazy workplace or going forward.
**
Commute was long today. On the way home, my train got delayed. By about 20 minutes. This is the commuter train not the subway. There were delays at Atlantic Avenue Terminal - no clue why. I could probably find out if I wanted to - but don't. In the past I'd have known via work, but we have a skeleton crew.
We sat in the tunnel waiting for a track to open up for twenty minutes. Then when I exited to thread my way to the bathrooms - I realized there was a lot of people waiting on trains, more than usual.
Most New Yorkers are wearing masks indoors and outdoors, there are people who aren't of course. More aren't outdoors, most are wearing them indoors.
**
I spent a lot of time chatting with individual co-workers today. Apparently I'm more social than I thought. Or mother is right - several months not seeing these folks, and I missed them. Or missed the comraderi? We got new head phones to use with our computers for MS Teams Meetings at work. (I'd been using my phone and bose headphones.)
Spent most of the day printing stuff out and putting together file folders or a binder - for two contracts that I intend to hand off to new people by the beginning of next week. Getting up to get stuff from the printers - resulted in a lot of chatting with co-workers.
Babs told me not to worry about things that haven't happened yet - she'd learned that often they don't. This was in regards to my fears about my parents, and Crazy Org, among other things. It's good advice, my meditation app tells me the same thing.
***
I need a vacation. I'm thinking of taking two days off around labor day weekend and maybe going into the City - to see the Highline. On my own, of course. Also, possibly trying to get in to see Shakespeare in the Park. Or just wander about Central Park. I need to get out of my neighborhood more. Right now it's my neighborhood, Cobble Hill, Fort Green, and Jamiaca, Queens (or rather just the train station and Air Train building in Jamiaca because I'm afraid to go much further at the moment), a Chipolte is going in across the street - so maybe I can get take out from it in the not too distant future?
The problem with the city is it is so transitory. Was talking to Gabe about it - and she said she'd lived her ten years and struggled to make friends - it wasn't until she had a kid that she made any. Now, she's just relying on her family the hell with anyone else.
I'm not that close to my family - also they are spread out across the countryside. I have made friends - but they keep leaving NYC and the long distance relationship doesn't quite pan out. Or they get married and have kids and move far away in the city, and it's impossible to stay in touch. Alice, a friend I met on the Buffy boards, who I was really close too for a long time, had a kid and moved to Great Neck, Queens - which is a ways. Also she spends all her free time with family. I think her kid may in college now. Since she had her kid about a year or so, before niece was born. Blink and you miss it.
Mother was cheerier today, and not in tears. I think because she got groceries. Also she didn't talk to father today. They are arranging a time now - for my father to call her, as opposed to the other way around. It's easier to manage.
***
Meanwhile in other news, my brother sent me a music video created by his two childhood buddies. One did the music, the other did the animation.
Here it is - Great Idea by Bombardier Jones . My brother's friend Doug Hudson, who is the head of animation at KC Art Institute, did the animation for the video.
Bro didn't even know they knew each other. Apparently they were friends long before either met my brother - and both became friends with my brother separately and at different times.
Odd the weird patterns life takes.
Massive thunderstorm has moved in. Word has it we'll get more and more of these in the years ahead.
Sigh.
Talked to co-workers about it, they had the same reaction I did. Mixed.
Anyhow kudos to the folks who predicted this.
It's so weird. The Governor surprised us all last year with his positive response to the pandemic. He became "America's Governor" and people were asking him to run for President. Now, just a year or so later, he's resigning in disgrace. It's insane. But that's what this roller-coaster ride of a watershed year looks like.
Don't know what if anything it will mean for crazy workplace or going forward.
**
Commute was long today. On the way home, my train got delayed. By about 20 minutes. This is the commuter train not the subway. There were delays at Atlantic Avenue Terminal - no clue why. I could probably find out if I wanted to - but don't. In the past I'd have known via work, but we have a skeleton crew.
We sat in the tunnel waiting for a track to open up for twenty minutes. Then when I exited to thread my way to the bathrooms - I realized there was a lot of people waiting on trains, more than usual.
Most New Yorkers are wearing masks indoors and outdoors, there are people who aren't of course. More aren't outdoors, most are wearing them indoors.
**
I spent a lot of time chatting with individual co-workers today. Apparently I'm more social than I thought. Or mother is right - several months not seeing these folks, and I missed them. Or missed the comraderi? We got new head phones to use with our computers for MS Teams Meetings at work. (I'd been using my phone and bose headphones.)
Spent most of the day printing stuff out and putting together file folders or a binder - for two contracts that I intend to hand off to new people by the beginning of next week. Getting up to get stuff from the printers - resulted in a lot of chatting with co-workers.
Babs told me not to worry about things that haven't happened yet - she'd learned that often they don't. This was in regards to my fears about my parents, and Crazy Org, among other things. It's good advice, my meditation app tells me the same thing.
***
I need a vacation. I'm thinking of taking two days off around labor day weekend and maybe going into the City - to see the Highline. On my own, of course. Also, possibly trying to get in to see Shakespeare in the Park. Or just wander about Central Park. I need to get out of my neighborhood more. Right now it's my neighborhood, Cobble Hill, Fort Green, and Jamiaca, Queens (or rather just the train station and Air Train building in Jamiaca because I'm afraid to go much further at the moment), a Chipolte is going in across the street - so maybe I can get take out from it in the not too distant future?
The problem with the city is it is so transitory. Was talking to Gabe about it - and she said she'd lived her ten years and struggled to make friends - it wasn't until she had a kid that she made any. Now, she's just relying on her family the hell with anyone else.
I'm not that close to my family - also they are spread out across the countryside. I have made friends - but they keep leaving NYC and the long distance relationship doesn't quite pan out. Or they get married and have kids and move far away in the city, and it's impossible to stay in touch. Alice, a friend I met on the Buffy boards, who I was really close too for a long time, had a kid and moved to Great Neck, Queens - which is a ways. Also she spends all her free time with family. I think her kid may in college now. Since she had her kid about a year or so, before niece was born. Blink and you miss it.
Mother was cheerier today, and not in tears. I think because she got groceries. Also she didn't talk to father today. They are arranging a time now - for my father to call her, as opposed to the other way around. It's easier to manage.
***
Meanwhile in other news, my brother sent me a music video created by his two childhood buddies. One did the music, the other did the animation.
Here it is - Great Idea by Bombardier Jones . My brother's friend Doug Hudson, who is the head of animation at KC Art Institute, did the animation for the video.
Bro didn't even know they knew each other. Apparently they were friends long before either met my brother - and both became friends with my brother separately and at different times.
Odd the weird patterns life takes.
Massive thunderstorm has moved in. Word has it we'll get more and more of these in the years ahead.
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Date: 2021-08-11 01:19 am (UTC)Good luck with finding agreeable ways to visit a bit more local places.