Thurs. June 12, 2025: Back to Work

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Last Day of Full Moon

Pluto Retrograde

Hazy and warm

You can read about the garden here.

Yesterday had a few twists. Morning was great; nice breakfast, drove my friend back to where she’s staying while she works her show. My mom came along for the ride. It’s good for her to get out of the house. It was a lovely summer day, and a nice drive, in spite of the road construction.

Home, found out there was an issue with the previous day’s purchase at Big Y. The payment hadn’t gone through. They had my receipt (and I thought payment went through, because I never leave until I see “approved”), but something went wonky. So I went back and sorted it out.

Home, got some research done. Worked on the graphics about my previous shows the audio producer said he needed for his presentation. Sent them off. I made them as slides, so he can just pop them into his PowerPoint.

Got a shock when I got an email claiming to be from PayPal that I’d bought a tactical semi-automatic pistol for over $900. Um, no. On so many levels. So I warned the bank that it was not an authorized transaction, then I hopped onto a live chat with a PayPal rep, who assured me it was not real, it was not something they would allow through, and asked me to forward the email to their phishing department. I did, and then deleted it. I’d screenshotted the information and had also given it to the bank. I had not clicked any links or called any numbers in the fake email, so as long as it didn’t carry a virus, we’re good (and Gmail claimed it scanned the receipt and it was clean). But that was a fraught period of time.

I was ready for a breakdown by then. Two card incidents in one day on two different cards is too much banking technology gone wrong for my liking.

I got some research reading done, but not much else other than the above. In a holding pattern, waiting for the notes on the ghostwriting project, so I know in what direction to go next.

Heated up leftover tarragon chicken (which reheats really well and was really good). Realized it’s almost the end of the week again, which means I need to meal plan for next week.

Slept well, although I had weird dreams. Up early. Online meditation group this morning. Then, I will work on the anthology story, start the Llewellyn articles, turn around 2 short coverages. Some longer coverages showed up, but pay 1/3 of what they used to for the same amount of work, so I did not accept them. This whole wind-down is being handled so poorly, and with such a lack of respect for the readers.

A job listing showed up in my inbox to write feature films. The employer basically wants a WGA writer, but don’t want to pay WGA rates. In other words, exploitation. Pass.

Hopefully, the ghostwriting notes will land today, so I can figure out that schedule. Until then, I will do other work. Tonight, I have a library trustees meeting, and then a library cohort meeting on ZOOM. I also want to get some tidying/cleaning done in my office. There’s a lot of filing to do. I need to invest in some more project bins. I’m juggling enough that I need bins accessible for different projects (and then I need more drawers/shelving to put things away when I’m done).

I’ve built a reasonable research library at this point (even if most of it is still in storage). My system of pulling materials and keeping them together in a bin for the life of a project works, and I need to get back to that. Once the project is done, materials get filed or put back on their shelves, so I can access it easily the next time it’s needed.

I am thoroughly disgusted at the abuse of power happening. We also have to hold individuals accountable. Each individual claiming to be ICE is responsible for their actions (since they won’t follow professional protocols, we have no reason to believe they are who they claim), as is each individual National Guard member, and each individual Marine. “Just following orders” does not cut it. They are making specific choices against their communities in violation of the Constitution they are sworn to uphold, and that must be addressed.

Just heard about the airplane crash on a flight from India to London, too. More tragedy.

Onward!