Fae Briona

Not around that often. I need to make time to stop by and chat more than I do. But life has been rough the last few months.

Just a rant. The college I work for has a new Dean (oh joy). Great! Except that she's psychotic. She waits until the last minute to make any decisions, then makes one that is illogical and actively hurts the goal that is trying to be achieved. My boss is at a point she's seriously considering early retirement just to get away from her. If it wasn't 6 years away for me, I'd probably consider it too.

weather over almost all of the US has been nuts this week ☹️ Wind shifted to the Northwest today as a cold-front moved in, and the humidity has gone way up -- that should help some.

Peak wind gusts here in town were 74 mph / 119 kph. Sky in most areas was orange tinted with gray, from dust and smoke. Was a very scary afternoon. We have one faculty member we know lost their house; two that are damaged but still standing. Fires came into the Western edge of the city (we're on the eastern side) and a rough count is 70 structures destroyed. We had to go out of town for a family thing yesterday and on the way home there were many areas still smoldering -- which is very scary given we're going to get high winds again tomorrow. Other than breathing issues, SP and I are fine.

It's been a very long day around here (Oklahoma - pretty much the entire state). Wind gusts in OKC peaked at 75 miles per hour; only 65 mph here. Had our first Blowing Dust Warning in forever and then MANY MANY fire warnings. Campus has opened up areas as Shelters for those affected by "current weather events." We have four faculty members sheltering on campus at the moment because they had to evacuate their neighborhoods. Sky is still a weird orange (from dust) and gray/black (from smoke).

Campus was closed all week because of extreme cold (and a lot less snow than they predicted). It's 30F today and will be 70F by Monday. Joints would appreciate it if Mother Nature would PICK A SEASON

We're starting to get better, thankfully.

Can't say it any better. Congratulations!

SP and I are still fighting the respiratory ick (influenza, RSV, and Covid are all three at the highest level in this state). I'm trying to get over bronchitis, and he was diagnosed with walking pneumonia (luckily, we caught that before it got too bad). Send us good thoughts.

A wonderful story.

Not doing bad. Work is a bit more chaotic than normal, and SP's "Christmas spirit" is a bit dim this year -- we didn't even put up the tree, though we did switch out the prints on the walls for winter set.

Hmmm... According to Google Translate, "Héiýwaa" is Yoruba [a Niger-Congo language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria] for "Hey There" [seriously]. 😀

Not been on in quite awhile -- I need to start checking in more but life has been... life. Hope everyone is doing ok.

That sound VERY good.

Definitely -- to both. I know I've been gone quite a bit, but still think of this group as family.