Weather sucks and so does life

The snow may look pretty, but it can't cover up the fact that I've been forced into another day without pay because work has shut down and I don't have the leave for it.

I would have gad enough leave if there hadn't been a furlough, I'm just sayin'.

(And right when I was on the "things aren't so bad!" upswing from ChicagoTARDIS, a little reminder that my earnings are not under my control.)

Things have slowed down enough that I can go out with a shovel and see if there's anything I can do - it's covering the lawn and trees pretty thickly, but the driveway not so much. There's not too much I dare do on the computer until it's over, as the lights have flickered more than once. It's one thing if everything croaks in the middle of my reading a blog; quite another if I was in the middle of an online application or writing.

So I'm mostly taking the day to read through the rest of that library book, the one I can't renew and must return by Thursday.

But I can say that I accomplished one thing. Meet my personal kanban board:


I'd been meaning to get a magnetic whiteboard and hang it in the hall, but of course all but bare minimum sustenance spending is right out again. (At least I have all the Christmas presents!) A bit pleased with myself that I could do all of that with things lying around the house, and let's face it - it's the biggest magnetic white board I could possibly get...