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1. Grantwriting at speed because you only got 3 days is terrible but invigorating.

2. As a result I have been making Excel do a shit ton of math and am worried that my formulas are wrong because of no one else checking them and dyscalculia.

3. Ketamine clinic called me this morning, which I missed, and I need to call them back tomorrow. I was deep in somanynumbers land. I'm hoping it is not calling with a rejection because that will make tomorrow extra fantastic.

4. Still too tired to brain. I've not even gotten to write anything with Jaehnieseyth. I have been staring at the first Rachel Peng (my iPad just immediately turns that into "Penguin," of course, but she does answer to it) book and wanting to read it but my eyes won't stay open.

5. Relatedly I got both my new phone and my new blood pressure monitor in the mail today and have opened neither. Need to pull everything off old phone to back up my 30k of pictures since the Pixel line doesn't have MicroSD (I shunted my contacts into Gmail so I don't lose those at least) and so while everything is backed up in google photos, it will be reassuring to have the images on my laptop as well. The case I bought also has not arrived yet, and I don't really want to carry my phone around in a box. The Pixel 3a, in the name of being more affordable, is more breakable. I drop my phone a few times a day. I need the case.

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All hail the wonders of phone cases that make smartphones possible for clods like you and me! (Speck is my jam. I think I drop my phone at least three times a day.)

Right? And it BOUNCES. The only time I got damage was when I dropped my phone face down and the screen cracked, and... how often does something drop right face down?

Answer: only once in 5 years, if you're me. But landing on the corners or the side? Every day.

That's why I love Speck (no financial gain): the sides of the case stick out ~2mm, so even when I drop it face down the glass can't touch the floor. I'd have to find a rock that's 80% of the screen's size, and drop it facedown, centered on that. (Knowing me, I will.)

*support support* Good luck with the ketamine.

I have my otherwise airy-light iPad Pro in a SUPER TANK of a heavy, rugged case because I am a klutz and I really, really do not want to break a $1,500 piece of electronics by dropping it.

Mine is similarly in a case that doubles its weight, WORTH IT.

As far as the ketamine goes, I'm terrified they are going to try to make me see a therapist, and like, no. Other than typical always being broke issues that are a result of being born in the second half of the 1980s and my dad being dead, I have the least amount of stressors I've ever had in my entire life. I'm a professional too and I know that therapy will not help me right now (I still do my DBT every day on my own, cards included!) ... I can't afford it, and all of this is absolutely biological. I explained on the intake call why I chose not to see a therapist. I cannot see anything I would get out of therapy except being more broke.

Best of luck with getting the treatments! I'd been reading up on it recently in respect to something else, but then saw an article just the other day talking about the myriad of other situations its being used in. I hope that it helps you.

And good luck with the new phone too. I'm with you on good cases. I almost cringe when I see people who don't use any sort of case. They must be far less clumsy than me I figure.