thepnutgallery | Tough Choices (Reply)

My In-Office Day. Julian opted to stay home, but I at least remembered to print and process the things that needed printing, scanning, etc.. With any luck, I should have everything straightened out in a couple weeks. Also my Quarterly Meeting with Lynelle. It wasn't her day in the office, so we met via webcam. And on the day Amy distributed them - what luck! Except that the webcam wouldn't connect to my audio, so I used my phone anyway. Luckily, I'd had my phone charging all day, so I had 30% power to get me through. I have no idea why they run out so quickly there. The Universe telling me not to go, surely. She actually brought up money, since I think we're getting going to get another raise. She said they'd spoken about our workloads and budget, the plan to hire another paralegal and legal admin, and that I have one of, if not the heaviest, workload. Everything is therapy if you want it to be. I felt bad because my "Other" duties are very limited. I just have my two Paralegal Digits and 3 Claims Digits. But that's a metric fuckton of work. I think I might have mentioned before that being a lawyer working as a paralegal, I expect me to be even *more* effortlessly flawless than my Dad's ventriloquizing would have. She knew the fact that we're all severely underpaid hit the paralegals and admins harder, but she didn't know I had a side job to afford to keep my day job or that JJD had confided his terror at not being able to afford rent anymore. We also talked about CMS changes that would make NOAs more efficient. I'm pretty great at efficiency, tbh. And ADI is pretty great about finding other work for us if we get *too* efficient. Though they clearly have no problem leaving a job blank. I can't wait until we've got UBI. On staying home, she eventually asked if I'd rather have a raise or work from home, however much that might be allowed. And there's something about the labor laws, but covid might have changed that. Thanks, covid! I actually thought about it for a second. That's how much I'm panicking financially. I don't think she was expecting or hoping for me to choose staying from home. I took care of some errands on the way home, and I can address the remaining ones later.

Tim tried to call me, but since I was at work, I couldn't answer. I guess I could have just called him from the work phone, but I wasn't thinking. I called him in the evening, and his impression/guess at my returning home was as hilarious as it was accurate. Not verbatim, but spot on that I briefly said hi to Julian then erupted with affection for Lady Miss Friday. Tami's having some trouble with the marina and Tim is deciding how much of himself to spend trying to save her. Some of it apparently seems willful on some level. He can't do it for her.

Julian and I watched some Netflix, some show called Feel Good. It was a beautiful dramedy leaning far heavier on drama than comedy. A flip of the usual ratio, to be sure. And Julian was kind enough to pause it every time I heard a track I wanted to Shazam. Also, Mae Martin is adorable.