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Hopping on to download my data and let folks know that they can find me on tumblr at drowsyreaper. It has certainly been a time. If we do not cross internet paths again, I wish you all well.
And I'm caught between the awareness that administrations are like this everywhere versus not wanting to be caught up in this *particular* bit of administrative dickery.
But yeah, administration at my job is actively hostile to its workers and our HR is racist and arguably ablest, and workers pushing for a union is causing them to retaliate and there's not much the union can actually do.
Weird day. Suffered heat exhaustion yesterday and slept a lot. Today had a union meeting which was...weird. Basically confirmed for me that when my branch closes for renovation, I need to find another job. And so are a lot of my coworkers from the sound of things.
God I hate the bus lines. Things were mediocre but semi functional, until they "updated" all the routes. Now it's just a dumpster fire with uses that run out of gas because the routes are too long.
And there is no one above him to launch a complaint to. He is in charge of this certification program. That Baltimore City school administration requires. Hundreds of teachers have to just...deal with this guy if they want the city to pay them what they're worth.
I hate Matt's teacher for this course. He demands new research papers every week from his students - WHO ARE ALREADY TEACHERS. THEY ARE ALL ALREADY CARRYING MASSIVE WORKLOADS. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
There's a fucking powerpoint to this assignment? Matt. MATT. What do you MEAN the teacher didn't give any guidelines beyond "and also make a powerpoint". MATT.
I'm so tired. I don't want to write about digital equity anymore. I know it's important, I work at a library, I see the need for digital literacy and access. BUT IT'S 2 AM I WISH TO SLEEP.
Another night of helping my brother with ridiculous research papers for a class he's only taking in the hopes that his job will finally give him a raise if he has the right certificate.
It's 1 am and I fell asleep on the couch, but woke up because Guinness the Cat was VERY noisily chasing his own tail. So much chattering. So many thuds as he hurled himself at his own ass. <3
I dunno. I guess I'm just grieving a friendship and feeling unsettled over the warning signs we all missed. And feeling disturbed over some...symptoms? of whatever is happening with her that other people knew about and were trying to help her with.
This week has been a ride. I'm a fairly crunchy person - ghost stuff, spiritualism, tarot, etc - but I also love science and try to keep my feet on the ground. Had a friend who was always a liiiiiittle more out there than me go blasting off into outer space.
And in talking with the other people involved, we're all discovering things from each other that she's said and done that make it more obvious that her grip on reality was loosening. But that's hindsight.