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sigh. I am going to pack the keyboard. I can get an 11.6 chromebook for about $160, but, like, I HAVE the tablet

Also, apparently, I can use the stylus to handwrite in the text box for slack!

I am delighted by today's wordle

morning!

How goes?

I think the tablet/keyboard decision is a good one.

You'll need an outlet adapter for Scotland, right?

I have one

all the devices have USB chargers, and my adapter has USB slots

The annoyance of the keyboard is that it is a micro USB vs a USB C

it requires its own special cable

But it does make the tablet more versatile, because I would like to be able to visit here

I am probably going to be lonely

I am not very excited about this trip at all 😞

I am far to anxious about the travel, and the crowds, and haven't been able to get excited about the theatre festival at all

I am so worried about work, it's hard to enjoy this - because what if, indeed, work goes pear-shaped, and I have to find a new job? Am I missing not just pennsic 50, but perhaps my last pennsic for a good while? Brain weasels on overdrive

I know that, no matter where I'm going to, the lead-up to a trip fills me with dread. I get anxious that I'm going to pack "wrong" or travel "wrong" or do something "wrong" when I get to my destination. I know in my case that, once I get there, all that anxiety tends to vanish (or at least diminish a lot), and I hope that's the case for you.

Let's hope that work doesn't go pear-shaped, but if it does, are you still likely to look for work in education?

Hey, Rae!

I honestly don't know.

Things are really, really bad at work.

I don't know if I want to go through the tenure process again, and those jobs are very rare now

Well, your college is a shit-show in general, in terms of how they treat theater faculty, right?

All faculty, to be fair

That was my impression.

I just think you're a dedicated and talented teacher in your field, and it'd be a shame for you not to get to teach, and for students not to have you as a teacher. Just not necessarily at That College.

yeah, the job part of my job I still like

But yeah, mostly anxious

I think I won't be able to hit Pennsic on Tuesday, like I hoped. I'm going to have to go get the van.

Okay, so...if you ran into an employment interruption, it would be less likely for you to be able to go to Scotland afterwards than it would for you to go to Pennsic. So ENJOY SCOTLAND.

And no worries (re: Tuesday). Don't add stressors to a stressful pre-travel situation.

so it literally might just be monday, which is ok

I will say hi!

I will keep an eye out for your text!

Okay, I need to do some vacuuming (because it won't get done at all while I'm gone!). Back in a bit.

hi

Sorry, I woke up late and have been playing catch up]

Hey, Sundays are for sleeping in! (Religious services notwithstanding.)

hi!

Hi Catnik. I hope you'll enjoy your trip once you get underway.

I can't throw stones. Going to my sister's house (With her no longer Ex) for a few hours on the 25th

To see my brother and his 50th Birthday

So I'm looking forward to this like it was a dental drill

Yeah, I bet you're stressing about that.

Have been to light degrees for a month