TotallyArbitrary @TotallyArbitrary@octodon.social

Ok, so the rubber duckies were a big hit. Definitely doing that again next year. In other news, I am cold, just from opening the door to hand out candy and duckies.

I am offering candy and Halloween rubber duckies, for the kids who don't want/ can't eat candy. A thing I didn't predict is that the kids are fighting over the coolest duckies.

I take it back. The trick or treaters have arrived.

So far, all the trick or treaters are skipping my house. Is it possible that they only go to houses of people they know? That would be a little nutty!

I was so excited about figuring out Git that I didn't focus on the fact that I needed to do an external backup as well. Like I said: dingbat.

I just accidentally deleted the entire project that I've been working on for the past week and a half. Never been so glad that computers have save-dingbats-from-themselves methods.

The good news is that I'm almost done with my CS project! The bad news is that I'm supposed to go hang out with friends, and I'm totally in flow state, and I want to finish my project. But I should go, because human interaction is important.

I am ridiculously happy that I can mostly follow the "Maybe We Should Throw An Exception Here" discussion on Metafilter. I am learning stuff!

The last couple of appointments of my 11-hour day were... actually kind of great? And I am reminded that many of the kids are completely alright.

Goal for today: work another 11-hour day without quitting my job, because I need my job. Remember to never, ever, ever volunteer to work another 11-hour day again.

This has been the week of doom at work, but we just got a Trader Joe's, so at least I have an excellent selection of frozen meals in my freezer.

I am home from work, approximately 13 hours after I left.

@starbreaker I get comp time. I agreed to stay late because it was going to cause problems for innocent parties if I didn't, but I need to be a bit better about making my own Somebody Else's Problem field.

There is some sort of law of the universe that shit always goes down after management have fucked off home for the night. Always. If something really awful is going to happen, the people earning the big bucks are not going to be here to have to handle it.

It turns out that I am not good at my job after I have been doing it for ten hours.

I just found out that iOS has a "use less motion" accessibility feature for people with vestibular disorders. Holy fuck. I didn't even realize that accessibility options for vestibular disorders were a thing. Now that I've turned on the "use less motion" feature, I am so excited to go and look at all the websites that have been making me queasy.

So last time I was taking classes, my ADHD wasn't being treated, and I believed that I worked best with the TV or radio on. Now I know that I need minimal distractions. But I haven't figured out what, if any, background noise I should have when I'm coding. I'm thinking maybe music with no lyrics or lyrics not in English? Or maybe I should stick with silence?

@afabulous Does your public library offer free lynda.com access? I did a very easy beginner tutorial on SQL there, but they have more advanced stuff.

Literally the only thing I don't like about #Mastodon is that there's not enough contrast on the webpage. I have trouble seeing the little bars to move up and down, for instance.

I forgot to put the blueberries in my blueberry banana bread, but luckily it turns out to be pretty good as just banana bread.