The news last night\/this morning is all about Congress finally seeming to take a step back from the brink and doing their jobs – talking to one another and coming up with deals that the two parties can agree on. If they’re able to get all of that done this week I’ll finally receive a pay check next week, for the first time since early October, when we got a partial check for the period through September 30th. We’re normally paid on an every-two-weeks basis, so I’ve missed two full paychecks in addition to the partial one already, and that’s beyond ridiculous at this point, especially as I continue to have to work, albeit intermittently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I get that partisans are pissed that, as expected, the party causing the shutdown got little to nothing out of their efforts, but them’s the breaks. Politics is not for the faint of heart, and ‘you can’t always get what you want’, to quote the Rolling Stones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime tomorrow is a Federal holiday, so I’m fully furloughed, which is a nice change (no checking work email). Probably doing some needed grocery shopping, and hunting some more esoteric ingredients for stuff I’d like to try. We have no firm Thanksgiving holiday plans, but the in-laws will be visiting for Xmas as usual, so this is a good time to try out & plan any new things. Especially if I’ll be back to the office next week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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