Yup, looks like the New Orleans ecosystem missed me so much that it reinfected my ears promptly on return. It's OK, I know the issue this time and already have the drops and a great ENT so I'm not really stressing.

On the other hand, my boss successfully sparred with HR on my behalf and got me the whole week of Ida as well as my travel day last week as "office-closure" vacation hours. In other words, I don't even have to spend any PTO hours on them...

We're still way behind, though. I really NEED a normal fucking week so I can catch up. This is probably going to hinge on whether our network comes back up by Monday. *sigh*

Also, Peebles and Artie remain adorable. If you were hoping for more interesting cat news, I apologize. I'll post some pics when I'm not stuck on mobile Internet.