Man, am I having a rough time keeping it together today. Absolutely HAVE to get back into a full work schedule today, and my current task is basically timed and monitored.

Meanwhile, got stuck on hold for another HOUR with Home Depot.

And then found out my company is doing a round of layoffs. I THINK I should be OK, but should know for sure by end of week. I think what my team does is pretty core to the company and I think I'm one of the last people on it they'd sack, but...

Still distracting, still pushing my stress a little closer to the red line where I just stop functioning for the day. Especially because there's no resolution with Artie, just more holding pattern as we wait for a ladder and a nice day to observe her.

My biggest fear right now is we'll break down to convert Artie into an indoor cat (at least until we have another solution) and the realty company will either refuse us a pet leave or make it punitively expensive. And then I might just have to murder the owner of the building.