Day Job Happenings – We’re trying to get into the groove of me going back into the office. The office itself is having some… issues. Primarily, internet issues. It’s like they didn’t expect us to need internet and now everyone is hogging what little bandwidth there is. On the brighter side, one of The Brother’s colleagues had a spare standing desk converter. So, I am now once again standing all day. I had to do some major moving and rerunning of cables. I’m sure when IT sees, I will get a stern talking to. Also, we were given orders to use standard email signatures (okay, understandable I guess) as well as standardized official photo avatars or none. I went with the “none” option. Which means my happy Gentleman Platypus avatar I’ve been using for more than a decade is on hiatus.

Birthday Happenings – Since we have a glut of April birthdays among the friend group, we had a joint dinner up at Mom’s place. This was a lot of fun as we get to see Shootin’ Buddy’s little tyke now up and running around. Also found out that Shootin’ Buddy and his partner are looking to get hitched later this year. Of which, I am extremely pleased to hear. We also got to meet another friend’s new-to-me SO. We had a very in-depth discussion around cats. Because of course we did.

Earworm Happenings – I have a habit where I will softly sing whatever song is in my head. Usually, The Wife will ask what I’m singing and then just go along her merry way. This recent bout she asked what I was singing. I told her “Diggy Diggy Hole”. When she asks if it’s about digging a hole, I proceed to tell her the words in my best “English professor reading rap lyrics” voice. All fine, but apparently it has become an earworm for The Wife – and she is not happy