I'm putting some basic corporatese bullshit, honestly. It seems pointless to fill these out when it doesn't really change anything.

@feloneouscat Yeah we get "merit" increases at ever performance evaluation. How much we get varies by how we score - "solid performer" gets less than "lead performer", etc. But they're not really merit increases at all, because only the highest level - "top performer" - gets what amounts to a COL increase.

@feloneouscat So someone who doesn't really know me & the team will likely be doing our reviews. SO helpful, that.

@feloneouscat Yeah. I don't even know if our actual manager will be doing them this year. In fact my team doesn't even know if our manager is in fact still our manager, or what happened to them.

Writing a self-eval for work performance reviews.

I fecking LOATHE self-evals.

OK, so... does anybody else get creeped out by photos of pregnant women where the men who knocked them up have their hand on the pregnant woman's belly? Or is that just me?

@AlphaCentauri Yuuup. Sis & I know this hella well, don't bring anything into a home that you don't want to walk. Dad just... doesn't get it. He does whatever mom wants. Absolutely aggravating.

Sometime in the next few weeks I'll be heading over to his house to do some cleaning, sorting, etc. I will probably go through mom's jewelry and removing anything that has real value: family heirlooms, real diamonds/pearls, etc. Dad clearly has no idea of their value, both monetary and sentimental. He just isn't that kind of person, he's more pragmatic, and always does whatever mom wants.

So the diamond he bought her in 1967? Gone. No idea where it is. Good job, dad. /s

There is not enough facepalm in the world. Dad just doesn't *think* about this sort of thing, the fact that items you bring into a dementia care facility just walk away. Not necessarily from outright theft, could be that, but more likely that either mom lost them, or another resident wandered in and took them.

Today's episode of Goddammit Dad WTF Were You THINKING: mom (in the memory care home) asked for her wedding rings. So dad brought them to her. The originals, not copies. Predictably, they have gone missing.

Staggering through trying to update a business email address for a Meta account. I am thoroughly convinced that Meta's IA and UX designers have never encountered a real human being in their entire lives.

@DevinY1 LOL ah ok :D

@DevinY1 Heyyyy! From WA, welcome to the club!

Hey so how are all the #USelections going? Do I want to know?

OMG #menopause is fecking ridiculous. My fingernails sweat. My damn *fingernails*. How is that even possible???

@ellesu I bet it will. I know there are folks working hard on better treatments, even a cure. It just takes time. Maybe by the time my great-niblings are born, there will be better.

Pet peeve: people being pedantic. Fuck pedantry, seriously.

@KarenSohne Thanks. I was able to read a bit of one of her favorite childhood books to her today. Not a bunch, she was too easily distracted, but she seemed to enjoy it.

@Agatha Ouch and ouch. It's such a treat when they smile - I got a few smiles out of mom this afternoon.