2021 questions (21/365 and 22/365)

[nanila]

(Sorry I missed yesterday, I was working on accreditation paperwork with my colleagues until 11 PM)

January 21

Name someone you met through work. How is your life better for knowing them?
Oh sheesh. This is genuinely tough. I've been incredibly lucky at work, and met brilliant, kind people who have remained friends after I'm no longer working with them. The first one who springs to mind is H. Her smiling face was the first one to greet me on my when I walked into The Lab on my first day there waaaay too long ago, and it was a good omen of the happy years that were to follow. We worked in the same group, though never on the same projects, for twelve years, and her calm, confident, compassionate demeanour was a life raft one could count on being able to cling to whenever things got messy. And she's also got a wicked sense of humour. Our working relationship and our friendship have enriched my life tremendously.

January 22 
What do you like about your neighbourhood?
I like the fact that everyone is being sensible and staying the f*ck at home.

Comments

[annofowlshire]

Re: the second. That is a gift! Vocal folks in the Forest are a bit casual—“oh, the pandemic is a city problem.” They get riotous if they think an outsider has come in, but otherwise they don’t think they have a problem. Even when cases here were above the national average and were rising!

And don’t even get me started on the noisy anti-vaxxers.....

[nanila]

I have zero time for the anti vaxxers. Vaccines are a core part of why most of us survive beyond childhood.

[corvidology]

I wish I could say the same thing about my neighbourhood!

[nanila]

Ugh! Sorry to hear it. :(

[silveradept]

It is a blessing to have a group of people who understand the need to stay the f*ck at home.

And it sounds like you have a lot of happy memories of people from work.

[nanila]

To be fair, this is an area where people have plenty of space in their homes, so it's not as challenging as it is for some to stay inside.

Yes, I've been fortunate. The people I've had to work with for extended periods of time have mostly been lovely.