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[serene]

Still no internet at home; Comcast should be there soon to hook us back up. The kid was resourceful and borrowed a wireless key from the neighbors, so she avoided the severe withdrawal of last time.

Work has been so stressful because of my trying to catch up after furlough without working more hours than I'm being paid for. My impulse is to just work long days every day until I'm done, but the reality is that they furloughed me, so it's their fault I wasn't here to do the work. Fortunately, they're fully aware of this, and the only person giving me shit for being behind on things is, of course, me.

This is me before the lights are even on in the office.

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[maize]

I run into that feeling a lot at work these days. I'm on a strict 24-hours-a-week schedule right now, and yet I feel guilty if I leave after 24 hours and there's stuff to do, or I feel guilty about all the things that happen on my day off or in the afternoons after I leave that then sit there unattended because I'm not there. But at the same time, it's not my choice to be on a shortened schedule, and I'm not keen on the idea of working regular full-time hours and just accepting reduced pay, because as nice as my bosses are, that gives them no incentive to get me back up to full hours. (And also, just on the principle of the thing.)