Five for Friday, Edition #42

1) Eye masks - In February, we had a Costco adventure with my BIL and SIL in Iowa. They'd never been before, so we used our membership to get them in. (That's a big Costco flex.)

ANYWAY. My SIL and I egg each other on and we decided we really needed the 24-pack of Grace and Stella eye masks. We then split the eye masks and that's what I was using on Monday. They're very soothing and cooling, but do they do anything else? I don't really think so.

2) Pedicure - Do you know how long I've been trying to get a pedicure? It's going to be actual sandal weather and my toes are bare. I don't know. Maybe I can fit it in tomorrow? Or maybe it will be another week and I'll still have bare toes. Anyone have their first pedicure of the season yet? I'm thinking green for the color. 

3) Canvas outage - This probably doesn't impact many of you, but our campus is one of the campuses hit by the Canvas cyber attack. Finals are next week, yo. 

Honestly, I'm mixed on this. On one hand, this is almost like white hat hacking, you know? Down with capitalism! On the other hand, this really does punish the students who are working hard and earning their grades. Also, I'm mildly inconvenienced, although I suspect many, many of my co-workers are much more than mildly inconvenienced. 

4) Co-worker leaving -  A while back we were hiring an advisor position in our office. We interviewed a woman who would have been great, but we hired someone else because of reasons and that has really worked out for us. We suggested this woman apply for a different job on campus, which she got. Yay! She sort of hated that job, though. I met with her regularly (I try to make adult friends, I swear) and we had lunch and hung out and I tried to answer her questions about campus and introduce her to people. When we had an opening in our office late last year, I suggested she apply. She did, but once again she came in second and we didn't hire her.

To no one's surprise, she's leaving. Today's her last day. I am bringing her a small gift and homemade cookies and if I hadn't been on both of those hiring committees, I would happily give her some tips. *sigh* Off another potential friend goes. (Yes, we could be friends outside of work, but we hadn't made that leap yet and I'm 95% sure we won't now.)

5) Hair cut - I got a hair cut yesterday. It's maaaaybe a bit shorter than I wanted, but who the hell even cares anymore. I'm ready to buzz it off. Should I buzz it off? Probably not, huh? I mean, it looks FINE. But if I was going to go SHORT, I would have gone up even higher, you know? 

Also, note that I'm wearing my heated vest under a down jacket. YOU GUYS. IT'S STILL FUCKING COLD HERE. I guess that's fine. I don't have time for a pedicure. 

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Do you have any big plans this weekend? When's the last time you did an eye mask?