Tristana accidentally making a face almost as funny as when you catch them in mid-sneeze

[cimorene]

It's funny how nice it is to receive praise, even when it's about something that you realistically already knew was true, or that when viewed dispassionately seems like a comically low bar; it's just nice that someone intended to praise you, regardless of the content (unless the content is accidentally an insult or you hate the person in question, I guess). Not unrelatedly, I agreed to try four days a week after the new year. I can always go back if it all gets too overwhelming, but I think it'll be okay, although I would still prefer to have more days off. (I'm always sad to be out of the house most of the day because it means missing opportunities to hug the cats.)