Hey, friends! I hope this OT finds you in fine fettle, although I am feeling a bit anxious about world events.

Friday night is a news dump night. By the time I put this together, and have it published Saturday morning, I never know what crazy shit might hit the fan.

My concern is Israel and Iran at the moment. What news will I be reading with my morning coffee? What type of escalation happened while I slept?

So, Saturday is shopping day. In anticipation of increased gas prices, higher costs of hauling in goods to stock the store shelves, possible shortages of basic necessities, I will do my typical "thing", and make sure I stock up accordingly. I admit that the goal of buying the healthiest food I can find transitions to buying the best food I can find. The port workers' strike was magically called off until after the high retail holiday season and, of course, the election. Odd. Biden is provably not interested in labor's demands.

I had a little more difficulty on Friday returning from a vacation, getting into the swing of things.

I tried to think about how to help a parent protect their kids, I tried to think about getting an elderly client into a mental health facility before she kills herself, and I made preliminary efforts, to be continued on Monday. My mind was on the sea.

I sat on the balcony, camera at the ready, for dolphin swim-by. Nothing.

Dear One walks out, turns on his phone video app, gets this immediately:

So, now you understand why I was sorry to come back to what work issues I described above, when I just wanted to see happy dolphins.

What's happening in your neck of the woods, friends?

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