Nothing.

Nowhere.

Nobody.

The trouble I have with Tucson is that it's still in Arizona.

I finally got the car back with rebuilt heads, only to discover I now have vacuum issues and a rough idle with a diagnostic code relating to the emissions system.

When we lived back in Australia in Melbourne and Sydney, I would often complain about how irritated I was about using public transport. Now I live in a Country where public transport is all but viewed as a communist plot.

I'm beginning to keenly miss those trains, by Christ.

I'm $6,000 poorer between engine repairs and car rentals, but I do have my car back. I love being back in the office - remote work is just for the dogs.

Remote work is fine if you have a dedicated office space. Your own PC, a proper desk, a clean work area and a door you can close to keep out distractions and embuggerances.

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Some years ago somebody called Chill Sweet (difficult to track them as they've had about a thousand different accounts) created a group called The Carefree Group. The related Discord server became another home for me until that slowly died off.

I'd be curious to know if anyone else has a "found home" server they hang out in. It's incredibly lonely these days.

It's nice to get a piece of good news occasionally. But my dad is clear of cancer.

Since I rarely get onto this server to end up chatting with or catching up with anyone, I'm just amalgamating everyone to the one server:

Use this link, or the invite ID of waXUFgtKFW

No, sorry - somebody has since carbonized and defecated all over my old server.

I have a somewhat-personal server here instead - or the server ID 8hTyPruApc.

God I’m broken up so badly.

We will all love and miss you so much.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/andrew-cadwell-obituary?id=50029707

This is another of those obscure FIMFIC members that I remember conversing with a great deal on my old account.

They were hilarious to chat with and had this fascinating writing style - including a habit of engineering completely new words!

I often wonder if they're still around.

It never fails.

I feel so guilty about not working on my story.

Presently I am back to searching for work.

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