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Today has been one of the hardest days we have collectively had as friends. One of our closest buddies lost his toddler after a long battle with illness over a year. We are just so heartbroken right now it’s been hard to process. I cannot imagine what they are feeling long tonight 🙁

I got the iPhone 15 pro eventually (in spite of Apple promising it was cancelled). I am tempted to keep it now, but I am worried that with USB-C I will now become the only person with this charger type, so now I will need to worry about charger type in each room. We have chargers in every room at this pt, and thought of adding a USB-C to the mix makes me go meh. So thats the big reason I dont know if I want to upgrade anymore. Who knows now that I have it in my hands, I still might!

For the first time in many many years we are most likely going to miss out on going to India in December this year. We go to India every other year in December to meet and be with family, but this year due to insane Air ticket prices, going to India has become a challenge. We hope to make it in summer now next year but sucks coz I love being in India in December! Also, two years is already too long to be not going back to India….

I am writing a doc about expanding scope & responsibilities of me and another senior person on team. My first draft was very polite, wish washy trying to keep everyone happy but also asking for more ownership type of doc. In my current version I have dropped all pretense and just gone straight out to demanding more. The result is the doc went from 6 pages to 2 pages, is crisp and super direct and just lays it out as it is. I love it, and if it pisses of people, well, thats the goal!

The best part about season 3 of only murders in the building is how few episodes Meryl Streep is in. My big fear going in was she would make this show about herself in every frame so I am glad it very much is not so. Quite rambling at times this season, and yet they did manage this start tying things around. Looking forward to the finale.

We started watching *Drops of God* based on [@parag](https://micro.blog/parag)’s post and we are loving it. Still on episode 3 but this came out of nowhere. Who knew it was on Apple TV!

Both A and me are down with same thing since yesterday – exact symptoms – tiredness, slightly scratchy throat and mild fever. Ugh. This better not be RTO induced Covid! Or could be something at the indoor birthday party we were. Well, time to rest up!

Almost 2 weeks into this home renovation already and I have still not lost my temper. I guess as seasoned renovators at this point, we are non plussed at the speed at which things are progressing. We have a gujju meal delivery/pickup service going so thats been because the food is actually very good. Its a good break from cooking and by the time newness of this meal service wears off, hopefully the kitchen is ready enough to start cooking. The biggest blockers at this time are going to be county inspections. Yeah yeah, our country likes to do inspections on every thing even if its all indoors (and i am ok with it!)

Looking at the complete shit show the republican majority led congress has become I can’t help thinking we as Americans deserve exactly this. Because how else can this malarkey be explained? We vote these people in power and if majority of Americans have decided that this is who they want running the country, I mean, so be it. Yeah I understand gerrymandering and way republicans have arm twisted themselves into this position, but lets be honest, it still means voters are choosing fuckwits over other side. So yeah, implode on yourself.

How is this ok by any measure, Canada? [Sikhs for Justice asks Hindus of Indian origin to leave Canada | World News – Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nijjar-killing-sikhs-for-justice-asks-hindus-of-indian-origin-to-leave-canada-101695183977090.html)