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Told the boss this morning that I had agreed to join the nearest available protest if the bloated orange sack of wet laundry* in the Oval Office fired Mueller. Said I'd probably ask to use my PTO if it happened during the work day.

Boss did not seem very surprised and merely commented that he would worry about that when it happened, given how unpredictable the world's been lately.

Went back to checking the Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft.


*Not the term I actually used when speaking to my boss

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Well, it turns out that the Weight of the World Division for the Wediko Climb for Kids is not quite as hard as I thought it was going to be. I just contacted one of their organizers to ask what the backpack weighed, and she said it's a backpack with a ream of paper in it and with ribbons pinned all over it to represent individual issues and challenges... so somewhat more than five pounds. She did say I could add to it if I wanted.

I will consider this, but the important part is that I do not have to worry nearly as much as I thought about the weight I'm practicing with. I had it in my head somewhere that I was going to have to climb with a forty pound pack. Mind you, I'm still going to be upping the amount of weight I carry when I climb the stairs for practice.

-- oh, right, I didn't actually fill folks in on this, did I? This'll be my third year climbing 2 International Place as part of the Wediko School Climb for the Kids. Wediko is a school for kids dealing with mental and emotional issues; here's what the Climb's page has to say:

Children's mental health matters.
The Climb for Kids stairclimb is a fundraiser for Wediko Children's Services. Register to walk, run, or race 46 stories up International Place and you're committing to kids in need. Those struggling with ADHD, depression, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, trauma, and countless other challenges deserve a fighting chance; help us help them fight.

Weight of the World: So many of the children and families that Wediko serves carry the ‘weight of the world’ on their shoulders and are challenged by multiple stressors each day. Show your support in the Weight of the World Division and wear a weighted backpack as you climb up 46 flights of stairs. The backpack lists stressors that any given Wediko kid may be carrying with them every day, including: ADHD, Parent Absent in Life, Racism, Unemployment, Fear, Mood Disorders, etc.

So... yeah, that's what I'll be doing on May 6th.

If you'd like to support any of that, stop by my page. Thanks!