July 2025 in Review
Hello Funny People, The heat has at last broken in STL. Here's hoping the rest of the summer is a bit cooler than it has been. A Brief Recapitulation So, the hunt for a new full-time day job continued. Thankfully, I was able to somewhat land on my feet thanks to a small opportunity provided by a family friend. I started working as a caretaker for her brother (sadly, living with dementia), while she prepped for them to make a big move to a one-story house ideal for his new situation. In the meantime, I started going over to his home to make sure someone was with him during the day. During the cooler days (of which there were precious few this month), we'd go on walks around his neighborhood or to lunch at one of the restaurants nearby. During the warmer days (of which there were an ungodly number), we'd stick around the house, watch a movie or baseball on TV and chat about the things he can still recall through the haze of his condition. Being a caretaker isn...
