Irritants and gratitudes, a bulleted list

Irritants:

* hurting hands
* Dragon NaturallySpeaking
* feeling like a flake every time I leave work a couple hours early on sick leave because of hurting hands
* not being able to do much of anything because all the things require hands
* feeling like I haven't earned a movie or a TV episode or a pleasure book, even though I have seventy-odd Habitica gold, and none of those rewards cost more than thirty

Gratitudes:

* air conditioning
* Dragon NaturallySpeaking
* "Serpent Mound" by Kellianna
* "Ancestor Song" by Kellianna
* iced mocha coffee with milk and plenty of sweetener
* purple nail polish