27 july 2021
Another little victory today! Finally got the brightness keys to work. It turns out that Wayland really doesn't like display managers and that somehow, using one stops the brightness keys from working even if the command is correct (which one of them wasn't- whoops!). Works like it should now, and we just log in on TTY and have it autostart Sway from there. Maybe it's less "pretty," but I'll take functional over pretty any day (and honestly I kind of like tty. It has a certain charm to it. Maybe it's the terminal lover in me).
Did not wind up making the phone call with the friend today because their parent is finally saying she'll do it, though she has a track record of not following through and we may still wind up having to do it. I don't mind either way. What matters is getting them the help they need/want.
Have to say, it's a weird experience to convince a person inside your head- not currently controlling the body but spectating- that you exist. Dude, I'm right here. I'm doing things. You're watching me do them and agree that you are not doing them. Apparently that's not enough proof when denial hits? It's a funky situation. Been trying for a bit now and slowly getting through to them because if I don't, that tends to cause issues when they front. Issues like deleting important records and information or "misplacing" things that help us function.
It's waaaay too hot here today. 100+ Farenheit, which is 38+ C for the metric folks. Ugh.
Pandemic talk ahead.
Half of our mom's workplace has COVID now. She's taking all the precautions and both she and us are vaccinated, but it's still very alarming. Most of those guys are chain smokers, drug addicts, and in bad health to begin with- oh, and a large number are anti-vaxx. So this is going to be messy at best and collapse the business at worst. Here's to hoping no one dies.