Life update...
So it's been an interesting few daze...rather productive I must admit...
Nice relaxing weekend overall...spent some time with Sandy, Vikki and Liz on Sunday, lazing about doing *nothing*. Unfortunately Liz got a nasty flu just as it was time to go....ended up being down for a couple of daze. Thankfully it looks like I dodged that bullet.
Monday...just another day...prepare for yesterday..
Until I got a phone call from my boss's boss
She asked how I was doing and then asked when I was back, and when I'd just even come back briefly. Seems one of our network engineers is moving on and she wanted to discuss some "changes" in the department.
I read between the lines and actually got a bit optimistic.... so I told her I would be in the next day and we agreed to meet in the afternoon.
Yesterday the plan was to get into work and go see my GP next door at Swedish Covenant. As you might know the antibiotics are kicking my arse with all the salt and the peeing and the schedule...\
my alarm went off at 4am. I didn't move till after 6.
Oops.
Get into work just in time to walk next door. Gave records and stuff to the doc and we chatted. He really couldn't do much for me. Which confirmed my earlier suspicion that I was in a delaying tactic earlier. See, I had complained to the ID staff that I was being overwhelmed with all the salt I was taking in. They told me to make an appointment with my primary care.
Tick
Tick
Tick
ok that's 3 weeks gone by, plus another 2 weeks before I got to the point where I could mention something.
Now to get anywhere, we'd have to get 2 different doctors, each in only one day a week and from 2 different hospitals to exchange records and discuss what else to do.
By the time that's done? Treatment's conveniently done too.
Blood pressure is elevated for me. If I walked into any doctor's office, it would just be at the high end of normal.
I have edema all over the place...can barely wear shoes, but that will get better after I'm off the drugs.
So I deal.
Meanwhile, back at work, I'm a bit of a celebrity. People asking me how I'm doing, ooh-ing and ahh-ing in amazement over my 'tard helmet, and, where applicable, geeking meds with me and swapping PICC line stories...
enniehoo to make a long story short, in the meeting, i will be assuming network engineering role as of february. That will give time for me to train my replacement, get back in the loop after several months out of the loop and dovetail nicely into review time etc etc.
Yes that means promotion.
wheee!
and today my car got totalled.
well not really...but really.
I had a minor fender bender back in March, but didn't bother to claim it at the time as I had other things going on and the damage was quite minor. However, as the other party went to insurance, I decided to go as well, especially since I had paid for the full coverage.
My initial estimate was $1500 to fix the car. Insurance choked a bit, then sent an adjuster to my house to inspect in person. That already told me the odds were I was a total. He did say I won though. Over 19 years adjusting and he had NEVER seen a car with 376,000 miles on it before. I was 60,000 miles past the highest he'd ever seen.
So after he did all the math, I could take $1200 plus tax paid on another car and he could call a tow truck, or I could take $900 and we'd be done.
Since I only have minor and maintenance issues with my car (need tires for winter, front end alignment, a tune-up...) I'd be nucking futz to give up a perfectly good 40mpg car that runs fine and take on something I would have no idea what might be wrong with it. I don't want to take on a car payment and can't afford one now in any case. And even $1200 isn't much of a car...
So now I have money to winterize my car. :)
And while I waited for him to do his paperwork, I took the time to wax my bike and put a new tarp on it which I've been meaning to do for the last 3 weeks...not as though I'll get to ride it this season... :-S
and lastly, I found this surfing....Awesome teh geeknezz!
geeky girlz so rule my world...
Nice relaxing weekend overall...spent some time with Sandy, Vikki and Liz on Sunday, lazing about doing *nothing*. Unfortunately Liz got a nasty flu just as it was time to go....ended up being down for a couple of daze. Thankfully it looks like I dodged that bullet.
Monday...just another day...prepare for yesterday..
Until I got a phone call from my boss's boss
She asked how I was doing and then asked when I was back, and when I'd just even come back briefly. Seems one of our network engineers is moving on and she wanted to discuss some "changes" in the department.
I read between the lines and actually got a bit optimistic.... so I told her I would be in the next day and we agreed to meet in the afternoon.
Yesterday the plan was to get into work and go see my GP next door at Swedish Covenant. As you might know the antibiotics are kicking my arse with all the salt and the peeing and the schedule...\
my alarm went off at 4am. I didn't move till after 6.
Oops.
Get into work just in time to walk next door. Gave records and stuff to the doc and we chatted. He really couldn't do much for me. Which confirmed my earlier suspicion that I was in a delaying tactic earlier. See, I had complained to the ID staff that I was being overwhelmed with all the salt I was taking in. They told me to make an appointment with my primary care.
Tick
Tick
Tick
ok that's 3 weeks gone by, plus another 2 weeks before I got to the point where I could mention something.
Now to get anywhere, we'd have to get 2 different doctors, each in only one day a week and from 2 different hospitals to exchange records and discuss what else to do.
By the time that's done? Treatment's conveniently done too.
Blood pressure is elevated for me. If I walked into any doctor's office, it would just be at the high end of normal.
I have edema all over the place...can barely wear shoes, but that will get better after I'm off the drugs.
So I deal.
Meanwhile, back at work, I'm a bit of a celebrity. People asking me how I'm doing, ooh-ing and ahh-ing in amazement over my 'tard helmet, and, where applicable, geeking meds with me and swapping PICC line stories...
enniehoo to make a long story short, in the meeting, i will be assuming network engineering role as of february. That will give time for me to train my replacement, get back in the loop after several months out of the loop and dovetail nicely into review time etc etc.
Yes that means promotion.
wheee!
and today my car got totalled.
well not really...but really.
I had a minor fender bender back in March, but didn't bother to claim it at the time as I had other things going on and the damage was quite minor. However, as the other party went to insurance, I decided to go as well, especially since I had paid for the full coverage.
My initial estimate was $1500 to fix the car. Insurance choked a bit, then sent an adjuster to my house to inspect in person. That already told me the odds were I was a total. He did say I won though. Over 19 years adjusting and he had NEVER seen a car with 376,000 miles on it before. I was 60,000 miles past the highest he'd ever seen.
So after he did all the math, I could take $1200 plus tax paid on another car and he could call a tow truck, or I could take $900 and we'd be done.
Since I only have minor and maintenance issues with my car (need tires for winter, front end alignment, a tune-up...) I'd be nucking futz to give up a perfectly good 40mpg car that runs fine and take on something I would have no idea what might be wrong with it. I don't want to take on a car payment and can't afford one now in any case. And even $1200 isn't much of a car...
So now I have money to winterize my car. :)
And while I waited for him to do his paperwork, I took the time to wax my bike and put a new tarp on it which I've been meaning to do for the last 3 weeks...not as though I'll get to ride it this season... :-S
and lastly, I found this surfing....Awesome teh geeknezz!
Click to viewgeeky girlz so rule my world...