Work for the last the 17 months has been interesting, if not
always tolerable.
              Things started in September of 2014.
              The organization distributed one of those “confidential” surveys throughout both hospitals and the outlying practices. You know the type; the ones where they want the rank and file to say what is working ( Read more... )

                October remains my favorite month of the year. The leaves have all changed into gorgeous colors, but no tourists are around to interfere with my walks with the dog to enjoy the foliage.

Work is non-stop, and this calendar year has gone by faster than any other year of my life. Still, it is interesting with ( Read more... )

Tomorrow starts the first full week of work since we got back from WorldCon. You can imagine how thrilled I am at this idea.

When we come back from this trip, I am always astounded at how early it gets dark in the evenings now. And even though we are still in August, to paraphrase a song, acorns keep falling on my head. The trees ( Read more... )

Christopher Lee died.  And the world is a lesser place for it.

Went to my parents this weekend, which was a lot of fun, as usual.  It was great to see family, and have a bit of a break from the high-maintenance dog.  To my relief, he dealt with the kennel fine, so we have no future problems there.  I have an appointment next weekend with a personal dog trainer to start working on his habits that we need to ( Read more... )

Leonard Nimoy died today, as no doubt everyone reading is aware.  A legitimate science fiction legend, and yet I hope that people will nevertheless discover, enjoy, and appreciate all of the other things in his life that he did.  May he rest in peace.

              Two weeks until the clocks get turned ahead.

The Oscars are tonight; I could not care less.

Boskone was fun, as usual. It was a shame so many people could not make it, but I enjoyed the company of those who did. The break of five days from work was appreciated by both of us, regardless of who was there ( Read more... )

              Four weeks until the clocks get turned ahead.

I am really getting sick of this combination of snow every other day and the temperature staying well below freezing. Enough already.

So the interim Materials Management director has now been at the hospital for a week, and I have to say that I am very ( Read more... )

              Only five weeks left until the clocks get turned ahead. Not that I am counting or anything.

The sun is out, which is making a fractional dent in the fact that the temperature is well below freezing. The weather has been particularly bad the last week, with large amounts of snow falling on Tuesday and Friday.

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              Um, let’s see, here.

Regina has gone off to get a hot stone massage that I gave her for her birthday last year, and is overdue about as long as that, as far as I am concerned. I hope she enjoys it. The sun is out today, and is much better than last weekend, although we did get some snow again yesterday.

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