I’ve been too busy or is it too lethargic lately to get all that much done. The house just continues to fall into a deeper state of disrepair and the outside as we approach the summer begins to look overgrown and wild.
Work is starting to pick up again although I have to say I find myself reluctant to dive into the deep end of the pool. Plus, in all honestly they bought on another inexperienced person for me to work with on the project, this now makes the third new person in as many projects. This one seems to be a real pip too as I had sent her an email and she decided somehow to read the email publicly in a meeting since she hadn’t read it before… I can’t say I’ve ever seen someone do something like that and it felt a bit like a violation but it told me a lot about her moving forward. Let’s just say I won’t be going out of my way for this person and now that I understand the dynamic I’ll be sure to act in kind.
The other factor is some medical stuff… I spent the day the other day full up on doctor appointments since I took some time off leading into the long weekend. One was supposed to be an appointment with a nurse practitioner which seems totally unnecessary and only adds to the confusion as the doctor is pushing you off on someone else. If anything the last time I saw a nurse practitioner it really was a waste and I forgot how much so that was the case so I didn’t make a stink this time but then the NP in question cancelled at the last minute and I wrote back to the doctor I just want to schedule the test and see him afterward.
I’m not wasting more money unnecessarily.
The other doctor I saw was a pulmonologist for cough, they wanted me to get a chest x-ray afterward and that was an adventure in and of itself since I went down to the department, located in the same building and while the people were out to lunch, I waited and when they came back they finally put out a sign up sheet. I waited and waited some more and finally after 20 minutes (not counting the 15 or so I had already waited) went up and asked how much longer it would be. The woman (who appeared to have a bit of an attitude) said five minutes and when five minutes came and went I went up and told her I was leaving. I complained about it and got a call back so we’ll see where that goes but I still need to get the chest x-ray.
In the meantime the other appointment I had was a bit of a non-starter as well because the thing I was going about turned out to be something I really didn’t have to bother with unless it bothered me so much I could have ambulatory surgery on it and about the only thing I was hoping for was an in-office procedure.
So nix on that.
Other big news was swapping out a new monitor for the old on the computer and getting a replacement back for the aeron chair I have. Not like there aren’t a ton of other things to do around here but those two things got done and lots and lots and lots of cooking.
I was looking around the library website for something and they have a bunch of books they throw up on the landing page. One of the books was a new David Sedaris book which I’d likely read and they had a few others as well which caused me to go to the Wikipedia page for Sedaris to see a list of his books in order and to figure out what I may have read and what I hadn’t.
The page mentioned his sister’s suicide which led me to an article in the New Yorker which I would suggest reading. It reminded me of a friend’s family and she lives down in the Raleigh area too so there was even that much more of a connection and I forwarded the link to her. I don’t talk to her much anymore, she’s changed. It’s sad the way she’s changed but I guess we all develop hard edges over time.
None of us lives for others so as long as she’s happy I guess that’s really all that matters.
Read the Sedaris thing though… it’s worth it:
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