Kat, I'm sorry to hear about Grace's nurse needing a week off. I hope you find a solution that works for you soon.

juliana? You don't sound like you ...

Feh. She was signed in on my computer and didn't notice.

Sorry Juliana!

I had to actually YELL at my supervisor because she went off on a tangent that had nothing to do with the meeting we were having, and gentle redirections were not working. As in "D! There's a time and place for this discussion! THIS IS NOT IT." Loudly.

You are, once again, my hero. I think I could arrange a fundraiser for you to come teach my supervisors how to run a meeting. There are three of us who start trading exasperated looks but we are lowly minions.

Of course at today's meeting it was the client, who we have to listen to even when she's proposing that we develop an app for this survey that would work on smartphones (all of them, obviously) and then the respondent could just transmit this ( HIPAA-protected! ) data to us and surely any 16 year old kid could whip that together. And there was even more that made it stupid but to sum up: GAH.

Strega, this is someone reknown for keeping on topic in meetings. I was aghast at her behavior today. So my reaction was shock, to some degree.

OTOH....

Though I have become a middling minion, I don't have patience for wasted time, especially before noon. So even had I not been running the meeting, I woulda been that one shouting it out.

Luckily, my crew is pretty forgiving. I think. She does do my annual review.

Perkins, I just checked their website. The carrier had delivered it to the wrong sorting facility. It should be there tomorrow (it's in SFs sorting facility now according to tracking info). Do not go into work! And it was your home address, for sure, since I don't know your work address.

Oh good, though BOO UPS.

how are you feeling?

Not too bad. I think the steroids kicked in again, because I am not tired anymore.

not tired is generally good! you've been in my thoughts all day (thursdays right?). And I thought of you because we were at the pediatric procedure unit at UCLA. I wish I had fun reading material to send to you (I'm reading Scott Pilgrim in one big rush and also Invisible Man neither of which are probably your thing).

look! A scary meatloaf hand! [link] I kinda want to make them. I should read Not Martha more.

Glad you're hanging in there, Perkins.

And yeesh, Kat. I have no offering of help there. Once again, wish I were nearer. With my flexible schedule, I could help. But I'm not! And I'm going to be further away, actually; I'm headed to Ohio in the morning.

Solo, I'm not actually thrilled about the trip, but the SO felt it was important. And I should enjoy it. It's the annual missions fair at my adolescent church, which we have missed the past several years. My sister & fam will be there, representing their mission. And my crazy local commuter flight means that I will have a spare day, so I'm going to drive up north to where I grew up, and visit my childhood friend there, who is also a breast cancer survivor!

If I had realized it, I would have totally made the trip worth my while, because the Columbus Blue Jackets play the Chicago Blackhawks in the Jackets' home opener the night I arrive. Only, it starts at 7:30 and I don't get there until 10:00. You know I'm asking the airline if there's an earlier flight they can put me on since I'll be sitting in the airport for hours and hours. (I'll wave in your general direction, erika) It's annoying because my commuter flight gets there at 9:30, and there's an earlier version of my flight that leaves at 9:10. Twenty minutes and I could have had hockey!

But I don't guess they'll want to switch me to any other early flight, you know, for free. Which there aren't, really, just other connecting ones. I'm lucky because this is a direct flight from Phoenix to Columbus.