We have a specific policy that we are not allowed to provide bottle water.

I was thinking tap. Bottled water can be more expensive than coffee. My workplaces really only deal in bottled water for short-run touring performers. I love the places that have the water coolers that filter tap water and have buttons for hot or cold water.

I mean, seriously: if your primary market is people who work office hours, wouldn't you make more of an effort to be open during non-office hours?

Yeah, I think it's ridiculous. Although I realize, now that I work with people who mostly drive to work, doing errands (like dry cleaning) near your job is kind of brilliant because the stuff can just live in your car.

I don't know if any of you recall my cousin's car accident two years ago. Two years ago today, in fact. Her car rolled multiple times as she tried to avoid another accident. She had to have part of her spine fused, her wrist had been broken, and she had traumatic brain injury.

She has worked hard at her recovery. Her wrist and neck healed fairly quickly. Dealing with the brain injury and chronic pain are ongoing issues, but if you didn't know she had been in an accident, you probably wouldn't guess. She is back to driving, even on the freeway. Her hair is finally growning back.

Her accident seems so long ago and yesterday all at once. I'm so glad she is doing well. I wish I could see her more often. It has been over a year since our last visit.

Yes, Jesse. It's made it difficult to have a therapist because virtually nobody iad hours past 5:00. Which is when I usually leave the office. I wonder why nobody thinks about being open for hours like 1:00 to 9:00. Gives you the morning to run your errands and then get the after-work trade.

The office I do a lot of work for has Therapists who start at 6:30 AM, and other who work late, taking appointments up to 6:30 PM (session ending at 7:00 PM).

I have a caregiver to interview on Wednesday. This would be a part-time position hired through an agency to work 2-6 or 7 every weekday, do a little housework, pick-up mac, guidance on homework/chores, and then play/monitor. FINGERS CROSSED! Getting this filled before school starts would be such a relief.

I don't know what time my sleep psychologist's hours started, but she did run conveniently late. She was hella expensive and not covered by insurance and tried to guilt trip me into continuing her woo woo your heart has a sensory field bullshit and there's an envelope with her logo on it lying unopened in a stack of mail just brought upstairs...

I got rejected. Again. I'm just giving up on interviewing. I'm more than qualified. There's just something wrong with me. And I'm irritated. Throwing myself into another book-writing binge, I think. The hope of getting published again is keeping me afloat.

Timelies all!

Gary gets home from a business trip in a bit(depending on whether or not the plane is on time), then leaves for another one early Wed. Ah, well...

You are more than qualified, Allyson. I am sorry this is so frustrating. But you are also a hell of a writer, so I can't help but be happy with you wanting to do more. I just wish it weren't because you were being treated so poorly by interviewing.