So my manager had an "Our Location" meeting with no call-in or web conference information. I called her, emailed her, texted her, nothing. Am I not supposed to feel twitchy right now?

And I'm watching Lost Girl flip a massive fuck you to Jamaican mythology. I should have finished that SPN fic I started a year ago. Apparently it's the only fair shake we're going to get.

I was essentially told a few weeks ago that I was lucky I got time off when Rob died, since I hadn't been there a year yet and wasn't entitled to vacation. There is no bereavement leave.

Holy shit, that's awful.

I wish I'd negotiated more when I took my current job, but I just didn't feel like I could -- I needed the job pretty badly, and it's not a terribly salary, just on the low end of what I'd like to be making. I think I asked for more vacation time (and didn't get it). But the company does pay 90% of my health insurance premium, which is great.

I'm actually about to ask my boss if I can take most of July off. M just got accepted into a monthlong program in Delhi, where he needs to do some research, and I think he's going to take it, so that seems like a logical time for me to go spend a couple of weeks up in MA with my family and seeing friends. But we're also going to England in late June, so it's a lot of time to be out of the office all at once. Plus it's more vacation time than I have, so I'll have to take some of it as unpaid leave. I hope she's amenable to the idea.

I'm trying to find a new psychiatrist in my little city. All the in-network people have bad reviews, including the doctor I've been seeing (and I know why he has bad reviews, he;s inattentive and his support staff is inaccessible). Contacted an out-of-network doctor with the University - of course it's a teaching hospital, and his residents are the ones who actually see you. They change every year. How can you get good psychiatric care when you're not seeing the same person all the time? As soon as you develop a relationship with someone and feel like they know you, they move on. That's ridiculous. Maybe I'll just go to Inattentive Doctor. He only saw me ten minutes every three months, but at least he refilled my scripts without arguing about the Valium. It's discouraging.

So...anyone want to take bets on when I get the Easter music out of my head?

Listen to something pagan. A little Apotheosis O Fortuna or something.

He only saw me ten minutes every three months, but at least he refilled my scripts without arguing about the Valium. It's discouraging.

When I was seeing one last year, it was the same thing -- we'd talk for maybe ten minutes, he'd make notes and give me a new prescription, and that was it.

I wound up asking my GP to prescribe them instead, with the understanding that a psychiatrist had figured out the right combination of things, and she was okay with it. It might be worth a try?

I wound up asking my GP to prescribe them instead, with the understanding that a psychiatrist had figured out the right combination of things, and she was okay with it. It might be worth a try?

I'm thinking that might be easier. I don't have a GP right now, but I have an appt later this month with a new guy, so maybe he'll be amenable to it. I'm not taking proper ADs anymore, just Deplin (methylfolate - it's just a vitamin) and Valium, but some doctors get antsy about prescribing Valium on an ongoing basis.

I have "Up From The Grave He Arose" in my head

That's a hard one to sing, but immensely fun. I love old hymns. "Master, The Tempest is Raging" is also terrific.

In a classic twist, I read that post right after listening to Prince's new version of "Let's Go Crazy," and now it's right back to "He Arose!" I do not know "Master, The Tempest is Raging," but it sounds like a good one.

How can you get good psychiatric care when you're not seeing the same person all the time? As soon as you develop a relationship with someone and feel like they know you, they move on. That's ridiculous.

This is something that Tom's been dealing with for years. It's super frustrating. Hopefully we've got a potential permanent person now...

Timelies all!

Yay Vortex and flea!

I'm currently at the 6 hours/pay period annual leave level at work.(Sick leave is at 4 hours/pay period for everyone) I'm a federal employee, so no change in salary for a while.(Not that I can negotiate salary at all)