Have a good infusion, Ginger! I am still infuriated on your behalf, of course, because I wasn't here reading in real-time.

3 hours of presentations start in a few minutes. At least I am not giving one today, but this is gonna be a long afternoon.

My work plans have been somewhat derailed by a call from a sick kid. Daughter is having a migraine aura, so now she's home with me resting. But I will probably leave her alone for a bit and walk up to TJ for a couple things. Oh! which reminds me:

So I was super excited that they offered biltong flavored chips on South African Airways.

Is that the deal with the TJs South African flavored chips? I was unsure. Also, are they good?

Was also wondering if one of you East Coast types could tell me what the deal is with maple water and if I want some. It seems worth trying, but as a California native, I hadn't heard of it before.

All right. I'm gonna listen to Uptown Funk and then go into another round of interviews.

Uptown Funk is an excellent way to motivate

Is that the deal with the TJs South African flavored chips? I was unsure. Also, are they good?

Was also wondering if one of you East Coast types could tell me what the deal is with maple water and if I want some

I don't know and I don't know! Maple water sounds weird.

Oh come ON, new people! Please ask me a question before you do double work -- we were right the first time! Ain't nobody got time to do double work.

You are no help at all, Jesse.

So I just spent 2 hours and 45 minutes driving to get a vial of blood drawn, so that I can drive back tomorrow to get blood at 9 or 10 a.m., depending on whom I believe. My life, let me show it to you.

How do incompetent careless people end up working in healthcare.

You know, people are going to make mistakes, because people. What bothers me is that the computer system ought to help them, and instead, it's obviously confusing and doesn't say, "Patient G needs these tests this week." Also, it would save them money if, for example, the lab person entered X test and the computer said, "X test is monthly, and this patient had X test a week ago. Are you sure you want to run X test?" This does not strike me as rocket science.

What bothers me is that the computer system ought to help them, and instead, it's obviously confusing

A simple list of pre-requisites and restrictions, this is, literally, Basic programming, "if-then".

I don't know if it's HIPAA restrictions not letting information move properly or what, but the office staff at the lab always seem so damned *surprised* when you tell them "I cannot have essential test X if procedure Y does not take place, and if essential test X does not take place in the next two days, three weeks of complicated, expensive treatments will be wasted."

I know everybody hates interviewing, but man, I hate interviewing. And this wasn't even that bad! But anxiety.

At least I have hockey tonight to distract me. I'm going to head home soon to put on my jammy-jams and reward myself with cocktails.

What shrift said.