shrift, I saw a post, "were you a kid who'd ring people's doorbells and then run away? UPS is hiring!"

Oh, UPS

I am annoyed as hell. Remember a couple of weeks ago when I picked up my blood pressure meds and it had a note that said (roughly) "You're overdue for a physical and bloodwork and if you don't get them done we won't refill your meds"? I was sure that if I sent a message saying "Yeah, pandemic, you don't REALLY want me to come into the office for something that isn't an actual illness, right?", they would say "Oh god, do NOT come in to the office; we'll refill your meds."

Yeah, no. They really want me to come in for a physical and bloodwork. What the fuck. That is some kind of bullshit. They said "we schedule the physicals in office during well time only in AM so you are not around any sick type visits." I am not filled with confidence, motherfuckers.

we schedule the physicals in office during well time only in AM so you are not around any sick type visits

Because we're doing so well IDing people with COVID. Uh-huh. I'm sorry, Steph. That is, indeed, bullshit.

Oh dear, Tep. I'm surprised they would insist like that.

That reminds me, I need to get my car smogged if I can find some place that will do it...

Yeah, I seriously thought it was an automatically generated message that they would overrule. I think it's important to have a physical and have bloodwork done (I even said that in the message I sent them), but it seems really short-sighted to ask patients to come in right now, if they don't actually need to. God damn it.

Wow—. I had the same thing, but we met over Zoom! And I got my meds!

We have some furloughs (41 in our School). Some people nearing retirement volunteered to take partial furloughs and they are pretty happy. Others, not so much. Most of them have to do with things that happen in the building that are not happening (video recording, lab and simulation set up, reception, and building maintenance requests). I am not furloughed.

Research is coming back to the building June 1. We are looking at coming back, but maybe not everyone every day July 6 when students will be cleared to enter the buildings for labs and they might need technical or administrative support.

We can also go in sort of as needed- not really to work, but to pick up and deposit checks or use the high speed internet to download videos I HAVE TO EDIT BECAUSE WE FURLOUGHED THE PERSON WHO KNOWS HOW!!!

Sorry.

shrift, those are beautiful! I would be tempted but I know better than to buy anything with a heel above 2" now.

I will say that despite everything else, my feet are the happiest they've been in a long time. No heels, no pinchy climbing shoes: no corns or blisters or anything. So nice.

I am dreading wearing shoes again. Even as much as I sit on my ass (and it is a LOT) my feet still randomly hurt - like I'm footsore from walking too much. What's up with that?

I think the hardest part for me will be remembering to close the stall door in the ladies' room when the rest of the staff come back.