And Teppy, you are smart enough to know what you don't know, but you know a whole lot more about medical stuff than most people because of your work.
I hope I can convey that to the geriatrician, since he's never met me.
And I don't doubt that my dad's impulse to tell both of his adult children that they're stupid is a control thing, and I have compassion for him feeling like a lot of shit is outside of his control. But saying hurtful shit to your kids for literally their entire adult lives is not an acceptable way to manage that feeling. Today is probably not the day for me to bust him in the moment when he inevitably says something that paints me as dumber than a box of hair, but that reckoning is coming.
Sorry Steph, sounds stressful.
I keep thinking I'm done with this feature, but then the goalposts move again.
I've been trying to log into the network for ~ 50 minutes so far... Sigh.
This training is for something I have basically done in another system, so every once in a while we hit things I already understand and it covered step by step in book, so I can walk away and just listen. I have swept two rooms, cleared some clutter, put a picture into a frame, and have started a pile of things to go upstairs. YAY!!!
Jeez, Universe, lay off the Buffistas! Sending hang-in-there-ma to msbelle and Teppy.
Shir, congratulations! Have a fanfic about your field of study:
Xenoethnography
I've been working in the office all along; I'm almost always the only one here. One of the things I do is answer the phones and the number of people who are SO grateful to hear a real human being is impressive. A number of them have said that they've called and left voicemails but no one responds. All phones are supposed to forward to cell phones; when everyone else started working from home, I had to complete the command for a few people (they had neglected to click on the final "OK"). We had someone who got a lot of calls but refused to return calls (she's left) but seemingly other people have not been responding. I spoke to someone this morning who said that the call forwarding only rings twice before cutting off, which may be the issue. sigh ... technology ....
I am so sorry, esse.
Teppy, that sucks. You know a shit ton more than most laymen and I'm sorry your dad is going through this and putting you through more bullshit to boot.
My dad tends to get sharp and cranky when he is fearful or starts losing control of the situation, but he's never made me feel stupid. He knows how smart his kids are--he just doesn't want to listen to them.
Timelies all!
Sorry your dad is being an ass, Steph.
Aaaargh. Bought a treadmill. Got it delivered. Wrestled it downstairs. Hired a guy to put it together because that's where most of the online poor reviews came from. Turn it on...it blows the circuit.
Well, that's frustrating, meara. I hope you can get it working without further messing up your home power.
I got internet in the 90s and upgraded to cable internet through the same company via Time Warner cable. A few years ago TWC merged with Charter to become Spectrum, and my internet, nominally through my 1990s carrier, came through them. I found out today that my new cable company transferred me entirely to their service and I'd have to pay ~5 bucks a month to keep my old email. Since I have 25 years worth of accounts on that email I'm going to shell out the money, at least until I can be sure everything has transferred to new email accounts. But I am not happy about it.
