I have the same thing, Toddson. I am in the city and use public transportation, but my zip code prevents me from accessing the one set up for bus riders! The other sites have no appointments, and work is understandably getting the healthcare workers first. Although I am fairly annoyed that people in my same position who work for the medical school are getting them at work...

I have the comorbidity thing, and student contact, but I am not required to do student contact too much unless I get the shot.

I could use some advice from the hive mind. I have to write up the first pass at notes from committee Zoom calls. And I'm really, really bad at it. It's one thing my boss - who finalizes them - wants me to be better at. I haven't been able to find much in the way of resources - we're a small not-for-profit and these are committees. Most of the information I've been able to find has been for upper-level groups - like a Board of Directors - and their guidelines don't seem to apply. Any suggestions?

Also - weird phone call of the day (I'm the only one in the office and handle calls that come in): I answered the phone with the usual "(name), how may I help you?" to be answered by "this is (name) at Pepco, how may I help you?". She insisted I had to have called her - I had the call come in to our line. We wished each other a good day and hung up.

Do those meetings have agendas, Toddson? (If not, for goodness sake, whyyyyy???)

Also, has your boss given specific feedback? Like your notes have too much or not enough detail? Really there are just 2 things that need to come out of meeting notes-- decisions made or communicated and action items.

Seemingly, too much detail. There tend to be long, involved discussions on the issues - and, yes, there IS an agenda for each.

Ok yeah I was about to ask what’s wrong with them. If you’re giving too much detail (more transcription than summary) is it because you fear you’ll miss key points otherwise? Is it an issue of understanding what/why they’re discussing something, that you need more background on?

Laura, where would you move TO, if you sell your house?

The calls bore me senseless. I don't really understand what they're doing or why they're doing it, so a lot of it is outside my knowledge. Also, as stated, they are phenomenally boring (as are so many things when you don't understand the purpose ... even with an agenda).

Meanwhile, I have to scoot home early because - ta da! - they're shutting off the water fairly early in the evening. I want to have a couple pitchers of water available for basic uses. They SAY it'll be for four hours ... but I'm doubtful.

In other - more entertaining - information, I came across this quote:

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years unless you give them your email address.

I'd ask for a brief recap on each agenda item before moving on to the next one to make sure I got the gist of it and what any actions need to be taken related to that item. Also review the agenda with your boss prior to the meeting to better understand what you should be listening for.