I’m sorry for your loss, Sophia. Thank you for sharing the memories. She sounds wonderful.

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I'm sorry for your loss, Sophia. It is lovely that you were part of each other's lives.

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Sophia, your mentor sounds absolutely lovely. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Last week I caught a cold, which is annoying but comparatively easy to deal with (hey, at least it's not bird flu) — until both ears started hurting a couple of days ago. They're pretty painful (actually my right ear is unbearably painful when I blow my nose), so I'm assuming both ears are infected. I'm going to the doctor in a little bit for (I assume) antibiotics.

The middle ear is a very small space to cause so much pain! I assume RFK Jr won't let me have Ear Morphine for the pain.

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Teppy, I've been thinking of you and the other Ohioistas while my cousins are staying with me this week. They have lived in Enon most of their lives. We have been comparing the horrors of Florida and Ohio governments. So far neither of them is winning or losing the competition, although both seem to want to top the other.

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I am checked out at the work. The last two days I've moved beyond work to rule. I’m doing the least.

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I'm meeting the new CEO today (along with everyone else (except that the Marketing department all seems to be offsite) there's a pizza lunch meet and greet). All our company specific changes are not, I think, tied to the larger everything but that it is happening at the same time feels very weird

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The middle ear is a very small space to cause so much pain! I assume RFK Jr won't let me have Ear Morphine for the pain.

The ear and the teeth are the worst. I also hope he lets me keep getting citalopram.

The other thing I was reflecting on with my mentor was how she did just get involved with local government even though it was a very conservative place. But she did the work. She was on the zoning board and the school board. She also stealth infiltrated the local church, because she ran youth group and then youth group went to Rocky Horror. But you could tell your parents you were going to a church sponsored event.

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Aw, that's so great!

And ear~ma, Tep. I get the feeling RFKJ would be pretty free with the Ear Morphine under the right circumstances but you probably can't count it

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I'm wondering if I should ask my doctor about a measles booster. I know I had all the vaccinations that were required when I was a kid, but I'm seeing some recommendations for adults who work on college campuses to get boosters, since campus are filled with tons of people who frequently travel all over the world, so pretty much anything that's spreading anywhere can eventually end up here.

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I get the feeling RFKJ would be pretty free with the Ear Morphine under the right circumstances but you probably can't count it

If I’m paying a gazillion bucks for eggs, I should at least get Ear Morphine, dang it.

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