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primum non nocere sans documentum ([personal profile] delight) wrote2018-10-29 09:42 am
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Update

○ I'm not dead.

○ I spent the last week in a haze of terrifying fatigue such that I have now changed the dosage times on a number of my medications, which was especially fun when,

○ I hadn't taken any anti-anxiety medicine in eight hours when I learned that a friend of my dad's had been killed in Squirrel Hill. I didn't know him well but that was a hard blow for a number of reasons, and at this point I think there is nothing I can say as a person or as a Jew that has not already been said, but everyone who has been saying good things, thank you, I appreciate you.

○ I have so, so many comments to catch up on and I'm gonna work on that some today. The fatigue haze means I also have a lot of actual job-work to catch up on, so I'll be in and out.

○ Work's bi-annual (meaning, in this case, every TWO years) humanitarian service awards were on the 23rd; I almost had to impromptu public speak but did not. They went pretty well, and I learned some interesting things, plus:

○ While there, I got our BHCC head on board for funding me for further advanced health informatics certifications ... by accident. I mentioned simply that I had not been able to do a population health information cert I wanted to do because I didn't have $2500, and that spiraled into the C-suite folks finding me $2500 to use. I am floored, and just have to get in to the program now. Anyone want to write me a letter of reference in case I can't get ahold of someone else

○ I turned 30 on the 25th; my mother turned 68. We celebrated Saturday, for as much as this was a 'celebratory' weekend.

○ My office floors finally got cleaned! The person who cleaned them did not re-lock my office and also didn't let the room air out, so I walked into cleaner fumes and being a huge HIPAA violation because my individual drawers do not lock. Thankfully, nothing's been touched.

○ Yes, I am doing NaNo, though I should really make that separate journal to talk about writing things I always tell myself I'm going to do and then I don't. Because of health stuff I'm super behind on outlining, but I think this idea (which is the same as last year's idea, but last year my gallbladder ruptured in November and I wrote nothing, unsurprisingly) doesn't suck. Which isn't the same as being good, but it doesn't suck.

A dog pic:

worlds_of_smoke: A picture of a brilliantly colored waterfall cascading into a river (Default)

[personal profile] worlds_of_smoke 2018-10-29 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
-gentle hugs and love-
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[personal profile] noachoc 2018-10-29 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so so sorry for the loss of your dad's friend and for how horrible the world is. I hope your dog is providing plenty of comfort snuggles.
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[personal profile] tiltingheartand 2018-10-30 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
♥♥♥
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[personal profile] umadoshi 2018-10-30 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to hear about your dad's friend. :( (And for the overall devastation, for which there are just no words.)

The news about funding for the program you want is wonderful!

*scritches pup*
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[personal profile] libbi 2018-10-30 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry for your loss, dear. I wish you a happy year around the sun. ♥
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[personal profile] brainwane 2018-10-30 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
My condolences on the death -- unutterably awful.

I hope the year you are 30 gets FAR better from here.

And here's hoping that further advanced health informatics certifications are both interesting in the getting and useful once you've got them!
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2018-10-31 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Sending light your way.

[personal profile] timetobegin 2018-11-03 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
awww, that's terrible i'm sorry for you and your friend. It's never a nice thing to hear.

glad about the funding though!