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Where in the World is Catherine?
Nov. 24th, 2015 03:10 pmSadly, nowhere that interesting at present.
The week in review:
The week in review:
- Had to skip TeslaCon due to work purgatory/Mom-funding issues/related fun
- Had multiple exciting convos with DHS and the nursing home about Mom funding and their schedule for providing proof of no assets. The short version: one more document and I can send this round in, then twiddle my thumbs until things hopefully get approved. Takeaways: 1. system for dealing with the aged is ghastly and I don't know how anyone navigates it without help, 2. I'm glad that I live in a state that does have funding because otherwise $6500 a month would get...problematic, 3. Minions in the system can be very, very helpful so be nice to them. It's like a fairytale: be nice to the billing office assistant, the receptionist at the credit union and the dude stuck answering the phones at giant government bureaucracy and they help you find the magical artifacts. Or in this case, answer a bunch of questions and find key documents that had gone walkabout. I really, really hope this is the last of this because it's already horrible and stressful and this just piles it on.
- Work is work The frequent emails from HR urging us all to "breathe" and "relax" are making me want to burn things to the ground.
- Queen of Swords Press has passed the trademark research stage. Now on to other fun!
- Set up everything in the house to convert to wireless from DSL; going well so far and will be much cheaper after set up costs are dealt with.
- Older car = expensive repairs, house on the brink of expensive repairs, etc.
- Am I down at the BLM 4th precinct protests? No. Do I feel somewhat guilty about that? Yes. What am I doing instead? Helping out where I can - just paid a chunk of a coworker's costs for taking a carload of supplies up there and plan on doing more of same.
- Otherwise, spending rest of week relaxing, ungluing from the ceiling and working on stuff. Also, time with long-neglected friends. All of it so very much needed.