I mailed Vivian’s birthday card today, actually allowing for the Veteran’s Day holiday tomorrow, so she’ll get it on Wednesday, her actual birthday. I noticed early this morning that I’d forgotten all about paying my Kohl’s charge card bill, which was due on Saturday. I went to pay it online and noticed that the total … Read more
Early this morning, I ran to the K-Mart by my house, where I bought a knee brace and an ice bag. At home, I put the receipt for eighteen dollars and some change in my HCFSA envelope. I hobbled down to the bus stop, and made my way to workânot fun. I felt okay taking … Read more
My knee was in incredible pain all day today. It was the kind of pain where I kept thinking, “You really should get this thing x-rayed. What if walking on it is the worse thing you could be doing? But, I know all they’re going to do is tell me to RICE it.” At work … Read more
POST-ELECTION MORNING BUSTLE As expected, it was a festive bus ride in this morning. However, it was not without its one element of negativity expressed by this lady’s comment amidst the jubilation: “People say he happy. He ain’t happy. He got a funeral to go to before he go to the White House.” Here’s an … Read more
Today was my first day back to work. I got through most of my e-mail, and sent out a couple of tweets about upcoming events. I also met with Jude for status updates on a couple of projects in progress. My boss’s boss alerted me to a 2008 China Experience Photo Contest being sponsored by … Read more
I wore shorts and a t-shirt to work today. Among other things, I created an announcement about my trip to the staff, which is now posted in the Staff News section of the Office of Information Technology home page: OIT staff member talks technical communication in China. I picked up Katherine Chandler at the airport … Read more
Good week for… Bad week for… Health-food stores, after Italian researchers isolated an erection-inducing plant compound in a widely sold Chinese herb known as Horny Goat Weed. The compound, icariin, may be as effective as Viagra, researchers said. Biological warfare, after a West Virginia man was charged with battery on a police officer for passing … Read more
I attended the OIT Web Team Meeting today, wrote an e-mail to Marc Hoit, our CIO, about his blog, and I responded to a director who is in a workgroup charged with creating “an ideal information technology or information services department at an Asian women’s university.” He wanted some input on what people thought would … Read more
I caught the 8:25 bus today, and Barry, one of my neighbors, and this other sort-of regular at our stop had a little chat. The lady works for the federal government, so was off yesterday for Columbus day. Barry works for the university, as do I, so both state employees, who did not have the day … Read more
I was up at oh-dark-hundred, and out to my doctor’s office in RTP for a 7:00 appointment with Amy Hird, my GP, who really is a P.A, and whom I absolutely love. She ordered up my Hep A shot, which was actually administered by her nurse, and she wrote me prescriptions for Cipro, Nexium, and … Read more