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Not feeling up to snuff today - combination of sick sinus headaches (due to fluctuations in barometric pressure and allergies (threw out the dead flowers) ), lack of sleep (due to digestive disturbances), and permenopause (the gift that keeps on giving).
It's making me irritable.
Did accomplish a couple of things workwise, so not a complete loss. Also, very grateful that I got work remotely today. (I'm dreading returning to the office full time next month, around the fifteenth. I don't see why anyone wants us to return. My organization's management is...words fail.)
Mother appears to be doing better. She visited with my father, yesterday and today. Had a nice long visit with him yesterday - they watched the Penn State football game for about three hours together. It was still going on when she left. Today, they talked to my brother - whom my father has decided is running an utility company. He keeps asking him about various strategic plans they've put in place - my father was an organizational compensation consultant back in the day. He's been retired more than twenty years now, but somehow in his head - he's back at work.
And he didn't like work that much.
In reality my brother is building windows for his barn. Maybe I can get him to replace the windows in my apartment next? No, I can't. It's something I'd have to have the landlord do - and if I managed it, my rent would go up. It's high enough as it is.
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The Union and its membership are fighting over the vaccine mandates. So the Union did some research and has informed its membership that they basically have no legal grounds to stand on - and have to get the vaccine, or get tested twice weekly, or not have a job.
My sore arm and soreness in the muscles and joints is gone. All side effects? Gone. Also, I feel safer - now that everything is getting more crowded and busier.
Experts also predicted another wave of mass resignations this fall, as vaccine mandates went into effect. But so far, it has failed to materialize. Most workers put aside their concerns and lined up to get their shots — many at the 11th hour.
Still, a sizable and unwavering group has quit or been fired to avoid getting vaccinated. Some said vaccines are too new or too risky; others cited their religious faith, or objected to being forced by the government or their employer. Misinformation, of course, has played a major role.
Sigh, yes. People are stupid. Not evil. Just dumb.
Here's three dumb people that the Times interviewed, who are doing good things I guess...
( Josephine Valdez, a public school paraprofessional )
( Ayse Ustares, school social worker )
( Douglas Kariman, nurse )
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Other COVID news...from the NY Times Briefing, or why some people suck and others are heroes.
( mixed bag )
Meanwhile, a vet quits her job...( Read more... )
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Found on Twitter...and as Neil Gaiman stated: "I love this and fail at it constantly..."
Personally, I think it applies to all social media platforms.
It's making me irritable.
Did accomplish a couple of things workwise, so not a complete loss. Also, very grateful that I got work remotely today. (I'm dreading returning to the office full time next month, around the fifteenth. I don't see why anyone wants us to return. My organization's management is...words fail.)
Mother appears to be doing better. She visited with my father, yesterday and today. Had a nice long visit with him yesterday - they watched the Penn State football game for about three hours together. It was still going on when she left. Today, they talked to my brother - whom my father has decided is running an utility company. He keeps asking him about various strategic plans they've put in place - my father was an organizational compensation consultant back in the day. He's been retired more than twenty years now, but somehow in his head - he's back at work.
And he didn't like work that much.
In reality my brother is building windows for his barn. Maybe I can get him to replace the windows in my apartment next? No, I can't. It's something I'd have to have the landlord do - and if I managed it, my rent would go up. It's high enough as it is.
***
The Union and its membership are fighting over the vaccine mandates. So the Union did some research and has informed its membership that they basically have no legal grounds to stand on - and have to get the vaccine, or get tested twice weekly, or not have a job.
My sore arm and soreness in the muscles and joints is gone. All side effects? Gone. Also, I feel safer - now that everything is getting more crowded and busier.
Experts also predicted another wave of mass resignations this fall, as vaccine mandates went into effect. But so far, it has failed to materialize. Most workers put aside their concerns and lined up to get their shots — many at the 11th hour.
Still, a sizable and unwavering group has quit or been fired to avoid getting vaccinated. Some said vaccines are too new or too risky; others cited their religious faith, or objected to being forced by the government or their employer. Misinformation, of course, has played a major role.
Sigh, yes. People are stupid. Not evil. Just dumb.
Here's three dumb people that the Times interviewed, who are doing good things I guess...
( Josephine Valdez, a public school paraprofessional )
( Ayse Ustares, school social worker )
( Douglas Kariman, nurse )
**
Other COVID news...from the NY Times Briefing, or why some people suck and others are heroes.
( mixed bag )
Meanwhile, a vet quits her job...( Read more... )
****
Found on Twitter...and as Neil Gaiman stated: "I love this and fail at it constantly..."
Personally, I think it applies to all social media platforms.