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I Took My Own Advice
I'm taking the rest of this week, and all of next week off. My current boss, and my uber-boss both OK'd the time off.
I have sent emails to my internist and rheumatologist; my internist responded and said she's available all week; I'll try to get in to see her Friday.
Bob negotiated a deal with the water heater guys. They're putting in an extra heater, and eating the labor costs; down side is it will cost more, and I have to impress on my treasurer that it's up to him to find the extra money. The water heater guys are also not going to expect full payment upon completion, which is good. ETA at this point is Thursday.
With regard to that last, the truly important thing in my mind is that I handed off the informational emails to the treasurer. He's handling that tonight and tomorrow. Good. Let him deal with the anger. I've let him know I'm on medical leave, which is essentially what I'm on, even though it's currently set as unpaid leave. (I think I've explained the stupidity of us having to take unpaid leave for the first year of our being Tribune employees, with a bunch of money equal to that unpaid leave having been paid out to us by the Sun-Times. It's going to be touch and go for me, since I had to loan out some of that money to First Born to cover an emergency of his last month, but we'll handle it. Plus, yeah, going to get money back from the association, you damn betcha.)
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Anyhow, tl;dr - I'm off, I'll see my doctor before the end of the week, I'll help BB deal with his asshole doc tomorrow, we ... may ... have hot water Thursday (yeah, sure....) and I'm going to pay attention to my own health.
And now, I'm going to bed. The back may have eased up enough to let me sleep without quite as many painkillers.
Thanks, everyone, for your support. It has really meant a lot to me.
I'm taking the rest of this week, and all of next week off. My current boss, and my uber-boss both OK'd the time off.
I have sent emails to my internist and rheumatologist; my internist responded and said she's available all week; I'll try to get in to see her Friday.
Bob negotiated a deal with the water heater guys. They're putting in an extra heater, and eating the labor costs; down side is it will cost more, and I have to impress on my treasurer that it's up to him to find the extra money. The water heater guys are also not going to expect full payment upon completion, which is good. ETA at this point is Thursday.
With regard to that last, the truly important thing in my mind is that I handed off the informational emails to the treasurer. He's handling that tonight and tomorrow. Good. Let him deal with the anger. I've let him know I'm on medical leave, which is essentially what I'm on, even though it's currently set as unpaid leave. (I think I've explained the stupidity of us having to take unpaid leave for the first year of our being Tribune employees, with a bunch of money equal to that unpaid leave having been paid out to us by the Sun-Times. It's going to be touch and go for me, since I had to loan out some of that money to First Born to cover an emergency of his last month, but we'll handle it. Plus, yeah, going to get money back from the association, you damn betcha.)
Wow. Digress much,
kaffy_r ? Anyhow, tl;dr - I'm off, I'll see my doctor before the end of the week, I'll help BB deal with his asshole doc tomorrow, we ... may ... have hot water Thursday (yeah, sure....) and I'm going to pay attention to my own health.
And now, I'm going to bed. The back may have eased up enough to let me sleep without quite as many painkillers.
Thanks, everyone, for your support. It has really meant a lot to me.
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Right now, I'm listening to Benny Goodman doing "Sing, Sing, Sing" and I think that's a good way to relax!
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I keep having to bite my lip to avoid bursting out laughing.
The fact that homes in Australia have their domestic hot-water tanks outdoors*** should tell you all you need to know about winter in Australia...
*** No, really. Often they're not even lagged. This practice of outdoor water heater and storage tank also means there's no such thing as a hot press - that's an airing cupboard to people in the UK, and I've no idea what USA/Canada calls them - which in turn means nowhere to finish off air-drying one's laundry on damp days. Graaaaaah.
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And occasionally I do indulge in schadenfreude. Measured amounts of it can sometimes be astringently good for the soul. Heh.
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For the record, it does dip below freezing here for the occasional millisecond before dawn in 'winter'. But this is a country that knoweth not snow chains, or indeed, antifreeze. And up in the steamy north (Queensland) the natives say, 'We don't wear coats in the winter, just a different thickness of t-shirt...'
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The water heater situation has been enough to drive anyone into back spasms and then some.
Love you!
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Love you, too!
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*Huggles you*
Love you, sweetie. Be good to you. And get plenty of rest.
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And something that might make you smile: have you been watching the news from Alberta tonight? ;)
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Oh, aye! I've enjoyed that a great deal; I spent a year in Edmonton while at university, and it was during the days of Alberta's rise to conservative arrogance in the 1970s ... seeing the NDP take on the province's apparent economic difficulties makes me smile, because the NDP is who I'd vote for if I were back in the country. Yay!
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