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November 30th, 2009
09:39 am, November 30th - Last vacation day
That's gone by quickly. Today is only my second vacation day this round, but with Thursday/Friday last week as holidays, it's been a nice stretch.
Since Thanksgiving, I haven't been feeling that great. Not sick to my stomach, just fatigued. I've gone three days without doing homework! (I'll do some today.) I almost fell asleep during lunch yesterday.
On Saturday afternoon we went to Sing-A-Long Sound of Music. So many children. So few ovens. (Although Gretl did seem to be there without Hansel.) It's my favorite event, but I was a bit tired. I briefly thought about leaving at intermission, but our "And also with you" line during the second act usually gets big laughs. I stayed for the people. :-) And they laughed heartily. I had the chance to go again last night with some friends, but I just wasn't up to it. Steve said, "You must REALLY not feel well," LOL. Next year I'll hafta go to an evening performance.
I'm feeling better today, so now it's off to Starbears to study for tomorrow's chemistry exam.
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November 27th, 2009
02:51 pm, November 27th - Thanksgiving redux
Aside from Good Friday, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.
I went to Starbears in the morning and completed chapter 13 homework for my chemistry class. I'm not digging amino acids so much. At least there was scenery at the kafe. Lots of people seemed to be out and about the village.
Came home, baked some cheese olives, and then ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rootbeer1 and qbear picked us up to go to Cal & Dave's for the rest of the day. We were joined my Mr. French, and had gobs of food. It was very relaxing, and the feast was delicious.
Got home and Steve bugged me about the trash bins. I was pretty sure there would be a holiday delay, so I just went to bed after watching Survivor. I stayed in bed until 8am this morning (waking up several times in the night). Got up and checked the trash pickup schedule, and there was no delay. Whoops. Luckily, they hadn't been by yet, so I was able to get trashed. Now ya know.
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09:10 am, November 27th - Flash Your Fur Friday
Toothbrush edition
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November 25th, 2009
09:43 am, November 25th - Days off
Work gets both Thursday and Friday as holidays. I took off today and next Monday, thinking we might be going to Vancouver again. No Vancouver for us this year, but the time off is nice.
I've got Chemistry finals coming up, so I'll be studying most of the days studying for that. Not too exciting, but doing it at Starbears provides nice scenery. They're even open for Thanksgiving!
Chemistry continues to be tough for me. I struggle to maintain a B. I've learned lots of stuff that I never even heard about, so cluttering expanding the mind is good. How are you at chemistry? Here's a link to our 2nd exam: http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Chemistry/pauly/chem32/ExSolutions/Ex2_Sol_GrBl_f09.pdf (note that all of the pencil marks were not on the original exam).
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November 24th, 2009
01:56 pm, November 24th - Open yer Anatomy
I'm eligible to register for spring semester in 5 minutes; however, Anatomy 25 is already CLOSED for both the evening classes. (This is the 8th semester in a row.) There is no wait list until the class begins.
There are no other pre-requesites I need that are available this term, so I'm going to show up for the classes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights to see if I can waitlist. For my chemistry class, people had to show up for three weeks before they knew if they could be added. (Most were denied.)
This could easily be avoided if my lottery numbers came up. Just sayin'.
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November 20th, 2009
06:06 am, November 20th - Flash Your Fur Friday 2009-11-20
TGIFYFF
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November 18th, 2009
09:40 pm, November 18th - The dentist is evil
I got a voicemail on Friday to make a dentist appointment. They reminded me that I had promised to call them to do that. I wasn't about to let them guilt me into going, so I didn't call back. My bank account tells me that dental visits are a luxury.
So what does the dentist do? He pulls out a voodoo doll. On Monday I got a toothache. I had some Orajel at home, but that hasn't been cutting it. God bless leftover Vicodin.
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05:56 pm, November 18th - dineshopdrink ! around
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Tonight is the benefit for http://dineshopdrink.org
At the bars I see  at this bar!
At the restaurants I see  at this restaurant!
Tonight I come home to find out that Steve put out a sign for the charity:
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 at this home!
He is clearly a giver.
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November 17th, 2009
03:28 pm, November 17th - Lunch with my guy
Steve was going to Sundance Kabuki Theatre to see the Lord of the Rings sequel this afternoon, so he stopped by my office for lunch. We went to Sapon in Japantown. He does sweet gestures like this a lot. :-)
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November 16th, 2009
03:55 pm, November 16th - MUNI route changes on December 5th
MUNI changes on December 5th: http://www.sfmta.com/cms/m1209/dec09service.htm
Most of the routes I use are unchanged. One option I use for getting home from CCSF is taking the #36 to Forest Hill Station. The bus will no longer go outbound past Monterey Blvd. Grrrrr. That does still leave me with the #43 and the K.
I do feel sorry for my peeps in the Swish Alps who use the #35. The last bus from the Castro will depart at 11pm instead of 1am. I've taken the #35 during those hours several times (none lately).
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November 15th, 2009
08:09 am, November 15th - Thanksgiving restaurants
There's a sign at Cafe Mistake making sure that people know that they are "OPEN FOR THANKSGIVING!"
I hear that Thanksgiving is a big day for a lot of restaurants, but I can't remember ever going to one on Thanksgiving (except when visiting a different country where it's been a non-holiday day).
Have you ever had enjoyed a good Thanksgiving meal at a restaurant in SF?
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November 14th, 2009
11:51 am, November 14th - Corporate-speak
In order to boost executive compensation and increase the economic divide espoused by altruistic-free Wall Street dependents, my company is looking to eliminate retirement benefits. I guess they're finally catching up to the 1980's.
Like some other companies, they have replaced the word "retirement" with "post-employment." Has your company done that? Once the word "retirement" is, well, retired, then they can claim that you aren't losing retirement benefits, since the company doesn't offer retirement benefits. Pretty slick, but pretty sleazy.
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07:18 am, November 14th - oink oink
We got an email yesterday stating the medical center has received 12,000 more doses of the H1N1 vaccine. Our staff is scheduled to get it next Wednesday.
You'd think it'd make sense to have more than one manufacturer.
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November 13th, 2009
07:21 am, November 13th - Bernadette & Mandy
Serendipitous Friday the 13th item of the morning:
On bus to work, I have my iPod on "shuffle." It first plays "Kiss Me Kate" spoof from Forbidden Broadway of Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin. Then it plays some square dance tip from AACE2003, which I promptly skip. Then it plays Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin singing Children & Art from Sunday in the Park.
 - Shoes Upon The Table - Warwick Evans, Blood Brothers 1988 London Cast
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06:39 am, November 13th - I'm a B
So far, I'm getting a B in my chemistry class. I think I no longer have a shot at an A. It's disappointing as far as grades, but this class is kicking my ass.
My instructor for the lecture is very good, but her tests are pretty tough. We just cover so much stuff, it's tough to absorb it all.
I'm still not liking the lab. My potions teacher is just too laid back. There is really an opportunity to learn in the lab, but most of the time it's just a frustrating missed opportunity. I don't think I'll ever be able to assemble a ball & stick glucose ring and be able to distinguish whether it's alpha-d-glucose or beta-d-glucose. On paper it's okay, but with no instruction, the 3-d part baffles me.
Only a few more lab nights to go!
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06:18 am, November 13th - Flash Your Fur Friday
Happy Friday the 13th!
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November 11th, 2009
04:18 pm, November 11th - Gmail "from" account
I'm not sure how long this has been out there, but I noticed today that when sending an email using Gmail, I now have the ability to choose which account to send it "from."
I have several accounts forwarded to my primary Gmail account. It will be great not having to log off the one gmail account and onto another one to reply (mostly done for job-related emails).
Anyone know how long that's been available?
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November 10th, 2009
10:26 pm, November 10th - Here, piggy piggy!
I just checked work email. The Medical Center has received its second shipment of H1N1 vaccine. Not enough vaccine for all the employees. LOL. Maybe next time.
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November 8th, 2009
09:21 pm, November 8th - Um, ya might wanna wait on that
"There are very, very strong warning signs here that Dr. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist and, therefore, that this was a terrorist act," Lieberman (I-Conn) told Fox News on Sunday.
Dear Senator Lieberman:
Please take your meds.
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November 7th, 2009
11:08 am, November 7th - Surgery was fine
I was told that my surgery went just fine. Afterwards, my oxygen saturation levels kept dropping from high 90's to around 80. Not sure why. They did keep me in bed a little longer because of that. The nurse gave me a couple Norco to deal with the post-surgery pain. A prescription was called in to my pharmacy as well.
I was discharged about 8:15pm. We didn't catch a cab until after 9pm, though. Steve was starving. I hadn't eaten since 11:30pm the night before, so I was a tad hungry myself.
I was a bit loopy last night, but feeling pretty good all things considered. We watched Project Runway, then I went to bed. I woke up around 2am. The dressing had come off the wound. There was no way to replace it, so I called the oncall doctor. He just had me put some gauze around the area. The dressing was supposed to come off today anyhow.
I slept pretty well, even with an ice pack on the surgical wound. I've got a bit of an anesthesia hangover today, but I've yet to take any pain pills.
I'm gonna stay in for lunch in a bit, but I may see if Steve will let me go out to Starbears (with icepack) later today. Again, I'm pretty surprised I'm not flat on my back. I've been doing my spirometry exercises, and trying not to move too much, but I'm feeling pretty dang "normal." Huzzah.
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November 6th, 2009
09:24 pm, November 6th - Home
I'm home from the hospital. Everything seemed to go okay. More later. Thanks for the kind wishes.
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07:16 am, November 6th - Flash Your Fur Friday
stay home from work edition
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05:55 am, November 6th - Trash for health?
Yesterday at Starbucks, they served each coffee "refill" by dumping the old cup and giving a new one. "New health code requirements." Oh brother.
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November 5th, 2009
11:30 pm, November 5th - none for you
The seasonal flu vaccine seems to be nowhere to be found in retail outlets in San Francisco. Supplies have been used up, and no more coming.
The H1N1 vaccine has been slow in coming. First it goes to kids and pregnant women. My pregnant co-worker had an OBGYN appointment this morning to get her H1N1 shot. 10 minutes before her appointment, she gets a call that they've run out of it. It's gonna be a fun season.
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09:24 pm, November 5th - Cheesy
Tonight we "made cheese" in potions class. Technically, I guess we isolated casein proteins from milk. It was a fairly easy lab, even for me. Of course, just to make it un-fun, we have to write up some formal laboratory report during the week. Blah.
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