epicdemiologist

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1. Cool mornings forecast for this whole week
2. Last deliverable gets sent off today (on time)
3. Three more days of work!

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1. made fairly good improvised curry paste from spices I had on hand + fresh ginger bought for the purpose
2. another pleasantly cool morning (55 F)
3. got signed up for Medicare Part D & supplement

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1. Last full week of work starts tomorrow.
2. I have escaped mandatory in-office.
3. Nobody can make me use LLMs.

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1. Brunch with daughter and daughter-in-law later today
2. Followed by Princess Mononoke at the local art house theater
3. ONLY 3 MORE DAYS OF WORK

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1. Nice cool morning, with time for a longer dog walk
2. University of Leeds has guidance for supporting trans researchers in the field! https://inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
3. Tabling today at an event I've enjoyed in the past.

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1. No damage to car
2. No damage to house
3. Got power back

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1. Nice farewell party from co-workers
2. Not much food waste from power failure
3. Fat Bear Week

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1. Yuletide (fanfic exchange: https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/133700.html)
2. Fall!
3. Slept through the night!

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1. Much cooler today! Low 60 degrees F, predicted high 72!
2. One week of work to go.
3. Very close to finishing last big deliverable.

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1. Slept through the night!
2. Cooler weather ahead--forecast high for Thursday is 76 degrees F!
3. Good video call with all 3 kids last night.

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1. Finally got HR to cough up the form I need for Medicare; now I just need a fax machine (!!)
2. Video call with all 3 kids last night, all are thriving
3. Husband managed a 32-mile bike ride yesterday, arm doing fine

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1. Husband is sleeping better with the elbow brace off.
2. The Heretiks premieres this week! My eldest is the Bone Witch.
3. We got some much-needed rain Saturday.

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1. Small Old Dog went absolutely HAM on the neighbor's sprinkler plume this morning and got soaked. She was very pleased with herself.
2. I love watching my dogs teach each other things. We're now on the 3rd "generation" of dogs teaching other dogs that cicadas are yummy and not scary (Lola > Henry > Sumac).
3. I offloaded one more thing that was stressing me out. At this rate I may spend October just chilling, which would be novel.

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1. Draft of major report is DONE and out for review/edits
2. I never have to do that particular report again
3. Anything I write from here on out that may or may not get read will be something I want to write for its own sake

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1. Small old dog's biopsy was negative!
2. Conference today & tomorrow
3. Good chance of rain this weekend

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1. 65 degrees F this morning! Lovely!
2. Two more weeks of work.
3. 2-hr train excursion planned for next month.

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1. Youngest kid home safe from hiking trip
2. Stray dog that ran up on us in our driveway as we were setting out to walk dogs did not cause or suffer any injury
3. Conference went OK

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1. Made reservations for a couple nights at a state park lodge in the mountains next month
2. One more big report left to go
3. 23 more days till this job ends, I can do this

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1. 69 degrees F this morning!
2. Short work week!
3. My husband and I are attending the same conference for the first time ever! (He's representing the rail-trail board he's on, and I"m representing my job.)

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1. Yuletide (rare fanfic exchange) is coming!
2. Nominations are open!
3. You can play too! https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/

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1. A chance of rain on Saturday
2. Cooler weather on Tuesday
3. This month will end eventually

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1. Still alert & oriented x3
2. Last big project reasonably on schedule
3. Conference tomorrow/Friday

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1. Yesterday's event went well--many good conversations, gave away all our stuff (could easily have done 2x as much), and no lingering aftereffects of the heat except a mild headache.
2. Both Young Dog and Small Old Dog had a great time biting the neighbor's sprinkler plumes this morning (Larger Old Dog doesn't like to get wet).
3. It's Friday.

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1. Husband's cleared to drive!
2. Next ortho followup in 2 weeks should be the last (then PT)
3. We thought our neighbor had lost their mind and installed their new radio fence right up against the road--but no! There are two lines of flags! The one by the road is marking a natural gas line; the radio fence is set back a reasonable distance.

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1. Small Dog came through her dental OK, is eating well & in good spirits (which for her means a series of 2-foot vertical leaps at food time or walk time)
2. Husband's elbow is healing well, ortho followup today
3. No matter how frustrating my job gets, after 36 more days it is Not. My. Problem.

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1. 3-day weekend ahead
2. Today is the first of 3 more events until I'm done
3. Second-to-last big deliverable goes out tomorrow

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1. Nice meeting yesterday, kickoff for a Safe Roads & Streets for All grant that I helped get rolling (literally by just saying to the right person at the right time, "Hey, did you know about this grant program?")
2. Was able to pass on some useful info (did you know you can track pedestrian traffic on a college campus via campus wifi?) 3.Husband's elbow is doing well, and he may be able to walk the 2 larger dogs in a few weeks. (He can walk the 17 lb. one now with his good arm.)

#3GoodThings the "It Could Have Been Worse" edition--my husband got yanked off his feet on last night's dog walk, when neighbor dog charged right thru its radio fence, but:

1. He didn't hit his head, and though he has a gash that needed stitches, we're pretty sure nothing's broken (we have followup with ortho ASAP, as the x-rays of his elbow in the ER were inconclusive)

2. Nobody, including dogs, got bitten

3. Neighbor dog's owner grabbed it quickly, so no lost dog.

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1. No termites, yay!
2. Noped out of something I didn't want to do that won't leave anyone else twisting in the wind
3. 33 days till (relative) freedom

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1. Cool enough this morning (70 degrees F!) to take the dogs on a different/longer walk for the first time in ages
2. We saw a young rabbit! (Much enthusiam from dogs. Rabbit was unbothered enough to kick up its heels at us.)
3. Saw a crow wallowing/bathing in the wet grass. Another crow strutted up to see what the hell it was doing, then decided to join it.

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1. Termite inspection (long overdue)
2. Got coverage for midday dog walk while I'm tabling at an event next week (husband not yet cleared to walk dogs--they pull a lot)
3. It's Friday.

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1. Daggerbound
2. Francis (see above)
3. T. Kingfisher continuing to write things other than horror (she's a fantastic writer, I'm just too scared to read her horror)

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1. 66 F dropping to 65 on the morning dog walk!
2. 38 more days, 2 more major deliverables, 3 events. I can do this.
3. Husband has 1st ortho followup this week, might get cleared to drive.

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1. Still enjoying "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
2. Discovered that the sauce for sesame noodles goes nicely with steamed kale (1 T each sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, rice wine vinegar & honey; 1.5 T soy sauce; use sparingly)
3. 2 more reports to finish & submit before I never have to write anothe report

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1. There is zero chance I will ever be in the same room as Donald Trump.
2. Lovely call with all 3 kids last night
3. Got some useful work done

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1. 51 days till I quit (I've been firmly informed that it's not a retirement since I'm not vested)
2. Small Old Dog's bloodwork came back fine, dental later this month
3. Got some rest over the weekend

#3GoodThings 1.People in my life who occasionally send me cool things to look at 2. People who make cool things just for the hell of it 3. People who figure out how things work

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1. Heavy rain overnight, much needed
2. Took dogs for a longer walk today on a route we can't use weekday mornings due to traffic; today it was calm and peaceful
3. Cooler this morning; predicted high Wednesday is only 80 degrees F!

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1. Husband found the source of the mysterious carrion odor (dead deer in the back yard of a neighboring vacant house)
2. Husband has his (hopefully) final ortho followup today
3. Found a new recipe to try: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/curry-pumpkin-soup

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1. Starting a list of projects to choose from when I need something to do
2. Yuletide (fanfic exchange) nominations are out!
3. Yuletide signups start next week!

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1. Post-vaccine fatigue and soreness are much improved today.
2. Looking forward to a couple of days in the mountains.
3. Signed up for a knitting class at the library.

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1. Nice call from my niece--her nonprofit (Montessori Partnerships for Georgia) is exploring possibilities in my community and she's coming over for a meeting tomorrow. We'll get together for lunch!
2. My husband let me sleep in today.
3. I have now made it through the week after my COVID booster, so I can have ibuprofen again! Will start with a lower dose and see if that will work.

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1. LAST DAY OF WORK
2. Highs in the 70s by the end of the week!
3. Family wedding coming up next month!

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1. Pretty much feeling normal again after flu & COVID vaccines except for sore deltoids.
2. My husband will be back home this evening after his charity bike ride
3. The bike ride, which looked almost certain to get drenched by heavy rain, now looks like it won't get rained on at all!

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1. Rental car returned; a huge weight off my mind.
2. It's Monday and I don't have to go to work!!!
3. Husband is getting his COVID and flu vax today.

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1. First day of freedom. I keep tearing up. Think I'll bake some bread.
2. The grant I was working on got renewed at the last minute, so my colleagues won't have to scramble for new jobs.
3. A huge amount of bullshit is NOT MY PROBLEM NOW.

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1. Looked up current advice on NSAIDs before/after vaccines BEFORE I took the NSAIDs (advice has changed since I last checked! https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/health-matters/getting-a-flu-shot-skip-the-advil-tylenol-for-mild )
2. The bread I baked yesterday is delicious!
3. Mini-vacation in a couple of weeks.

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1. Finally buckling down to a task I've put off forever: Sorting, washing, drying and giving away all our old SCA garb and feast gear. It'll take a while.
2. Browsing slowly through cookbooks looking for ideas for Thanksgiving/Christmas (and also maybe expanding my everyday dinner repertoire).
3. Car repairs are done, we're back to 2 functioning vehicles.