OMG, I just had an argument with my boss, who believes that the phrase "course materials placed on reserve" does not include books placed on reserve.

Dagnabbit! Tumblr came back, but now is down again?? WTF, dudes.

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Last week I called in for three refills, and when I emailed my doctor's assistant I only mentioned two. So she only got refills for those two.

Shouldn't she just be refilling what the pharmacy asks her for, and not waiting for me to remind her? I just sent in a "What about the third?" email and she said she guesses she can refill it without waiting on the doctor. Dude, it's Vitamin D. Also, why have you been waiting a week for him to refill Vitamin D?

He asked me if she was a slow part of the refill process, and I skipped past that and blamed the pharmacy, because I was feeling avoidant, but seriously. It's been over a week.

In re: Amy's post about liking winter except for all the sick people... why more sick people in winter? Is this something I knew once but have now forgotten? Or does it only seem like there are more sick people? But then why flu/winter. I feel like I once used to know a lot of things I can't retrieve anymore. Bah.

JFC I'm so pissed off. They've had four years to convert my position from temporary to permanent. FOUR YEARS.

Now the position turns into a pumpkin at the end of January, and they STILL haven't announced the permanent slot so I can apply for my own frelling job.

I'm trying to come up with a way of saying "If you're trying to show me how much you value your employees, it's working." -- without pissing too many people off.

Because of dry indoor air in heated locations in winter, dry mucus membranes in the nose are more vulnerable to viruses. Also, more people are indoors in the same spaces sharing the same air in the winter.

In re: Amy's post about liking winter except for all the sick people... why more sick people in winter?

I heard something recently about how it's because people are inside more, but that seems so unlikely to me -- don't most people work [inside] most of the time year-round??

Edit: I will buy flea's additional information.

I hope the actual reading goes more smoothly than the planning for the reading, Allyson.

I completely forgot about a vet appointment yesterday. Oops. Rescheduled to Thursday. And called Comcast to cancel my TV service while I was at it, but it was cheaper to keep the basic cable, but still, net effect = lower bill.

Yesterday I got bitched at for going to urgent care instead of calling the oncology department, and I was told I had to go to the infusion center today so that the oncology doctor could see me, except there weren't any appointments available when the doctor would be there, so she told her nurse to come see me, or at least I was told she did. Either that didn't happen, or the nurse forgot, and then the nurse was too busy to come see me, even after I waited almost half an hour for her.

I feel like calling back and explaining again why I went to urgent care.