It's the second day of our county workers strike - I happened to see some people getting ready to picket when I stopped for coffee near the courthouse in Vallejo yesterday, otherwise I don't know that I'd have known. I think there might be a fairly large presence over here in Fairfield today, but I have no reason to be in that neighborhood (or leave the house and my reluctance to get dressed today is HIGH). I'm curious how it's going, though. All the news I can find is from yesterday and is mostly about what offices will be closed or have limited services available

That’s great Matt!!

I am really not wanting to do work today. I have done a little. But not much.

Well, fuck. Another major re-org! One loss to my department and it's not me. We'll find out the impact to the rest of the company maybe next week. Sigh.

Department is 13 people now (including the two people who just started this month), five of those are managers, four of the managers are men and three of them are white men. This is a big shift from 2020 when the department was twice as big and the number of white men was about the same but none of them were managers

Desire to actually do work today has plummeted. I was going to save my Thanksgiving pie for tomorrow, but it's in the oven now. I don't think that one will go all souffle on me, but who knows?

I come to the board with news that has boosted my spirits considerably today: my Mom's 3-month cancer screening this morning passed as clear with no detectable cancer!

That's great news, Matt!

Re-re-re-re-org is not happy making, -t.

Today is the heavy muscles, just want to sleep or be horizontal, tiny little dog walk was exhausting portion of this ick. Maybe flu. I will test for Covid tomorrow, but mainly just out of curiosity. I am currently hoping that the sore throat and congestion don't really develop any more than they have. That would be awesome.

Where does one get a souffle like bacon and egg pie? That sounds amazing even with no appetite.

I hear there's a strain of flu that wasn't in the vax going around. Hope whatever it is stays minor, Jen!

The pie is from a Vallejo pie shop, Bula Pies Fiji, which I have fallen in love with. This is my first time trying the bacon and egg pie, hence my surprise, but everything I've had from them has been good: sausage rolls, beef stew pie, lamb pie, pot roast pie, pineapple pie, choconana pie and the free coffee while you wait is excellent. I guess if you have Fijian pie makers around check them out?

If they are bringing ingredients or anyone back to life in their process that is none of my business

Hm, apparently they will ship frozen pies nationwide. That's what I'm having today, frozen pies thawed and baked, so that part definitely works: [link]

Matt, great news about your mom!

I saw the orthopedist today for my hip, for literally 2 minutes. He pointed to my x-ray (not my MRI), said "See that? That's bone-on-bone arthritis. That's going to mean a hip replacement. I don't do those. Dr. So-and-so does those." I asked, "What about the labral tear?" He said "Arthritis." I asked, "What about the cyst with synovial fluid?" He said, "Arthritis." I started to ask about pain management, and he said "I'm sending in Alex, my PA. She'll give you a steroid shot." And he left. Fucking rude, condescending, and completely unhelpful.

His PA (Alex) was super nice and spent a lot more time talking with me about treatment options they do before they resort to surgery. She said that the hip will eventually need to be replaced, but before they jump to replacement, they try a steroid shot directly into the intra-articular space in the hip, and it should help a lot with the pain. She also prescribed me a stronger NSAID, and wants me to go for more PT.

I'm a little disheartened, mostly because of how the orthopedist treated me. His PA was great and much more helpful, and I guess I wait and see if the steroid shot and the stronger NSAID help my hip pain. I don't really want to do more PT, but I suppose it can't hurt.

I kind of want to contact the orthopedic practice and complain about how shitty and condescending the doctor was in the whole 2 minutes he spent with me.

I saw a knee guy like that years ago, Steph. Just so dismissive and disinclined to listen.

I'm sorry he was such a jerk. People complain about being handled by PAs, but I have had more luck with them. I hope the shot helps the pain.