I took a sick day this week (because of a legitimate raging headache) and I felt bad about it. What has become of me? I shouldn’t feel bad for staying home and taking care of myself, but the mentality here unfortunately is a little different. (This should be another “Things...
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Today is my nephew’s 4th birthday and as always I am really bummed that I can’t squeeze his cute little face today. How is he four already?? We got to talk on the phone this morning though and he told me about the shirt that I sent him in...
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I had a doctor’s appointment this morning because of an ongoing cough (and stomach pain) that I had on and off for the last 10 months. The doctor thinks it might be related to acid reflux (even though I don’t really have heartburn), so he prescribed a heartburn medicine to...
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I had a dentist appointment this morning. Even though I don’t particularly like going to the dentist (who does?), I always feel so accomplished and grown up when I walk out of the dentistry. Because that is what adults do, right? Schedule their bi-annual dentist visits and stick to them....
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I still haven’t booked my Christmas travel and I am getting a bit nervous, because airline prices are crazy. I am so determined to find affordable flights though. We need to go home for Christmas. Mostly for my own sanity. • • • Our new office is the weirdest when it comes...
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As of yesterday, I am back at work. Hooray! I am so glad Congress came to a resolution and we were able to return to work (although one might wonder: what in the world was this whole shutdown for in the end? Did anybody win? Or did ordinary people –...
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This week has been the longest and shortest week in a while. It’s the most bizarre thing how long the hours are, but how short the day is. * * * Some friends from Germany/Switzerland are visiting California this week and as soon as I have finished my coffee, we’ll...
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This week completely wiped me out. The last few days were filled with setting up our new office, unpacking, more purging and trying to make things work in our smaller space. The last few days have left me physically and emotionally exhausted and I practically collapsed and fell asleep on...
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This must have been the strangest of strange weeks in my office thus far. Everybody was in a really weird mood, almost on the edge this week and motivation was on an all time low. We’ll be starting fresh at our new work space on Monday. * * *...
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This week was quite hectic as we’re packing up our office right now to move to a new location at the end of next week. I don’t even know if you can call it a move, because we’re just moving from one building on Campus to another, but it sure...
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