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[elainegrey]

I find myself journaling during the middle of the work day for the first time in ages. It was, delightfully, a "normal" morning. Into the office by 9, to not receive the scheduled call by a person who rarely calls (not my boss).

However, i received retirement notice from one staff member (which means a discussion acknowledging his unhappiness) and news from a friend that her daughter has been in critical condition this weekend and will be loosing a kidney. I find the opening due to my colleague's departure for greener pastures will report to New Director, which makes sense, and yet fills me with a feeling of misery as i imagine the new person will be cut from the cloth that appeals to New Director.

I will need to make progress tonight on some botanical future. Maybe experiment with a narrative and photos using the Apple iBook tool. More research on the lost lupines of the Bay Area.

We've had a production issue which was not due to our system but a mailserver getting jammed up. Rumor has it someone sent a huge powerpoint out to a huge distribution list.

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[laughingrat]

I'm sorry about the bad stuff. The kidney thing sounds really scary. It's nice that you at least had a normal morning, though.

[elainegrey]

My body has let me know that my heavy reaction to most of that was probably (early!) PMS.

It sounds as if my friend and her daughter have come through the very scary parts. My friend has someone living with her who will, i suspect, help make sure she's eating. So, figuring out the next steps in care taking are on my list.