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1. We are all fine after our bout with COVID.
Everyone but me is completely recovered. I had very few respiratory symptoms; instead my throat hurt very badly when I swallowed as if I had strep, and I just felt generally very crappy (this only lasted for a few days). My back also hurt pretty badly, and that persisted for awhile; apparently back pain is a COVID symptom, particularly with Omicron. Who knew? I also was really nauseated/no appetite for about two weeks after all the other COVID symptoms had resolved.
My main issue is that it kicked off an autoimmune flare up, and I'm just exhausted. I've also got joint and muscle pain and my chest is tight and burny like it was last fall when I had that last major flareup. Sigh.
But I'm fine, and the family is fine. Ever onward.
2. OMG, being Senate Chair is really, really busy. I mean, I knew it would be busy, but several things are making it even busier than I think it has been in past years. It's time for us to create a new 5 year strategic plan, and I'm a part of that group; we've also filled some positions that were vacant, and those people are doing good, necessary work that is meaning more work for me. Also, I'm really interested in utilizing this position in a way that other chairs maybe weren't--not like for a personal agenda or anything but to make sure that all the work the Senate has voted on in the past is actually being implemented, for example. I've sat on Senate for almost a decade, and I have a vested interest in making sure that work wasn't for nothing. But OMG it's really a lot. Like a lot.
3. Yesterday Fiona declared: I'm going to "write a google doc" and call it Father OurLastName, and it's going to be a fanfiction all about the life of Dad. #lifegoals #massreaderappeal
Everyone but me is completely recovered. I had very few respiratory symptoms; instead my throat hurt very badly when I swallowed as if I had strep, and I just felt generally very crappy (this only lasted for a few days). My back also hurt pretty badly, and that persisted for awhile; apparently back pain is a COVID symptom, particularly with Omicron. Who knew? I also was really nauseated/no appetite for about two weeks after all the other COVID symptoms had resolved.
My main issue is that it kicked off an autoimmune flare up, and I'm just exhausted. I've also got joint and muscle pain and my chest is tight and burny like it was last fall when I had that last major flareup. Sigh.
But I'm fine, and the family is fine. Ever onward.
2. OMG, being Senate Chair is really, really busy. I mean, I knew it would be busy, but several things are making it even busier than I think it has been in past years. It's time for us to create a new 5 year strategic plan, and I'm a part of that group; we've also filled some positions that were vacant, and those people are doing good, necessary work that is meaning more work for me. Also, I'm really interested in utilizing this position in a way that other chairs maybe weren't--not like for a personal agenda or anything but to make sure that all the work the Senate has voted on in the past is actually being implemented, for example. I've sat on Senate for almost a decade, and I have a vested interest in making sure that work wasn't for nothing. But OMG it's really a lot. Like a lot.
3. Yesterday Fiona declared: I'm going to "write a google doc" and call it Father OurLastName, and it's going to be a fanfiction all about the life of Dad. #lifegoals #massreaderappeal
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Date: 2022-09-08 07:34 pm (UTC)I hope your flare-up symptoms die down!
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:08 am (UTC)You might want to get tested for COVID.
Thank you, friend. I hope so, too. I've got stuff to do that isn't being fucking tired. LOL
Fiona continues to be an utter delight.
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Date: 2022-09-08 08:04 pm (UTC)2. Uh-oh, just FYI, being competent as Senate Chair means that people will be eyeing you up to be Dept Chair. Or...Associate Dean. I'm here for you. Be on the lookout for sentences like, "I've been really impressed by your leadership on XYZ issue."
3. LOL, hilarious!
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Date: 2022-09-08 10:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-10 11:12 am (UTC)Fortunately there are very few things we have not had follow-through with on Senate, but I am making sure we do, and shoring up our process so that things don't fall through in future (building on what the previous chair did to fix process).
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Date: 2022-09-10 12:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-14 10:00 am (UTC)Hugs
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Date: 2022-09-14 10:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-08 08:36 pm (UTC)3. ahahaha.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:13 am (UTC)Fiona is such a joy. :)
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Date: 2022-09-08 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-10 11:13 am (UTC)<3
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Date: 2022-09-08 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-09-08 09:43 pm (UTC)2. You are so impressive! I'm so impressed!
3. HEE! Adorbs!!
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:14 am (UTC)Thank you.
Fiona just cracks me up; she has really grown up a lot this past year, and she just delights me.
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Date: 2022-09-08 10:42 pm (UTC)Good luck with the Senate. I'm getting very, very tired of good things being agreed upon and then no further action taken.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:15 am (UTC)Oh yeah, me. Fortunately, few things have fallen through the cracks, but I'm going to make sure that we follow through on those. The previous chair did a lot of work to shore up processes to make sure this doesn't happen, and I am going to continue to build on his work. (As a weirdo, I actually enjoy this kind of work, so that helps.)
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Date: 2022-09-08 11:18 pm (UTC)Good luck with getting the Senate things implemented. That sounds like a Task.
Aww, Fiona. <3
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:16 am (UTC)It is indeed a Task. LOL Fortunately, I am a Weirdo, and I enjoy this kind of administrative work.
Fiona is such a joy.
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Date: 2022-09-09 01:14 am (UTC)I hope the flareup passes quickly. *hugs*
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Date: 2022-09-09 05:30 am (UTC)me and my brother are covering from our dealings with COVID. he has a lingering cough though, but hopefully that will improve.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:17 am (UTC)I'm glad y'all are feeling better, too. I hope your brother's cough goes away soon. *hugs*
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Date: 2022-09-09 07:40 am (UTC)2) Go, you! It sounds like you're kicking ass. Exhausting ass, sure, but still.
3) That is adorable.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:18 am (UTC)I am Officially a Weirdo, and I really enjoy that kind of work which helps. I like being a part of shaping the institution.
Fiona is a trip. LOL
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Date: 2022-09-09 10:59 am (UTC)Good luck to Fiona and her writing!
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:20 am (UTC)I also try to be pretty. LOL Confession time: I have a notebook where I write down what I wear to work every day and to meetings so I don't accidentally wear the same thing to meetings with people I only see once a month, for example. LOL
Fiona is surely going to get famous with her Life of Josh fanfic. *snort*
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Date: 2022-09-10 03:36 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2022-09-09 12:14 pm (UTC)Go you!!!
LOL Fiona! I love her so much.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:20 am (UTC)Thank you.
Fiona is such a trip. She is an utter delight for me.
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Date: 2022-09-09 02:21 pm (UTC)headdesk.
oh, bureaucracy.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:20 am (UTC)But, I am Officially a Weirdo, and I actually enjoy that kind of work which helps. LOL
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Date: 2022-09-10 08:05 am (UTC)So sorry to hear you all got Covid hon and that your still not well. I don't think this disease will ever go away.
Please feel better.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:21 am (UTC)I don't think so either. I think it's going to be a part of our lives like the flu.
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Date: 2022-09-10 11:22 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2022-09-11 02:37 am (UTC)"HUGS"
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Date: 2022-09-11 04:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-15 05:38 pm (UTC)*fierce hugs*