Today's work adventure was 10 hours of fighting excel to figure a way to accurately show ED occupancy - heads on beds. Really obnoxious for a 24/7 facility, when people who show up on a Saturday night can be discharged Tuesday morning. Very frustrating, but I think I got it, and when I eyeballed the data it certainly passed the smell test from my ( Read more... )

Work today: Had a conversation with a vendor that we're cancelling our subscription with. They had apparently been informed since our last conversation that the CEO doesn't want to renew, although I've known for probably a month or more (which makes the biweekly calls kinda tricky). For today's call, they brought in their big marketing people to ( Read more... )

Got your text about your not-quite-overdue library book. Went to Ames right after work to get that taken care of. Was going to hit Mexican while I was there, but there was nowhere to park. Dunno if everyone in town was at Azteca or Wallaby, but I gave up and decided to try the Mongolian Grill place instead ( Read more... )

Plan for this morning was a trip to Ames to check the Post Office. Figured while I was there I might as well pick up kitty food from the vet & kitty litter, as well as a few other assorted grocery items I didn't remember on Wednesday ( Read more... )

2 Trips to the High School today. Turns out it wasn't really a science fair, but more of a final project presentation. Some students clearly did well (An insulin pump that can automatically call for help/911 if your sugar gets dangerously low/high, which would be a lifesaver), and there was at least 1 "Are you freaking kidding me??? This was the ( Read more... )

After work, I was thinking I might have a chance to mow the back yard before the 70% chance of rain hit. Felt a sprinkle or two walking to Eva, but nothing on Eva's windshield. Got home, no rain drops. Quickly changed & started to mow. Felt a handful of drops, but not quite enough to make me think I needed to stop, so I kept mowing. Next pass, I ( Read more... )

Today's the good weather day - for a while. By good, I mean not raining, but it's feeling quite hot (mid-80's). After work, I got some Mexican food so I didn't have to cook & swung by Hyvee on the way home to pick up a few things I knew I needed - milk, lasagna-stuff, garlic. Now I'm cooling off & digesting ( Read more... )

Crimson must have gotten bored while I was at work. The orange mousie was on the bed when I got home from work. Rained a fair amount all morning, but the sun is now out - I might try to mow later. Neighbors mowed, of course, so now we have to ( Read more... )

Made Indian Potatoes. Ate Lemon Bars. Picked up a few things, put away dishes, puttered around inside. Had a total brain fart & put boiling hot water to make tea into one of the brand new glass pitchers - of course, it immediately cracked. At some point I'll be going back to Des Moines, so I'll need to swing by World Market & get another. Need to ( Read more... )

There's a conspiracy afoot ( Read more... )