Various Musings and Observations

  • As ellipticcurve has already noted, today our company is conducting emergency preparedness exercises in our building. This means we have humanoid dummies in various stages of injury (e.g., with bookcases toppled onto them with feet sticking out), employees acting wounded in various stages of makeup with signs indicating their injuries, signs on various parts of the building indicating damage, and a whole triage setup outside. I do commend the company for this preparedness; I will feel safer for the day this building collapses :-).

    The triage setup outside is what really caught my attention. There are four tarps: black (morgue), green (minor), yellow (delayed), and red (immediate). The first thought that came to mind upon seeing it was: Clean Sweep. I mapped the piles to: keep, donate, toss. Sigh. I guess I watch too much TLC!

  • I’m on the way to sinus surgery. I did receive email back from Dr. Persky, my ENT, instructing me to call the surgery scheduler. She’s out today, but I have left a message. I’m going to try to schedule it for Monday, 5/2 (I would have preferred Friday, but the doctor will be out that day). Hopefully, recovery will be quick, as I’m scheduled to fly cross-country on 5/16.
  • Working with the trainer last night was hard. I think she’s making the exercise harder. Still, I did get 80 crunches and 30 pushups done, which is good for me. I’m slowly getting back into shape.
  • gf_guruilla found a pretty-good deal on a climate-controlled storage area not that far from our house. I think the price was $139 for a 7’x9′ unit. This will allow us to start decluttering and prepare our current house for either rental or showing, depending on what we decide.
  • I’m much more awake today, only dealing with a slight headache. This is a good thing.
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