Re: Re: Hassles At Work
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Sat Jun 20 2015 17:50:34

 DAG>> We're going to go and witness our first Aikido lesson tomorrow, and
 NB> How did that go...?  Did you get there...?

  Loki got there first.  We were supposed to go in and view the session, but it
turns out they have a family day.  Sensei stated that'd probably be the best
day for us to show up, and it was on a Saturday.  So we waited a few more days,
but I then realized that I'd either forgotten or had never heard what exact
time it was supposed to be at.  During this time, our sink plugged, as I
believe I mentioned before, jeopardizing the funding.  It's at a nexus where
the issue should be the landlord's, and not ours; the problem is that we're
unable to let the landlord in because he'd immediately figure out that there
are more people staying here, and this would be bad for us all at this
juncture.
  Anyway, so the money would've been available, because I had the only cash on
me at the time of this small disaster.  Which is just as well, because the
Aikido sensei never got back to us regarding when the time was supposed to be. 
This place is allegedly the best in Portland for Aikido, and I really want to
go there, but I _did_ put in two phone calls last week to him to find out that
time and never got a callback.  That kind of makes me wonder...
  Either way I'll be going in to verify what time the family session is that
we'll get to [complimentarily] witness and take part in sometime later this
week.  Soon enough the next paycheck will be in, so hopefully there will be
enough funds to make up whatever the plumber is going to cost us.  It'd be
really nice to be able to use the kitchen normally again, too.  :P

 DAG>> It does.  I mean Free Geek isn't the opportunity for help like
 NB> Would that be a place that you could get some sort of portable computer
 NB> that you could take along while supervising the kid's activities...?

  Unfortunately not really.  I think I found another community center that
we'll be able to check out being as the Y around here is way too far away to be
practical, though.  Planning on trying to check that out later today or early
tomorrow.

 NB> Anyone can have a brain block at times...  ;)  Sometimes it just needs
 NB> renewing...  :)

  Yeah, especially after that much time.  My skills are coming back on the work
stuff quick, but that doesn't entirely make up for the part about how I've got
a rather different skillset from my partner's.  Hopefully I get a chance to
brush up more on the stuff he knows and learn that a little better myself. 
I've finally gotten back into Algorithms I on kickstarter now, at least. 
That'll help my ability and give me a little more practice working with some of
the concepts that he knows a lot better than I do.

 DAG>> couple of days.  My roommate has had a fever of 101.5+ _with_
 NB> Hopefully it didn't get to that for you...?

  Nope.  I caught the initial influenza, and somehow (through the grace of
Loki) managed to avoid the strep that both my roommate and my son were down
with so badly.  That's really odd for me, but now that I've got my resting
pulse down below 65, and a lot of practice eating better, maybe my immune
system is finally catching up to the Portland virii a little bit better.  :)  I
was just sitting here waiting for everyone to get better and wondering why the
world was blowing up in my face at the same time.  Heh.

 NB> It may have helped that in some ways you saw it coming, and may have
 NB> been (even unconciously) preparing yourself for the event... and knowing
 NB> that it really was the kindest thing to do for the kitty... even with
 NB> the loss...  

  Yeah I knew that it was going to end poorly, most probably, at least a couple
of years ago (when I was still in my apartment in Bismarck, ND, prior to ever
moving to Minot, ND).  People used to think I was nuts for crying about it,
when I'd identified that it was cancer by the smell, but vindication sadly
came.  :P  I think it was a lot easier because I was grieving for a long time
before hand.  Not that the actual incident of it happening was all flower
petals and rosewater, but it probably did make it a lot easier, yeah.

  Still working on catching up here; had a lot going on the past few days and a
weird brainblock where I just had to take some time away from correspondence. 
Stay tuned!

  -D
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