Happy New Year...sort of

Yes, it's 2017, the New Year's festivities are over.

It's cold, we have a new president and I have a surly teenager.

Still getting used to it all and letting it all sink in. I haven't forgotten you, dear folks. I've been swamped at work and when I come home (when I don't have some viral mess that's going around the Hotel) I rest.

My biggest goal this week, is to put the Christmas decorations away. No, I am not an Orthodox Christian. I am a late packer.

Even though it may seem apocalyptic at the moment, I won't have YUGE news, a la our Cheeto-in- Chief, but at least it will be real.



More to come. Stay tuned.

I'm beginning to wonder

If this is really true.

If some folks who work with personal health records actually have a clue what user testing means. I don't think they actually invited users to do the tests.

If the moon is changing. Why yes it is! Now I know why some of our staff are particularly surly.

Never a dull moment at the Hotel.

Stay tuned...you never know what will happen.

I'm sure you're jealous...

Yes, I actually had a couple of people say they were jealous of me today.

I am terribly lucky. I have a job I love that has intermittent idiotic things happening. That saying "you can't fix stupid" really is so true in my day-to-day life. I just strive to work around it. My favorite idiot this week: our surly office secretary. Yes, she's supposed to answer the phone, file, sort mail and process time cards, but heaven forbid she do any more than she has to do. Her job includes providing customer service to phone callers. She's so useless in that regard, and I'm tired of the complaints, that I'm asking all those wronged to file formal complaints because that's the only thing she seems to understand. (Reprimands are expensive at Madison...)


On a beautiful spring day, I headed up to our mother ship, Washington and was working on a site-wide demo with the kids (our new techs) from the SU. It was fun. I got to meet one of my nursing counterparts who works in another rehab unit. A. got me plenty of marketing materials for one of our programs (and hers) so I worked it over and put it out at the Hotel. She was thrilled.

I took my time on the way back. The sunshine-filled day had me taking the back roads to the office, so I made sure I called my favorite restaurant and picked up lunch for Dahey, my travelling partner and me.

Happy Friday all. Enjoy your weekend, wherever you are.