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I Guess It's July Now
Jul. 4th, 2022 05:25 pmMonday was pretty much covered in last post.
I finally finished the last episode of Stranger Things.
Went for a walk with Jameson.
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Tuesday, waking up at 5am and having to eat that early is kind of a pain.
But if I don't eat there's no guarantee I'll have the chance again until at least noon if not later.
So, egg whites and oatmeal bread and peanut butter and raspberries and coffee.
Off to Alafaya. Past the coded door and to the foyer, where the two security guards and several hearing reporters (VHRs) were talking excitedly. This was the first day of in-person hearings since the pandemic started over two years ago, after all.
They were having sort of a huddle to check with each other about how things go for in-person.
Which really wasn't all that different from remote hearings.
Security Guard 1 was in charge of wanding people to death with a detection wand, checking bags, clearing folks for entry.
Security Guard 2 would then give them paperwork, most of which is a big questionnaire asking about covid symptoms and whether your address has changed, tedious things like that.
The VHRs would bring people back to the judge once the questionnaires were complete, and wipe down surfaces after everyone had left.
Seemed straightforward to me!
My trainer had me sign in, then went to make copies and while she was gone the judge came in.
A middle-aged guy who raised his eyebrows at me and said, "You're not Wanda...!"
I introduced myself. He seemed like a nice guy, and he definitely turned out to be.
Just super patient and chill no matter what fell in his lap throughout the day.
Which turned out to be two cancelled cases, two full cases, and one postponed case because the claimant decided partway through that they no longer wanted to represent themselves.
In between cases there was indeed time for a short lunch.
I ate, but between bites I worked on our end-of-day paperwork such that when the last case was over for the day, all we had to do was attach all the files and send the emails. Easy peasy.
I still left right at the worst possible rush-hour time, so didn't get home until after 6.
Some days will be like that. If your last case of the day is at 3:30 and it goes for an hour, then you have an hour's worth of paperwork, so be it.
Back home Jameson filled me in on his doings.
His follow-up was today, and they said he's doing great and should recover nicely.
They showed him the size of his mesh (it's almost a brick-sized rectangle, much bigger than we thought!) and explained what each of the incisions had been for. Three were for manipulating tools, one was for a camera, and the one at his belly button was where they pulled the mesh in. Crazy to think about, and awesome too.
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Wednesday, I got up early for a dentist appointment.
My dentist is downtown so it was quite a drive, but I used it as an excuse to visit the Asian grocery in that area as well.
My teeth!
Everything was fine but they did push cosmetic adjustments a little strongly this time.
Yes, I know I have horse teeth, people. But fixing that shit ain't cheap. I'll think about it but that's likely as far as it will go.
At the iFresh, which is the name of our Asian grocery here in Orlando, I was pleased to see they've gotten that baby bottle yogurt milk.
Everyone should experience it once!
As always there were so very many things that I wanted.
These canned milks had such cute graphics! I wanted them all. But they were ridiculously high in sugar plus contained milk powder, which is a big no-no for lactose intolerant people who don't want to be up all night. So I had to pass them by.
Other wishful thinking items included canned quail eggs, salted preserved duck egg yolks, and a bag of cream-flavored sunflower seeds (what does that even MEAN?).
( Read more... )
I finally finished the last episode of Stranger Things.
Went for a walk with Jameson.
----------------------------------------
Tuesday, waking up at 5am and having to eat that early is kind of a pain.
But if I don't eat there's no guarantee I'll have the chance again until at least noon if not later.
So, egg whites and oatmeal bread and peanut butter and raspberries and coffee.
Off to Alafaya. Past the coded door and to the foyer, where the two security guards and several hearing reporters (VHRs) were talking excitedly. This was the first day of in-person hearings since the pandemic started over two years ago, after all.
They were having sort of a huddle to check with each other about how things go for in-person.
Which really wasn't all that different from remote hearings.
Security Guard 1 was in charge of wanding people to death with a detection wand, checking bags, clearing folks for entry.
Security Guard 2 would then give them paperwork, most of which is a big questionnaire asking about covid symptoms and whether your address has changed, tedious things like that.
The VHRs would bring people back to the judge once the questionnaires were complete, and wipe down surfaces after everyone had left.
Seemed straightforward to me!
My trainer had me sign in, then went to make copies and while she was gone the judge came in.
A middle-aged guy who raised his eyebrows at me and said, "You're not Wanda...!"
I introduced myself. He seemed like a nice guy, and he definitely turned out to be.
Just super patient and chill no matter what fell in his lap throughout the day.
Which turned out to be two cancelled cases, two full cases, and one postponed case because the claimant decided partway through that they no longer wanted to represent themselves.
In between cases there was indeed time for a short lunch.
I ate, but between bites I worked on our end-of-day paperwork such that when the last case was over for the day, all we had to do was attach all the files and send the emails. Easy peasy.
I still left right at the worst possible rush-hour time, so didn't get home until after 6.
Some days will be like that. If your last case of the day is at 3:30 and it goes for an hour, then you have an hour's worth of paperwork, so be it.
Back home Jameson filled me in on his doings.
His follow-up was today, and they said he's doing great and should recover nicely.
They showed him the size of his mesh (it's almost a brick-sized rectangle, much bigger than we thought!) and explained what each of the incisions had been for. Three were for manipulating tools, one was for a camera, and the one at his belly button was where they pulled the mesh in. Crazy to think about, and awesome too.
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Wednesday, I got up early for a dentist appointment.
My dentist is downtown so it was quite a drive, but I used it as an excuse to visit the Asian grocery in that area as well.
My teeth!
Everything was fine but they did push cosmetic adjustments a little strongly this time.
Yes, I know I have horse teeth, people. But fixing that shit ain't cheap. I'll think about it but that's likely as far as it will go.
At the iFresh, which is the name of our Asian grocery here in Orlando, I was pleased to see they've gotten that baby bottle yogurt milk.
Everyone should experience it once!
As always there were so very many things that I wanted.
These canned milks had such cute graphics! I wanted them all. But they were ridiculously high in sugar plus contained milk powder, which is a big no-no for lactose intolerant people who don't want to be up all night. So I had to pass them by.
Other wishful thinking items included canned quail eggs, salted preserved duck egg yolks, and a bag of cream-flavored sunflower seeds (what does that even MEAN?).
( Read more... )
