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Dina:
Wow.
I'll especially cherish this
--- Quote ---Reading a bunch of fiction is what's required to prime you. Actually trying to create something good based off it, while under extreme stress, is what's required to initiate the process. Or at least it's one way to do so. Remember: If youre going through hell, keep going. Just take it slow and steady, the only way you can get hurt is by pushing too hard.
If you get lost, Remember: Faith, hope, and love. Love is the greatest of the three. That's 1 Corinthians 13 (1 cor 13:13). I'm deeply grateful to Jim for including that in the series. "Mantling" is also your friend. The three Rational Enlightment values are better for navigating your way back to conversational ability, and the Buddhist Three Jewels kind of maximize your long term gains. That's all I've worked out.
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My cousin (a man around 30) is leaving today for Paris where he will spend a whole year doing part of his doctorate (ph.D) in engineering (electronics). His wife is going with him today but only for 15 days. Then she will be back here doing a new term at university and come august she will join him in Paris. They will probably be back here in December for the Holidays and then they will leave for Canada where they will spend 2 years. That sounds so awesome. Especially in the current state of my country. I am going to write him often.
Regenbogen:
Canada sounds so awesome. I'd like to visit there too one day.
Mini's test run went well. She was very nervous on her first day. But by now she considers herself an expert in trains. The internship is very interesting and also fun for her.
My mother had her bad knee replaced today. I'm going to visit her soon to bring her tablet so she can fight the boredom better. She also has several books and an e-reader. But better safe than sorry, lol. For now she is not able to get up yet. I also have to unpack her bag.
Next week she will be at home because something went wrong with her rehab application. She will stay one week at home and then she will be at the rehab facility for several weeks. I have taken the week off to help her at home. The original plan would have been that she would be taken directly from the hospital to the rehab location, like they did when she had her hip surgery last year.
To faith, hope and love. And weirdness!
Dina:
--- Quote from: Regenbogen on February 19, 2025, 02:38:38 PM ---To faith, hope and love. And weirdness!
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:D :D :D
Sending you all the best wishes for your mom. I hope the week at home (with your help) at least allows her to rest, and probably read too.
Very infuriating: today I had to go to a medical center just to give a sample of my pee. This is why. At my university, we have mandatory medical tests every year. They are quite basic and oriented to discover any problem that the insurance company may cover. The specific tests are customized according to the sort of potential risks we face every day. For example, years ago I worked with more products and I needed a blood test and now I do not. And for those tests every year there is a medical bus with all the things (like RX, a room for blood extraction, etc) that goes to the university for a couple of days (we are given appointments). Well, apparently now some of us need to have some tests every semester and as we are not enough to justify the bus going to the university, each of us needs to go to the medical facility. And in my case it is only for that (they need to check if there is methanol and a couple of other chemicals in urine).
At least it was quite a cool morning.
Regenbogen:
Maen.
We have those mandatory medical tests, too. 10 years ago, they were every year, now they are every 3rd or 4th year. As I work in the laboratory, I can look for my blood (you are just a number, but there is the birthdate, so I search for that and hope that there is no one else with my birthdate, lol. Which has never happened btw) and do additional test I like to do. Not everything, but a lot. It is not officially allowed, but for employes, the bosses tend to look the other way, if you want to run some additional blood tests, as long as you don't do it too often.
Tomorrow there are our elections. I am not yet sure which party to vote for exactly, but I am sure which parties NOT to vote for. I hope that a lot of people will share my tendencies.
Now I think I will drive my bike to my mother's house to see if everything is OK there and because she needs a new pair of sweat pants. The ones she was wearing became blood soaked because of a leakage of the drainage.
Dina:
Oh, poor your mom. I hope all is well with her now.
And I wish you the best for the election.
I am sure what you do is not very legal but it is reasonable. It should be official. It should be a perk of the job.
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