NOT SO GOOD SHIT

Just left a meeting discussing a potential rearrangement of my whole office, just after we got settled into our new arrangement. Somehow, every program in our department is expanding, taking on more patients, hiring more people, but there isn't enough money to put a phone and a laptop charger on a few unused desks. Somehow, the people responsible for making decisions about where people sit are completely uninformed on the responsibilities of the people they assign. Which is why my proposed desk is about a half mile walk from one of my coworkers, and why her desk is still almost another half mile from our genetic counselors, and why my boss's office is in an entirely different building.

I am slowly realizing that not a single person at my workplace trusts anything that management says or does. The pervasiveness of this dissatisfaction is kind of chilling, because lives are on the line here each and every single day, and management doesn't seem to give a rats ass about patient safety. When I started this job, I had to write a sort of 'mission statement' that showed I understood the goals, vision and values of the my workplace. It is increasingly evident that those in management positions have no such requirement upon hiring.

GOOD SHIT

I have dinner plans on Friday with a fun group of people. A friend from undergrad is getting married later this year and this evening is the unofficial 'combining of friend groups' to form the wedding party, and I'm really looking forward to it. I really REALLY enjoy being at the phase where my friends and I can host dinners, eat what we like, drink what we like, sleep where we like, but nobody is worrying about kids. I am aware that this phase is really brief, given the spat of upcoming weddings, and I'm enjoying it while I can.

I did 12 miles on my exercise bike last night in about an hour. Played through the first few levels of HALO: Combat Evolved while I was doing it and just let the nostalgia wash over me. The voice acting and graphics make me feel like I'm in 4th grade again, discovering this ancient mystery for the first time, experiencing the horror of the Flood for the first time. I'm going to finish it tonight or tomorrow night, but I think I'm going to do another playthrough for nostalgia's sake before starting on HALO 2.