!Christy's 5 questions
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agk's diary
18 August 2023 @ 17:03 UTC
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written on GPD Win 1
in living room while fan revolves, cicadas whisper
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I love to answer Christina's questions; read
others' answers. She wrote 5 for August!
gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/christyotwisty
1. What I commit (or limit) to an hour per day
I limit feeling sorry for myself to 15 mins/day
no matter what happens.
10 mins of yoga before most shifts at hospital.
I'm allowed a 27-min break per 12-hour shift.
Try to take every shift; succeed half the time.
2. Have I met my elected representative? Did he
address me by name?
I've been to city council meetings in the small
city where I live about getting our national
passenger train company to restore service. The
mayor knows my name and first daughter's name.
Went to parish (county) council meetings in a
state where I lived. Met Trump once. He didn't
know my name. He said "Get that crazy lady out
of here" about me. It took a long time to get
me out of there.
I'm working up nerve and skills to meet my
state rep and senator about restoring passenger
train service. Hopefully they'll know me by the
end of the year.
3. Concert or music festival I wish I attended
Wish we could see Holler Girl music festival in
Rockcastle County, with Senora May headlining.
Music festivals are expensive. Wish I saw
Darrin Hacquard perform in my town. Back in
time I'd see Nina Simone play Sinnerman or Etta
James sing I'd Rather Go Blind. Dr. John in the
'60s when he was still the Night Tripper.
Wardell Quezergue's Creole Mass.
4. Dumbest thing someone ever lied to me about?
I don't really count lies, and it's not very
easy to lie to me. I get lied to at work by
supervisors pretty regular. "We're hiring you
for charge nurse on Unit 4. We'll put you there
when it opens back up." "We aren't doing PRN
shifts anymore." "We meet Friday after Handle
with Care in my office."
5. How often I declutter electronic media and files
I don't collect many. It's a once-in-a-while
light duty. No cache of photos on my phone, but
a couple times a year I delete text messages. I
delete ebooks from my iPad once in a while. I
tidy up my emails with different folders and
rules once or twice a year. Most of what I
write's here in my journal, already organized.
