!Summer
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agk's diary 
22 March 2022 @ 12:57 UTC
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written on GPD Win 1 via puTTY, brain foggy; 
crying a little from exhaustion after arguing
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I submitted another 20 page paper Saturday night, 
on interprofessional compassionate care. I didn't 
finish early enough to make the AA bonfire meeting 
at my sponsor's house, but nailed the paper. 100%. 
Saturday night I took the 90-question HESI practice 
exam but didn't quite make 80%. 

I spent over an hour trying to figure out how to 
sign up online for the real HESI exam, slept 4 
hours, and headed to work. I had a tough group of 
5-11 year-olds in the inpatient psych hospital. 

The therapist Ms. Miranda lay on the floor in the 
hallway with one of my boys, paper, and crayons. 
Before she left the unit he presented me with a 
letter in blue crayon: "Ms. Anna, I'm sorry for 
biting you. I won't do it again. <3"

Bugz and her guy took down a tree all day Friday or 
Saturday. They invited me to come watch. I wanted 
to but couldn't. Jay and Jess invited me over for 
games Saturday night. I couldn't do that either. 
Evy and our daughter were in Chicago all weekend 
for a conference with her union brothers, then went 
to Ohio to celebrate Fathers Day with her dad. 

It's summer and beautiful. I want to be outdoors 
with family and friends. I want to rest off this 
post-COVID brain fog. 

Thank God for roommate. Saturday was his last quar-
antine day. He watched half the compassionate care 
webinar with me. He listened to me read a journal 
article I dug up and drafts of my paper. While he 
played Don't Starve he listened all day to the rat-
tling of my new keyboard's buckling springs. 

"I heard how hard you worked today," he said.