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Nov. 6th, 2018 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckWe've had three knock on the door canvassers in the last two days. I have no idea how many we'll get today. They're all after Scott because they know I voted already. The guy late yesterday was from the AFL-CIO and seemed to think we were a union household which... Neither of us have ever belonged to a union. We both think they're a Good Idea. We've just never had jobs that were unionized.
(Scott's employer has straight up stated that any plants that unionize will close. For unrelated reasons, of course, because that sort of threat is illegal. My previous job in the university library system wasn't unionized because the organizers who had come in in the 80s managed to offend most of the employees by (a) referring to the female employees as 'girls' and (b) using informational handouts aimed at an audience that couldn't read very well.)
At any rate, I had voted for all of the candidates they endorsed. Endorsements like that are more likely to be a consideration for me in a primary because I've never seen the AFL-CIO endorse a Republican candidate around here (does it ever happen?). I intend to take a little time today to write up some notes for Scott about the non-partisan races. Most of those aren't actually contested, but some are.
I have taken a dose of propranolol (20 mg) this morning. It's not a medication I've tried before. It's intended to help with the tremors, but there's a chance that it will give me asthma problems. It's the first choice of medication for essential tremors for people who don't have asthma. Primidone, the medication that gave me asthma issues, is the first line for people who have asthma. I'm trying it today because Cordelia is home in case I have problems.
It's been an hour, and I think I'm doing okay.
I think I need to make a schedule for today, tomorrow, and Thursday. I probably won't stick to it, but having it will force me to pay attention to time passing. Yesterday, I spent all day writing something that has nothing to do with UCon or Yuletide or anything else with a deadline. 4K words, but... I can't afford to do it again.
(Scott's employer has straight up stated that any plants that unionize will close. For unrelated reasons, of course, because that sort of threat is illegal. My previous job in the university library system wasn't unionized because the organizers who had come in in the 80s managed to offend most of the employees by (a) referring to the female employees as 'girls' and (b) using informational handouts aimed at an audience that couldn't read very well.)
At any rate, I had voted for all of the candidates they endorsed. Endorsements like that are more likely to be a consideration for me in a primary because I've never seen the AFL-CIO endorse a Republican candidate around here (does it ever happen?). I intend to take a little time today to write up some notes for Scott about the non-partisan races. Most of those aren't actually contested, but some are.
I have taken a dose of propranolol (20 mg) this morning. It's not a medication I've tried before. It's intended to help with the tremors, but there's a chance that it will give me asthma problems. It's the first choice of medication for essential tremors for people who don't have asthma. Primidone, the medication that gave me asthma issues, is the first line for people who have asthma. I'm trying it today because Cordelia is home in case I have problems.
It's been an hour, and I think I'm doing okay.
I think I need to make a schedule for today, tomorrow, and Thursday. I probably won't stick to it, but having it will force me to pay attention to time passing. Yesterday, I spent all day writing something that has nothing to do with UCon or Yuletide or anything else with a deadline. 4K words, but... I can't afford to do it again.
