Tag: confused
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Unproductive conversations – 9/15/25
I hope everyone is doing okay. Things seem to be shifting for the good toward me except for the following conversations. The administrator and I had a conversation today. He seemed to be comfortable in my presence and never spoke so long. He seemed to think he helped me figure out how to negotiate hiring…
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Tense vibes – 8/18/25
I hope everyone is doing okay. “DD” as I call him on this blog is a really weird person. He drinks coffee all day to stay awake. He can’t really sleep as I am told. He has a little over one-thousand unopened emails. It is really shocking to see. I’ve had a feeling that he…
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The confusion and just scratching the surface – 8/6/25
I hope everyone is doing okay. There’s a lot of issues unraveling recently after they all noticed I came with a big arsenal of experience. I cannot believe the lack of training and no guidance, but it’s an opportunity for them to learn from me. To learn the compliance and more than just charging an…
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People working… – 7/2/25
I hope everyone is doing okay. Why are people working today? They need my help and my name is getting around because I’m getting emails from research labs asking questions on how to do certain things, review their work before they upload to make revisions to their budget, and ask for advice. People are working…
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Was a good day until the call came – 5/1/25
I hope everyone is doing okay. I worked through quite a bit of tasks that I was behind on. A lot of housekeeping and clearing up travel and credit card expense reports, and upcoming finance review for a medical doctor. He’s pretty cool with dry humor. This particular doctor who I will call SE only…
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Friday reflection – the absented help – 3/7/25
I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m stuck. Today was unproductive, felt lost. I got stalled. There is something I’m not seeing and a little stressed out. I didn’t make much progress and I tried to make a call to the person that should know and nothing. It’s difficult to get information out of this…
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The tension is clear – 8/4/23

I hope everyone is doing okay. Whoa! I didn’t see it coming, the tension was clear today. The morning started with the co-worker venting of not being sure how to understand the work for about two hours and it turned into training. I went through my own process of how I understand, review and find…