Hey mags! Just got on my home email tonight after being off for days. We had a "smallpox" simulation and I got a new AFO all in the same week, so I was falling down a lot as I was running from hospital to triage to the federal building to the hospital to triage... We did find out with the data coming back that local first-responders everywhere are woefully under-prepared to deal with PWD evacuations and injuries. I come home from work depressed every day, thinking "When that day comes that it really DOES hit the fan, we are going to be in big-time trouble." I get so scared at what I see, sometimes I wish Laura and I hadn't had kids. Horrible thought, I know, but our safety net is made from gossamer threads, yet folks go blindly from one day to the next without giving it more than a passing thought. Sorry to be so glum, mags. I think I need a breather from this job for a while to refresh my perspective or something. BTW, when's Passover this year? I know it comes earlier than normal, but I just can't remember when. I found my yarmulke from last year's Seder with my Israeli buddy and that tripped a reminder that Passover's coming up. I want to bring a gift this year. What's appropriate for a Goyem to bring? Kyle ----- Original Message ----- From: Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 20, 2004 3:19 am Subject: hello out there > How is everybody? has anybody heard from Kat recently? > > Today Kathy Jo and I talked on the phone via her mom and my assistant. > She's about 90 minutes away from me, so we will not be getting > togetherthis time. She will be returning to Wisconsin mid march. > > Mag > > > Tamar Magenta Raine > [log in to unmask] > > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities >