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

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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?
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> 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.
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> Mag
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> Tamar Magenta Raine
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> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities
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