By Sara on January 10, 2010
We were invited to dinner at a friend’s house last night. There were seven of us all together and I had met all but one of them at least once before. Last time we played a game called Loaded Questions. I remember having to make people repeat things again and again when it was my [...]
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By Sara on December 30, 2009
Last night one of the local news weather people was asking on Twitter for favorite memories of 2009. I didn’t write in, but my favorite memory of 2009 was only a few hours old.
My new CI was activated yesterday afternoon and after going through and setting the comfortable volume level on 11 electrodes three or [...]
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| Tagged activation, bilateral, cochlear implant
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By Sara on December 23, 2009
Had my second CI surgery today and am now bilateral.
I missed my pre-op appointment due to being snowed in from the storm Friday and Saturday with no plows in sight on my street. I was pretty worried but when I called to tell them they said just come for surgery, they could do everything then [...]
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| Tagged bilateral, CI, surgery
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By Sara on November 12, 2009
Getting sick of these posts yet? I keep posting them because this is something I feel strongly about. I enjoy my job but I don’t enjoy being tied to a desk all day. I want a job that encourages me to work efficiently and lets me decide the best way, [...]
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By Sara on September 2, 2009
I want to write! But there are so many things that I want to write about that I draw a blank when I open this window to start. Maybe a list will help…
4 months with CI
CI #2? 2 CIs versus 1 CI and 1 HA versus bilateral EAS
Music lately (wish I’d remembered to bring headphones to work today)
Work – TX, LA, [...]
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By Sara on July 21, 2009
Let’s start with a photo:
These slide carousels have been sitting there for over a year now. Where did they come from? Well, I have a home business called Slides In A Flash where I convert old slide photos to digital images. Last summer I had a lovely man say he was going to send me ten [...]
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| Tagged business, cleaning, digitize, ebay, slides, slides in a flash
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By Sara on July 17, 2009
Where does the time go?
July 4th weekend my parents stopped to visit us here in Charlottesville. I had a band concert that Thursday night and another on the morning of the Fourth of July at Monticello. It’s always moving to see the naturalization ceremony conducted. Last year the guest speaker was the president (which one? not [...]
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By Sara on May 14, 2009
I would much rather write blog posts about things that make me laugh. Such as this kitten video:
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By Flickrpost on March 29, 2009
Another work tripOriginally uploaded by sajego
First gorgeous day at home since February and I spent it traveling. There was even snow on the ground here to greet me. How nice!
I’m in the great state of Illinois to do some acoustical testing for our insulation research project. The material is very good fire insulation but we need [...]
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By Flickrpost on March 28, 2009
The other kitty
Originally uploaded by sajego
So that he won’t feel left out: this is Tayden. A week from now he will look quite a bit different as he gets his annual hair cut next Friday.
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