Me: like HIPAA has stopped him from trying to get details about TX women who leave the state for abortions?
Clerk: stares blankly.
Clerk exits without another word.
Me: like HIPAA has stopped him from trying to get details about TX women who leave the state for abortions?
Clerk: stares blankly.
Clerk exits without another word.
Clerk: you don’t have to answer.
Mom: more intense staring.
Clerk: I think he just wants to get more federal funding or something.
Me: I think that’s a naive take.
Clerk: It’s not like he can get any details about our patients. You know, because of HIPAA.
Mom: starts audibly laughing.
…
I’m sitting in the ER with my mom. The registration clerk came in to get her details and asked if she was an American citizen.
Mom: When did you start asking about citizenship?
Clerk: Nov 1. Gov Abbott signed a law requiring we ask anyone in a hospital bed.
Mom: staring her down
Clerk: You…
But he was so lovable and smart in Chuck. 😳
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5 themes in my recent chats about the political apocalypse.
1. I’m not normally an alarmist, but it’s time to ring the alarm, right?
2. I think I’m going to throw up.
3. I don’t know how to help.
4. What are you doing to protect your family?
5. I’m already exhausted.
Any wisdom to share?
Sunset in the Texas Hill Country. Bright yellow cactus flowers in the foreground. Green, grassy field underneath a spectacularly vivid orange and yellow sunset.
I don’t know anyone who isn’t emotionally spent right now.
A reminder for today and the days to come…
When you are tired, learn to rest, not quit.