Friday 5: Scattergories, part 16

Happy Friday! Today is National Tattoo Day (I have many tattoo ideas and exactly zero tattoos), National Lottery Day (I always wish to win but never play), and another summer Friday off! I haven’t blogged regularly since July because I’ve been nose deep in work and true to me, I was letting it spill past the end of the workday/workweek. We have a big project that is rolling along until November, and I had to develop my department’s budget for the first time and then discuss my reasoning for it at a leadership meeting. I try not to brag on myself often, but props to my beautiful brain for figuring out the best way to project membership revenue in a very volatile time for healthcare, associations, and healthcare associations. TNP is fine but there’s a lot of financial disruption everywhere. I want to finish round two of developing the budget by the end of this upcoming workweek. This old dog continues to learn new tricks. I’m not at the beach today because our air quality is very…