Category: Furlough Diary
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Wednesday, October 17
This may well be my last post in this series. Looks like I’ll be going back to work tomorrow. It’s been a long day of mostly monitoring legislative progress, on cable news and on line (cable wasn’t paying attention to one issue – back pay – that was of intense interest in the Brosnan-Henchey household!).…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Second Weekend
Finished up Friday by driving to Baltimore for a weekend of Fun, Laughter, and Singing Harmony (A/K/A FLASH) with my chorus. Rode up with Cathy Kyle – a most agreeable traveling companion. We checked into the Hunt Valley Inn for the conference, and met up with our other two roommates – Betty Matthews and Gianna…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 8 (Thursday, October 11)
This will actually cover Thursday and early Friday (I’ll be gone this weekend at a chorus educational event in Baltimore and won’t be able to update again until Sunday evening). Thursday started with a dentist appointment. Dr. Bishop gave me a filling – very carefully, because it was below the gum surface – but he…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 7 (Wednesday, October 10)
Wednesday was an easy day. Got up a little early (to make sure Woody got up in time for his golf league), worked on the blog, picked up the basement, and crocheted. Sara and I had lunch (we had talked about walking over to El Norteῆo for lunch, but decided to eat at home). Gave…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 6
Day 6 started out pretty much like the rest of the furlough – eating breakfast, checking C-Span, working on blog. Woody and I cleaned and organized closets and dressers. Closet organizing seems to be a popular federal employee activity these days – see Susan Ruth’s comment on yesterday’s post. Today the closets – tomorrow the…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 5 (Monday October 7)
Some in the news media call this Day 7 of the shutdown. But it’s Day 5 of the furlough – for me. And I became a little more productive. I decided to start cleaning house – one room at a time. Starting with the kitchen. Just by starting, I energized Woody into helping me. And…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 4
Subtitle this entry: A Glimmer of Hope? But before that, I’ll get to the rest of the day. Breakfast, blog, laundry, C-Span watching. Then the Sligo golf tournament with Woody, Sara and Tom Stanton (Limerick Pub). We didn’t win anything (except a boatload of raffle prizes, including the 50/50!). But a good time was had…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 3
I got up late (around 8:30 am) again on Day 3 (Thursday). (Sensing the start of a trend here.) It was a pretty non-productive day. Worked on blog in the morning and went to the gym in the afternoon. Other than that, a lot of the same old same old (C-Span watching and video game…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee, Day 2
On Day 2, I slept in – until almost 8 a.m! I had breakfast while checking the news on the status of the non-negotiations. After checking news, I got Sara up. What’s below her picture is what she put on her Facebook page about the day. So today my Mom (who is a furloughed federal…
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Diary of a Furloughed Federal Employee – Day 1
On Day 1, I went to the office for 2 hours to conduct activities required for an orderly shutdown. I finalized my time sheet; changed the out of office message on e-mail and outgoing voice mail greeting; made sure I knew all my passwords so I can get back on line when we’re recalled; and…
Amy Henchey 