I had a good week, by my standards. I made it into work every day. On Thursday, I had a meeting to discuss disciplinary issues regarding the conduct of one of my union members. I'm a shop steward for our union and I often have such meetings. Usually I have to deal with an HR official who's extremely hostile and confrontational. It always makes me extremely anxious, although I'm usually able to work through it. This time, however, a new HR official was involved with the meeting, and the new official was very easygoing and friendly, a very nice guy who takes nothing personally and avoids confrontation wherever possible. I hope to have to deal with him again in the future, rather than the other official.

Recently I've been prescribed medication to reduce my blood pressure, which has been persistently high for some time now. It lowered my blood pressure, although not to within a healthy range. I've run out of the medication and I have an appointment to get some more next Thursday.