There were a couple things that did not make my Quick Takes (which were long this week):

[+] On Tuesday morning, a police officer was gunned down about 0.3 miles from where I live. My town is small but I rarely, if ever, do anything near the tracks except for perhaps going to dinner with my church ladies. According to all the news outlets which descended on the town, the shooter happened to be armed and apparently panicked when the police officer stopped to ask him about a burglary which it turned out was a misunderstanding. He then started firing at police who returned fire and the shooter killed himself. If I had been home at 11:30 a.m., I would likely have heard the gunfire and the sirens. I didn’t find out until Jon got home with Daniel and that afternoon, I discovered that every TV station in Sacramento had camped out in town and they stayed until after the candlelight vigil organized by some teenagers the next night. It’s the first officer killed in the line of duty in the history of the police department though it’s the second law enforcement officer killed in our small town in two months. (The other one was an animal control officer shot in November who had a 17 hour standoff with police. I actually heard all the sirens for that one.) The media has sensationalized some of the shock, mentioning people who are thinking about moving because it’s getting too violent. I’m wondering how many people they had to interview to get those soundbytes because I can’t think of anyone I know who even thinks that way.

[+] I finally got in to see my FNP today. (I was supposed to see her on Wednesday morning but Daniel came home sick from preschool and I had to reschedule my appointment.) I’m still having problems eating (as in, food is icky) and part of it might be that my stomach is so beaten up from antibiotics. I’m imbibing lots of yogurt to try and build up the bacteria in it but she’s getting me a GI referral just to be on the safe side. I’m also getting a rheumatology consult because it’s been two years since I’ve seen one and we’ve done all my medication adjustments with the head of medicine at the clinic instead of with a specialist. They took several vials of blood and we’re going to see what we find.