What a week! Clinical Analytics annual offsite meetings were held this week, which means that the entire department met in Louisville for a two-day informational, networking, and team building extravaganza. Add to that the already shortened workweek from the holiday weekend, and the past several days have just flown by.
Today marks the end of my sixth week here in Louisville – the halfway point of my internship. In some ways, it feels like I have been here for a long time – I’ve almost lost count of the number of great people I met, and my mind is full of so much new knowledge. At the same time, I feel like my journey here is just starting to pick up speed. I am exploring new sides of Humana and meeting new people practically every day.
It was an early Monday evening, and I was out running by the river. I’ve made it a point to run at least three times a week this summer, and I run outside whenever I can (weather permitting). I was almost exactly at the two mile mark when I passed a bird sitting on top of a lightpost. I didn’t think anything of it – I must have passed dozens of birds that day already. I continued jogging down the sidewalk, when I was suddenly struck in the back of the head. The bird was clinging to my hair and was attacking me! I managed to brush it off and escape. After getting a safe distance away, I turned around to see it sitting on the same lightpost as before, almost as if it were daring me to come back (spoiler alert: I did not). A few nearby spectators all immediately changed their paths, although I am not sure if they were avoiding me or the bird.
It would be impossible for me to write about this week and NOT mention Orlando. A man opened fire at Pulse, a popular gay bar in Orlando, Florida, around 3 AM on June 12. It was Latin Night at the club. 49 innocent people were killed.
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