MOnday Musings

 

It is depressing to hear the news that health officials are expecting a corona virus spike because so many people chose to ignore the holiday guidelines.   The latest numbers will be released for the state later today.  The mayor of East Haven has the virus and is now working from home.  It is 11 miles north east of here.

As I mentioned yesterday my hope is that DG has returned and will do Friday’s mail while I finish Thursday’s and I am able to get to scanning.  My gut feeling tells me I will be in a huge rush to make sure things are cleared off and neat for the two weeks I am gone.

The weather right now is okay but it is supposed to be a mess later this morning and into the afternoon.  I was hoping to get to the Goodwill with the bag of hangers.  I won’t now.  I have my session at 6:15 with Debra.

In the mean time I need to get ready for work…Enjoy your day…

 

Thanksgiving Week 2020

 

Wednesday was the beginning of the Holiday week for me. Liz and I began some of the phone calls that we needed to get done prior to the move were started that mid-morning. We worked on it for a couple of hours.  It was frustrating and aggravating. One of the issues was dealing with the UI.  We couldn’t discuss closing the current account on the house because it was under Mom’s name.  So Liz would later send me the death certificate and I forwarded to the address the woman gave me. Liz had to leave around 2 because she had a baking activity with a friend’s daughter at her home.   The rest of that day I crashed I think.  That was before I did some shopping.

Thanksgiving morning was quiet.  I watched TV.  I believe Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter was on that morning Just before I left for Liz and Nelson’s I stopped at the Store to get another quart of Ice cream.  I believed the one I had gotten the day before (that’s right I did some snack shopping the night before!) wasn’t going to be enough.  It turned out to be fine.  I got to their house just after 1:30.  Nelson was in the sun room resting he wasn’t feeling well.  Rich was cooking and Liz on the phone I think.  We ate around 2:30 and about 3 we had the zoom chat.  After the chat we cleaned up and Nelson rested in the bedroom and we chatted while Liz and Rich played gin.  It was around 5 when I headed home.

The rest of the night was quiet. Watched TV and eventually went to bed.

Friday was another day of finalizing any changes for the move (we made the decision to go with a moving company that took a couple of days to send a itemized bill) (they claimed they did but Liz seems to think she gave them the wrong email.  WE couldn’t resolve the UI issue because they didn’t receive the death certificate so they sent me another email address.  I know they got it the second time.  Liz will call them tomorrow to clear up that issue and the one they said they need to the meter at the condo to start that service.  By the time we finished with everything. I had a headache and I was exhausted.  I didn’t do much the rest of that afternoon until halfway through the night I started to clean the house. 

Saturday morning I tried to do much of the house cleaning in preparation for my visit with my Friend Lisa. I had to make a couple of trips to the store for lunch fixings.  Lisa Arrived a little earlier than expected but I didn’t mind.We spent the next hour and half visiting.  I showed her around the house (she remembered that I had the backroom as my room) and the sleepovers we had. She reminded me that they left their house on New Haven Avenue in 1972 and then moved to Hawley for the next several years.  We walked down memory lane and caught up with news.  She even told me the one girl who lived across from her on Hawley ended up dying from overdose.  I was exhausted and fell asleep for a while. 

This afternoon was the extra family chats.  I was really looking forward to it and was slightly disappointed that not everyone was there but at the same time I had Judy to myself. We talked about the holidays; they had dinner outside and her sister Kathleen came down from NY.  We talked about the pandemic and how it is affecting our states and local areas. We talked about Nextdoor website.  Around quarter of we finished up and a part of me wondered if I was a little over the top. 

I was updating my budget earlier today and I checked the credit card and noticed that the moving company charged my credit card twice.  I have enough in that account.  I sent a message to Liz to ask if I should be concerned.  She hasn’t responded.  I personally want to call these people and tell them to refund the money.  I am not getting good vibes from this. Liz replied and told me to text them (I emailed them) and tell them about it and forward everything to her including my latest statement.  I sent her the summary instead and explained why there were two “Asian market” entries) anyway I got a reply from jay telling me that he only sees one entry. 

The weather this holiday has been unseasonably beautiful.  Wednesday was a bit cloudy and in the low 50’s, Thursday morning we had heavy rain over night and for part of the day. The sun eventually came out late in the day.  Friday came back into clouds but it was low 60s.  I can’t remember if the sun eventually came out or not.

Saturday was mostly sunny except at the beginning of Lisa’s visit but came back quickly.  The sun was out until 4:30. It was the same today as well. 

Looking forward to the next two weeks, it will be cloudy for most of the week.  According to the weather report there is severe weather coming tomorrow mid-day.

I am feeling tired but I don’t think I will be sleeping anytime soon, I had coffee earlier this evening.

The Last Day before recess

 

I am sitting here at the desk.  I have been working on yesterday’s mail while catching up with VanessaT who just returned from quarantine.  DG is still on quarantine.  There aren’t that many people here this week anyway.  Those who were here only worked one day and took the rest of the time off.   Admins gave us an extra recess day for this holiday and for Christmas.  I am not sure that will ever happen again in my lifetime here.

Sadly we learned that our one of our IT guys passed away from covid last week.  I found out through the three amigos as they found out through a meeting last week. We eventually got an alert from one of the Admins.

Supervisor is off until next Monday but he sent out a thanksgiving email and so Did SR.  I have alerted them that I will be taking time off in December for the move.  I put it in this morning.  Everyone is replying to it and the amigos are bitching and I find that to be just so juvenile.   I was going to tell them knock t off but decided not to.

I was multitasking so much that I can’t remember how much of last week’s mail I had done when I left I was still working on the 23^rd date of mail.  I had to sent batches of Denials to a few of my coworkers and more than once Teresa reminded me to not make a big deal of  it all…just send a batch to each of the persons.    I can do more on Monday.  Well it must have satisfied SR because she thanked me.

I received some emails from the RWA, saying that the condo association covers the water so that will be under my condo fees.  Liz was surprised by that.  The most recent email says the account is under Dad’s name and has been for years but I have online access.  So I asked them will I need to provide a death certificate to be closing it.  I hope they answer me tomorrow. 

I am still waiting on UI’s response it will take 4 more days.

I also got an estimate from the mover we had here yesterday. $1700 and change Liz was very surprise by that..  We are going to look at the others that Liz sent to the message place.  Dave sent me something yesterday.

We talked about all of that and how stressed I am and she was great about everything reassuring me and apologizing if she was too sharp with me.  She also admitted that somethings may need to wait (lie the couch, or the chairs). 

It was nearly 5 when I got home and I fed the cats and had my dinner and relaxed a while before watching NCIS.

The writers once again rewrote history and that bothers me.

 

 

I couldn't sleep

 It was nearly 1 in the morning before I fell asleep.  Partly because I had coffee last night thinking I was going to be doing things and instead I ate crap and watched the Twilight saga.  

The other reason I couldn’t sleep is Cheryl informed us the closing date is December 11 for the house and condo.  It’s really happening.  Cheryl had Liz call her (and she should have called me and explained what Liz said to me) to explain to me what is going to happen.  Once I sign over the house I can’t come back.  Liz says I may have to spend the night at her house and leave the cats at the condo. By themselves and lose.  I am going to have to ask her about that again.

Liz asked me to make a list of the utilities and the account numbers and for both the house and the condo.   I did that and then proceeded to change the address on almost everything.  I haven’t done it to the water company yet I have to fill out some form and print it out.  Again have to read it again.  The DMV I Have to print out and mail to the company..  As for the UI and water and I feel I have to do more like tell them to turn it off and when to do it and add another account.

I finally fell asleep for several hours and woke up around 4 or 5 and the next thing I knew it was 5:30.  

I have fed the cats, did the normal routine and answered some emails and read some social media. I have to update the list now that the sun has risen.  I know I have a lot to do.

 I did manage to go grocery shopping for the week.  I hope not to go through it all in two days.

Today will be definitely cleaning the house again.  Getting that damn closet weeded out and hopefully do it before the rain that is expected starts.  I am hoping that I can go to the goodwill and or store to pick up stuff.

Well I am now waiting until 8 to start…..such a procrastinator.  I am getting scared thought it’s like I want to entrench myself on the wall like Tiger did that day under the bed.

Good News

 

Late last night before I went to sleep I checked the Mychart site to see if anything came up and luckily I got my results (the actual email came to me at 9 but  was busy watching TV) and they were negative.   It wasn’t totally unexpected.  I hadn’t any symptoms and I have been fine all week.  So I told my siblings and spoke to one of the three amigos for 45 minutes about that and cats and the holidays and of course the moving.

My hope is that next week my Friend Lisa and I will be getting together after 30 years and have a visit.  It’s been crazy we have had to cancel the last few times because one thing or another.  It will be great to see her.

This morning I woke up with a headache from the pillow again.  I can’t tell which one it is until I move it around and end up getting the headache.  I had some coffee but it hasn’t gone away as I write this I did eat some scrambled egg.

This morning I am trying to finish up laundry, cleaned the litter box mat, and made one call to a mover for estimates he will be here 11:30 or earlier if possible.  I haven’t made any other calls because now I am tired.

I will do the house cleaning tomorrow now.

Hopefully I find out

 

The Covid Test was literally 5 minutes yesterday and allowed me to have an afternoon off.  I actually left the office around 1 and on the way home called my sister to see if it was okay to  eat some lunch (I was entertaining the thought of going home first) I decided to stop at McDonald’s at the rest stop in Milford.  I drove to the testing site and began to eat and then I got on line and had my test.  I went home and ate again.

I also started looking at my utilities to make sure they were in my name or my folk’s name.  Liz suggested I look into it because I will need to get a death certificate if it isn’t in my name.  I am waiting for RWA (Water Company) to return my email and I tried to send an email  to ask the UI but its like trying to jump through hoops.  The cable and oil is in my name.

The rest of the night I watched TV, and I watched Christmas mvoies such as The Year without Santa (Mickey Rooney and the actress who played Hazel in the 60’s, Shirley Booth)

I am starting to feel uneasy with the deadline of getting out of the house almost three weeks away.  I haven’t finished the closet, I haven’t called the moving companies since Saturday, and I haven’t vacuumed or dusted since Saturday and that was a half ass job at best.

I just read that the middle school kids will be joining the HS students in the remote /distant learning until January 8.  That should be fun.  There have been reports and articles on how this is affecting families across the country and  I am not sure how its affecting students here.  All forms of sports has been ordered to shut down until further notice.  This was after many schools had been shut down and teachers were quarantined.

The media released the latest numbers last night:

21 new Covid-19 deaths, There are 840 patients hospitalized with covid virus.  Most of the state is in Red alert.  I am not sure what other numbers there were.  I am really anxious to know the results and I find it rather odd that “proxy messages” on my chart has gone out.  TBH I have no idea what it is they are talking about.

Liz was asking me about it today and then told me about her two friends who now have the antibodies for it.  She told me a couple of times this week.  She said is expecting that I will be okay to have dinner with them on thanksgiving.   I am bringing ice cream for the pies and desserts.

I was planning on cleaning but I didn’t get home until quarter of 5 (I stopped and got gas).  I fed the cats, changed the price on the desk.  I have been watching TV.   Tonight was Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.   I wasn’t able to watch all of it I fell asleep.

So now I am heading to bed.

 

 

 

 

Thankful THursday 11/19/20

 1. I am thankful for my family warts and all.  Everyone is well.  John is enjoying being a newlywed.  Nothing major I can think of.  

2. I am thankful for my kitties. Still cuddly this week.

3. I am thankful for my job. I just celebrated my 29th year at the university with a covid exposure from a coworker.  Three are still out and I get my test this afternoon.   The Front doors to the building wouldn’t open for me but it seems to open for everyone else.  That made me very uneasy.

4. I am thankful for the house/condo. I am really anxious to get to the condo.  One of the cabinet shelves almost broke the dishes under it.  I was so frustrated.  Still haven’t signed for condo yet.  NOr have I gotten a closing date.

5. I am thankful for the Medical profession that keeps me on the road to good/better health.   I go for my Covid test this afternoon at 1:45.  I don’t expect to get the results until tomorrow or Saturday the latest.

6. I am thankful for my friends. I had to miss this week’s meetup. I haven’t written to my pen pals lately. I have talked with Mama. I am hoping to get an email off to Dr. T.

I hope to meet up with a childhood friend this week once I find out the results of the test.

7. I am thankful for the organizations I belong to.  Crickets chirping again.

8. I am thankful for my neighbors. They are okay

9. I am thankful for the weather.  Stormy weather at the beginning of the week and chilly temperatures now.

10.  I am thankful for those who choose to protect and serve our country. Enough said.

11. I am thankful for those who are in healthcare caring for those who have been affected by this Virus.

Midweek Reflection

 

Its Wednesday again and I am awed by the fact the week is going by so quickly.  It seems like the older I get the faster the years past.  I mean this is how long we have until Christmas and this many until the New Year.  I tend to get anxious about it.  It also happens around my birthday too

On a happier note 29 years ago today I began as a full time employee at the University.  Its been quite an experience witness, three new University Presidents, several strikes, watched a union grow and become a force to be reckoned with, experienced some sadness, as we faced the terrorism, and wars that came from 9/11.  We said goodbye to many people over the years through retirements, job changes, and sadly death.  We welcomed new people as new jobs opened up.  

I woke up around 2 to find out that my friend Ann’s families have symptoms of the virus.  Actually her nephew and friend have mild symptoms and Ann’s sister has worse symptoms.  Ann’s test results will come tomorrow.  I have been sneezing what seems like  a lot.  I am trying to not worry about it and  I feel like its not related.  I probably should get my temp taken.

I fell back to a light sleep until about 5.  Sky had been awake for a while and entertaining himself until his sister woke up just before five.    I decided that I would try and fall asleep until the alarm went off.  That second cup of coffee was a godsend too when I did get up again for the day. 

It was cold but not frosty when I left for work.  I had no problems getting to work and made it just before 8.

I spent the day working on the mail.  I finished the 16^th mid-day and then worked on the 17^th and at the end of the day I worked was able to get the 17^th finished.  Near the end of the day I was able to finish today’s mail.  There wasn’t a lot.

I don’t think I will be able to finish tomorrow’s mail as I have the covid test to take.  I will be able to wok on the scanning for a couple of hours.

I rushed out of the office a little after 4 and headed home. The traffic was a little heavy not sure if it was accidents or the sun that was setting by 4:29 It was nearly quarter of 5 when I got home.

I fed the cats and relaxed and started eating the rest of the chicken and prepared the pork chops I will fix tomorrow night.  I had also got the garbage out for trash day.  I was feeling pretty organized.

I fell asleep on the couch and sky slept on top of me and then cuddled up like a little baby for nearly an hour.

I have showered and am going to bed.

OH For the past week or so I have been having text conversations with the ladies in the finding friends group.  They were discussing the location for tonight’s meetup and it looks like it was in Guildford.  They totally understood when I told them I could not make it yet.

They have planned a holiday party at Stephanie’s home on December 19^th.  The gift exchange will be $25.  I am hoping to do it.  I have until the 10^th to decide.

I heard Kris (brother Jim’s son) and he wanted to let me know he has a new Job and moved west of Denver? Doing what he loves.  He is selling sports equipment for skiing.  He has always loved skiing and at one time was going to be a ski instructor.

I told him the news of the move but I forgot to mention how Jim’s been helping.  I will later.  If I am not too late.

 

 

 

 

REturned to work

 

I did my normal routine this morning in preparation of going back to work.  I did the assessment, sent the emails, and did the morning texts.

 

I am glad I listened to Gil Simmons the weatherman at Channel 8 this morning saying we need to dress warm.  I had to defrost the car for ten minutes.  It didn't take long but that will probably be the norm for now.  It also made me think about when I finally moved to the condo.

 

When I got to the office I got my temp and I was fine.  I went to see if DG and LF were here and they are not.  Neither is VT which I knew last night.  I was surprised to find that LB isn’t but I learned a bit ago that Supervisor did let people know there were some concerns.  He wouldn’t go too much into it.  I learned this from CS.  Who was happy to see me. 

 

As time went on more people arrived.  Not many but enough to keep me from going bonkers with the quiet.  Spoke to AC and she is fine.  I shared with her I was planning on calling her and she said no need.  I also said I figured you wouldn’t have been in a sharing mood.  She did tell me it was quiet here yesterday. 

 

I promised to contact Vanessa to let her know who was and wasn’t here.  She thanked me and I told her I hadn’t heard or spoke to DG.  I know she wouldn’t be in a revealing mode.  I will email LG soon

 

Well, i just found out LG is in the office.  She had her test and was negative.  She vowed to do the six feet from everyone and that she is only following CDD protocol as she doesnt’ believe the HP really understands how close we work with each other.  She is also not really pleased with our admins.

 

Now that I am over the latest hurdle healthcare wise I am more determined to get work done both here and at home.  I didn’t do very much yesterday except cooking and sleeping, and of course watching TV.   It doesn’t look like I am going to do much tonight either.

I spent the rest of today doing the mail.  By the end of the day I was still working on the mail.  I found the mail for yesterday on dg’s chair so I started it for most of it.

 

The committee meeting discussed basically the status of negotiations and of course the recent activity at the office names was unmentioned to protect their privacy.  I did share my experience of the situation and that the staff in the office was told yesterday.  I shared that many felt they should have had been sent an email regarding this.

 

In preparation for NCIS season premiere I went and got some snacks, and coffee supplies, and cereal supplies.  The rest of the groceries can really be done Thursday.

So have a great night.

 

Monday Musings

 

Well it’s after ten and sunny out.  I sent the pertinent emails and included EV and told her there wasn’t a line that says I was in contact with anyone tested positive.  EV says she will call me sometime today. 

I did get a thank you email from AD, and PTO request approval from Supervisor. Nothing else like “hope you are okay” or something. 

I just got an obnoxious text from EV. I asked her if she was in contact with the others who are in this event she said its not her job to contact people that the Health Plan should do it.   I am already aggravated by everything that’s going wrong today I don’t need her shit.  She has a habit of being a little selfish and abrupt and on more than one occasion annoyed people with her attitude.

I am still trying to get my grocery delivery set up and as usual having fucking problems.  I tried Aldi and it won’t deliver to me.  The one it would be delivering from is up in Wallingford.  I am still waiting on a confirmation email from Shoprite.  Peapod…forget it. Its just  hassles all around. 

I had no problem ordering the cat food. I should have also ordered one new litterbox.  Do you know I have seen some that are over $100?  Those are the self-cleaning ones.  I did find some for $8 to $15 at PetSmart.

Any site I have gone too is slow and annoying me.  Even on the Informed delivery for the post office.  I thought because I updated or at least tried to update my address it wasn’t letting me sign in.

Around lunch time I decided to do something other than sit on my butt I brined some chicken and then cooked them and then did the pork chops…after they defrosted in the refrigerator for the afternoon.

I did the brine from the kitchen.com site.  Slightly different I used vinegar and the salt and just poured/sprinkled rosemary, oregano, pepper in it and poured it in a pyrex baking dish.  It was the only shallow dish I could think of.  I am wondering if I should use the same dish to cook.   Or use the pan in the recipe.  I didn’t exactly follow recipe steps.  I was supposed to pat the chicken or the pork but didn’t do it. Neither did I put olive oil on it.  It was still delicious. Now I just have to not eat it all at one night.

Its after 5 and I just got off the phone with the contact tracing person from the health plan.  She had sent me an email around 4 and so I called back and she was kind enough to call me just after 5.  She says I am low risk exposure so I don’t have to quarantine but I do need the test.  I answered all the questions with the codicle that I did have some symptom but I contributed to stress (explaining about the move)

I just have to monitor the symptoms and get the test on Thursday and I can go back to work tomorrow.  As I said to Liz when I called her I have been very lucky.

I have told a few people the end results. So I can go to sleep without worrying.

I had my session with Debra.  It was pretty good we talked about the past week’s activities and the upcoming holidays.

So before I come home from work tomorrow I will go to the grocery store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still no word from work

 

It is now after 5 pm and no email from Admins.  I did get another email from LFriello regarding the situation and she said she called our union steward and spoke to her about the situation.  We were sharing our precautions.  She also reassured me that Admins must already know because NW had to tell her and her supervisor.  I also called the union steward and asked her to call me.  I didn’t explain but I am sure can figure it out.  So I am helping she will call me soon.

            The rain hasn’t started yet. The wind advisory is in effect until midnight tomorrow.  I had to turn the heat up in the house  I was talking to Nextdoor today and among the many things he told me is we are getting snow at the end of the week.  I just realized I may have said that earlier today.   I was watching him stock up his wood supply. 

The cats were fed early this evening and now are lying quietly around here.  Tiger is beside me here on the couch and although I can’t see him (no lights on) I suspect Sky is somewhere I just heard him meow.  He will be here soon.  They will be semi happy if I end up not going to work tomorrow.

I am watching the NCIS:LA marathon on ION and it’s the Wedding of Kensi and Deeks.  IN about three hours (give a take the CBS schedule) the second episode of this season is on tonight.  There is some rumor going around that the golden couple of LA is in trouble.  I missed last week’s season opener for both this show and Nola.  So I watched it and it was pretty good.  Didn’t get a chance to see Nola will another time.  I did see tonight’s episodes even though they were delayed 30 minutes.

Its almost 10 at night and it’s been semi active night.  The storm did come through and the winds were very loud and very strong.  The storm door is broken now.  It pulled out of my hand to begin with and as I pulled it closed the bar that is a part of the spring to close it bent.  I had to slam the door shut and lock it.  It rained a few times and there was a tornado watch and a thunderstorm watch until 2.

I finally got a hold of the union steward and as I suspected she knew why I was calling.  She did say I would have to quarantine for two weeks.  I just got off the phone with her again and she did say to fill out the form indicating I have come in contact with someone with Covid.  She said they would back us up and that we shouldn’t have to use our time.  I will email them tomorrow morning.

Now I have to start thinking about what to do until my test is performed.   I just tried to register for shop at home for ShopRite and no confirmation email.  

 

 

 

Didn't get much accomplished

 

Well I didn’t get too far with the quotes yesterday.  I am not surprised.  I looked online at one and tried to call them but 1) this particular place out of East Haven is closed weekends.  2) They tell you to give some details of what you need but don’t give you a quote until you call.  Well I am not sure what to say yet.  I am also guessing most of the others are close for the weekend now too.  I did go over the Optimum packages so I don’t have to keep paying $223 and change. 

My goal today is to get the house cleaning done, and get to the closet.  Not really accomplishing that at the moment.  I will.  My reasoning for that is we are supposed to get a rainy Sunday afternoon.  My hope is it will spur me to do it

Today is my Niece Diane’s Birthday.  My memories of her over the years are mixed emotions.  She was a funny little child when she first came to us and she was on her second and final return from Taiwan and she became a real American girl.  There were times she irritated me (usually when she was smart ass teenager) and then when she went through the drama queen stage (to my siblings she is still there).  I still love her despite that.  I actually feel the same way with all of them.

I contacted my coworker who said she was going to get tested and she contacted the Manager and Supervisor.  It looks like we will have to sign a paper tomorrow.  I am waiting for the two emails that chew me out for it.  I didn’t tell I knew it was NW.  I called Liz and gave her the update. 

WE talked about the movers we have to contact, and you have to go through a hundred things to just get  a quote.  We decided that we would do that together sometime soon.  We also took a look at the optimum last bill…we will be working on that one too.

We also talked about the closet that I have very little outfits I put aside for spring as most I wear all year long.  Including some of the dresses but I can still put them away until I get to the condo.

I heard from Jim today he says read the travel policy for PA and he said I was right (yeah no shit) that it is getting bad.  NO Shit.

 

The weather is changing quickly.  The sun was out until about noon time.  The clouds moved in and the wind started picking up and about an hour ago we got a “severe weather alert” in patch.  The wind is supposed to be heavy and thunderstorms until midnight.

The TV remained on and managed to get rid of a lot of clothes hangers.  One whole bag of it and still have lots more to throw out.  I still need to do the clothes things.  I will do it slowly. Then again,  I think I am done for today.

 

 

Holy Shit

 

My plans for this weekend have changed again.  First off Liz texted me and told me that sometime next week when the buyers sign for the house I will be signing for the condo.  Liz seems to think I will be moving right then.  I am resisting that a lot at the moment.  So I will be rushing to clear out the closet and start some of the pre-move activities (get quotes for the alarm systems, get the change of address moving kit from the post office, more importantly the moving companies) and keeping up on the housecleaning (it’s redundant to say housekeeping).  I actually would have been doing that anyway.

I was supposed to meet up with my childhood friend Lisa this afternoon but that really had to change again when I learned from VT at work that NW had been tested positive for the virus. So I had to change my appointments for Monday (I was going to my primary for a physical, covid, and flu shot).  I guess I would not have gotten the covid test at the primary.  I also cancelled my infusion for Wednesday. 

There hasn’t been any official notification and when VT told me after going on a tirade (and I somehow guessed who she was talking about) she told me that the ED knows as she spoke with her Friday morning.  Now I told two others before leaving for the day.  A part of me is now worried that it will blow up in my face. 

I actually called AB today and told her.  She is worried for me now.  As well as the NW, I did ask her not to tell her the info came from me but she will see what NW says.

As I cancelled my appointments I called Liz and left a message (I learned later she was sleeping) and when we spoke that last night we talked about what this might mean.  I told her I am not going to PA.  That I am going to work until I get my results or they send us home. 

After a couple of missteps I did manage to get a covid 19 test appointment for Thursday.  I tried to get it earlier but either I wasn’t doing it right or there weren’t available times.  When I talked with the others they all got them for this weekend.  Well I am not going to a town/city 45 minutes away to get an appointment when there is a testing site in my hometown.  STUPID.

So I have been waffling as to whether or not I am going to PA the weekend after Thanksgiving.  I wasn’t looking forward to the phone call to Jim to tell him my decision.  I spoke to him earlier this week after earlier reports about even more increased cases.  His response was one of frustration I think but I was also giving him permission to say tell me “Kate stay home”.  He feels we are adults we can decide if we want to get together.

 I ended up calling him as I writing this and told him of the latest developments and of an idea that Liz gave me last night.  He wasn’t keen on her idea and when I told him of some of the other things that BB wanted to do he says he wants to talk to Liz about the extent of Bob’s authority.  He believes BB’s authority should end with the house.  So he wants phone conversation with Liz about it I am fine with it because I am not comfortable with relaying info from one person to another because I usually lose the translation.  Although I do think we should discuss it as a family.  He didn’t want a conference call.  How about a zoom?

Before I forget,  the idea that Liz ran passed me last night was use what I have in my savings $2K to buy a new couch and bed for the condo and have BB reimburse me.  I am hesitant because I am not sure how long it will take me to build back up.  Jim feels that Bob should just give it to me as he said he is willing to help with that.  That’s when I told him that BB wants what is left over from the final condo sale to go into the kitty. 

I am trying to play catch up with my blog entries.  I got as far as Monday’s entries and still have plenty more.  I know that Debra will have a lot of reading to catch up on.

Before I do I think I am going to get the moving company quotes.

The Monthly Cousin chat

 

The monthly cousin chat was yesterday afternoon.  I was the first one to arrive then it was my Cousin Tim and his wife Wendy up in Michigan, then it was my cousin Maura, and finally Judy.  Maura couldn’t stay long as her step father was in the hospital after falling in the nursing facility he has been in for the last few weeks.  He is suffering from dementia.  I guess this was a recent development –the nursing facility).  So in the end it was only four of us.  I was disappointed the rest of my tree didn’t show up but Liz already texted me (and I missed) saying she was way too tired and that she had to miss it.

We talked about the effects the Corona Virus has on our lives, and work.  I shared with them the alert status at the University had gone up.  We shared-well they shared stories from back in the day about the parents and pictures.  It was quite amusing.

Soon the chat was over and Judy promised to send out another one soon.  I am guessing it will be in early December as the holidays will be in full swing.  I am hoping next time we get to see more of the cousins that haven’t attended. 

After the chat I spent the rest of the night watching NCIS:LA and whatever else was on.  I ended up not sleeping that well again.  But that will be for the next edition.

Sadly we lost more celebrities this past week.  Alex Trebek, Host of Jeopardy lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Saturday.  Of course it made the internet.  All the social media platforms were discussing this.  I read that George Stefanopolis wants to be the next host of Jeopardy

 

 

STaying close to home

 

I decided that since my plans with Lisa changed for yesterday. I would stay close to home.  I had already gone grocery shopping on Friday and I planned on house work and computer stuff.

I was in pretty good spirits for someone who had a hard time sleeping again.  Yep it was the shoulder and arm again.  I was yelping like some idiot.  I finally went upstairs and took the Tylenol and the heating pad.  I finally fell asleep sometime after midnight.  I can still feel some of the pain in the shoulder but it isn’t as prevalent.  I will take my meds soon hopefully it will help the situation.  It ended up coming back later on in the day after I had trouble opening a jar of tomato sauce.  It really angered me that companies make you struggle with these things.  Any tool that I have to open jars is packed away.

So I stripped the bed and got the sheets washed and dried.  I haven’t made the bed yet. I was still working on cleaning downstairs.  After having a conversation with Liz housing and finances I stopped.  I was trying to get some answers I wanted to know myself.

The cats had been fed and watered and burped.  They didn’t come up to get me and they barely vocalized until I got to the top of the stairs. I just found Sky on the box of supplies (where I have Tea and sweetener) sleeping.  Tiger had been ambling around and can’t remember where she ended up.   Both eventually slept and then got their dinner and slept with me on the couch.  This morning was pretty much the same thing.

I thought I wasn’t getting any mail this weekend and I would have had to go to the post office but thankfully I didn’t have to go out. What I did get was an airbag recall and a Bed bath and beyond coupon.    I am wondering if I should get the shower curtain for the condo yet.  I personally don’t think I need it yet but if I am moving in and sweaty/dirty I don’t’ think I want to run out and go get it before I have to take a shower.

I wanted to looks some stuff up for Liz because she actually pissed me off last night.  She is constantly contradicting me about my Retirement balance or if I am contributing to it. I have both 403b and the Pension.  I am going to find out or how much I have in the pension.  She is constantly worried that I could end up losing the condo.  I have been telling I am making the minimum payments and paying what I have.  I can’t always make additional payments to anything because of what I need to pay. I am having a really hard time with her asking me all the goddamn time about the pension or my other savings.  I am really close to telling her that she needs to start writing things down when I tell her something.

 

 

 

 

I am wondering

 

It is after 2 in the morning and I am sitting here because I couldn’t sleep.  I think I Had one of those pericardial events in my shoulder again.  It hurt like the dickens.  I couldn’t get comfortable and I put a heating pad on and I took some Tylenol a little while ago.  It feels better but that’s because I am sitting up as opposed to lying down on the pillows.  I am going to try and get back to sleep because I will be getting up in about 3 or 4 hours.

I also had a panic moment when I came down to check on the cats.  Tiger was sleeping now she is preening herself but for fair amount of time I couldn’t find Sky.  I looked in his normal places.  I even thought he was under the bed.  He wasn’t.  I came down again and found him on a tote filled with Towels.  I walked by him at least once before I saw him on that. I picked him up and hugged him and put him back.  I think he may have travelled again.  The noises in the house have magnified tenfold lately.

I think I will take some more Sleepy time or warm milk and try to go back to sleep.  I have a feeling today will be a day of catching up.  I am expecting to be working with the readdress mail….

Well now its several hours later and I managed to get back to sleep.  The pain subsided long enough for me to get sleep. It is fine now but if I have the pork again it will probably hurt.

The weather is lovely it was in the sixties by lunch time and sunny.   The fog lifted mid-morning.  I wasn’t able to enjoy it until I left for the weekend.  It was nearly 70 by then.  Of course sunset was at quarter of five so I didn’t get to enjoy it for long.

My day consisted of scanning.  EOB scanning, refund scanning, and a little of non-work related things I wanted to get done.  There were some mail issues people looking for stuff.  The web cams for coworkers arrived and will be distributed next week.  Some other people are looking for meeting supplies.  I don’t remember seeing hose but I will look on Monday.

I am very happy to tell you the parking lot that has been the source of repairs will be reopened come Monday morning.  Yeah, the parking lot towards the back is definitely challenging.  The front is more spacious.

We also got a corvid 19 alerts on campus today.  The alert status went from Yellow to orange as 20 students in the residential colleges have tested positive for the Virus.  This comes as the State has returned to Phase 2 level of re-opening.  All of this makes me nervous and anxious as I am supposed to go to see Jim at the end of the month. 

When I got home it was nearly quarter of five.  I may have mentioned that Waze had me go a different route then I usually do.  This time he had me go to Munson all the way to Martin Luther King Blvd. to Ella Grasso Blvd an then side roads to the highway in West Haven.  Of course the sun was still a blinding mass for me.  I did get to see a small herd of deer on the side of the highway.  They were grazing not dead.

When I did get home I fed the cats, made dinner for me, finished the laundry, emptied the dishwasher and actually swept the floors with the Swiffer dry mop.  I will still have to vacuum and do the floors tomorrow.  I am tired now.  I was surprised I still fell asleep despite the fact I had coffee.

The votes are still being counted as of right now and in my mind Mr. Biden is clearly in the lead but it are a tight race.  I hope we get the final result tomorrow.  This is killing me now.  My wish is that Mr. Trump do the right thing and concede to defeat, congratulate Mr. Biden on his win and go back to NJ or wherever and live out the rest of his life in obscurity.  Of course, we all know that’s not going to happen.

 

 

Oy Vey

 

I must be in some kind of void because I have been told more than once since the election that has been fraudulent election practices.   I haven’t heard much on TV.  OF course any news of the election I turn it off.  It was told to me by a co-worker and it had to do with pens, ballots being destroyed.   She acknowledged it is hard to know what to believe.  She says Biden could be winning fair and square.  I said just because one person is being stupid doesn’t mean we should taint the entire party.  One could argue many different theories. 

Someone on next door made a report to the federal authorities that there were some fraudulent activities going on in West Haven.  He wanted anyone else to provide proof as well.  Why do people have to be suspicious?

ON my way home I called one of the three Amigos because I saw a conversation that I wasn’t sure about.  MAlling’s husband has been having chest pains and was going to get it checked out tonight.  Despite all that Ann was upset by fact that MAlling is a hardcore Trumpet.  She couldn’t believe or understand her reasoning for it after all the stuff Trump has said, done and behaved.

I just realized I hadn’t paid the AARP bill yet, and I just found the November UI statement in my email from last month.  I have to take better care of that.  So now both of those will be paid by the next pay period.  I put some money in the saving; got gas this morning and I will be going grocery shopping tonight.

My plans to meet up with LisaC on Saturday drastically changed this afternoon Lisa wasn’t feeling well and had to back out.  I hadn’t thought about when she would come over until last night.  Actually it’s okay as I need to limit my interaction with people outside of the house until thanksgiving.

I got a disturbing phone call yesterday robo call telling me my identity had been compromised.  I hung up quickly told MC about it and she said it sounds like fraud.  I checked all my accounts and I was going to check ss but that is a hassle to look online. 

Oh I got a letter today from Catlady in LV.  I am very excited about that.  I think I sent her two letters last month.  I will be writing her tomorrow as I have the cleaning, and shopping to do.

Did I mention that we received notification last week of a cyber-attack at work?  They want us to use the Duo program on all of our devices for protection and we had to give our alternate email and phone number to our admin staff.  I overheard a couple of people talking about it and they were not happy with the prospect of sharing their alternate email and phone number with their colleagues.  If they are worried about privacy or whatever they may want to take their info off of whitepages.com

So I went grocery shopping tonight.  I got a lot of stuff (and again could have done without the frosting) but I got fish, pork chops, vegetables, mostly everything on my list.  The whole thing took about half hour and I was home sometime after 5.  It cost me just over $31 and change.  I should be set for the next ten days I hope.  I would like to find the pork chop recipes that came through the email recently.

When I got home, I put the groceries away, fed the cats, and fed me.  I was really hoping that I would do cleaning but all I managed to do is laundry.  The house cleaning can be done tomorrow and Saturday.   I grew tired.

I did call my former colleague and friend Lee Ann and we chatted for about 20 minutes tonight.  I told her about the events of the past summer that have lead up to the moving and condo finding/buying.  We talked about the family, and not once did I really ask about her family.  That didn’t seem right to me.  We talked about work.  Who was in the office and wasn’t and there were a lot of people I left out.

Now that the laundry is almost done I can get to bed.  I got tired suddenly.