KateP's musings

  Right about this time (4:45 Eastern) I would be either on my way or waiting for the others to arrive at our weekly Meetup at the diner in Guilford.   Unfortunately, everyone had other things they needed to do.   So, they will have it next week.   I hope.   I won’t be there though.   The next time I will see them is Mother’s Day weekend for the two Brunches each day.   One is at Gouviea Vineyards and the other will be at Faith’s home. Right now, it seems that Gil and Faith are working on the Book Club event.   It looks like Gil worked on it for most of the night last night and now faith is having a little bit of a probable adding a person. Today was pretty good.    I got all my work done before noon.   I had lunch from the Orchids café   Down the Street.   Then for the rest of the day I did some clearing out of emails, updating calendars. I got home at 4:30 and checked on Sky in the spare room.   I fed him and...

  I was right.   I didn’t fall asleep until it was about the time to get up.   I got up fed Sky and went back to bed until it was time to get ready for work.   I spent most of my time in a fog and tried to have a couple of cups of coffee.   By the end of the day, I was just as tired. I had my session with Debra, and it wasn’t the entire time either.   She is still having issues with the connection.   She said she would go to IT and get it replaced.    It was kind of irritating to me, but it has happened to all of us. We talked about the situation with Liz and how to handle it if something comes up at the Celebration next week.   She did also say not really planned anything out.   In other words, I think she was telling me not to stress but at that time set boundaries.   We also talked about finances.   (that one will be for another post too). After the session, I fed Sky and myself, watched very little TV and cleaned...

  It has been interesting for several months in our family.   At least I think so.   Last fall I spent some time with my brother and Sister-in-law. One month was because he had some health problems.   The other spent time with him while SIL had a day to herself.   He continues to work through health issues.   In January they finally got the diagnosis they had been waiting for.   Mild Parkinsons.   He was recently in the hospital for some serious falls and came home before Easter.   He tries to maintain a sense of humor but he told me it frustrates him when he can’t do certain things or his memory falters.   His wife J has been wonderful.   She has had to make a few hard decisions.   I hope to visit them in the coming months. Their kids are all good.   My SIL J’s two kids are busy working.   They share J’s former residence and they keep in touch with her as much as possible. K still lives in Colorado and works as...

  Well, it’s been a while and I have wanted to start this so many times but couldn’t think of what to say. I have been busy with work, volunteering, and going to a few meetups and spending time with family.   Work has been interesting.   Things are changing both in our department and overall across the university.   Since last summer higher administration has changed and have been looking at changes that could help productivity (that seems to be going well).   It is working well for me right now. For me it made it easier.   I get the scanning done more quickly and as soon as they look over some more things (that are not straightforward) we will give them to the correct people.   It allows me to get some training and annual stuff done.      However, we did have some inter-office issues with a coworker who has been troubled for months.   She has had several meltdowns and has caused concern amongst us.   I had tried to h...