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…

 

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.

 

 

Halloween 2020

 

Happy Halloween everyone!  It is 31 degrees sunny and there is a freeze warning until 10 am this morning.   I can tell you I have the heat up early.

So Halloween will be slightly different this year for many.  The differences will include social distancing, the smaller gatherings and the extra ppes.  I know that around here and I know I mentioned this earlier some organizations will have drive through trick or treating.  Others like my neighbors last night did trick or trunk?   For me it won’t be so different.  I won’t be handing out candy again this year.  In all likelihood will have the lights out and stay upstairs and catch up on letter writing and organizing the laptop files.

All week long I have reading the archives of my blogs to see when we had to cancel Halloween for some reason or not I went back as far as 2011 because we had an early snowstorm that year.  Some people went out that night and if I am not mistaken we had only a few people at the door.

Halloween 2012 was delayed in Milford due to Hurricane Sandy until November 7.   I don’t think we had it that night either.   

Halloween 2013 was the last Halloween with Mom.  We went to my Sister’s house that night for dinner and to see the grandkids/great grandkids all dressed up.

Halloween 2014 was the first Halloween without Mom that I could remember.  When I was younger she worked a couple of Halloween nights for the railroad.  It was about that time I wasn’t feeling well. Some gastro problems that made me stay home a lot that year.

Halloween 2015  saw my first Halloween with the titans.  I had health issues again that year.  I didn’t hand out candy either.

Halloween 2016 was quiet not many people

Halloween 2017 was the year there was another attack in NY.  So there wasn’t much to celebrate that year.  I kept to my tradition of no giving out candy.  I sent out Halloween cards to the fam. 

2018 Halloween was quiet no one on the street really had many people.  We had a dress up day at work but I didn’t do it that year.  I claim not being creative.  It was more like I can’t be bothered all that much.

2019 Halloween was my speculation of last one in the house as it was about then when he who will not be named began his campaign to get me out of the house. 

So this Halloween will definitely be the last one in the house.  I am still not planning much for tonight but for the afternoon it will be closet time.  AT least for a couple of hours and whatever I collect I will make a trip to Goodwill. 

Other than that nothing really big is planned. 

 

 

 

 

I don't know what I am going to do

 

While I was catching up with my blogging and watching TV last night there was a discussion with the amigos.  It started with our dinner next week.  Ann seems to think we should cancel it because the corvid 19 spike is up 6.1 percent.  Truthfully I don’t know what that means.  This is the data tracker and maybe you guys will understand it better than I can. 

I was spoke to Jim last night and seems to think I should be able to come down because well I am not sure why.  However if I read the instructions I have to fill out papers about my travel plans.  I can’t be bothered.  He says I can come down by 12 that day.  He says I could stay with him but did suggest that I could stay at a hotel.  I mentioned that I was trying to fiscally responsible. I told him I would look into it and that I was considering bNB’s but some of them would still be an hour away and apparently the BNBs don’t give out addresses until you book it.  I think that’s stupid.  The other reason I don’t want to have to self-quarantine when I get back is I would have to miss work.  I will be taking more time later that month for moving.

We had our first snow of the season.  Everyone on FB that is on my F-list is mentioning it in some capacity.  It started sometime after 8:30 that I am aware of and was done by 1.  The sun was out by the time I left the office but it was still pretty chilly.

It’s been hectic.  We have been getting emails left and right about mail and packages for people that are either not here (at home) or somewhere else and come in every other day.  Trying to logistically put it places where they could pick it up.  It annoyed AC but I do realize its part of the responsibilities of the mail department (that would be DG and I).

I got the mail done by 2 and spent the last hour or so working on a pen pal letter to Pam in OK.  It’s currently sitting in my mailbox to be picked up tomorrow.

 

 

 Liz came over tonight to show me the new car.  It isn’t a Honda Fit (the company doesn’t make them anymore.  This one is a HR-V and its beautiful.  She brought andrea with her too.  They took a look-see at the condo.

I told her I just received the insurance statement bill for th house and car and I asked her if I should tell the insurance company/agent about the changes.  She said not yet but she did suggest I make a list of all the things that need to be changed with new info.  I won’t bore you all with what they are but I am sure you have all had to do it.  We don’t know when the closing is and for all we know I could be in the condo by thanksgiving.

I also told her of the conversation I had with brother dear.  I don’t know if I explained it right that despite the rise in the numbers here he still wants me to come.  I did say he suggested a hotel.  She wasn’t all that thrilled.  He should have offered his bed and he take the couch but that’s what we as the womenfolk would do.  IF he doesn’t go for that idea then I probably shouldn’t go down. 

I also told Liz that I am not doing any extracurricular activities until after Thanksgiving. I want to come to her house for dinner that week.  I also reassured again that I wear the mask and get my temp and stand the 6 ft apart.  Liz explained to Andrea why I was telling her all this.  Andrea agreed but also said it’s hard for people like me.

I got a call from Chairman Phil this morning.  We talked about the news I left him on VM.  He was at the Zoom meeting for the DTC. The conversation was choppy to start with (the normal cellphone crap) I am a little annoyed that I didn’t get a link for the meeting and I looked for it.  If I don’t get on the first district and not attached to the DTC then may be it is time for me to go.

Tonight I sent a message to the Registrar letting her know I would be moving in the next several weeks and wondered what district I would be in.  I also tried to set up a new file for the new district and will keep my own notes and stuff so that I could be able to write them up for me (since I won’t be the secretary of that district).  I probably will keep the 4^th district past minutes.

OMG, I looked out the window and the moon is absolutely beautiful.  I also was watching the Duluth Harbor Cam tonight and that video was beautiful.  The moon itself was out of camera range but it lit up the sky beautifully and was the reflection off the harbor and water was equally beautiful.

Well it is almost 11 and I am starting to fall asleep.  There is so much I want and need to do before I go to sleep.

 

Been So Long

 

It’s been so long since I last actually posted any of my blog entries this week.  I keep saying I will go back over them and finish them and then post but then more time goes by and gets away from me.

The house and condo situation:  Well Liz and I have been making a lot of progress with clearing out project.  We managed to get the cellar cleaned out with the help of a friend of hers and of my BIL.  Made several trips to goodwill and made a trip to the dump.  Some of the things that are left will be going to friends and family.  In the weekend coming up I believe we will be working on the Attic and then bedrooms, and then office and then finally the kitchen and dining room. 

Jim will be speaking to “He who will not be named” by Labor Day and apprising him of the progress.  I am told that Liz suggested that Jim also discuss perhaps begin the process of having “he who will not be named (the lawyer)” removed as the trustee and perhaps make my siblings the trustees.   It would involve some of the proceeds of the sale of the house to do that. 

My Niece has been searching for prospects and has brought to my attention as recent as yesterday of five potential places.  Three are about 4 miles away.  Another one I have looked at before and is close to my sister and to the Nursing home I used to volunteer at.  Another one is 9 minutes northwest of here.  Near what is known as route 1 and in between Orange and Milford.

My hope is we can look at them this weekend.  I have also let her know that I would be willing to take time off from work to go looking as well.  She says evenings and weekends would be best for sellers and we will do the best. 

Jim will be coming up in the next two weeks (to help I hope) and to pick up stuff I have collected for him to take into possession. 

Finances or budget:  I am constantly reworking the budget I have and been doing better without using the credit cards (all but one has been shredded).  Jim told me in our last phone conversation that if this method isn’t working for me (using only one in emergency) that  can always request new ones to be ordered.  As of right now the minimum payments are being made.  It has been suggested to me to look into consolidation loans from the credit Union I belong to.  When I suggested this to my Brother and Sister they both had reservations on this.   I will try again with J when he comes up.

Health:  With all that is going on I am managing to get exercise through the clearing out of the house (who needs weight lifting when you can haul heavy objects and items up and downstairs and to cars etc.).  I have been walking at least once a day at work weather permitting.

I have had some doctor visits recently that went well.  The hematologist last week liked the numbers from recent blood tests.  I had my infusion earlier this week and another next month.  I have a dermatology appointment, pulmonary, also next month.

I haven’t seen the inside of the gym since last Saturday but keep saying maybe later or tomorrow.  I haven’t signed up for classes because by the time I get home at night I am tired and now that we are beginning the in person search for condos I won’t have time.

Work:  The issues with DCS scanning have been finally resolved and yesterday began the scanning.  It was about access and the staff that worked on it was taking their time.  Now that that has been resolved I will now have to rearrange my daily routine with these things.

Shadow and I are about ready to have it out before she goes on vacation.  She has been speaking rather rudely to me of late and I am done.  I had told her supervisor today before I left.  I also told my on-site team leader.  She has been barking orders to me regarding mail and I really need to remind her that we may not be each other’s boss but I am the mail lead.  I need to ask questions on whether or not things came in.  WE are having a chat about what I will do while Shadow is gone.  We were already given instructions about certain things (I can scan documents to people it was a challenge I have met).

As a matter of fact starting next month TRS department/ courier service will be doing the mail runs.  One of the reps will be delivering mail that hasn’t been delivered by the other service later today.  It really should have been given to them from the very beginning.

The negotiations are going along.  Some new proposals from the union have been submitted and now they are waiting for counter-proposals.  WE have a rally later today for the Omni hotel unions.  They are our sister unions and the corporation not hiring back from the pandemic.  The recent negotiation updates are not being made public yet.

I did let the committee know I have personal issues that will conflict with activities with the union.  They managed to get me to volunteer for this activity today.

Family updates:  Earlier this week the anniversary of Mom’s death.  We didn’t make much of it but it was felt by me because of the current situation and the fact I was stressing out with Liz at one point.

We finally had a family reunion via zoom on my mother’s side of the family recently.  There were 12 of us.  Some came late but it was great.  They were told of my plans to move.  No criticisms or judgements just curiosity.

My Niece’s future DIL lost her Grandmother yesterday so in addition to the final preparations and countdown to the wedding they have to prepare and navigate through the funeral process.  This may not be appropriate in this item but said wedding invitations came in the mail today.  I am looking forward to this.

All of Liz’s kids are getting ready or have returned to school this week amid various groups expressing concerns about the plans or the validity of the plans for the return to school in Connecticut.  Some teachers want it done differently, Parents, Bus drivers also express concerned as well.

Jim’s kids are doing well.  Kristian is working, Emily is working, and James has returned to school and started classes.

Angel Brother’s kids are doing well.  As I said earlier I am expecting D&R to come up and get the remaining dishes from her collection. John has moved to Fayetteville to the Army base.  Rob is…well Rob.

The Kitties: I keep thinking they don’t understand what is going on around here with the cleaning.  So every chance I get I tell them we will be starting a new adventure.   When anyone comes they hide or sleep. They have been sleeping and hiding in weird places (weirder than usual).  Furniture they haven’t slept on at all they now sleep on.  Sky is currently grooming himself (note to self-expect hairball).  They are primary concern during the condo hunt/house cleaning.  I have been told they don’t react well to change.  Well most cats generally don’t like change.

I am not letting them down in the cellar anymore after I broke some class punch servers.  I cleaned it up when I dropped them Wednesday but there were some remnants of it left.

My Volunteering activities:  With the Corvid 19 pandemic (or post pandemic) continuing there hasn’t been much going on.  At least from where I see things.  There haven’t been many meetings either on line or in person. 

I did contact my 4^th District chairman and another friend from the district yesterday and told them of the plans to put the house on the market.  I am expecting an email in my inbox tomorrow morning from at least one of them.  The election is more than 9 weeks away.  Aside from the primary I have not received any alerts for campaigns or volunteering.

The Ladies Guild is supposed to start next month.  What have I heard? Not a thing.  I ran into Tori who is the Religious education coordinator for the church, and school at the grocery store and she eluded we won’t be able to have food at the meetings.  There hasn’t been anything in the bulletins or anything like that.  I will have to email the new president and ask her what’s going on.  I will also tell her the plans for the house.

I am getting the distinct feeling that the Recreation Director at the nursing home isn’t going to call me back anytime soon.  Actually I am okay with that.  It was time for me to move on anyway.

The Weather: Its been sunny for the most part until yesterday when we had some severe thunderstorms and tornados.  North Haven, Hamden, and New Haven were hit pretty bad.  I can agree to that as I left the office yesterday.

Well it’s nearly 3 in the morning and I will be getting up in a couple of hours to get ready for work.  So I will check in later today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

working

Today was my first day back after 3 months because of the Corona Virus Quarantine and the State was in shelter in place.  I have been waiting for this day for so long.  I regretted my decision to stop working until we had to come back.  If you remember the second week of the shut down my supervisor asked me to come and do the mail.  I did until April 6 after being urged and cajoled by family and friends to not risk my health.  So with the blessings of my bosses I stopped working.  Proceeded to get bored and not do much.

I wasn’t sure what to expect.  Well I knew there would be some changes for the social distancing and I wasn’t sure who would be in.  As there were some objections from some of them I learned last week.  I wasn’t sure how GA or Shadow would react to me coming back or my reasons for not working.  Yes I know I shouldn’t care but both or one of them would question why.  I was pleasantly surprised to find out she never question it.  GA has been nowhere in sight.

Staff from Patti’s team, Ann’s Team, are all mingled in where credentialing, and RIA, and compliance are usually are.  They get to work from home.  There are a couple of people from my team who will continue to work from home so they emptied their desks.  That’s a bit disconcerting (even though it was expected).

There wasn’t much mail to begin with when it did come I opened it and gave the statement mail to shadow.  I did take the opportunity to thank her for stepping up for me while I was up.  She did tell me that she was not stamping the date on the work.  Its okay cause the batch sheet has the date.  I worked on some readdress mail I saw laying around on the mail slots.   I found myself asking Bob some questions that eventually sparked the cogs in the brain to get back into routine.

There were some technical issues that need to be rectified if I am doing any type of scanning, or managing my time card in Kronos.  They all need updating or I need access to them.

I was exhausted by the time I left there.  I was all set to go to the gym but once I got home and fed the cats and got changed and got on the phone with Miss Ann.  We talked about the virus, work, and family.

Alex contacted me and I apologized but I got out late (I did) I was going to have dinner and then go for a walk.  I told him all that I ate, and the steps.  He told me to get 10K.  I am almost there now.  I went for a walk for an hour and about 5K steps.  I had already did about 3k by the time I got home.  I told Alex I would go to class before we meet.

Tonight though I need to get ready for work and get my lunch for tomorrow ready.    I have laundry to do as well.

No not doing the taxes. Can’t keep the eyes open.

was expecting to have a schedule

I thought for sure I would be getting my schedule for next week but as you well know I got the word earlier this week and it will NOT be sporadic like I originally thought.  My plan is to go in as early as possible everyday so I can get as much done as possible. 

I have most of my laundry done but some of them need to be ironed before I wear them.  I also got foods for lunch at least for the first few days.  I don’t want to order food at lunch or get stuff from the vending machines.   I think we all know I will anyway.

We already have a lot of Union Activities (okay so may be 3 or 4) in the next few weeks.  We have a med school committee meeting (Not sure if is actually just committee or it’s a membership meeting) next week and some other ally meeting.  I made a promise to attend or participate in activities for the union and wouldn’t you know it I have a few conflicts already.

So I went to the gym last night and did some cardio beforehand and made some steps.  Well I must have deleted it during class (which was good) I think I tried hard and couldn’t breathe well.  Not to the point of hyper venting.  We had it inside and there were only two students and Alex.  At the end of the class I asked if he was teaching Saturday’s class he isn’t and he asked me to come in at 8 that morning my first thought was Oh man I am in trouble.  I think he knows I didn’t come to class yesterday.  We talked about what I would get for groceries (for healthy diets).  He says no on bananas but one fresh fruit a day.  So between Alex and one of the others they made suggestions and I took them. 

So I got to the store a little after 6:30 and started with fruits and vegetables.  I checked with Alex about grapes and he said yes.

So I got clementines, grapes, blueberries and salad fixings.  I got more Salmon Filets; I got chicken, pork, steak, roasts.  I was able to get some frozen vegetables, and the milk, creamer (in order to use a coupon I needed to buy three of them…NO) I got my yogurt and sliced cheese some was 40 percent caloric and some regular.   

I was not able to get Disinfectant wipes of any kind.   I checked on the website Next Door for ideas this morning but haven’t had any responses.  I don’t normally like to go from store to store but I may not have a choice..  I may have to order again from Amazon. 

I also forgot a couple of things.  I need more sweeteners (Truvia) and my prescriptions I have to pick up the Prescriptions in a little while.  I think I may have enough for now with the Truvia but I will see about that.

 

I was pleased and impressed that I made it out of the store not spending a whole lot of money and within 45 minutes.  I was home and emptying the groceries by 7:30.  I don’t like spending hours upon hours grocery shopping.

After I put stuff away I had a yogurt and a couple of slices of the cheese and a coffee.  I had a weight watchers dinner before going to the gym (not a good idea) and it didn’t suffice me.  The coffee kept me up at bed time too.  I even had warm milk and added way too much Cinnamon with a touch o vanilla and sugar.

I did my normal evening routine.  I did text Sis and asked to come by for a visit.  I told her I was going to be around and just wanted to stop by and say hi so this morning in about an hour or so we will be getting together.

I spent some one on one time with Tiger before returning to bed last night.  We sat here on the couch and I kept petting her.  She also was trying to do something to my shred pile here.  I am not sure where she spent the night sleeping.  She did do her thing with the rug at 5:30.

I have more to write but need to get ready.  I want to do some stuff before we get bad weather.

Afternoon everyone! How you doing?  Tropical storm fay is arriving.  It was sprinkling earlier today when I was at my sisters and then it stopped and it is supposed to be heavier and stronger soon.  The wind has been strong.  It should be for the rest of the night.

So my plans changed slightly as I left here later than I wanted to and went to my sister’s first.  WE were inside and talking for a while and then went outside on her deck and we talked about things.  Such as the Corona virus, family, 12 step programs and nature.    Some of it was rehash old history again.  It was good.  When it started raining I headed out with the intention of picking up my prescriptions (done) and going to the transfer station (nope) and to the gym (nope). 

Unfortunately, I was having some issues that I had to come home and change.  I had something that didn’t agree with me. So I got cleaned up and the laundry started up.  I decided whatever hit me earlier was no reason to not have lunch. 

I made some pork patties and cooked a couple of those and froze one.  It would have been two but I ate the other-raw.  Yes I do realize I could get sick.  I am expecting something spectacular later tonight.  Anyway, I had some cheese with it (finished off the pepper jack), yogurt, and mini sweet peppers and coffee.

After a while I just watched TV and prepared for the storm.  That seems to be subsiding for now.

I did learn a couple of things this afternoon our local Hooters is closed for good.  It opened in 1983 with mixed reactions from many citizens.  I never went there at all.  The food wasn’t always good and I certainly didn’t miss anything.  I am trying to find damn articles about it but can’t find anything.

There was a bobcat sighting about a mile and half from here.  Near where DO grew up.  It was on Next door site.  I am Glad my cats don’t go out. 

I had my phone session with Debra.  We talked about the week that just passed and we discussed my feelings about returning to work.  We talked about the issues with the cats this week.  We talked about the visit with Liz today.

I am so glad that my friend Chris shared the live feeds of the Duluth Harbor Cams.  I have been finding them very interesting to watch.   ON that site you will find shipping schedules, locations and much more information.  The views are breath taking.

Now though I am going to bed.  I have to be up early and I am tired.  I don’t think I really needed the herbal tea to get me to sleep.  I have been doing it a few times tonight.

 

We go back to work

Some of us will be going back to work in 9 or 10 days.  There will be many who will be working from home still and those who like me will be sporadically in the office.  The union was able make arrangements with the Uni to continue to pay for those who are home past July 10.    As I said previously I made sure to let the union stewards know I am ready and willing to go back to work.  One was afraid that if I didn’t I would have to go into the pool or find another job within the university.  I don’t know if I will be sharing my desk with someone as there are some changes coming down the pike

Two departments will be merging another will be outsourced and the Customer/Patient service is safe.  Accounts receivable (claims department, follow up, cash posting and some others) are fine.  There will be some that could be asked to retire.  As its two people I have worked with one for nearly my entire career in YM and another for the last three years are going to be moving on.  ChristinaR is going to the academic side of the chemistry department and PM is planning on retiring.

There was discussion on the entire university but I wasn’t focused on that during the meeting yesterday.  We will keep on top of the changes and to be sure things are done right.  Contract negotiation preparations are starting and surveys will be going out to the masses to see what we will be fighting for. The two top ones are Job security and of course the benefits.

I did let the committee know that I along with the rest of the team haven’t had many meetings regarding updates or staff meetings in quite some time.  He would send out general emails regarding pay, time, and work related emails (few and far in between).

There were emails from Administration and the union with future plans for the rest of the summer and for the fall opening.  I still need to read through them but I am confident I will not be asked, told or begged to be moving from the current job I have.  That being said I am hopeful that will not be the case. 

I have to admit some of the emails that the Administration has sent out I haven’t read completely because they are not specific enough for me.  I sometimes think I am an idiot or lazy not to really read through some of them.

So I don’t know what happened yesterday but my sense of time went completely down.  Alex had to send me a text about our session at 6 (I thought it was at 6:30) I also thought I signed up for a class afterwards and I can’t find it now.  I was so tired yesterday.   We talked about the exercise I did, the walking and he encouraged me to either come into the gym or do more walking.  He says especially if it is only one way on the boardwalk. 

I didn’t do very much but I was tired. I tried to write an entry which merged into this one.  I watched TV.  I don’t think I walked at all.  I ate lunch and of course I went to the gym.  I was home by 7:30.

Today was my infusion and it went fine.  I fell asleep for a bit and left by 10.  I headed back to home and checked on the cats got some more coffee and then headed to JOC’s house.  We went for an abridged version of our walk.  She told me what she has on her foot (some inflammation and is on that Voltron cream).  We were finished by noon and we talked about tonight’s meetup.

 

The rest of the afternoon I tried to do some writing and watched TV, and cooked the roast for an hour and half. 

As the day passed it got cloudy around 3 another thunderstorm was coming through.  It would start until about 5:30.  It was a light rain but I wasn’t going to take a chance so most of us had to cancel out.  It had been thundering since then and started lightening just before 9.

I was able to go to walk a shorter one than lunch time.  The sky was blue and gray it was beautiful.  I got back at 7:30 and been watching TV and about to clean up the kitchen.

Sky is underneath my bed.  Tiger is sitting in front of the TV as I write this.  MY hope is she will come upstairs when it’s time for me to go up.

Well my hands and my shoulder are acting up again.  I took Tylenol earlier this evening and it hasn’t kicked in.  I better get the dishes done and go to sleep.  I have an exercise class to go to.

The Rain Came Later

Well I made it to class and did the best that I could.  It was SGT which means having partners,  I thought I was going to die but the most important thing to remember is to keep moving.  Luckily the weather held out for us to work out outside.  Everyone was saying it was going to start raining by 11. Meh.

Alex let me know that he would be leaving at 11:30 so we would not be having our session today. So the next session will be Tuesday.  I promised I would walk when I got home.  We had a discussion after I used the in-body and that was highly disappointing.  What did I expect?  I had too many wings, I still swig the creamer and probably put too much in my coffee.   Not getting enough exercise.  My plan to go to the gym every day has been less than stellar.   So when I got home got some more water and went to the bathroom and took off for a walk.

The walk was about an hour.  I ran into a classmate of mine so we chatted for a short time.  After a while I went on ahead and the called DO because I thought it was funny we were remembering him from school.  So For the next hour I talked with Dave.   At one point this woman who was walking her kid and pit bull started walking by me and the dog was walking towards me and I asked her to pull it back.  She got snotty and I told her I asked her nicely and she got snotty again and I said F*ck you.  Of course there was a family behind me and I apologized.  There was a minor present.  I don’t know why I reacted towards the Pitbull because as DO reminded me I like dogs.

It started to rain on my way home from my walk but it didn’t last long.  The sun came back out for a while and didn’t do anything for several hours until about 4.  It came down hard twice and the sun came out both times.  I have a feeling it will do this for the rest of the night.

I signed up for Paige’s early morning class for 8 but I cancelled it because I just don’t want to get there that early.  I am on a waiting list for Dan’s class.  If I can’t get into it I will just do an hour of cardio because Its supposed to rain again tomorrow.

  I love my niece most of the time and I am tolerant of my older siblings views on her and her tirades but this one time I wanted to bitch slap her.  She is going to tell people what she thinks of them not wearing a mask.  Good idea. Let me know how the fuck that works for you.  Oh and let me know what hospital you will be in if they shoot, stab or beat the shit out of you.  She seems to think she is entitled to say whatever the fuck she wants.   If the link works you will see my reply to her.  I am sorely tempted to show her this.  I am pretty sure it will go over like the proverbial lead balloon.

I did post it to my FB time line and have had some responses.  I guess I did it because there had been a number of posts demanding people to wear masks and they seem to be strident and rude about.  Apparently there was an issue at Trader Joe’s in California that went Viral.  From what I gather the people on my time line think the woman was out of line.  I would say those who were harassing her were out of line.  I would file a complaint with the head of the company.

I had lunch around 12:30 from Bonfire Grill through Grub hub.  I decided to have a California Grilled Chicken it had tomatoes and avocado and cheese and lettuce.  I also ate the fries.  I left the bread off.  However I am not planning on having dinner.

I spent most of the afternoon surfing the net while the TV was on in the background, took a nap, and showered.  I took a nap and fed the cats. 

The kitties hung out today, between the back room, the cellar, and by any window or door they can look out to watch the door.  Of course they started their caterwauling around 3:30 to be fed.  They didn’t get fed until 5 after my shower.  Sky did sleep behind me and just got up to do something.

Well This old house is on and I haven’t seen in a while. 

 

 

I haven't gotten much sleep

The last few days I haven’t gotten much sleep.  I have been having a hard time with the breathing (as though someone is standing on my larynx or on the area below my neck.    If I exert myself it is hard to breath and every so often if I yawn, or burb it feels like my lower part of my lung flutters and it sends a pain up my chest.   Yesterday I looked up something that I found on the “after visit summary” when I saw the Pulmonary doctor on Monday.  I knew there has been an issue with the lung (after the biopsy I had a few years ago). It’s called The Interstitial lung disease and something about lung nodule.    Well I read the life expectancy and that really didn’t help my sleep at all last night.  I do admit I seem to be feeling a little better tonight.  Then I move or yawn or do something that makes it hurt.   I took my normal prednisone and the plaquenil that’s for the lupus and the low dose aspirin I have been moving slowly around the house and when I am out. 

I went for a walk yesterday but didn’t go as long as my other walks did.  I don’t think I went Monday.   I am supposed to have a breathing test in October so hopefully it will show up in the report.

So Wednesday was the last day of Stay at home order in the state.  While many things are beginning to open some activities are being cancelled like the annual Milford Memorial Day Parade.  The parade and subsequent Activities would have been held this Sunday.  It was announced yesterday that the Annual Oyster festival Held in August has also been cancelled. 

The city sent out a city wide alert to remind residents that  the beaches and shoreline parking are restricted to residents only and to follow the enhance safety measure and requirements special between blankets of 15 feet and that swimming is at the swimmer’s risk.

Even though I have had the breathing problems I participated in a birthday parade for Sis’s friend Andrea.  It wasn’t long but I was hoping the video would be posted by now.  It hasn’t been.

I told Nurse Nida about the breathing and the pain in the chest.  She wants me to call the doctor.  I will this afternoon.

It seems yahoo has changed again and I don’t have access to the mail from the computer but from the phone I do.  I was able to access my cell phone site and changed the email to where I can get the bills.  I am changing all the sites that used my yahoo email account.   Most of them seem okay to change and others are linked to fb. 

I did re list with Penpalsnow.com and already had two men ask to be pals.  After the first one contacted me I modified the ad to not include men or prisoners.

Good News the laptop battery has been shipped and is in transit.  It should be here by the weekend.  I had a feeling I wasn’t going to get it on Monday.

The kitties canned food should be coming again next week and more litter probably the weekend.  Somehow Sky got up in to the attic.  Silly kitty!

 

 

 

 

We finally have summer

Well we finally got a beautiful and seasonal weekend.  We did have some rain going into Saturday but the rest of the day was beautiful and allowed me to go on a nice long walk.  It remained in the 70’s until later on in the evening.  Today was much cooler then yesterday but still had sunshine and beautiful clouds that looked like cauliflower heads floating by.  This time I took a late morning walk that was just as long as yesterdays.  My hope is to go again tomorrow before my afternoon gets crazy.

I checked in with the immediate family on Saturday and then had a nice two hour conversation with Dave.  We touched on work, classmates, our family and the pending state opening in three days.  Neither of us is in a big rush to run out to the restaurants right now.  Believe me I haven’t been ignoring them.  I have had my share of take-out and delivery during this quarantine.  I don’t do that much shopping anyway.

I had a huge heart attack moment yesterday when my RWA bill alert came in to my email box on Saturday.  It was $900 and I realized it was because it’s (the toilet) been running since I think since mid-march.    I have already contacted the company and I tried to get online but somehow I got blocked because I put the wrong password in (those damn passwords-again).  I haven’t reset it but neither am I in a rush to pay it.  So I did my normal freak out and then realized it doesn’t have to be paid until mid-June but I will be calling plumbers tomorrow.  I may just have to reset the password.  I found a few names on the Nextdoor website (the one best thing about the site).

The rest of Saturday I watched TV until about 8 when most of the channels carried the HS graduation Ceremony.  I heard about it and wasn’t interested in watching and I was flabbergasted that it was on many channels. 

Before going to bed I noticed the mallard ducks that made several visits to the neighborhood decided to spend time with the Neighbor Kim and her family.  They plucked themselves close to the bird feeder in the yard.  I am not sure how long they stayed because they were gone by the morning.

I did watch a few of my normal marathons and a few movies but then spent time on the computer reading, doing a few crossword puzzles, and now waiting for the Echoes Radio program to start.

There was a sad moment last night.  There was a fatal accident about half mile from my house it was a motorcyclist and a few people were talking about it on Nextdoor with the usual nastiness that goes with it.  One of the reasons I try and stay away from it.  There was an article in Patch today.  He was critically injured.

The cats have had their moments of craziness, and cuteness (like sleeping at the foot of my bed now) this weekend.  I am not sure what the craziness was but I managed to feed them shortly before 5.  My hope is to eventually get them back to 5 pm for dinner/feeding time.  My point is they are quiet for now.

I don’t have that many things scheduled for this week.  I have a Pulmonary Appointment tomorrow night in New Haven.  It will be my first time in New Haven since the shutdown.  I am guessing the reason it isn’t on telehealth is I need to do the breathing test.  I had a video session with Debra on Friday but no other health related appointments.

I am supposed to do some training but I am not sure I can do it from home or on this computer. The HiPAA refresher and who knows what else.    My team that I know of has not received info about the start date which others have said July 1.  Every time I think about it the more annoyed I get.  There is supposed to be a committee meeting on Tuesday.  I still have not conducted the survey lately.

I have the weekly Coffee Talk virtual meetup on Wednesday and I am looking forward to it.  I am really looking forward to Gillion’s adventure at the Birthday Parade on Saturday for a 96 year old vet.  I had seen some of the jeeps that participated including Neighbor Kim and Shannon.

Well the cats left for downstairs.  Sky had followed me when I went to get my Xaralto.  I keep forgetting I have to take that at 6.  Then a few minutes ago Tiger took off.  Now Sky is back.

It’s much colder downstairs then up here.  I am glad I still have lots of blankets.  There are some nights during the summer it can be cold.

Well I am going to bury under the blankets and do some crossword puzzles before the Sleepy time tea kicks in...

 

Good night!

 

My hope was to open the windows today

The sun is shining and even though the temperatures are in the mid-40s.  I would like to open the windows again and not have to turn on the heat.  I turned it off for now.  I turned the heat down to 50 and the thermostat says 65.  I can feel the cold a little but its freaking May.

I did read this entry extoling the prospect of no more 30 degree weather where this guy lives.  I swear every time I read other people’s blogs about their weather it seems that we experience the same weather pattern at the same time.

I will be taking a walk sometime soon and I am hoping maybe to do it before I head out to run some errands.  Not sure what direction I want to go in this time.  But I would like to get it further than I did yesterday and Sunday.

We managed to do our regular routine today.  I have been spending time watching a few programs and I am sure I will later too.   Tiger and I cuddled literally on the couch again. She had been in the guest bed room and came down and ambled around and then sat with me.  At one point Sky was on the bed sleeping but has since moved off and is probably sitting out back in the sun room by the door.

Well I was just checking my amazon deliveries again.  It says the Alcohol wipes should be coming to me between tomorrow and the end of the month.  I also revisited my mask order and I was incorrect saying it was from Sufancy (another seller) this was from Binlides.  It would seem that this provider has several complaints as recent as a few days ago.  It also looks like it’s from India (that would explain the Chinese writing on it). 

While I was out today it seems there were some traffic lights not working.  They have stop signs at the 5 corner intersection and something going on by the mall.  I am glad the stop signs were eventually put out but I hate going to intersections and the lights not working or blinking.  It’s like taking your life into your own hands.  When I got home I posted a traffic alert.

I did open the windows for an hour or so and HUGE mistake.  IT was so cold I decided to close them and turn the heat back on.  I guess I will need to wait a little longer.

I was going to do some cooking but haven’t moved on that project.  I did put the steaks in the freezer and tomorrow will do the rest but I am just not in the mood to cook right now.  I did fall asleep for a short time and probably will again soon.  The headache that I was starting to have was gone by dinner time.

I never did go on that walk and I will be sorry for that as my steps today were not great.  I had 2 packages of the granola bars, 1 yogurt, and the pork and for dinner I had one of the steaks not quite frozen and corn. 

Tonight is a repeat of NCIS and after that I will go to bed….

Slightly Disappointed

As you know I was expecting one of my amazon deliveries yesterday.  I thought and hoped it was going to be the gloves.  It wasn’t.  It was the masks.  They arrived in a small pouch and wrapped in plastic with Chinese writing on it.  First of all I was expecting a box.  I was expecting more than twenty masks. The return address was from a woman in Alabama.  I will send her a thank you note later.  I am not sure what to expect when the other things arrive or when.  I guess it’s you get what you pay for.

So I had a chat with Trainer yesterday.  We talked about what I should do better.   I didn’t tell him all that was eating but that I had some tough days.  We talked about the steps…they sucked yesterday but most have been in the 1000 to 2000.  So I promised to do better (and not use rainy weather as an excuse.).  I ended up throwing out the remaining Oreo cookies. 

I had a late dinner of the stew last night I still have some left.  I won’t be eating it tonight because I had a late lunch of burger w/cheese.  I had some bloomin onion sprigs, and I did eat the small loaf of pumpernickel. 

I had my video session with Debra.  It went really well.  We talked about the week’s events.  I also told her about the conversation I had with Trainer “A” .  She pointed out the weather has not been great and she made several points that’s it been hard with the quarantine/pandemic.  She did get to see the titans as they ran upstairs.  We will do this again next week.

I also spent some time on the phone with Mama and we talked about things going in Las Vegas and that she spoke with  Dr.T , and told us about the plans for Miriam and Brett.  They are doing well.

As Friday night drew to a close I continued to watch TV and then cleaned up the kitchen a little and then went to bed.  Eventually the kitties followed and I think I fell asleep for al little while and then woke up again.  Next thing I knew it was 6 this morning.

I had and early morning chat with David and it lasted a good two hours.  Most of the conversations were not bad but he did annoy me when he rattle off a bunch of questions and not give me a chance to answer.  When we discussed diets he would suggest I make chicken and put on salads.  I had just reminded him a few minutes earlier I couldn’t have salads right now.  I did apologize for reacting that way to him.

I also did some channel surfing and decided to get away from the TV for a while. 

I got ready to go out to the Shop rite Pharmacy.  The parking lot was very full and so my plans to go grocery shopping changed quickly.  I went in picked up my prescriptions and walked out stopping to talk to the woman who was counting customers.   She was witness to the incident a week ago.  I don’t know why I needed confirmation but she did say the girl had been rude.  I know that I should not be needing confirmation or reaffirmation about any situation and that it could leave me open for ridicule or criticism.

Anyway, I will go grocery shopping probably Monday or Tuesday like I originally planned.  Since I have to get my INR level checked on Monday that’s when I will do it.

After my lunch I decided to go on a walk.  I went as far as the Baybrook shopping center and turned headed toward the park with in the borough.  I had a chat with the postman delivering mail to the area and then continued on my way home as it the wind continued to pick up a little more.   Apparently shortly after I got home there was a snow squall in other parts Milford.  My neighbors and I did not get it.

Now that I have watched my Regular PBS shows, and I have gotten my aunt’s updated address.  I think I will go to sleep.  I am a little sleepy. 

 

 

Super Moon

Well Good morning did everyone catch the last super moon of 2020 last night?  I was able to and it was beautiful.  I took this right around 9:30 or so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I just read the next one is supposed to be in 2034.   I will be 72 at the time.  I don’t want to be maudlin but who knows if I will even be around especially with my health.  I also believe that the way this universe has been changing we will see it again.  AT least I would like to think so. 

So it would seem I am not the only one with random friendship requests on Social media.    Several of my friends and associates have had it happen over recent days.  I don’t mean the ones that FB suggests but the ones that out and out seek you out on their own.  I am not sure if I should feel relieved or angry that I am not the only one this happening to.

I was telling next door how I have enjoyed watching the mallards visit their yard every day and he tells me they won’t be coming back for a while.  He took the bird feeder down for the season.   The birds and fowl can find their own food for the season.  I wonder how many people would agree with that.  I decided to see what the net would say and I found this helpful article from the Humane Society.  I remember many years ago Mom and I had a bird feeder in the back yard and during a particularly rainy spring and summer the ducks started flying in and feeding as well and of course leaving droppings all over that part of the yard (that we also had our clothes line near) so she complained and decided to take the bird feeder down.

The trivia game was lots of fun last night Cyn was the emcee this time and we had 20 questions on cats.  The five bonus questions had to be between Trish and GC.  GC had Lucy her baby sphynx with her for a while.  Cyn brought her boy cat with her.  Where were mine?  They were in the kitchen and back hall.  Not once did they pop in like they have in the past.  Little shits.

Well the clouds have rolled in and according to the weather report its 51 degrees out.   It is supposed to start raining later on this afternoon.  It will be a good day to sleep I think.   It took me a while to get to sleep last night and I really didn’t want to get up this morning but Sky insisted. 

We did our normal routine and checked in with everyone.  I shared the above picture with various platforms and people.  I think I may have fallen back to sleep on the couch for a bit before I turned the TV on.  I don’t really want to sit and watch TV all day either.

I will be picking up the prescriptions that the hematologist office and Rheumatology office ordered for me later this afternoon.  I called them this morning and the Vitamin D is ready but they are waiting on the Lovenox.    That’s probably the only time I am going out today.

It looks like one of my Amazon orders should be arriving sometime today.  I believe it should be the gloves.  I won’t be using them for home as much.  Maybe I will use them at work more whenever we return but I don’t see the need to use them here.  Quite frankly I think I may have wasted money on that.  The other orders are either in the process of being shipped or not being sent until later in the month.

I need to re-order some canister vacuum bags for the vacuum cleaner downstairs.   I have one left.  Livia changed it last time she was here and of course I don’t vacuum much during the week she isn’t here except for the litter when the titans kick it out of the box.  I may have to use it when someone also sits on the kibble bins.  I use the old litter canisters (they are plastic) to store the kibble in.  I usually stack them on each other and it’s like 2 feet tall and sky has sat on them and knocked them over a couple of times this week.  I need to shut them tighter.

I have a video chat with Debra this afternoon.  It will be our first once since the quarantine started.  I am really looking forward to this.  She will send me the zoom link later today.  

All in all a fairly quiet day…How about you?c