KateP's musings

Dear Mom, It is early Sunday morning.  The laptop is giving me agita again.  Liz changed the name on it to read my name but couldn’t change the password.  For some reason it isn’t connected and I have no idea why.  Well I do now.  Just had to click on the router.  I can be useless with these things sometimes.  Your computer is working (after I finally had to call MB to get the password). Your computer had some updates and went to the “windows sign in and for the life of me I couldn’t think of the password.  Liz and I went looking for it.  Now we have it taped to the desk here.  I called MB.  He was in CA working. Yesterday went pretty good.  The Sing-along went very well and although we didn’t get a lot of your clothes into bags we got rid of some old papers and saved some stuff.  WE also started the process of removing your name from the AM/Costco card account and making me the sole account holder.  Its a t...

August 10, 2013 Dear Friends: Good Saturday Morning to you.  I Hope you are enjoying what seems to be a lovely day.  It is just after 7 in the morning and it already is 78 degrees outside.  I was feeling warm and I just might put on the fan for a little while before I start my morning chores. Today is a rather bittersweet day.  One year ago today we said goodbye to my brother Bob who had died of a a massive heart attack after moving some light furniture.  He was 63 years old and married to my SIL Ethel and have three  grown wonderful children.  Diane has been posting pictures of her Dad on Facebook  yesterday and  is still performing at the Sacramento Theater in the round The King and I .  You can see her as Timka singing “Lord and Master”.  Ethel is on her way to see Diane while we have a mass said for Bob and then have a gathering this afternoon. Before we do that though I am going to meet up with my friend Dave and have coffee an...

I got an email from Jim tonight replying to an earlier email I sent last month.   He says he was helping JamesR with Popcorn fundraiser.    Apparently they got more sales than SIL.   He is enjoying that victory.   Anyway he is going to try to come up in a couple of weeks for a visit.   Our Cousin Phil M’s memorial service is on Friday Nov 2.   He wants to go and Mom is planning on it as well.   I was hoping to go but I don’t think I can.   It is the same day as my dental implant.   I would love to see him.   I just hope I am in good form when he comes. I just remembered I need to call Liz and ask her if she would be able to take me to the Oral Surgeon that day.   I don’t think I will be able to drive myself afterwards.   As it is they have a prescription for me to take a day before the procedure.   The whole entire thing is supposed to be thirty minutes long but I don’t think I could or should go back to work...

Dear Debra: It is 9 at night and my long day has come to an end. The rest of the work day went pretty well. The sun came out and I got most if not all of the daily stuff done. I do have to do the postage tallies and the readdress mail (always have to do that actually) but I can do that when I first get there until the lockbox comes to me. The sun stayed out for the entire ride to the doctor’s office. I had a moment of shear panic when I couldn’t find the street for the doctor’s office. It is on this street but the sign at the beginning of the street that you see from Cherry Street was gone. I went by it twice and had to circle around and try again. I thought for sure I was hallucinating it all. I eventually got there and safely. I had to wait to sign in and then I was able to get the blood test (the results were good) it means I don’t have to go for another two weeks to check it but keep at the same dosage as this past week. I was on my way home by 5. I came home freshened...

Dear Debra: Friday was just not the best day for me. I over slept that morning; left my ID holder with my license, and work ID and a CC at home. I spilled not only my breakfast but my lunch on my shirt. I was a walking mess. I was exhausted by the time I left the office. I was spoiling for a fight with a driver in front of me. He just cut me off at the Union Avenue and Church Street South intersection. When I caught up with him at the bottom of Church Street South and Sargent Drive I took more pictures and he came to my car demanding to know what I was doing. I didn’t open the window I just looked at him and said having you arrested. What he did was reckless especially in the rain. I had no idea he was going to do that. He didn’t pursue it but I wasn’t going to back down. Despite my late start of the day (I did manage to get to work on time. I drove in to work and nearly clipped a co-workers car when she performed “right turn on red” with me nearly on top of her. I can onl...

I got to work and had an unpleasant incident with three co-workers on the elevator. They all moved to the opposite side of the elevator saying “don’t get close to me I don’t want what you have”. I looked at them and said it was fucking rude. Before anyone says it wasn’t to me it was embarrassing and rude. I reiterated what would be the beginning of several “I am fine”. Yet these idiotic morons continue to blame me for two others getting the stomach flu that has already been going around anyway. There are many who do not think I caused them to get sick. As I said in yesterday’s entry I was feeling better by 1 am yesterday morning. The Doctor cleared me when I saw him yesterday afternoon. To the added stress SR came to me and told me that if I get behind that I need to ask for help. That people are expecting things and need to have it. I looked at her and said first the volume for lockbox on Tuesday was above and beyond what I would normally get and I went home sick. Apparently that...

The Memorial Service for Aunt Rita is this afternoon at St Mary’s Church. I know those of the cousins who still live in Connecticut will attend. If I am right it will basically just be a regular mass and during the service it will be mentioned that this Mass will be said for Rita N. This Morning I need to do Bingo, see Mom and then probably do some work around here. The mound of laundry is staring at me from the middle of my bedroom. I haven’t vacuumed since Wednesday and even that was cursory. The weather is sunny w/some clouds. Its about 83 right now. Hopefully it won’t get any higher (I can’t believe is already 83!) today. Hmmm it says we may get some T-storms. That would be nice. If only it won’t make it more humid. I guess we will just have to see. I am going to get dressed. I want to get there fairly early. I don’t know if I should call Mom now and tell her I am on my way or not. I don’t want to wake her and I don’t want her to feel I am ignoring her right now. I am ...