KateP's musings

  I must begin this entry with an apology for the symphony of chirping crickets lately.   I have been going through some challenging times since Tropical storm Isaias.   The day after it hit I noticed the gutter needed repair and so I called my lawyer/Trustee (if you have been following me for while it was set up long before Mom died) to let him know it needed to be fixed.   He didn’t see it but came and surveyed the property and started a bullying campaign to reissue the whole “we need to put the house on the market” .   We argued and by the end of the conversation he hung up on me.   He sent me a very insulting voice mail by the end of that same week after my brother spoke to him.     My family and I met at the beginning of the week with my therapist to discuss what could be done but came to the conclusion that it isn’t worth fighting him.   We are not giving in but I cannot afford to manage this big house. My brother spoke to him and got...

I woke up around 4 this morning and I finished writing out this week’s ThankfulThursday post.     Then I had an idea to work on the budget.   As I tried to reclaim my information for Mint.com I had to recreate a new password.   I had forgotten what I used for the Turbo tax.   I thought I had an understanding but I will try again later.   I got up and checked on sky and he was just sitting in the closet.   He came running out and let me pick him up and hold him.   Then we went back to my room and he stayed with me for a while.   He curled up a few times then he sat down and watched me get on the computer.   Then he ran off and then came back.   I got up at 5:30 and we did our routine.   I managed to fall back to sleep on the couch even with coffee.   The kitties were attentive and that fills my heart.   For as long as I have been their mama there are days I feel I am not always a good mama.   When they s...

I decided to get two extra-large coffees from DD so that I can stay up as long as I can to accomplish something other than putting food in my gut. As soon as NCIS is over I have some letters to attend to.   I hope to work on it as long as possible.   As it is I had to block a guy who contacted me at least three times today. I decided to call Sis late this afternoon since I hadn’t heard from her all day not even by text. I had a feeling she was pissed at me for something.   However that wasn’t the case.   She had been working on her insurance project today and yesterday.   She was also getting ready for an online meeting. I was very unsuccessful at getting a hold of the Infusion center for the Corvid19 prescreening questions they are supposed to ask before my arrival.   Well I guess they will have to ask them at the door. My infusion is from 8 to 10.   I am debating whether or not to take my laptop to work on the letters and to do the crossword puzz...

I found the transfer station with little to no problem except the GPS or phone went away from the map but still gave me instructions and I had to stop and reset it to the map.   I got to see some part of the town I haven’t seen in a while and it’s pretty for an industrial/rural area.   It didn’t take long and but I learned where things go.   On the way home I called Dave.   He kept me company until I got to the dry cleaners.   He questioned why I was coming from the transfer station especially if I could have the Veteran’s Organization come by.   Why couldn’t I have waited until the bulk pickup in two weeks?   I told him I needed to do it.   He told me on his way to with JimK he was caught up in the traffic block on the highway yesterday.   He hadn’t heard it was going to happen.   I knew it happened.   I think it was on Facebook or heard about it this morning on the news.   Neither of us really called it what was but it wa...

Today was such a long day.   I left the house around 7; 15 and got gas.   At First the pump didn’t work and when it finally did the receipt printer didn’t work.   I had to go in to get it.   I was strongly objecting and he explained it would be $10,000 to replace maybe you want to pay for it?   Ah that’s one of the responsibilities of having a fucking gas station you moron.   His snarky remark to me made me feel like I won’t be going to him again anytime seen. I got to work just around 10 of the hour and realized I didn’t do the WC mail.   DG and I strategized and discussed that and got right into giving her the stuff I worked on it.   I actually worked on the one box of heal logic until early afternoon.   WE switched and I worked on readdress mail that seemed to be growing in volume.   The US mail came again and worked on that.   When that was finished I went back to the readdress mail.   I had no choice the scanning pr...

I heard this phrase on the news bright and early this morning on the news.   It’s a cloudy and 41 out and expecting some rain later this afternoon.   I hope it will not amount to much as I have a couple of things to do today. I am trying to catch up on writing the blog entries I haven’t written since Christmas Day.   I haven’t done that much but I find myself noticing that all that the plans and activities   that I had planned for this week are not getting done or not enough time. Yesterday I went to the gym a couple of times.   I had my session with Alex and told him my less than stellar accomplishments on the diet.   We realize it’s the holiday and it was hard for me.   However, in the back of my head the “it’s a lifestyle change”.    Then I went to a Strength class at night.   The room it’s usually held in had some issues.   Someone took the batteries out of the thermostat and now it doesn’t sinc with the overall heati...

WTF? Two more “mass shootings”.  One in El Paso and one in Dayton OH.  I had heard about the El Paso shooting on the way to Guilford yesterday but put it out of my mind.  This morning I heard/Read about OH.  I am just reading/listening to the Ohio details. Saturday in El Paso the shooter is being called a Terrorist and racist (no fucking kidding).  Twenty people were killed there at a WalMart.  The suspect was 21 years old, and used an assault weapon and lived 650 miles away from crime scene.  The investigation is ongoing. Early this morning in Dayton a gunman/terrorist went to club and killed 9 people and injured 26 people. The gunman was killed immediately after by police.  Yet again assault weapon was used.  Need I repeat what I said earlier this week?  WTF are assault weapons being bought, sold (and yes probably stolen) to civilians?   I have read that the 45th’s latest tweets are what sparked the latest killings....

I got up shortly after 6 today and it was weird to not have Sky or Tiger waking me up!  What am I saying it was great. It was very cool to hear the planes flying over head. Roberta and I did take our walk last night and it is on FB.  It helped with my steps but I didn’t quite make it to the 12000 steps I promised A.  I Did take the same routes today (it's a development) this morning and it is 1.09 miles.  My steps already were well into 3k by 8 in the morning. The day started out in the 60’s overcast and would stay that way I got news from back home.  The kitties are fine. Unfortunately there was a very big Fire at Silver Sands state park.   There is an investigation going on now.  Thankfully no one got hurt. I don’t know if these were recently added as the park was going through major renovations.  I had seen an alert on FB about it but didn’t think about it. I also found out I forgot to cancel my dermatology appointment for the 26t...

sad new s over night as an Iconic regional theater burns to the ground.  It was a theater that had produced featured Shakespearian productions and in later years could be used for other things until it closed in the early 80s.   I am sure i went there but no memory of it.  I just also knew about it because people talked about it.  I let Jim know about it and when I write Telka I will tell her about it. So how did the walk go this morning?  Joan had to work and Alice couldn’t make it and only one other person let us know they were not able to come.  So i pretty much walked the same route as last time but not as long.    I was finished by quarter of ten.  I was home 15 minutes later.  No mud bath or injuries. The funny thing is if I continued down on Rivercliff I would have been on a street that the Post Office frequently confused our mail with.  Quite often we would get the mail  for Grove Circle delivered to us...

I knew that when I took the notes that AC gave me for the temporary scanning procedure I would miss something.  I followed the instructions and it didn’t work.  So I sent her a text to come see me when she get got in but she called me and said that I don't’ have to do the first step unless i had to turn off the computer.  So in actuality I did nothing wrong.  So I spent most of the day scanning well up until i left at 4:30.  The mail volume was light so I got that done relatively early.  I was able to pick up the mail at all the areas and bring it in.  I hope Nancy from YPPP will take care of getting those trays to the office by Monday.   I will be looking forward to DG’s return next week as I want to catch up on the scanning.  AC reminded me (while she is away) to make sure the boxes and the daily batches are neat since its right outside EileeP’s office.  I agreed. Yesterday two buildings in the city had white powder substance...

So many things going on this week.   Nationally, Regionally, Locally, Politically, Globally, and personally. Yesterday was national walkout day.   Students from across the country all walked out of their classrooms to make the world know that they want those in charge to find ways to make them safe and better gun control etc.   In many places both in cyber and real world people criticized the students for doing this and others punished them for doing it.   IF they don’t do it who will? The Toys R Us Company announced they will be closing all of their stores.   That includes Babies R us as well.   I have been to both stores over the years.   I won’t say frequently but enough not just as customer but when our club was doing the baby contest there.   They are about 2 miles from me. A week ago Tonight State Senator Gayle Slossberg announced she would not be seeking another term representing Milford, Orange, and part of West Haven.   ...

My goal to get to work by 7 did not come to fruition.   Its okay because I got here by quarter of despite the rain and the darkness.   When i got here said my hello’s and got right to scanning.   I was pleased that I got a lot done with no problems.   I joked with AC when she came in that I hadn’t had any problems.   Of course we acknowledged the fact that the minute I said it we would have them.   Knock on wood it didn’t.   The regular US mail was light and the other was a regular big box and I wasn’t able to finish it but will in the morning.   I suspect i will be spending the morning working on the mail until my infusion.   STill have refund letters to do so I am hoping i can do it tomorrow.   I probably won’t be able to.   There is a collection going around for LT who had surgery last week.   SHe will be out for a while.   The deadline is until the end of the month.   I have known LT my entire 26 y...