The afternoon got quiet

I can’t believe it is after 3:30 in the afternoon.  The morning went by very quickly.  I got to Nancy and Patrick’s house just before 9:30.  I spent nearly an hour and half there.  Preston reacted the way he usually does when he first sees me.  A topic that we discussed at great lengths.  As Olivia the daughter says its protective aggressive behavior.  At one point Patrick had me treat Preston with bits of bagels.  He happily accepted but other than that this is going to be the way it happens.   

It was nearly 11 when I left and I was heading towards the center of town.  I pulled over to the Presbyterian Church parking lot and made some calls.  Some were successful some not so much.  The successful one was to Liz.  We chatted and then made arrangements to get together for coffee and..

When I arrived she was still sitting in her car but Nelson was out doing his KOFC activities.  WE spent about an hour together talking about memories, computer problems she was having, and various other things.  We said our goodbyes and promised to see each other tomorrow at the 7am mass for coffee. 

From there I headed back to Walgreen’s to pick up the prescriptions and made lunch order to Pop’s Diner.  When I got home the kitties were relaxing. 

Since I have been home I did some laundry and hung some clothes while the kittens went back to sleep.  Tiger just came out from her recliner spot.  Sky is on the swivel chair in the office.  I made an effort to clean off the tea table of all the old papers and magazines.  Some of the magazines I kept…I should call them catalogs.

I was thinking of going to get more kitty litter and go grocery shopping but now I am tired and don’t want to go anywhere.  I am telling myself it’s to get ready for the long day I am going to be having tomorrow.

I have already mentioned the social hours after all the masses well I have to be there to sell the tickets after all the masses from 7 am to 12.  I don’t think I can attend the mass prior but I could always ask.   Then I have the Veteran’s day services at the nursing home in Ansonia/Derby. That will take about an hour and should be very nice.

I talked with Dr. T while I was at Liz’s house.  I was trying to contact her to see if she was able to open the doc up that I sent her and she wasn’t.  She asked for a quick summary and if I could bring it with me for the meeting and I agreed.  So I have that ready for tomorrow.

I have the suit all picked out I will have to iron it later.  I have a blouse picked out that has gold design on it but I am not sure it will go well with it.

Well the battery is running low so I am going to shut down for a while and maybe take a nap and finish watching the NCIS marathon and tackle some letters I have been needing to get too.

I did it!

I decided to make the 4th of July a longggg weekend by taking that thursday and that Monday off.  I haven’t done that in so long.  I am a little nervous and excited about it.  I haven’t made any real substantial plans for that weekend.  The University has that Friday off so I figured it would be fun.

I met with Courtney the health consult today but we didn’t get a lot accomplished at least in my mind.  We will meet in two weeks again and look over a food log that i have to have done.  I did get to see part of the city I don’t usually and it felt different.

The Creative Writing Contest Reception was very good.  We honored the teachers and of course the girls who are graduating (Jacqueline, and Amber) and they gave a farewell speech and urged the audience to join the clubs.  I had to leave shortly after 7 as i had to attend the Dinner.

THe dinner was great I sat with Mimi F (she was a bit bossy  on a few things) and a few other people I knew.  SHe was very interested in knowing how I was doing in the house, whether or not I was socializing or hiding away.  As the awards were being presented Chairman Rich mentioned Mom.  THere was a nice little ad for Bridges and there was a lovely picture and quote from Mom.  I was there until about 9.  

I am exhausted so I need to get to bed.  THere is an EMployee Appreciation event across campus tomorrow and I plan on attending.  Its from 12 to 4 which sounds like fun.  There are several of us are going.  I don’t think we are staying there the entire time.

Tomorrow night I need to go kitty food shopping and then do laundry.   

Wednesday Mid Week Reflection

Still trying to deal with the family drama issue.  I haven’t written the email to big brother yet.  I was getting tired and didn’t want to deal with it.  Maybe tomorrow.   

I have doctor’s appointments and meetings for the rest of the week and a fun night Friday night.  so that should be an upbeat time.  

the other day I was listening to a round table discussion on books and got to thinking I really need to do more reading again.  Yet I have the attention span of a flea.  I could go to the library but what would I start with?  mystery? romance?

I have to admit today was not the most productive day for work.  I was out of the office for nearly three and half hours for my appointment with the Rheumatologist.  She apparently had to see most of her co-workers patients and it made it crazy for her.  ANyway, she was pleased with my progress but wants me to see my primary for Pulmonary recommendations and a sleep study test.  I will see Dr. Sonia again in July.

The woman’s club meeting went really well. We just approved our budget for the 2015-2016 year and it looks like we will try and do more fundraising now that we will not be able to apply for chamber of commerce grants (they stopped those this year-not sure why).  We did some brainstorming sessions with old Clubwoman magazines.  It was quite clever.  We all looked through them to get ideas for our club to do by what our fellow/sister clubs did with theirs.  Some ideas were reading to military personnel families, a number of fundraising ideas, and I suggested having speakers at meetings on health issues.  We have several things going on for June and August.  

The kitties are sleeping at the foot of the bed right now but they were pretty good tonight.  Sky sat with me in his favorite chair earlier tonight and was cuddly.  Tiger was her usual self.  They were both waiting for me on the stairs when I got home tonight.  I am seriously considering giving up the Blue Wilderness kibble after reading some serious  reports and complaints about the food (Blue Wilderness is from Blue Buffalo)

I have a small load of laundry going through right now and I am going to check on it to see if it needs to be moved to the dryer and then I am going to bed.  

Dear Mom

Dear Mom,

The weekend is  kind of busy for me.  I worked until 1:30  on Friday and then went to the ultrasound appointment.  It took longer than I had planned but it was worth it.  I am hoping to hear from them sometime today.  Afterwards I met up with Liz at the nail place and we got a pedicure.  I now have blue toes.  ITs very pretty.  After that we went back to her house and we had dinner.  It was 6:30 when I got home.

Saturday  I got up around 6:30 put a load of laundry in and then relaxed until I decided it was time to throw out the plants that I have been neglecting.  It took me a while because I was debating if f I should throw away the beautiful glass dish that one of the plants was in (in the end I got it washed to give to Liz).  I wasn’t sure I can use it for food but when I asked Liz later she said yes.

I started more of the thank you notes (not a lot but its more than it was).  I didn’t do anymore after liz left though my shoulder has been bothering me and I was tired.

Liz found the the buttons for JIm and we looked for the second key to the safe deposit box-we didn’t find that.  We also put some of your clothes in a bag or two and got rid of some papers.  There is a lot more to go but it is a start.

Liz left around 4 and I had ordered dinner from Pops.   A cheeseburger Texas style.  I wasn’t able to finish it but I will probably tonight.  

The rest of the night I watched TV and then slept.  I was starting to get tired.

Today is bingo and the pie in the sky project.  Its usually pretty fun.  An Assembly line of ingredients, preparing, cutting, baking, and of course putting the boxes together.  

ACtually I need to get going it's getting late.

The Weekend is going by fast

I can’t believe it is Saturday night.  Today went by awfully quick.  It all started around 6 when I got out of bed and did some surfing on the net.  I spent the morning doing laundry and then around noon time I got ready for the fashion show.

We met a little after 1 at Carriage Green Assisted Living complex.  Dr. T was already in her first costume and she looked great.  Eventually the rest of the girls arrived and we set up.  The administrator helped set up the chairs while we got instructions and made some changes to the script.  My sole job was to make sure the girls were ready and to cue the MC.  We started at 2 pm and we were finished by 2:30.  Afterwards we had refreshments including ice cream...woohoo.  Overall we had a huge success and we probably will be doing more things for this place.  This might mean we will no longer be doing activities for WRHH.  

Sadly some of the girls chose not to participate because they were not prepared and had backed out because of sports activities that suddenly popped up.   WHen it was discovered said sports activity was cancelled the girls never came back and said oh we are going to do it.  They chose not to help out and quite frankly I have lost a little respect for them.  This isn’t the first time the girls have shirked their responsibilities.  I realize they have an active teenage life but they made commitments to the club and they need to honor it.  It is one of my pet peeves.

The weather was meh.  It was not a very sunny day and even though the temperatures were in the 70’s at one point it got really chilly.  I couldn’t get warm for most of the afternoon after the fashion show.  There is a possibility of some rain overnight  Tomorrow is supposed to be a rainy afternoon.

Connecticut made national news again.  This time there was a train crash in Bridgeport CT.  Six People were taken to the surround hospitals.  It happened Last night around 10.  Prayers go out to injured and to those first responders.  

Mom tells me Ethel stopped by and was trying to get to NY.  Unfortunately becuase of the train crash investigation she couldn’t go.  She was trying to get to Diane.  Apparently Diane sprained her ankle in the last day or two and was at the hospital.  Diane has had a couple of performances today and tomorrow and I don’t know if she will be able to attend.

Mom had a low key day.  She got sick very early in the morning and stayed in bed until 9 am.  She did go church and to the store but other than that nothing.  Tomorrow we are going to a poetry reading in Madison at the Mercy Center.  I haven’t been there in years.  It is quite lovely.

The work has begun

As promised the work on the phase 2 of the sewer project has begun.  Several trucks and men were outside at 7:30 this morning preparing to start working.  I saw huge pipes being offloaded from a dump truck where the pump station is being built.  I am not sure what else happened.  When I came home it was all cleaned up for the day.  I noticed a portable toilet outside (the spell check and grammar check isn’t cooperating) when I got home.

I had a great day at work.  I was busy from the time I got there until I left after 6 tonight.  I expect the same all week.  Actually I am expecting the volume to be a little heavier tomorrow than normal.   I hope to do OT for most of the week.  I won’t be able to Thursday or Friday.  I am hoping for the weekend though.  I have to check my weekend plans before I commit.  

I called the Dermatologist today and asked them to renew my metro gel prescription.  They took the information and said they would order it.  I was rather surprised that they didn’t ask me to come in for a visit but it wasn’t necessary.  I did get an email alert informing me that it wasn’t in stock but would be by tomorrow. 

I called Beth El shelter today to arrange the “after dinner activities”.  The woman I spoke to had to call me back later to get more info.  She did say that story time would be fine but not the Egg hunt and they recommended that we do it in the soup kitchen and announce it while they were eating.  I sent an email to the officers of the woman’s club to update them.  I just got off the phone w/Telka she is questioning why after all this time we can’t go in the back where the residents are and do the activities (such as story reading).  We have been doing it all the time before and had no problems.

Another issue we seem to be having is the girls in the club are not responding to requests to volunteer or sign up for activities.  Some say they are going to do something and either don’t show up or back out at the last minute.  I talked with Roberta about both situations and we seem to agree that this is the new procedure for the shelter and we have to honor it.  As for the girls signing up and not fulfilling their responsibilities they need to be spoken to about it.

I picked up the Xarelto this evening after work.  The pharmacy is still waiting to hear from Dr. Becker about the plaquenil and of course the metro gel will be ready tomorrow. 

Dinner was delicious leftovers from last night.  The roast beast was delicious. I had the creamed onions, peas (not part of last yesterday’s meal), mashed potatoes, the artichoke and spinach dish that mom had.  It was super.  No dessert for me tonight. 

The weather today got really cold and windy.  It apparently rained for awhile in New Haven and a little here in Milford.  It was in the high 50’s in both places.  It was a little too cold for me and it still is now.  It is supposed to get warmer by the end of the week.  Yay.

It is getting late and I want to get to work early tomorrow if I can.  Have a great night everyone…..

Another Day off Tomorrow

I just got word via email that we are being asked to stay home tomorrow.  I have mixed feelings about this.  A part of me is now officially over the storm and want to get back to routine.  I am expecting now what would be few days of mail  waiting for me come Wednesday.  It is a bit overwhelming.    The other part of me is saying “cool”.  However, I know Mom will not want me watching TV all day either.  So I expect to be working on taxes and bills.

Dr. T sent out emails regarding the club.  First she sent out the newsletter and then about the decision to cancel Wednesday’s meeting or not.  She also has tentative dates for the Creative Writing contest reception planed for late April and Late May.

Neighbor Don sent me an email regarding the Garbage Pick up schedule resuming.  It looks like ours will be on Saturday again for this week.  That’s good because it will take me that long just to get them out to the curb the night before.

I just remembered I have to send out an email to the 4th District reminding them about the meeting  on the 21st.  it’s a good thing I remembered.  That’s been done now.  Let’s see who responds to the emails.

The computer was acting a little “hinky” this afternoon.  It was slow and I was getting script messages.  I ended up turning off the computer at the tower.  Something I don’t like doing.

Mom was sleeping until about three and got up finally to do laundry and shower.  She probably will keep it low key for the rest of  the day.

Consideration

I got to ask.  Is it too much to ask for some consideration?  There were a couple of cases of this God Forsaken flu at the nursing home this week.  So far two have it.  Both are on the first floor.  One came in with it from the hospital and the other resident caught it or something..  Would it have been that hard to call during the week and say Hey Kate we have a couple of cases of the Flu.  No I get the sign at the front door saying if you are sick or have the flu don’t visit. 

Due to having Lupus my immune system is bad and has been for a while.  Case in point last year when the GI-bug was hot and heavy in the nursing home.  Who got it?  Me Who passed it on two a couple of my co-workers?  Me.   Do I want to pass anything on to Mom?  Not really.  I wanted to go see Liz today and thought better of it.  I have since found out she is making her first trip out of the house since she has been home.

Since there was a Flu watch going on the number of residents allowed to congregate were supposed to be ten to twelve it was its normal fourteen.  They wanted 2 people to a table.  As you can see it didn’t happen.  Happily we started on time and ended on time.  This allowed me to get to church on Time.

After church I came home.  Mom was in her office and I had lunch the left over Chinese dish I had last night.  Later this afternoon we are going to our Friends Mike and Tessa’s for dinner.  They are going to a concert first and I will meet them at their house.

I have been checking emails, writing this entry and watching TV.  I finally found some blogs that were from Kansas that I enjoyed reading.  They were from Kansas.  They really didn’t discuss “farming” even though they like those things but for some reason it clicked with me.


I have also been trying very hard not to think about work this week.  I still find myself thinking about the Mini-changes that are coming down the pike.  If you recall Judy wants me to record the time it takes me to do things like opening the mail, doing the re-address mail,  the postage tallies.  She wanted to add the times to the current tally daily tally sheets and I don’t think it will work that way.  I am hoping she will be receptive to having a different form with the times on it.

It looks like  the woman’s club will have a Board meeting the first weekend of February.  Time to be announced and all.  It will usually be about the activities that are being planned and what our plans will be for the spring and summer.  I suspect that officer elections will be coming up very soon.

For the last several days we have noticed an influx of crows in the neighborhood.  They have been gathering in the trees out back and flying around and making a great deal of noise.  Mom is wondering if they are ravens.  All I know is they look like they are on steroids.  When Neighbor Don and I were talking about it yesterday he showed me they are dropping mussels from the river to open and feed on them.

Well Mom left for the concert and she ahs asked me to pick up my room.  She needs to keep her mouth shut actually.  She also may want to check my birth certificate.

Another Successful weekend draws to a close

Another successful weekend draws to a close.  The sky is pink outside in the South Western sky.  It is partly cloudy and just 47 degrees.  It felt colder earlier but I am still not feeling my old self yet.

I left here around 9.  I went straight to the nursing home and chatted with my friends on the picket line who were trying to stay warm.  I went in and chatted with a few of the residents.    Gertrude B was being very uncooperative and swearing.   She continued to speak during the communion moment.  She came back much later.  We started bingo late but that’s okay.   Natalie and Angela came in to make soup for them and it smelled delightful.  I had an opportunity to speak with Natalie about her vacation and her family.  We didn’t have coin for the games so they had my “Undying love and gratitude”. 

After the games I headed directly to Telka’s house and we got started.  The girls were arriving as I was too.  I stayed with the section of the assembly line (Yay I remembered the name of it) that peeled and cored the apples.    Roberta got them from Bishops Orchard in Guilford.  They were huge.  They were called “seconds”.  Some of them I wasn’t that impressed with them.  Some had huge holes in the centers.  I think there were 160 lbs of apples so there may not have been a whole lot of bad apples.

We were done making the pies by 2.  There were a lot of apples left over that we made apple crisp for the shelters in town.  We did have refreshments as well.  We usually make two extra pies to try and they were good.   It was all cleaned by 3.  Some of the others finished the gift wrapping for the gifts for the nursing home. 

By the time it was all done I was tired and not really feeling well.  I suspect not eating all day and having the snacks only and having the penicillin on an empty stomach wasn’t helping.

When I got home Mom had just finished shopping.  I got the last of the groceries out of the car and went inside.  We both were having problems with our knees.  I took a nap and Mom got dinner ready. 

Just as we were sitting down to meatloaf and potatoes Jim called.  He says his doctor is concerned about his heart so he is sending him to a specialist.  Jim is a little worried.  As Heart problems are a HUGE issue in our family.  I think he sees the specialist this week before coming up for the holiday.

Speaking of the holidays I asked Mom about more of the menu and what the plans are.  There will be eight of us.  Jim and the kids will get here by 1 and dinner will start around 4 (we have always eaten then at holidays)  The menu will be Turkey, Roast Beef, creamed onions, string beans, broccoli, of course the dinner rolls, and pies for dinner.  I think that I will take the girls and James on a walk along the beach.  They usually like to do that and at some time we will see Liz and Nelson and perhaps Ethel.

For now I have some bills to pay so I am going to do that before I hit the sack for the night.  Have a great night!

Veteran's Day 2012

To all the service men who have served our country over the years and in the future thank you for keeping us safe.   The City of Milford had a parade on Sunday and I do believe they had wreath laying ceremonies in the center of town (where most of our statues are).   I am not sure when they stopped the parade. 

Sunday  MYWC Club and Girls Volunteer Club had a ceremony at the West River Nursing home honoring those who were in the Service We had a program for all the participants, and we had patriotic songs and a moment of silence.  We started around quarter of 2 and finished by 2:30.   We also visited the Veteran’s who chose not to come to the service. ( I guess they felt the Patriots game was alittle more important.

I managed to get to sleep around 1 am Sunday morning.  I woke up before 7 and spent time checking out the forums and emails that came in over night.   There was some really interesting stuff.  For example a blog that lists offers for Veteran at different restaurants.

It was nearly 3 when I got home from the day’s activities.  I was exhausted and my coughing fits were becoming more frequent and extremely annoying.  I think I am allergic to Robitussin’s.  It never seems to work for me.  Around 10 they subsided and I was able to sleep.   

Around 4:30 I managed to go see kitty as I didn’t in the morning.   Her Mom and Dad came home today some time.  I made one final visit this morning cleaned out poop box and fed her again and got the dishes out of the sink.  I spoke with Roberta late this afternoon.  Their flight was delayed and rerouted to New Jersey due to weather.  She was getting supplies for the PITS session at Hopkins tomorrow.

The M ail volume was light today as I expected and it will be tomorrow as well.  Once I was done with the daily stuff and managed to do some of the re-address mail I offered to do scanning.  I spent the last two hours scanning and doing a little web browsing.    I don’t think I will be able to do either of those things tomorrow.    We will see when I get to work.

I got my INR done and it went up instead of down.  I can’t believe it.  So the instructions are to take nothing until Saturday and at that its 12.5 and something else and go back on Wednesday (before Thanksgiving).

All my intentions of doing laundry hit the proverbial brick wall.  I was tired and we had dinner around 5:30.  I have had a few coughing fits but not as much as last night.  I am hoping they will eventually stop.

Two Months

Two months ago tonight we got that horrible phone call that said Bob wasn’t breathing. We rushed to the hospital and was there before any one else was. That night the doctor said nothing could have been done by anyone. Now there is emptiness in our families’ heart. We continue each day to work through the grief.




There are times when I get frustrated or angry with Mom or any situation and shout out (yes I talk to myself out loud) and think that Bob hears me and I have to apologize. Not only to him but my Father, aunts, uncles etc.



It rained this morning and continued to rain until maybe lunch time. The sun came out late in the day and had warmed up a little bit. I think we are supposed ot get more rain before the weekend starts but I can’t be sure.



Work was very busy. I arrived to the office late there had been a traffic delay and was backed up for about five exits (aka three miles). I didn’t see anything but it probably got cleared away by the time I went through.



I worked on the mail most of the day. There seemed ot be a lot but I was able to get it all done by three. I spent the last hour of the shift scanning and did an hour’s worth of OT. As I was leaving I ran into Sally T. I told her I was helping with Scanning and she thanked me. I am not sure I was supposed to tell her that but she knows what have been doing.



After work I went to the store to pick up the snack for the meeting tonight. I also got some Halloween cupcakes for me to have. I got home and got ready for the meeting. I called Roberta but she couldn’t make it. I did garner an invited to a fundraiser at her Synagogue tomorrow night.



The meeting went very well. When I arrived Telka was setting up various tables for everyone to do a little something. The meeting went over by half an hour because we were discussing the Educational Trips. Something tells me this is going to be tough. Some want to go to Italy. Some also want to delay it more so that more money can be raised for it. I wouldn’t mind going to any of them. It will be more for adults (and there are several parents who want to already go).



I am afraid we are going to have a few problems with some of the members. There was one new member who I worked with a thte Relay for life. Who didn’t nothing but talk with another woman during the meeting. I have also been told that someone else who joined has asked that they be informed when this chatty M has signed up for activities/events because they will not attend. Apparently she is rude and obnoxious and says inappropriate things in front of children. I had told T what I witnessed tonight. On top of that the three of them left during the meeting and they still had to be installed as members. I have a bad feeling about this.



Well I better go. I am tired and I have antoher long day again.

How can I be Tired

How can I be tired at 7 pm on a Saturday night? I slept until 8:30 this morning (even though I made bout three bathroom runs). I did a few odds and ends and did a couple of errands and went to church.




I did make some made some calls for the club today it was to our three new Woman’s club members. They probably had gotten the newsletter earlier but I still had to make them.



I finally picked up my dry cleaning from the late winter. The place is under new ownership and they still had my stuff. The nice lady that was there before still works for them. I was grateful and thankful they still had them (especially when they have a disclaimer of possible losing the clothes after 30 days). So this begs the question why would I change dry cleaners?



I did hear from TM (the T half of M&T) and it sounds like she is giving me her blessings to not worry about the canvassing tomorrow. She did say she would attend the wake for Dave. She will be attending the FAAN.org walk in Milford. We have friends whose son has food allergies. I did the walk about two years ago in Killingworth. Sadly I haven’t followed through with it since then. The Friend Genevieve invited me to participate in this last year (like in 2011) but didn’t.



We got some rain this afternoon. The rain clouds moved in quickly and it rained for about an hour and finished up by the time we got home from church. The sun came back out for a short period.



We had a visiting priest this week at St John Vianney Church. He was on vacation and I think he said he was from Nigeria. As in most cases any one with an accent is hard to understand but it was good just the same.



For dinner we stayed with the spiced pork sandwiches that we had for lunch (okay I had for lunch). It was delicious and took care of the hunger pains. I am drinking a lot of water.



The wrists are starting to hurt a little like they did last night. They haven’t done that in a long time I suspect it had to do with the salt intake. That reminds me I need to order the plaquenil. I haven’t had any in a while and the doctor says that helps in the roseacea.



I may turn in early.

Friday Flooding

Holy crap!  This rain is causing a lot of flooding along the shoreline including the Milford Mall.  River Street near City Hall has become part of the Wepawaug River that is behind the City hall down town Milford.  There is flooding on Collingsdale Avenue.  You can check the local TV Station.  I guess I won’t be getting home by 4:30.  I showed a number of people and spoke to a number of people about the flooding. 

I talked with Mom after I got back from Debra’s.  She asked me what the situation w/TM was about.  I told her it was nothing.  TM was in the middle of a conversation and I realized it and so came home.  She is just working on the agenda/schedule for the Meet and greet next month.  I can’t help but feel she is annoyed with me.  I felt it last night too.  She did snap at me when I was getting aggravated with her when she was asking me about the meeting.  But that was yesterday. 

I got a call from Natalie from the Nursing home.  They have quarantine in place for the Respiratory outbreak.   So that means no bingo for this weekend.  I had the opportunity to talk to Natalie about the Veteran’s Day event and she really can’t let us use the dining room.  There is new policy in place so I called Telka and left a message.

Good news the sun is starting to come out in milford.   The clouds are clearing in the distance.   Hopefully it won’t be as bad afterall.

Dear Debra

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 only chalk this up to the news I received Thursday. My family is hurting at the loss of Mike F. He was just turning 21 the day of the accident. His mother has not had it easy even before this. I know Renee the grandmother is heart broken and I am too.



I sent a message request to the lists I belong to and have been getting responses. It is comforting to get them even from strangers. The messages are Mostly from the journaling lists. They are always known to be supportive of their members.



Mom spent the day at her reunion. She got home shortly after I did. She was telling me they took a tour of the old school and what they did with it. It is now Senior Apartments. There was more of the tour but Mom was growing weary and came home. She isn’t going to have dinner but I am going to make something for myself.



Right now in between writing this letter and surfing the web I am also doing some work for the Woman’s club and making arrangements for Sunday. I had to call one of the girls but she can’t make it. I sent messages to Nicole (former Co President of the Girls Club) asking her if she or her sister Jacqueline could help me out. I haven’t heard from her yet. I had posted a message to the Club’s Facebook page (the link may not work) but haven’t heard from anyone.



My intention for tonight was to get laundry done before the night is out. That may not happen. I am so tired I just might get one load done. The rest will be done tomorrow.



Mom and I received a birthday party invitation from my Niece Cheryl for her son Bryan’s 19th Birthday. It is going to be on the 11th of August. Unfortunately I have a conflict for that. It is the same day we are hosting a Wedding for a club member. I am betting Mom will go ahead of me and I will go there later. I will think more about it when the date gets closer.



Everyone has been talking about the Colorado movie theater shooting. It was half hour away from my friend Miriam and her husband Ben. They live in Broomfield Colorado. I called her parents to see if they have heard from them but they were not home at that moment. It is awful and sad. This guy was supposedly “laid back and kept to himself”. Why did he do this? What kinds of signs could have been echoed? Was he getting help? My Thoughts and prayers go to the people of Aurora and the State of Colorado.



I am going to eat some dinner and then relax. Have a great night.



Me.

Unbelievable!

I wanted to see what the other major newspaper along the shoreline had to report on the impending strike at the nursing home and all they had was two lines reporting that Milford Mirror reported that the West River Nursing home will be going on strike. There were two comments on it. You can find it here. The Milford Mirror article is pretty much verbatim from CT-Post with a mention of the West River Nursing home lockout earlier this year.


I have had only one response to the email that I sent out and that was from MVB. He had read it in the newspaper. I explained we don’t get the CT-Post we only get the NHR. No one else has responded to it. I did call Dr T and Mama Roberta but neither of them is home.
Dr. T sent me an email that was sent to her from one of our friends BG. She was a charter member of our club and after several years she had to stop because of schedule. Anyway there are workshops this week Called POCD or something. They want to make changes or move certain things in town (the sports fields and move the library). I don’t totally understand it and I don’t know if I can make any of them.


The library would be a concern as Dr. T is a member of the library board. I forwarded the email to Chairmen Phil and Rich and most of the 4th District Alderman and P&Z board members for their input. I asked mom what she thought about but she didn’t know anything about it. I am hoping to hear from them soon. I probably won’t get anything now from Chairman Phil until tomorrow morning.

Mom and I had a nice dinner tonight. It was grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato and basil. It was delicious and hit the spot. Of course this isn’t good for us. For me it’s the salt content and how it affects the body. For Mom it’s the richness (and what ever that might entail).
After dinner I did some channel surfing and noticed several good movies on. “Happy Feet’, National Treasure among them most of the movies on during the day I have seen quite a lot. I just didn’t want to be in front of the TV all day today.

I have John Deleberto’s Echo’s program on. It’s been a staple of my Sunday night listening pleasure for a number of years. I probably will fall asleep to it tonight as I usually do.

The weather indeed is changing. I noticed the clouds were getting darker bout two hours ago. Sunset is in about three minutes. We are supposed to get rain later on this evening but I am betting it will be sooner. Mardi was telling us how bad it was on Friday. Trees were down every where-I don’t know if they lost power but if they did it wasn’t for long. I did ask how the clean up effort was going today and yesterday. I really didn’t see any news about it.

Well I am going clear out some emails and then hit the sack. I have another long day tomorrow especially it is the Return of Diva.

I have something to do every day this week

As I was getting ready for bed last night I took a few moments to look over my appointment book to prepare for the week and for the first time in what I think is months I have some thing to do every single day this week. Doctor appointments, meetings, parties, hair appointments, and follow up car appointment.







I sure will be looking forward to the weekend coming up that’s for sure. At least my work volume should be normal and I will be on top of it. It is a given that it is getting closer to FY end and that means more pressure and more stress for everyone. I have to remember that it isn’t personal if some one snaps. At least no one will say anything about the mail for the other floors. I have to remember there is mail on the side of the desk that I need to look at today.






So you want to see my schedule this week?






Monday is my session with Debra. We usually discuss the events of the past week and how I dealt with them and what challenges I have for this week. There are about three sessions left before she leaves for her month long vacation. We are planning on having at least two phone sessions. They usually last about 45 minutes and it would be like our regular sessions. We recently started doing this when I was home sick with the blood clot. My intention is to write her in between and send her these entries; she may not get to see them until she gets back in the office in August.






On Tuesday I see Dr. J Becker. She is my Lupus Doctor and has been three months since I last saw her. I have no idea if she even knows I had the incident with the blood clot or if she is aware of the upcoming tests. I know she has to send all lof her reports to my PCP but I don’t know if she even was informed. I am going to have to update those stupid forms about hospital stays and medicine and all that other stuff. I hate filling those out.






Wednesday I see Dr. Rosenblatt he will be discussing the Uterine Fibroid Embolization procedure and possible alternatives. I was trying to find out more information on him but found some tips like taking notes on the experience of the appointment both pro and con. Well I plan on doing that any way. I am not real happy about having to go to Fairfield during commuter time. The traffic going that direction really sucks.






In the afternoon I have to go to Dr. Spanolios office and get my INR testing done. I hope the levels remained the same. I will have to tell them I had to go off them for the oral surgery. The whole thing shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes. I will get the new dosage level and new check in time.






On Thursday we are having the 4th District meeting here. I have sent out the reminder last night. No one has replied or acknowledged whether or not they are coming yet. I know of one person that already read it. We are only going to get a few responses but several people will show up without responding either way. That is so frustrating because Mom does a lot to prepare and as I am sure you are aware you don’t know how much to make and what ever.






On Friday is the annual “End of year” Club picnic at Telka’s. it is starting at 2 pm but I won’t be there until 5 pm. I am bringing cole slaw and Mom will be making it as the day gets closer. It is also a graduation party for the girls who graduate this week and of course who have already graduated. It should be really fun.






Saturday morning I get the stitches out of my mouth and we discuss the next step in getting the implant. I am pretty sure that will be more money when the time comes. That part should happen near the end of the summer.






The morning gets to end with a haircut. What better way to end the week? I enjoy Jamie. She is so sweet and I love this Salon. Did I mention that I met up with one of the Stylists from Harbor Lights? I met her at the Awards Dinner last Thursday. Apparently Harbor lights went out of business and are now merged with another one in the Devon area. It was rather awkward moment for me as I didn’t want to tell her I am going some where else now.






I am probably going to have to do all my chores Saturday afternoon. I don’t know what else we have planned for that day I hope nothing as by then I will be tired.






Okay its time for me to get to work. I will see you later.

Carnivale

Today was supposed to be the Mardi Gra Carnival at the nursing home but because of the GI outbreak/quarantine it was decided that we would put it off. I called Thursday or Friday and left two dates for Natalie to pick and then we would have it one of those two dates. She wasn’t in so I have to get back to her on Monday.




I was kind of glad the carnival was cancelled because I still had the ‘non-priority mail’ to still do. I have to remember to keep the dates clear so that I can be at this carnival. I hope she picks the one in March.



The sun was starting to come out as I left the office. The temperature had risen a little bit. By the time I got home the clouds were gone and it was getting warmer. It is now 51 degrees out.



I got a chance to see my little girl Lilly this afternoon. She is completely healed from her procedure. D didn’t want her to jump much during her recovery because the sutures were inside and if they should rupture she could have had internal bleeding and die.



Mom came home around 3 or so and I had her leftovers. She had a good time. Martha gave her a little gift. 4 little sheep three are white and one is black. One of us has to decide who the black sheep of the family is. AT first I thought it was cute but now I am not so sure.



DM called me to let me know that she had spoken to Roberta and she said that I would be sending out the check and she wanted me to know she hadn’t gotten it yet. Well that’s probably because I have not sent it out yet. Now I have to get it ready and mail it out to her. I have been too busy.





We got a phone call from Diane inviting us over for dinner so we are having a late dinner tonight. Mom has wanted to cook a chicken so she will do that when she gets back from church this afternoon.



Well I have some bills to pay and things to ramble around and do so I will check in with ya’ll later…

Lots going on

So much going on…didn’t write last night.  I got home to the pups just about 4:30 and needed a little time for adjustment.  Preston was a little cautious at first but came to me while I sat on the floor.  Later he jumped into  my lap and gave kisses.  Packy was happy to see me he greeted me then went back to his bed in the bedroom.
While I was there Nancy called and they were in tricky traffic but wanted to check in.  She is doing fine but has more tests next week.  They will be home mid afternoon Sunday.  They also left me instructions for the boys meals.  Preston gets chicken and rice and Packy gets dog food.  At one point I could see Packy squatting in the new room so chased him out of there he almost did it in the living room (EW).  So I rushed them outside to do their business and it nearly took half an hour.  When we came back I still found crap in the new office.
I left for the store before 6.  I got a call from Roberta with an invite to pick up but I turned it down because where I was.  I got to the store got the veggie plate and some chicken for me.  I headed to Telka’s and managed to get lost.  Don’t ask.
I did get to Telka’s before anyone else did.  She showed me the Call to Conference from the state level that had a name of one of our trouble making ladies.  A short time later everyone arrived and we started the meeting.  After wards I gave Kelly a ride home and I was back at the beach house soon after.
I got the dogs walked and then got into my pajamas and watched TV until I started to fall asleep.  It was a light sleep as I could hear Packy scratch his bed.  I was afraid he was crapping somewhere.  Preston sleep deeply under the blankets.
This morning the alarms went off including the one for the TV.  It went on!  I stayed in bed for a little while longer.  Then we got dressed and walked.  When I came back tried to access my Google mail with no luck.  I think I know why (was still logged into it from the office).  Okay I just checked on something and the reason was password memory (I couldn’t remember it)
I talked with Mom this morning.  She said the meetings she attended were really good.  The sewer commission included.  They are going to buy the property and have sent it on to Aldermanic Board.  However, PJ&JJ are angry with us (they now have legal representation) and apparently Sylvia and MN are as well.
After work I went and picked up the snow boots from the house so incase I have to go out tomorrow.
Well its almost time to leave.

Got home earlier than planned

The session went by quickly but she noticed I was feeling and sounding much better than our last session. I wasn’t as agitated as I was last week. I pointed out that I sometimes vent to people and depending how it went I usually does well. I was home earlier than expected. Mom thought Debra short changed me out of time. First of all I told her the session started at 5 and it usually is 45 minutes to 50 minutes. I got out of there at 5:45 pm what’s the big deal? You are not the one paying for it.




We had lamb chops and potatoes and vegetables for dinner. While Mom cooked dinner I had taken a bath and watched TV. USA is showing the episodes from season three. We watched the news and finished eating. I realized a short while ago Mom just finished cleaning the kitchen. She really wasn’t feeling well. Usually after dinner I am to clear and clean my own dishes and Mom usually cleans up the kitchen. Tomorrow will be slightly different.



Before I get home from work I will be going to get Jamie’s birthday gift and card and get it mailed to him. His birthday is Friday. Mom asked me about and she reminded me I didn’t have a lot of time to do it. I told her I would get it done.



I got some emails from Telka this evening. It was in preparation for this Thursday’s General Meeting. I have phone squad messages to send out and make a phone call to Beth-El Shelter for our annual international dinner. She also will be announcing the new secretary for the Girls Club. It’s Jacqueline F. Nicole’s sister. I am so excited.



There were also a couple of postings on Facebook from the GFWC I am wondering if I can share those at the meeting on Thursday. I will call Telka after I call Beth-El and tell her. One was about the death notice of one of our sister member in Florida. Today’s entry was I think a newsletter form for the members to read. I have to look at it again.



I got a weird call today. I suspect it was a collection call. One of those that are a recording or don’t answer right away. I also suspect it is from the Silkies Company. I still have not paid for the last shipment of pantyhose. I think I better do that.



Well I am going to do some reading as it is getting to be 9:30. I have another long day ahead of me tomorrow….:)

Another Party

I have been awake since 6:30 in the morning on a chilly dark Saturday. The sun came up at point but missed it. Probably because it became overcast and it wasn’t going to change much.




I want to get this room done and get the Christmas cards either done or mostly done by the middle of the week. I have the Gift Delivery this afternoon and I still need to go to the bank before I do. Then there is the party at Black Stallion restaurant.



I just paid the Car Insurance and will get that out in my travels today. I will also have the cards out as well. Trying to figure out whom to send the cards to first is still a troublesome act for me.



Well I figured out what to get the little ones and the older ones…..everyone over the age of 7 in the Rivera/Morgan Clan will be getting money. The ones under seven will be getting gift cards.



The gift delivery went off okay despite the fact the carts were not ready for us. PJ didn’t know about those. What the hell did you all think we would use? That gave me a head ache but it went off okay. Twice I gave a gift to someone and someone else gave the same people a gift. That’s really a waste of time but there seemed to be more residents then gifts. I took a few moments to talk with the strikers afterwards they asked me to make sure “Grandma” gets to bingo. I told them I would bring some coffee to them tomorrow.



When I got home I didn’t do very much I think it was nearly three. I hung out watching TV for the afternoon until it was time to get ready. I wore the pin stripe suite with the sleeveless green blouse. For accessories I had two rings on each hand, a nice necklace and a squirt of perfume. Black shoes (I really think they were dark blue but did the job fine)



I left just after 5:30 and got there by 6. It was far too early for me to be there. Gayle was supposed to come just about then or so I understood but she didn’t until closer to seven. I spent the time having some coffee and salad and talking with the waitress. It would seem the owner is not a pleasant man and his been running off his staff.



After awhile the others began to arrive and we helped decorate the tables a little. Eventually more and more came and we started to order food. Some were not happy with the service or the food. They basically didn’t understand that when people came they ordered what they wanted. Most of the others enjoyed their food. In total there were 17 for dinner and more arrived closer to the band performance? It was a disappointment for Gayle.





After paying my share of the bill (we were all supposed to pay for what we ordered) there was some question on some of the things we had. Maria B and her friends were really getting on my nerves too. They spoke amongst themselves in Spanish most of the time. Would not tell the waitress what they wanted and was dismissive. They needed to speak clearly and succinctly so the woman got the order right and not waste her time. As it was there were things on the bill (I think G & A had ordered but forgot about) that weren’t ours and Maria ended up paying for it. I left for home around 10:30.



Mom was home by the time I got home. She had been home only a short time too. She had a great time. We talked about the evening and how much fun we had.



Now that it’s getting late I am going to bed.