Can Someone Tell me?

How is it possible that I am still doing laundry at 9:30 at night?  I freaking started at 10 am and kept it going.  The only time I couldn’t move it along was while I was at church.  I don’t think I had that many loads to start with.

When Mom came home from the store it was about 2.   Ethel called a short time later and told Mom she was taking the 1:45 from 125^th Street.  So Mom needed to pick her up after 3.  She ended up having to miss the Good Friday services.  We both left at the same time.

While Mom went to pick up Ethel I headed to church.  There were a lot of people at this service.  I sat in front of the church.  I met the organist’s parents.  I knew Nancy C for many years through the Prayer group at OLOV.  She was my organ teacher for a short time. 

The service was long.  It usually is and I usually get tired of all the standing.  My eyes felt a little weird and my hands were trembling a little.  I am not sure what that was about.  It passed by the time I headed home.

After the service I saw Rose.  She was sitting towards the back I guess but I caught up with her in the parking lot and we talked about the pending holiday.  We even discussed our friend Dave.  I relieved to see or hear for that matter that I am not the only who thinks he doesn’t deal with grief very well.  When we parted we made tentative plans to have dinner at GG’s on the other side of town.

When I got home Mom was just beginning to get dinner ready.  It was probably about 4:30.  We didn’t eat until maybe 6 or so.  I had fallen asleep while watching TV.

WE had breaded shrimp and corn and potatoes.  Oh it was delicious and simple.  After dinner Mom did some more preparations for dinner (making dressings and mayonnaise) on Sunday.

I spent time channel surfing and web surfing as well.  Now that the laundry is done I am heading to bed.

Totally Tubular Tuesday

Today was totally tubular. I got up early and got my day started. I ironed my clothes made my bed and folded the clothes I left in the dryer downstairs. I even managed to catch some of Angel on TNT. It was the one where Holt takes baby Connor to the other dimension.

I got to Roberta’s house to find the pups waiting for me and so gave them some attention and then went inside to get the cat fed (and get some treats for the pups). It didn’t take long and I was on the road again a short time later.

The drive was okay even though I thought the highway seemed busy. Maybe it was where I got on. Once I got to New Haven it seemed better. I was glad because I didn’t want to be late.

It was before 8 when I got to the building so I got some coffee and then went upstairs and got settled in. It took me some time to start my work. I really should have started on yesterday’s work immediately but I didn’t. I chatted with Joan for a bit and with Terry. A short time later the charts and morning mail came.

I was expecting more charts than I got. Apparently Medical Records didn’t pull the list I was expecting yesterday. They did pull the ones I sent yesterday. I am hoping tomorrow they will send the others or I will have to reorder them tomorrow for Thursday.

It took me nearly all day to finish yesterday’s mail. I did stop to open today’s mail and get the checks out but I didn’t open and sort them until the very end of the day after I finished everything else. I managed to get the bad addresses down as well as some of the readdress mail.

I realize that I could have probably gotten the mail done sooner if I had done two things. The first was to stay off the internet. I did go on at break time but I also went on a few times before and after that. The second was to wait to write a letter to Debra until I got home.

The reason I wrote the letter to Debra was to see what she thought about the events I mentioned to her at our session. I explained that Mom had asked me what Debra thought and I told her she was more concerned on how I dealt with it. I was curious to see what Debra thought. I also told her about the Telephone bill and the letter I would be sending to get the bill straightened out.

I left the office at 4. I walked to the garage with Lucinda. We talked about a range of things that we couldn’t talk about in the office for all different reasons. We could get into trouble for chatting and getting backed up in our work and we talked about issues that we don’t agree with for the union (IE GESO) and we discussed the upcoming membership meeting.

I didn’t realize it was nearly 4:30 when I left the garage. I still had the pups and cat to see. I was glad the traffic went along smoothly. I got to the house by 20 of 5 and saw the pups and then went inside and took care of the cat. Missy got more treats. I don’t know how it happened but they ended up on the floor. The dog ate them and then we left. I gave more treats to the pups and headed home.





When I arrived I could smell pork chops cooking and Mom was in the other room watching the National Governors meeting with President Elect Obama and Vice President Elect Joe Biden. They made some opening speeches and outlined what they would do. It was very interesting. I guess the meeting was held earlier today. It has been all over the news today. President Elect Obama and VP-Elect Biden shared their ideas and wanted to know what the Governors had in mind and warned them they could disagree but are willing to listen.

After Dinner I watched TV for a bit. Nothing of great important but I didn’t watch it for long. I got really bored so I did some laundry and wrote the letter to the telephone company and wrote some emails.

Now I am going to send some holiday e-cards and then try and write some letters and move some emails around to the journal folders on the computer.

Columbus Day 2007

Good Morning and Happy Columbus Day. I am sure most if not all of you have off today. I am not one of them. It looks like today will be a slow day. I have already started the requisition list for Medical Records for tomorrow. I got the mail from the lobby and it is already distributed.

The weather here is overcast and a bit chilly (at least for me) I drove by the New Haven Register and their Temperature monitor read 68 degrees.

Well it is quarter of two and it is pretty quiet around here. The sun came out after all after a shower. I have heard some say it is about 70 degrees. I am not sure I will find out until I leave at the end of the day.

I had a few things to do. Right now I am stuffing envelopes for the collection department that will go out tomorrow. I have been working on the bulk mail as well. I am not sure if I will get that done today or not. Well I have a lot more to do more it is at a manageable size. I can do those tomorrow.

Well it is 20 of 4 and I will be leaving soon. I am either very tired or very bored. I want to go to sleep but I can’t until I do some work tonight.

I called Roberta to change our date for dinner from tomorrow to Thursday. I forgot that I see Debra at 4:15 and I don’t get out until 5:15. That would not allow us much time before I had to go to the Headquarters to work. I just have to pick a place. I can’t think of any. Oh what about Gusto’s Restaurant? Nope. The Outback Restaurant could be possibility.

Well I am heading to Staples after work. I need to get a 2008 appointment book. Mom offered a whole bunch but I don’t like them. I need a lot of room to write in these things. Of course it would help if remembered to write in them.

It is almost 9:30 and it is so hot. I have heavy pajamas on and I have been sweating all night. It has been a quiet night really. We had dinner at 5 and watched the news and it was really full of depressing news it seemed. One of the stories was the Deputy Sheriff killing people out in Wisconsin. That was just awful.

I have been online and also watching TV. I watched the various L&O mini marathons. I did some channel surfing. There isn’t anything that I would want to keep watching. I have been updating a few of the calendars.

I think I am going to go to bed and get some sleep. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring.

A beautiful Day

I haven't been up really that long. I tried to get up at 5. I did for a short time and decided to lie down again and fell asleep for about three hours. There is a cool breeze this morning and the sun is shining. It is really a beautiful day so far.

I did manage to make my bed and get laundry started. AFter that I don't know what I want to do even though I made one of those to do lists/schedules.

One thing I decided to do was empty out my mailbox. At least the journal mailbox for right now. I was checking to see what I had missed. It was the Check in posts that occur every Sunday.

One person name Jesse just recently joined so she is getting her feet wet but is having writer's block.

The afternoon was a great one. I went to the post office and then to Good Will to drop off stuff for Mom and Sylvia. On the way to the Good Will I was nearly hit by an EMT truck. I was turning the corner and it just approached the intersection with its lights and sirens but I didn't see them until I was turning. I had the AC on and the radio on.

Mom went shopping and I have been watching stuff on TV. An Updated version of the TV show SWAT, Dare Devil with MR & Mrs Affleck (they are married aren't they?). Mom went to the 5:30 mass and came home and made her version of Sloppy Joes (they were cut up stuffed peppers with diced tomatoes on Faccio rolls.

I really didn't want to do anything else. I have been tired and just wanted to go to bed.