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…

 

Thanksgiving Week 2020

 

Wednesday was the beginning of the Holiday week for me. Liz and I began some of the phone calls that we needed to get done prior to the move were started that mid-morning. We worked on it for a couple of hours.  It was frustrating and aggravating. One of the issues was dealing with the UI.  We couldn’t discuss closing the current account on the house because it was under Mom’s name.  So Liz would later send me the death certificate and I forwarded to the address the woman gave me. Liz had to leave around 2 because she had a baking activity with a friend’s daughter at her home.   The rest of that day I crashed I think.  That was before I did some shopping.

Thanksgiving morning was quiet.  I watched TV.  I believe Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter was on that morning Just before I left for Liz and Nelson’s I stopped at the Store to get another quart of Ice cream.  I believed the one I had gotten the day before (that’s right I did some snack shopping the night before!) wasn’t going to be enough.  It turned out to be fine.  I got to their house just after 1:30.  Nelson was in the sun room resting he wasn’t feeling well.  Rich was cooking and Liz on the phone I think.  We ate around 2:30 and about 3 we had the zoom chat.  After the chat we cleaned up and Nelson rested in the bedroom and we chatted while Liz and Rich played gin.  It was around 5 when I headed home.

The rest of the night was quiet. Watched TV and eventually went to bed.

Friday was another day of finalizing any changes for the move (we made the decision to go with a moving company that took a couple of days to send a itemized bill) (they claimed they did but Liz seems to think she gave them the wrong email.  WE couldn’t resolve the UI issue because they didn’t receive the death certificate so they sent me another email address.  I know they got it the second time.  Liz will call them tomorrow to clear up that issue and the one they said they need to the meter at the condo to start that service.  By the time we finished with everything. I had a headache and I was exhausted.  I didn’t do much the rest of that afternoon until halfway through the night I started to clean the house. 

Saturday morning I tried to do much of the house cleaning in preparation for my visit with my Friend Lisa. I had to make a couple of trips to the store for lunch fixings.  Lisa Arrived a little earlier than expected but I didn’t mind.We spent the next hour and half visiting.  I showed her around the house (she remembered that I had the backroom as my room) and the sleepovers we had. She reminded me that they left their house on New Haven Avenue in 1972 and then moved to Hawley for the next several years.  We walked down memory lane and caught up with news.  She even told me the one girl who lived across from her on Hawley ended up dying from overdose.  I was exhausted and fell asleep for a while. 

This afternoon was the extra family chats.  I was really looking forward to it and was slightly disappointed that not everyone was there but at the same time I had Judy to myself. We talked about the holidays; they had dinner outside and her sister Kathleen came down from NY.  We talked about the pandemic and how it is affecting our states and local areas. We talked about Nextdoor website.  Around quarter of we finished up and a part of me wondered if I was a little over the top. 

I was updating my budget earlier today and I checked the credit card and noticed that the moving company charged my credit card twice.  I have enough in that account.  I sent a message to Liz to ask if I should be concerned.  She hasn’t responded.  I personally want to call these people and tell them to refund the money.  I am not getting good vibes from this. Liz replied and told me to text them (I emailed them) and tell them about it and forward everything to her including my latest statement.  I sent her the summary instead and explained why there were two “Asian market” entries) anyway I got a reply from jay telling me that he only sees one entry. 

The weather this holiday has been unseasonably beautiful.  Wednesday was a bit cloudy and in the low 50’s, Thursday morning we had heavy rain over night and for part of the day. The sun eventually came out late in the day.  Friday came back into clouds but it was low 60s.  I can’t remember if the sun eventually came out or not.

Saturday was mostly sunny except at the beginning of Lisa’s visit but came back quickly.  The sun was out until 4:30. It was the same today as well. 

Looking forward to the next two weeks, it will be cloudy for most of the week.  According to the weather report there is severe weather coming tomorrow mid-day.

I am feeling tired but I don’t think I will be sleeping anytime soon, I had coffee earlier this evening.

Good News

 

Late last night before I went to sleep I checked the Mychart site to see if anything came up and luckily I got my results (the actual email came to me at 9 but  was busy watching TV) and they were negative.   It wasn’t totally unexpected.  I hadn’t any symptoms and I have been fine all week.  So I told my siblings and spoke to one of the three amigos for 45 minutes about that and cats and the holidays and of course the moving.

My hope is that next week my Friend Lisa and I will be getting together after 30 years and have a visit.  It’s been crazy we have had to cancel the last few times because one thing or another.  It will be great to see her.

This morning I woke up with a headache from the pillow again.  I can’t tell which one it is until I move it around and end up getting the headache.  I had some coffee but it hasn’t gone away as I write this I did eat some scrambled egg.

This morning I am trying to finish up laundry, cleaned the litter box mat, and made one call to a mover for estimates he will be here 11:30 or earlier if possible.  I haven’t made any other calls because now I am tired.

I will do the house cleaning tomorrow now.

Hopefully I find out

 

The Covid Test was literally 5 minutes yesterday and allowed me to have an afternoon off.  I actually left the office around 1 and on the way home called my sister to see if it was okay to  eat some lunch (I was entertaining the thought of going home first) I decided to stop at McDonald’s at the rest stop in Milford.  I drove to the testing site and began to eat and then I got on line and had my test.  I went home and ate again.

I also started looking at my utilities to make sure they were in my name or my folk’s name.  Liz suggested I look into it because I will need to get a death certificate if it isn’t in my name.  I am waiting for RWA (Water Company) to return my email and I tried to send an email  to ask the UI but its like trying to jump through hoops.  The cable and oil is in my name.

The rest of the night I watched TV, and I watched Christmas mvoies such as The Year without Santa (Mickey Rooney and the actress who played Hazel in the 60’s, Shirley Booth)

I am starting to feel uneasy with the deadline of getting out of the house almost three weeks away.  I haven’t finished the closet, I haven’t called the moving companies since Saturday, and I haven’t vacuumed or dusted since Saturday and that was a half ass job at best.

I just read that the middle school kids will be joining the HS students in the remote /distant learning until January 8.  That should be fun.  There have been reports and articles on how this is affecting families across the country and  I am not sure how its affecting students here.  All forms of sports has been ordered to shut down until further notice.  This was after many schools had been shut down and teachers were quarantined.

The media released the latest numbers last night:

21 new Covid-19 deaths, There are 840 patients hospitalized with covid virus.  Most of the state is in Red alert.  I am not sure what other numbers there were.  I am really anxious to know the results and I find it rather odd that “proxy messages” on my chart has gone out.  TBH I have no idea what it is they are talking about.

Liz was asking me about it today and then told me about her two friends who now have the antibodies for it.  She told me a couple of times this week.  She said is expecting that I will be okay to have dinner with them on thanksgiving.   I am bringing ice cream for the pies and desserts.

I was planning on cleaning but I didn’t get home until quarter of 5 (I stopped and got gas).  I fed the cats, changed the price on the desk.  I have been watching TV.   Tonight was Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.   I wasn’t able to watch all of it I fell asleep.

So now I am heading to bed.

 

 

 

 

REturned to work

 

I did my normal routine this morning in preparation of going back to work.  I did the assessment, sent the emails, and did the morning texts.

 

I am glad I listened to Gil Simmons the weatherman at Channel 8 this morning saying we need to dress warm.  I had to defrost the car for ten minutes.  It didn't take long but that will probably be the norm for now.  It also made me think about when I finally moved to the condo.

 

When I got to the office I got my temp and I was fine.  I went to see if DG and LF were here and they are not.  Neither is VT which I knew last night.  I was surprised to find that LB isn’t but I learned a bit ago that Supervisor did let people know there were some concerns.  He wouldn’t go too much into it.  I learned this from CS.  Who was happy to see me. 

 

As time went on more people arrived.  Not many but enough to keep me from going bonkers with the quiet.  Spoke to AC and she is fine.  I shared with her I was planning on calling her and she said no need.  I also said I figured you wouldn’t have been in a sharing mood.  She did tell me it was quiet here yesterday. 

 

I promised to contact Vanessa to let her know who was and wasn’t here.  She thanked me and I told her I hadn’t heard or spoke to DG.  I know she wouldn’t be in a revealing mode.  I will email LG soon

 

Well, i just found out LG is in the office.  She had her test and was negative.  She vowed to do the six feet from everyone and that she is only following CDD protocol as she doesnt’ believe the HP really understands how close we work with each other.  She is also not really pleased with our admins.

 

Now that I am over the latest hurdle healthcare wise I am more determined to get work done both here and at home.  I didn’t do very much yesterday except cooking and sleeping, and of course watching TV.   It doesn’t look like I am going to do much tonight either.

I spent the rest of today doing the mail.  By the end of the day I was still working on the mail.  I found the mail for yesterday on dg’s chair so I started it for most of it.

 

The committee meeting discussed basically the status of negotiations and of course the recent activity at the office names was unmentioned to protect their privacy.  I did share my experience of the situation and that the staff in the office was told yesterday.  I shared that many felt they should have had been sent an email regarding this.

 

In preparation for NCIS season premiere I went and got some snacks, and coffee supplies, and cereal supplies.  The rest of the groceries can really be done Thursday.

So have a great night.

 

Still no word from work

 

It is now after 5 pm and no email from Admins.  I did get another email from LFriello regarding the situation and she said she called our union steward and spoke to her about the situation.  We were sharing our precautions.  She also reassured me that Admins must already know because NW had to tell her and her supervisor.  I also called the union steward and asked her to call me.  I didn’t explain but I am sure can figure it out.  So I am helping she will call me soon.

            The rain hasn’t started yet. The wind advisory is in effect until midnight tomorrow.  I had to turn the heat up in the house  I was talking to Nextdoor today and among the many things he told me is we are getting snow at the end of the week.  I just realized I may have said that earlier today.   I was watching him stock up his wood supply. 

The cats were fed early this evening and now are lying quietly around here.  Tiger is beside me here on the couch and although I can’t see him (no lights on) I suspect Sky is somewhere I just heard him meow.  He will be here soon.  They will be semi happy if I end up not going to work tomorrow.

I am watching the NCIS:LA marathon on ION and it’s the Wedding of Kensi and Deeks.  IN about three hours (give a take the CBS schedule) the second episode of this season is on tonight.  There is some rumor going around that the golden couple of LA is in trouble.  I missed last week’s season opener for both this show and Nola.  So I watched it and it was pretty good.  Didn’t get a chance to see Nola will another time.  I did see tonight’s episodes even though they were delayed 30 minutes.

Its almost 10 at night and it’s been semi active night.  The storm did come through and the winds were very loud and very strong.  The storm door is broken now.  It pulled out of my hand to begin with and as I pulled it closed the bar that is a part of the spring to close it bent.  I had to slam the door shut and lock it.  It rained a few times and there was a tornado watch and a thunderstorm watch until 2.

I finally got a hold of the union steward and as I suspected she knew why I was calling.  She did say I would have to quarantine for two weeks.  I just got off the phone with her again and she did say to fill out the form indicating I have come in contact with someone with Covid.  She said they would back us up and that we shouldn’t have to use our time.  I will email them tomorrow morning.

Now I have to start thinking about what to do until my test is performed.   I just tried to register for shop at home for ShopRite and no confirmation email.