KateP's musings

  Well when we last met I discussed the past week’s activities and the plans for yesterday I went to meet with Alex for our second to last session (Tuesday will be the final one) he tells me I still have two more weeks I can do the classes.   He will also be discussing with the gym manager about allowing me to “cash in” if you will my points that I have collected over the years and possibly get two months of free classes.   In the mean time I will attend class until the end of the month.   I told him all the things I ate this week (well except the brownie) and why I hadn’t made it to the gym.   We discussed grocery budgets and the best foods.   He did say to have rice but not the minute rice but uncle Bens.   We discussed what would be good and just what to do with diet and the choices. After wards I headed home.   I still had about an hour or so before Liz came over.   We talked earlier via text.   She needed to come later (and I ...

Somehow my afternoon after 12 pm, whizzed by me. We did our normal routine at the beginning of the day and I fell back to sleep for a bit and then spent time on the laptop. I was surfing the net and chatting with a pen pal who was having a hard day.   Missy lost a dear friend of hers of 19 years to Corvid19 and it was difficult.   He did a lot of stuff for her and she was just sharing the things he did for her.   She shared news about her mom that I didn’t know and it was fairly tough. I went to the gym this morning and did the class.   We had it outside despite the clouds above.   We were just waiting for the rain to start it didn’t come until we were already gone. I never got the water bottle that I left there on Thursday.   I checked yesterday and again today and it wasn’t there.   I thought she found it for me.   Either she lied or someone threw it away.   It belonged to RH from the DTC.   I did manage to go to rite-Aid yeste...

I have no idea what my original entry for today was going to be but here it will be mixed in I am sure.     The numbness from the tooth extraction wore off just as I was going to bed.   My tooth was hurting a little then and a lot this morning.   I did take Tylenol and it’s a dull throb now.       I called the oral surgeon’s office and still must register online.   I am not anxious to do it now while at work.   Something tells me my schedule for next week will be changing a little more. I sent Liz a message and told her the results of last night. I haven’t heard from her yet.     This morning was fine.   The kitties went right upstairs to the cooler part of the house.   Sky has been lying in the hallway a lot and I found Tiger on my old bed (her regular spot).   I am going to have to go and get some of their canned food.   All I have is the blue buffalo no grain one.   It’s been there fo...

Well I survived my first week back at work.   There were a few times I thought I fucked up so bad that I would be in trouble but I survived it.   The issues I spoke of earlier in the week about the mail continued until Thursday when all 14 bins arrived.   Shadow and I were working on them and almost done.   Admittedly she does it much faster than I.   I am concerned about that. I did have computer issues that needed to be dealt with but by Friday I tried to get any personal distractions out of the way. Most nights I came home exhausted.   I didn’t do much except the important to me stuff.   That would be the cats, my dinners, and walks.   I left stuff to be done to later today.   I missed the meetings (I didn’t have to go according to Barbara) and I missed the weekly meetup.   I went to bed by 8 on Wednesday.   The rest of the days were late nights.   There was one hiking meetup that was supposed to be this Sunday but was...

We did our normal routine this morning and I decided to lay down for at least an hour.   JOC and I were supposed to go for a walk at 8:30 and while I was showering and getting ready she sent me a text.   Telling me she would have to bale.   So I have been slow on moving and resorting to watching TV again. It is overcast right now and 70 degrees out and it feels nice.   The forecast is calling for showers today.   My front yard looks great or at least better but the back yard not so much. I may have said this but I would much prefer that Mother Nature do the work instead of me hauling the hose all over the place.   Besides that our water authority (which is the water company) is asking the residents of the city not to water the lawns right now.   The water has been brown in some areas. Supervisor Bob sent out an email to the staff recalling us to work on Monday.   He did say some of us will be moved around to follow social distancing requiremen...

It is Friday again and it’s Humid.   It is overcast right now and it is expected to start raining around 1 and go for the rest of the day into the night.   If you have been following me for a while now I love weekend nights like that.   I am hoping more rain will revive the lawn a little more.   This is the beginning of the holiday weekend.   People are getting their yards done and preparing for the limited parties they may have this weekend.   Unfortunately right now feels like any other weekend to me.   I wonder if this is how retirees feel.    Well My hope is that this time next week I will be back in my office doing the job I have been doing for 18 years (I have been at the University for 28 years).   I still have a couple of things to do before I go back (classes and review).     I have been avoiding the emails like the plague.   I have until Wednesday to do them. I had been missing my friend siduri’s posting...

Some of us will be going back to work in 9 or 10 days.   There will be many who will be working from home still and those who like me will be sporadically in the office.   The union was able make arrangements with the Uni to continue to pay for those who are home past July 10.     As I said previously I made sure to let the union stewards know I am ready and willing to go back to work.   One was afraid that if I didn’t I would have to go into the pool or find another job within the university.   I don’t know if I will be sharing my desk with someone as there are some changes coming down the pike Two departments will be merging another will be outsourced and the Customer/Patient service is safe.   Accounts receivable (claims department, follow up, cash posting and some others) are fine.   There will be some that could be asked to retire.   As its two people I have worked with one for nearly my entire career in YM and another for the las...

I had a great sleep last night.   I think I missed most of my Friday night radio program.   The alarms I set on the Boise still are not working but I really didn’t need one especially with the cats. They have been fed and I have had my coffee and I have been chatting with AB on the text.   She is up early too for some reason.   She noticed I was quiet last week.   I explained that I saw they were really working hard and didn’t want to get them distracted.   I told her I kept busy during the week. I managed to get online and found out a teacher from HS passed away yesterday.   The Obit isn’t online yet so I am not sure where she is-was from.   I sent a text to Dave because I think he had her for English during our HS careers.   I did my early morning check in with Jim.   I probably will hear from him later this morning.   I am wondering how he did at the gym yesterday.   I know he took a walk around the park across the str...

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...

Yesterday I had to turn up the fan downstairs to circulate the air and I opened the front door.   Felt better but the temperature continued to climb.  At one point it was 83.  I won’t be putting the AC on in the bedroom. I have another window fan in the window by the driveway and have a nice breeze that make it cold at times. I did some laundry that I need to get going and made some lunch and “small snacks”.  Then I decided to update some of the finance folders on the computer.    I got a call from JOC early in the day and made plans to walk at 4.  I let her know that I was appreciative of the things she said.  She said we would talk more on the walk.  I missed her house so I had to turn around.  I got a call from an organization looking for money.  I still managed to get there right at 4. The walk was great and there was a wonderful breeze despite the temperatures.  We made plans to walk in the morning.  After the wa...

I couldn’t sleep last night worrying about the finances.   I decided sometime after midnight I would have to get back on a budget (I hate budgets) .   Over the years I tried being on budget but never could figure out a good one to have.   Many times I would just ignore them.   Well last night I went to wikihow.com to look for simple budgets and I think I may have found them.   The whole setting up is a pain.   I use the credit cards for almost everything.   So I am not sure if should list only once or separate them.    I found out that even though I may only pay the insurances for the house or car once a year or twice a year figure divide it monthly.   I never could see that on the paper.   I am going to have to talk to Debra tonight about it. Poor Sky….he had been sleeping in close proximity to me and he did curl up with me the few times I tried to sleep by the time I was ready to actually sleep it was his turn to get up and ambl...

I thought for sure ordering a new credit card for my lost card would be hassle.   In some ways it was (couldn’t talk to a human) but after a second try I was able to get the old one cancelled and the new one ordered and it should be here by next Tuesday. I went to the gym yesterday and spent about an hour and half there and got a chance to see Alex.   Told him how things.   After the ice cream admission he said new day new beginnings.   I was disappointed that I couldn’t do the skier epileptics machine.   I managed one of the bikes.   I was planning on going this morning but nothing went right for me.   So I will go later this afternoon.   My pedometer once again got wonky on me thrice by the end of the night so I am not sure how many steps I did.. I had a little bit of time when I got home from the gym to relax and then feed the titans before getting ready for the meetup.   I ended up leaving later than I wanted to I had chatted with nei...

I had the best time yesterday.    I left here a little after 10 and headed to Killingworth.   Unfortunately some trucker from Unifirst was being obnoxious by blowing his horn at me.   Admittedly I wasn’t speeding but I may have slid into his lane inadvertently.   Not my finest moment. It was just about then when I realized I could get the phone map to play through over the Bluetooth and I didn’t have to hold the phone or keep looking over at it.   Then again the phone was going wonky throughout the day so a few of the aps didn’t work for me.   Like the map my walk and my pedometer wigged out on me too. The route to the farm was becoming familiar as it was close to my Nephew Jr. and his family’s home.   There were plenty of hills and beautiful homes.     I arrived to the farm shortly before the agreed time.   G, and a few others were waiting.   Eventually others arrived and we began walking around the pond.   There we...