Man am I beat

 

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 agreed).  This gave me time to do some more laundry and straighten up a little bit more.  As I told her I was afraid it would stress and she said no.  She wasn’t going to Judge and if she didn’t like all she had to do is go home and leave it behind. 

We spent a few minutes organizing and talking about the move and stuff.  We started off in the guest room.  We have tagged stuff to be either saved or taken out.  We got rid of stuff that needed to be sent to good will or the trash.  We finished just a little after 4.

Liz was put out by the way Next door’s driveway was.  I explained in order to have that the new shack he had to measure and it came out that he owned it.  She thought he was a little rude.  I think she may have forgotten the conversation she had with him years ago.

 

 

She also didn’t like the fact the neighbors across the street park in front of my house all the time and ask why they don’t park in front of theirs.   I reminded her they can park where ever they want.  She isn’t the only one who says this to me when they come over but (this was the first time in a couple of years she has been here) I personally want to get into it with them.  They don’t live here and my sister should know better. 

She also doesn’t like the way my Cleaning lady does the cleaning.  I do but not this week.  I did end up telling Livia last week there are changes coming regarding the house.  I may have to reconsider her as my cleaning lady.

Anyway back to purging story.  We spent about an hour and half ID’ing and emptying out crap I don’t need from the guest room and the attic stairway.  Between the two of us deciding and emptying I got tired.  AT one point Liz says she was doing all the work she stopped herself.

We had at least three bags of crap for the garbage, recyclable, and good will.  She did say to me that my nephews Mike and Bryan will come and empty or take the stuff out or get a dumpster.  I had told her earlier I saw some coupons for that 1-800 Got Junk Company.  That could also be an alternative.

At the end of that we discussed what should be done next.  We will be doing this for the next several weekends and during the week.  In subsequent texts she reminded me to text my niece D and tells her I have stuff of her father’s and asked if she wants it.  Then text Jim and ask about pictures we found of his wedding to C and of the kids coming to America when they were adopted.  Some of these were in Letters to Mom. 

She also suggested that as we go along find boxes to collect again and make the sunroom the packing location.  It doesn’t have to be done right now but as we go along.

Liz seems to think we should do the attic and cellar next and the Kitchen and other rooms later.  That they will take the longest to clear out and put away eventually.  Once that’s done maybe call Cheryl and begin the search process. 

She reminded me earlier when we were talking of what to keep or let go that I won’t have that much money to get things.  A part of me can’t help think even though she wants me in a safe and good place that she is expecting me to be restricted in many ways.  Of course I will be restricted but I am not comfortable with what she is expecting or hoping.

She also told me as much as Jim is being good with her about this she doesn’t really trust him.  That he has hurt her too much and really doesn’t believe he will continue to be helpful or whatever.  I was worried at how long this Détente would last.

As I was leaving for Good Will I saw next door and told him what the end results of the activities last week.  I had already told him about Lawyer man’s behavior.  He asked when do I expect to put the house up and I told him wasn’t sure but probably the holidays.  He was kind and said He was sorry to see me go.

I am holding off telling the other neighbors for now.  I am sure they were wondering what I was doing yesterday.  I am holding off because I do share way too much and as you know back pedal on decisions.

When I texted D about her father’s things I also told her that I changed my mind about moving and that it wasn’t financially feasible.  She asked me what changed my mind and so I called and left a voice mail.  I don’t remember if I told her how much debt I was in.  Afterwards I had visions of her calling Jim demanding we fight lawyer man.  I also hoped she would call me back so I could fill her in with what I told her.  I know I left out some stuff.

I heard from Mama Roberta last night.  We are still waiting on news about Dr. T and her recent tests and surgery.  I also told her of the decision to acquiesce to lawyer guy.  I will tell her more in our semiweekly check in later on Sunday.

The rest of Sunday was supposed to go to class but I am not making it but will exercise. 

I have some errands to make and then plan some grocery shopping to do.  I told Liz what my plans for budgeting and revising grocery stuff and wardrobes and stuff.

I may just relax for the day and get ready for the week ahead.

I am also very pleased that Authoress51 and I will be pen pals.  I have been following her on her blogs now for quite some time and we actually met via Zoom at the Meetup virtual Trivia games this past spring. 

Speaking of pen pals this guy sent me and a few others a pen pal request and it really was unpleasant.  Two people chastised him and demanded that he not contact them.  I put in my two cents and asked not to be included and I apologized to those he offended and wished them well.  For some reason one of them reposted the original email.  I just deleted it.

The weather right now is not making me move fast.  It’s overcast and expected some rain.   The temps seem cooler than in the past week.  I still have the AC on.

Another Lazy Afternoon

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 yesterday and buy the Copper fit face masks both were $10 bucks, and I got a gift card, and a bag of white chocolate Reeses cups.  It definitely is not on my diet.  I also mentioned to the lady that the people at the rite aid near the house need to learn better customer service techniques.

I talked with Liz yesterday.  We talked about the shower.  She finally gets that I am going and that I got the gifts (I learned the first part of the gift was delivered last week) and then we talked about the family reunion zoom meeting on Mom’s side.  I had to send her J’s email.  I also reminded her that our DLBH sent us the list a long time ago.  She wasn’t overly excited to find out that our niece Diane was invited.  I neglected to tell her that I invited her. We talked about our nephew John who D reminded me that he is going through a lot right between is relocation to the lower 48 and his lady losing her mother.

My Coworker sent me a link to order masks from Mykitsch.com.  I bought 2 packages of 4 and they should be here next week sometime.  They are made of cloth and can be washed.

I did go grocery shopping and managed to get desserts mostly (yogurt, pudding, Jell-O, fruit) and some more salmon, fresh veggies, and frozen veggies, and my milk and creamer.  I am trying really hard to not go through the pudding but it’s a challenge.

I love it.  We are currently under a tornado watch for most of the state and I turn on the TV and what is on?  Twister! It’s like the stations, networks catch on and put stuff like this on. 

It was in the 80’s for most of the day and cloudy.  It rained only once so far and that was at 1.  I don’t know if we will be getting anymore thunderstorms tonight or not.  Around 6 I heard thunder but nothing else. The weather people are keeping an eye on the Tropical storm that’s making its way up here.  IF we get anything it will be Tuesday. 

Well I have an hour before I have to go to bed so I am going to play a few more rounds of Words with Friends. 

 

Tooth hurts

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 for a while.  I rather not throw it way.  I am not going to get more the regular delivery is a week from Saturday.  I did change the frequency of the litter since I have enough to last me a while.

Today I was working on the readdress mail and the scanning refunds part of my day.  We are still waiting for the scanning computer (for the eobs) to be worked on.  The guy was supposed to come yesterday but didn’t.

Lunchtime walk 1.90 miles.  4K steps.  I used the MapMyWalk app today but I know this past week there were a couple I didn’t (for a variety of reasons) Wi-Fi connection being the top of the list.

I was going to go for walk tonight but three things happened.  I got tired, the battery on the phone was low and has to be charged, and my jaw/tooth is hurting.  So I highly doubt I will make the 10K tonight.

I had a good session with Debra tonight.  She caught up with all the blog entries I have sent her this week.  At times I could hear myself repeat everything I wrote.  She said it is okay because we can go deeper in to the moment and what I was feeling.

I was able to finish the registration forms online for the oral surgeon.  It took some time because the screens were moving a little.  I hope I answered the question okay.  I may have to explain about some of the answers I gave.  I just hope they call me soon.

Right now I am watching the Duluth Harbor Cam Live feed.  I think there will be a ship coming in very soon.  I have had to miss some of the comings and goings this week.  I think the next ship coming in is the Timgad.

I can’t believe this but I got the Panera Bread app tonight and ordered some more soup.  I was going to try and get soup somewhere else but they are not selling soup or didn’t have what I wanted.  I made sure not to eat the bread.  It’s now waiting on birds or critters to take it.

Well not much going on tonight…The weather is nice low to mid 70’s.  Some clouds and it might rain. 

 

 

I survived

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 moved to next week.  It’s in Granby but we are supposed to do it solo.  It’s at the McLean animal preserve which I guess is okay but never been there.  I was going to bale because I would be alone but I will see how it is next week.  It’s about an hour away. 

As I mentioned I haven’t been to the gym since Tuesday but I did walk Thursday, Friday.  I was a little achy and but took the Tylenol and the meds for the day.  I have class this morning with Alex in about an hour and then our session at 12:30.  I was supposed to track the food for 4 days and I forgot to do it for the last two days so I was doing that this morning.  Now I need to get ready for class and get there early to do the In body.  That is to see if I lost anymore and see what‘s doing with metrics. 

This afternoon I need to make some calls and go to the grocery store.  I don’t need much.  I need some more meat and some vegetables, and yogurt and coffee creamer..

 

 

Need to rethink my day

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 requirements.  This will be very interesting.  I am wondering if I will still have my scanning desk.  I have a feeling the first few days I am back will be focusing on the mail and later on the scanning.

I played some Words with Friends this morning and this guy from NY started chatting with me.  I guess I decided to play against him and I am now feeling like I am breaking a rule I made. I mean I play with my male cousins so that’s okay but if they use this as a way to get dates they will be in one huge disappointment.

 A woman named Moriah from NY joined the finding friends for Women Meetup group contacted me.  We chatted this morning.  I asked her if she was attending the meetup tomorrow night but she said no.  I am not sure what she meant the assignment. So those alarm bells are starting to go off like they did a few years back when some very odd women wanted to chat with a few of us on a few different platforms.  I get really uncomfortable when People od that.  A few men somehow got to comment on group activities.  It’s a group for women.

I have been debating whether or not I should go and do my grocery shopping now or wait a few more days.  I have enough meals (fish stuff) but I still need sides.  I am not big on making salads but eating them I am.  I also need milk and cream for the coffee. Black coffee doesn’t work for me.

I chatted with DO today about the holiday and diet.  He keeps asking what Alex believes is good.  He wants me to eat to survive.  Not everything has to be enjoyed.  I think he understands now.  He suggested oatmeal when I told him I haven’t had cereal.  He asked me what recommendations Alex make for diets.  (I think I wrote that two different ways to mean the same thing). 

I went to the committee meeting this afternoon.  What I have found out is my colleagues on my team are objecting to having to return to the office.  They can’t do their job from home and they feel they should be able to.  Committee members feel these people should come in and do their job.  BV is urging compassion.  I am guessing they (those who don’t want to come in) feel it’s not safe to go into the office.  There will be social distancing.  I pointed out this is the same issues that started back in March.  BV says that future contracts will perhaps one day have to include working remotely.   From what can gather they will be talking to those people in our area about the choices they have or what the path will be taken.

It’s been a couple of hours now and I reviewed what I have to do for class tomorrow and it’s going to be a pain the ass.  I am going to have to go to it an hour earlier and whatever I needed to print out I won’t be able to.  I want to be able t make sure I connect to whatever soon.

The cats were annoying me and I yelled at them.  They wanted to get fed and its not their dinner time or wasn’t.  Now they won’t get near me (I also tried to catch tiger and she hissed at me)..I have been trying apologize to them like they would understand and right now they are running from me.  I am probably acting stupid but I am not feeling very appreciated by them right now.

 

 

 

 

Happy and Humid Friday

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 postings lately so I sent her an email this morning.  I shared the family news, work related news, and my daily routine since the Pandemic started.   I also started another blog here.

I was all signed up for a class this morning but my friend JOC called yesterday to plan a walk this morning for 10.  Unfortunately the humidity put a kibosh on that idea. I will have to do my cardio at the gym before the day gets away from me.  I am signed up for class in the morning.

So far I have been writing and texting my family and friends, and on the blogs.  I am doing laundry and visiting my neighbors that I haven’t seen for a few days.    I probably will end up watching TV for most of the afternoon. 

I do have some pen pals to write.  I need to get a move on with that.  I shouldn’t feel guilty about taking so long as my theory is I don’t write on other people’s schedule.   I had one guy tell me I should get off the site because I am not friendly enough.  When I responded for a second time he said stop writing him.  He was from the PENPALSNow.com site and some of the reviews are definitely mixed.

Well  have a great afternoon. 

We go back to work

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 last three years are going to be moving on.  ChristinaR is going to the academic side of the chemistry department and PM is planning on retiring.

There was discussion on the entire university but I wasn’t focused on that during the meeting yesterday.  We will keep on top of the changes and to be sure things are done right.  Contract negotiation preparations are starting and surveys will be going out to the masses to see what we will be fighting for. The two top ones are Job security and of course the benefits.

I did let the committee know that I along with the rest of the team haven’t had many meetings regarding updates or staff meetings in quite some time.  He would send out general emails regarding pay, time, and work related emails (few and far in between).

There were emails from Administration and the union with future plans for the rest of the summer and for the fall opening.  I still need to read through them but I am confident I will not be asked, told or begged to be moving from the current job I have.  That being said I am hopeful that will not be the case. 

I have to admit some of the emails that the Administration has sent out I haven’t read completely because they are not specific enough for me.  I sometimes think I am an idiot or lazy not to really read through some of them.

So I don’t know what happened yesterday but my sense of time went completely down.  Alex had to send me a text about our session at 6 (I thought it was at 6:30) I also thought I signed up for a class afterwards and I can’t find it now.  I was so tired yesterday.   We talked about the exercise I did, the walking and he encouraged me to either come into the gym or do more walking.  He says especially if it is only one way on the boardwalk. 

I didn’t do very much but I was tired. I tried to write an entry which merged into this one.  I watched TV.  I don’t think I walked at all.  I ate lunch and of course I went to the gym.  I was home by 7:30.

Today was my infusion and it went fine.  I fell asleep for a bit and left by 10.  I headed back to home and checked on the cats got some more coffee and then headed to JOC’s house.  We went for an abridged version of our walk.  She told me what she has on her foot (some inflammation and is on that Voltron cream).  We were finished by noon and we talked about tonight’s meetup.

 

The rest of the afternoon I tried to do some writing and watched TV, and cooked the roast for an hour and half. 

As the day passed it got cloudy around 3 another thunderstorm was coming through.  It would start until about 5:30.  It was a light rain but I wasn’t going to take a chance so most of us had to cancel out.  It had been thundering since then and started lightening just before 9.

I was able to go to walk a shorter one than lunch time.  The sky was blue and gray it was beautiful.  I got back at 7:30 and been watching TV and about to clean up the kitchen.

Sky is underneath my bed.  Tiger is sitting in front of the TV as I write this.  MY hope is she will come upstairs when it’s time for me to go up.

Well my hands and my shoulder are acting up again.  I took Tylenol earlier this evening and it hasn’t kicked in.  I better get the dishes done and go to sleep.  I have an exercise class to go to.

Feeling Better

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 street from his condo.  He shared to fb.

Right now I am enjoying the 66 degree cool and sunny weather from my couch.  It will be in the 70’s for most of the day and by the afternoon strong weather (translate: rain-my hope is lots of it)

This morning I have class at 8:30 will need to get ready for that shortly and my hope is to use the In-body machine to see how I am doing.  Prayers for weight loss would be great.   I have my personal training session with Alex at lunch time.

My hope is to go grocery shopping in between those two activities because I am pretty sure I will not want to go out in the thunderstorm this afternoon.

Most likely the day will end with me watching TV and on the computer writing emails.  Updating files and then sleeping.

Been up early

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 show they want to be loveable I feel like I can be doing anything.

So there has been a concern about brown water in the system in Milford.  I had heard about it last week and as the week moved on the RWA and the city (as recent as yesterday) sent out caution messages and suggestions to deal with.  For example let it run before drinking and or limit the use of it for watering lawn and such.  Apparently there is a lot of people using the water and its causing the sediment to get stirred up.  So far it’s not happened here.

I know I have some things to do but right now I just want to sleep.  I want to get a walk in today.  JOC won’t be able to yet.  I will be going to class tonight but that’s it.

I did go for a walk but MapMyWalk has changed and I know I went for at least a mile. ..and it’s all acting weird.   There is something definitely wrong with the phone and the apps.  It didn’t record the route correctly at all.  The pedometer on the other hand says I did well.  It actually shows up on the phone better.  After my trip to the AT&T store I went on a late one and it was much better.

My trip to AT&T store went better.  The guy I worked with told and showed me what I needed to do about the data.  He also said that sometimes apps get corrupted and that they need to be deleted and reloaded (not on a daily basis).  After doing a software update while there everything seems to be working.  I am very relieved.

I chatted with Liz today and we talked about the phone, and about work, and budgets.  I told her without going into great detail that I am getting a budget together.  Late this afternoon I received the car tax and the real estate tax and I nearly died.  I am going to have to do something about that and I have until august 3 to do it.  I will be looking forward to my session with Debra.

Alex contacted me tonight to find out why I didn’t go to class.  I explained I didn’t sleep well and that I was tired but I did take two walks today.  I told him I would be going to the class tomorrow.  Admittedly it will be very early but I am going to try.   I told him I was going to bed early so I best get there.

I was relieved I actually wrote one of my pen pals today.  It was two pages and will talk more about soon.

 

 

 

I had to turn the fan up

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 walk I headed to the gym with a favor to fulfill.  She asked me to mail something for her but it had to wait as I was really late for class.

I got to the gym got changed and went into the room and they moved it outside.  There were four of us students.  It was a tough one.  There were a few moments where I thought I was going to yak. I told Alex my weight and he seemed okay with it (I really don’t think so).  I think before we work out tomorrow night I will weigh myself.  I told him the Fitbit still not working and apparently the MapMyWalk app isn’t either.  I even told him I went on a walk.  

It was after 6:30 when I left there after carrying things back and then chatting with another member before leaving.  I still had to go to the Post office and then I came home.

I fed the cats and fell back onto the couch for a few hours.  I watched the NCIS marathon until the cable system went out .   It was weird  It blanked out a whole slew of channels with the you could be watching this if you upgrade.  I tried to contact Optimum but that was useless.  So I decided to go to bed.  I also complained on the Milford FB page.  No answers until I went to bed and woke up this morning.  However, when I did get up around 10 I decided to reboot the box and it works.  I watched one more episode of the NCIS marathon and by that point I was tired.

I went to bed at 11.  I had to reset the fan.   I am not sure what I did but it works continuously now.  I was able to sleep until this morning.  The kitties chose to sleep elsewhere but were at their positions before the alarm went off.

I had planned going to class before the walk this morning but the earliest one was way too early (6:30 or so) and the next one was 9:30 and it would cut into the walk time with JOC.  I thought it was going to be 9 but when I saw it wasn’t I called JOC to let her know that 10 am is good time still but the classes were off.  I probably didn’t have to tell her but did

I am going to do some reading and organizing before the walk so I m going to go do it.

Spent most of the night

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 amble around again.  He came back to make sure I was getting up.  Tiger slept under my desk in my old bedroom again.  They did their own thing for the day.  They were sleeping in different places throughout the day.    I fed them at 5 for the night.

I went for the walk with Judith OC.  Unfortunately I nearly caused and accidents pulling into traffic near her house.  I was flustered and the cop I thought was going to give me an attitude but it never happened and explained I was getting flustered and lost.  I was able to finally find her and she was waiting.  We drove over to the Veteran’s memorial park in West haven and spent the next hour walking all the way to Stowe Restaurant and all the way back to the park.  Unfortunately my POS phone and apps didn’t properly record the steps and as of this writing went back to 0. 

WE had a lovely talk about our lives, family, work, health it was quite nice.  We will be doing it again soon.  She called me to let me know I left a water bottle in the car and she wanted to drop it off.  She did and loves the outside of the house. Not sure what she would think of my housekeeping skills or lack of.

I had to make a call to the credit card and to let them know there is a payment on its way.  She reminded another payment will be due soon.   I tried to work on the budget when I was chatting with Debra.  I ended up more confused and more frustrated and angry with myself.  Debra suggested that the goal for this week is to write down what I spent and we would categorize them at another time.

So my session with Debra was a phone session because she was having issues.  As I mentioned we focused on my worries about finances and restarting a budget.  It was draining for me.

After the session I made buttered noodles from this recipe.   It seemed easy but I can never get the water to boil when it is supposed to.  It didn’t help my mood at all.  I made enough for the next couple of meals.

Now that the cats are settled in and the kitchen cleaned I am going to bed.  I am so looking forward to seeing everyone (at least as many as possible) at the gym tomorrow.

 

 

Success

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 neighbors and friends from the gym.  The ride wasn’t bad and almost reminded me of the ride from Saturday.

Even though the traffic wasn’t bad I got there a little late and found the ladies towards the picnic tables.  Gillion had two of her coworkers’ join us, the new member who wants to find someone who wants to walk and we did that.  Of course JackieB was there and so was Cyn, and then Paula joined us.  It got really intense while JackieB was sharing some stories of her marriage and Cyn just started to cry.  First I went to her and then Jackie and Gillion.  Cyn came back and Paula and I sat and held her hand for a while.  She is going through crap.  Hopefully it will be ending soon.  We talked about the current events and reopening the state and life in general.  We were there until 8:30.  The clouds rolled in but no rain. 

I was home by 9 and got the garbage put out.  I watched TV and got online until about 10.

This morning Sky pissed me off.  He clawed my hand and my lip this morning.  They bled a little but it hurt.  He nailed me when I was going to the bathroom.  Actually tiger clawed me on the arm last night too.  I yelled at him. I hate when I do that.  I feel guilty.

I got up and did our routine but fell back to sleep for some time.  When I woke up I did some bill paying as some of them needed to get paid.  These were the cc.  I also paid off the water bill.  I think I still will be getting another bill.

AT one point I was all set to go the gym but I couldn’t find my ID holder.  I looked all over the place.  I was starting to panic because I really didn’t want to have to go and cancel the cards as it is too much of hassle.  I even called Roses Orchard to see if they found it.   They didn’t but I did a short time later.  I called them back and told them I found it.

However, after that I just didn’t want to go.  I did call Judith from the meetup and arranged to go walking.  We made plans to go tomorrow morning around 10. 

I made some lunch and am now putting off going to the gym…I have laundry to do..and then later the trivia game….may take a nap. 

 

 

 

The Best time

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 were little garden set ups along the path and they were adorable.  I took a few pictures of that and the giant Chess board and we walked through gardens and it was just a lot of fun.  When we finished walking around some of the ladies went into the small shop that had the various items infused with lavender.  When they were finished we went to our cars and headed to Niantic.

At this point the phone was continuing to have a hissy fit and making me frustrated.  The route from the farm to Niantic was the most rural and beautiful area ever.  While I was admiring the beauty around I was becoming increasing worried because the gas was low and there was no gas station that I could see for miles.  Not even on route 9 and or 95.  The last service area is Madison CT.  I did find a station about 5 minutes before going into Niantic and I was relieved.

AS I drove down Main Street I could see the ladies all waiting in front of the Candy shop.  I ended up parking in the credit union parking lot across the street.  It was busy even though it was post pandemic.  We waited a little longer and then began the walk along the board walk.  Everything was beautiful.  There were people on the beach, in the boats.  WE could even see the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Waterford.  I don’t know how long it took us to get to the end and then walk over to the side where it would take us downtown.  We had to wait for one person who had trouble walking.  I felt bad for her because I have been there.  We eventually lost her by the time we got to Dad’s Restaurant.  I guess it’s a popular restaurant.  I got a seafood salad sandwich (didn’t eat the bread) but most of us sat on the edge of someone’s front yard. 

A few of the ladies had to leave early and so many of us headed back towards our car.  By the time we got to the candy shop it was JackieB, G, and I and eventually G’s hubby joined us and we talked for another hour or so after we had ice cream.  I think it was five by the time I headed home and was hoping to find a place for coffee because by then I was tired.  I got Coffee in Branford because the Madison rest stop didn’t have a drive through. 

It was about 6 when I got home and the cats were indignant.   I fed them, finished my coffee, called Liz and then started dinner, and started separating some of the meat I got on Friday.  I was impressed that I actually pushed through the exhaustion to do it.  I cleaned up the kitchen and just about 9 came upstairs to listen to the Saturday night radio program.

Unfortunately I didn’t really sleep because of the coffee and the lots of things on my mind.

Today was equally beautiful.  I got up fed the critters, and decided to sleep again and then decided to prep more food that I didn’t finish last night and then cook a roast.  The chicken is still waiting in the fridge and that will be tomorrow’s project.

I finished the laundry and straighten up the kitchen and then decided to call Dave. 

We spent two hours talking about stuff.  He was asking me questions about the diet and nutrition and I tried to explain how and what AW believes in.  He was asking me about prices for Personal training and I really couldn’t answer him.  He didn’t understand why I didn’t just cook the stuff when I needed it.  Because by the time I want to eat it could go bad.

The rest of the day I flaked.  I had one of the pork patties I made yesterday and watched TV.  I slept or got on the computer late in the day.

This week is bulk pick up so I put some stuff out.  I think they are picking it up on Thursday I hope.  I was going to put more out but it’s the old Cuisinart and it has sharp blades.  I may just take it to the transfer station this week.

Liz was asking me about the lawn service I use now so I gave her the information last night and texted her morning to see if she got but never replied.  I really wish she would acknowledge it.  They came while I was at the meetup. 

 I don’t believe it…Tiger spent some time sleeping next to me tonight.  Maybe it’s the treat I gave her earlier today.  Let’s just hope I don’t find another hairball like I did when I came home yesterday.  I think Sky ate the ribbon from something and it was on the ledge in the back room.

I did manage to fend off male pen pals again.  I am reviewing the potential pen pal list I have.  I am waiting to hear from the most recent ones.  I updated the pen pal blog as well.