I blinked and it was gone

i can’t believe its Friday again.  This entire week flew by and I don’t know if I got a lot done or not.

I remember sometihng Mom told me many years ago that I can’t just exist in the world I have to be doing something.  I guess that’s why every other day I get to feeling guilty that all I did is sit and didn’t do much.

My plan to go to sleep early last night never saw the light of night.  I did try but I wanted to finish ysterday’s babble of an entry.

A part of me focused on committing to the gym.  That met with mixed results.  I knew I would fall back into the old ways.  Skip classes, eat things I wasn’t really supposed and make up for it some other way.  I did get some walking in as well.

i set the alarm for 4 this time so I would be getting up in time to feed the cats and leave for the 6 am class. I slept through the alarms but managed to get up and go and even the cats got fed.

I am thinking i did a lot of writing WHETHER IT was in the blogs, attempted pen paling, and some organizing. 

I also know I spent probably way too much time watching TV or sleeping. 

Since I had scheduled many of the bills that were due (at least that’s what I believe they are) this pay check I didn’t feel like I needed to review them.  LIE.  I still needed to check about the service agreement payment and see when I can do that.

I know I lost a number of nights worrying about that whole thing.  i still go back and forth with the setting up and identifying and organizing (the words are not coming to me right now)

i received some sad news this morning.   My friend Joan lost her 14 year old Companion Buddy (her organization Walks with Buddy was named for him) yesterday afternoon to cancer.  It was quick found it earlier this week.  I offered to come over today but she didn’t respond.  I have been crying since I found out.  A couple of others lost their furbabies as well this week.  i managed to send them all cards.  the kitties are not sure why i have been so clingy.  They are both sleeping now.

I called JOC this morning.  Her foot like I said is better but she isn’t willing to tempt fate but has the doctor appointment monday.  She definitely will be walking next week even with the rain.

I have checked in with the girls, Jim, and now Liz.  I am avoiding cooking the chicken but I also need to go grocery shopping today.

I still have the boxes to tie up and take to the transfer station with another bag of clothes.

I am thinking maybe work on the pen pal stuff for a little bit. 

i have my session with DEbra at 5;30 this evening.  I hope the zoom issues will be resolved.

The weather right now is beautiful and 81 degrees and the sun is playing hide and seek. we may get some rain at some point.  It’s supposed to stay with us for the next several days.  My lawn along with everyone else needs it and we can’t water it right now…brown water in the pipes.  For some of us.

 

 

New Month

It is a whole new month and new goals.  I managed to clean out some emails and update a few files this morning.  Unfortunately it still takes too long.  I even tried to use the shredder and its still jammed (pos).  I appreciate people suggesting I take it to UPS and have them shredded it I don’t feel comfortable doing it.

So i changed course and decided to get some laundry done and get it out of the dining room..  I will put them away later.  

I did more email deleting from the yahoo account.  I have to admit it is a little freeing at the same time nerve wracking that I may have missed something important.  Of course I wrote the important stuff down in files.

The shredder is cooperating so I did some of that as well.  I need to spend more time with that.  At least before my dinner arrives at 4 :30.  Outback...

 the rest of the night I didn't do very much laundry. But I did watch television. I tripped over the laptop and I think I broke it again. I hope it'll be okay by tomorrow I'm going to leave to rest

I sometimes wonder

Do you ever see those commercials on TV or online about people rushing around their world doing things to be organized or active?  Then the VO says you may have manic tendencies? Well I sometimes wonder if I am that way? I have had moments that I can get busy trying to clean up things and being organized.

For example,  after posting my Thankful Thursday list I changed the emails linked to the blogs to my primary google email.  On the theory I wanted to leave the yahoo just for the Ladies guild stuff. Not sure if that’s working or not.

I have put in the PTO requests for next week at work.  My hope is Supervisor will be in tomorrow and approve them before I leave next week.  The first one isn’t going under the FMLA (not sure they would think its included).

Just learned that the Orange location of LL Bean (near Trader Joe’s) is closing because its so close to the New Haven location.  That means the twenty people in the Orange location will have to relocate the hope is that these people will find jobs in the remaining stores throughout the state.

I made it to the gym tonight and I absolutely shocked Mr AW.  I also confessed to him what I had the night before. I told him I was a little more careful today.  We will in all likelihood to the inbody that day as well. Of course when I got home i had spare ribs and some candy apple frosting (yuck).

Now after watching TV and threw a load of laundry in me and the kitties are going to bed.

I am so glad

I am so glad today is Friday!  I can put this week behind me as done.  Things at home are fine.  No huge issues in the Community service part of my life except the ones I mentioned earlier this week.  The gym visits could have been a little better.

It has to do with work.  I had more computer/system issues this morning and it was frustrating.  This time it was due to recent upgrades that apparently didn’t make it to my computer.  So AC (who was really kind enough to reassure me this was not my doing) helped get it sorted out.  Apparently I haven’t been the only one either (having problems).  The rest of the day went by without incident.

I have submitted PTO’s for Nov 1, and 22.  I may still do November 3 to have a long weekend after Halloween.   Considering we don’t have any holidays until Christmas recess.  As it is I may be working during the CHristmas recess.  

I didn’t have my session with Debra tonight.  She was not feeling well so we will speak by phone sometime during the weekend.  This allowed me to go home earlier than planned and chill out.  So  I decided I would just relax.  I had planned on going to Head quarters but decided not to.  I was updating the grocery list so that I can make sauce and the chili.

I thought I would go to bed but I didn’t.  I have been watching TV,set the dishwasher going, put some laundry in the washer going, and cleaned the litter box (well at least got the crap out) .    Sky is at my feet on the sofa again.  I am waiting on Tiger to run herself out and join us soon. 

My cousin DC called to catch up.  It was mostly politics and all that she learned.  We talked about family a little and then it was time for her dinner.    We have to get together some time and catch up.  She encouraged me to keep trying to come to her house (usually when I call on Sunday afternoons they are usually in Norwalk babysitting their 2 year old grand baby.)

WEll the weather forecast did say the temperatures would be in the 50’s after yesterday's rain.  They were not kidding.  It was cloudy for the morning, and by lunch time the sun came out but it remained windy.  It was in the 60’s for most of the afternoon and now is 54.  I did open some windows this evening but that was too much.  

We are supposed to get rain later tonight and early in the morning and clouds later on.  Sunday is just cloudy.  That sounds good because in the morning will be walking with my friend Joan.

The weather channel site has been featuring reports from Michael’s destruction in Florida.  It's horrible.

OKay then.  I think I will say goodnight.  Before I do though I want to thank all those who have stopped by for visits and chatted.  Thanks so much. 

New Years Day 2016

After a fairly quiet night and being woken up to fireworks at Midnight today is also fairly quiet.  I got up early to straighten up and change the sheets on the bed I have been sleeping in for the past ten days.  Of course they were still in the dryer when I left.  Dishes are still in the sink there but I figure when I get back there tonight for one last feeding and walk it will be done.

My goals for 2016 are already being tested.  I was hoping that I wouldn’t be so reactionary to things that happen.  For example misplacing keys a hundred times a day or not getting a good password on a site that’s important for the cats.  Both times I was very aggravated and angry because it wasn’t happening the way I wanted.  Can you imagine what tomorrow will bring when I need to get tiger to her appointment?  I will continue to find ways that be better.  I just have to continue to take a breath and look at the two kitties that depend on me to keep them happy and safe.

I also have to work on that patience thing as well.  Some people can be all things negative and they do things that I may not like or understand.  I guess I also have to have patience with myself as wlel because I don’t like some of the things I do.

This afternoon I am heading to Dave’s party and then back to the house one last time like I mentioned.  To be honest it will be good to get back into my own home and routine again.  Hopefully a better routine.

This weekend and upcoming week will prove to be busy as well with The vet appointment, birthday party, and Mexican Train game.  Then going back to work and doctors’ appointments and infusions.  I will be seeing Debra for the first time in a month next Thursday.   The following weekend should be fairly quiet with Sky’s trip to the Vet and bingo the next day.

A regular mail day

Even though today was a federal holiday and the post office was closed the mail volume seemed to be like any other Monday. It was mostly insurance and legal correspondence. The US mail was from the clinics and lower in volume. I was able to get that all done and the lobby mail from Friday and the weekend. I kept checking with Finance to make sure all the mail was available to me and it was.




I was talking to Joanie today and talked about how concerned I was for my job. I don’t like conflict and I was trying very hard today to stay out of SR’s way and not give her any ammunition that could cause problems with it. I even gave her a “what if” scenario. What if Gayle was no longer working here or could no longer work? I didn’t want to let on that’s exactly what was going to happen come the autumn. I did get a little teary eyed and Joanie gave me a hug and told me not to worry.



DK and RW both came back today after their bout with the Stomach flu. They both know and understand it wasn’t my fault and reassured me. Apparently DK’s hubby has it bad and his immune system is worse than mine. I spent a lot of time with DK. We went to Paula’s for our lunch and late in the day I went with her to see her Mom over in Registration. I explained I was trying to stay off SR’s radar today. She understood.



When I finished the priority mail I worked on the readdress mail leaving the postage and bad address tallies for another day. I would like to say I made a small dent in it but there is still much to do. I don’t think I will be able to get to it tomorrow but I will try. I just have to remember to ask for help because I already know its going to be lots.



I met with Debra and that session was very informative. I told her about the long and stressful week since our last session and how I was feeling anxious about work and about the future and I also talked about my finances how I don’t know if I will be able to do well. She said to focus on work and ask for help and that all of it will work out. You have been there before and you will do it again. She also says that on the weekend focus and plan on doing the taxes to help pay the bills. For tonight just have a good meal and watch TV and sleep. I was beginning to get anxious that I started to cry. Debra reminded me that I have nothing to worry about. She told me I could pay when I asked if I could pay it next week. I felt some what better when I left.



When I got home I found Mom in her pajamas watching TV. Dinner was cooking in the oven. She had a few minor complaints and I told her I would be aware of it. I was a complete chatty Cathy through dinner and even after. I even talked with her about how things are kind of going right now with work. She listened and asked a few questions and it was amazing. I even told her I know I have to be a more patient and open to views of others and she wasn’t critical or even judgmental about it. She did say because I love my job that I will find ways that will help to get the job done (or reaffirmed it to me because I told her that’s what I do all the time and what I usually do about the job).



Now that is after 9:30 I think I better get to sleep. I think everything is going to be alright again.

For Once I would Like

For once I would love to have my laundry done before Sunday night. I had one more load drying in the dryer. Most of the weekends I keep Sunday night clear unless it’s a meeting to attend or even a fundraiser. It’s my night to prepare for the week ahead. In other words I relax and go online or write in journals.




Unfortunately it doesn’t always work out that way. While the laundry is being done I do other things. I get online or watch TV or go to the store and then it takes longer for it to finish. Usually by dinner time on Saturday I am dead tired of doing laundry and end up relaxing and watching TV or as in this case go out for the night. Who in the world wants to be doing laundry at 8 or 9 at night on the weekends?



So my intention for next weekend or future weekends is to make a concerted effort to have the laundry done before the weekend is over.

Saturday

I tried to get up at 5:30 and start the laundry but it didn’t work so I started just about the time Mom got up for the day. I should be finished with it by 2 at least.




The room still has more to be done with it but it should be enough for Don. Although he hasn’t called yet to come to do the ghost image but I did send him an email about the Adobe flash thing. He may feel I don’t need it.



Mom went to her friend’s memorial service this morning and got back around 12:30. She was running late when Aunt Serena called. They were discussing methods of getting the rugs from her house to ours. Bob was supposed to get them but according to Mom he was in bed when she saw him this afternoon.



I feel slightly guilty because when Bob called he was snarky but didn’t tell me he was sick. He sounded like it but at the time I didn’t think of it. I was already starting to project some arguing between me and family because I was getting annoyed by his abruptness.



I finally got to see the woodchuck today. Man is he fat. He looked like he was watching me from his hole and it looked like he could hear things going in the house. Ten minutes later he was heading for the swamp through the wood stacks in Don’s yard.







It looks like the rest of the day will be quiet. Liz and Nelson are probably recuperating from their busy week. They were babysitting and Liz hasn’t fully recovered from the bronchitis.



I just received the Alumnae Magazine from Linden Hall today. Among the articles there was one about Mount Gretna. It was a school wide Skip day where the entire school goes and spends the day at camp/activity place. I remember when I went over 30 years ago. We were in Chapel and the Headmaster at the time made announcements all of a sudden when he announced MT Gretna the entire chapel erupted in cheers.



The next hour all of us got ready for the waiting buses. I can’t remember how we got there but I remember some of the pictures from the year book. There were fires and eating, and then roller skating. In October 2010 the anticipated announcement was made by Assistant Headmistress Shaaron Lavery. It certainly was the way I remember it. I have to admit I don’t remember all the conversations but I do remember talking to My Counselor Mrs. Mischke who has since retired from there but on my last visit lived literally across the street from the school.



I also remember one of my new friends not wanting to go and I just wouldn’t accept it I believe she ended up coming.



There was a great article on Patricia Sullivan She was a teacher and was Admissions guru for potential Students and I am not quite sure how we met her but she has been a staple of the school for a long time. Over sixty years according to the article. She is quite the Historian for Lititz and the school too.



Well I have to finish my laundry. I don’t think I moved into the dryer for one of the loads….I will check back later….

Going to Make an effort

I had decided that today I would make an effort to clean my room and do the chores that needed to be done that I have neglected. As you know when I work most Saturdays by the time I get home I am really not in the mood to do anything. Last weekend I wasn’t home long enough to do them. By the time I did get home I was sleeping. Today is no different.

Mom went to the Opera with Stella today. She left around noon and should be back by 4. She really slept in this morning. I had called around 9:30 to just touch bases with her and instead I got this really groggy sounding voice. We didn’t talk long just gave her traffic update (it wasn’t bad this morning).

Work went well got a lot of the EOB pulls done. There was one that was a Medicaid pull that I left for another day. The file itself is massive and if any of you work in the medical field dealing with insurance EOB’s and files then you will understand why. On some Medicaid EOB’s they are not in alpha order and sometimes huge-or did I mention that already?

Snow is expected some time this afternoon. It was supposed to start around 2 and of course it didn’t show up. The weather reports also say snow showers in the morning as well.

I realized today that I haven’t done my family update yet. I am going to review my blog entries and try to get one posted later on today. I usually post it to the journaling lists and the self help list as well as the two pen pal lists I moderate. Of course I will post it here as well. I am trying to figure out how to start it. That’s why I enjoy reading the previous month’s “updates” and the blog entries as I can refer to those.

Oh for some reason my cell phone has no service. When I explained it to Frank G today he seems to think it’s the sim card. It might be loose or something. So if any of you who have my number are trying to call me don’t give up…

Well on to the update entry….

Had a Good Day

It is Tuesday night and in a few hours I will be watching the much anticipated new episode of NCIS with the rest of the world. In the mean time I am going to pay some more bills and do laundry in preparation for my short trip to PA at the end of the week.

Today went pretty well. I had a good night’s sleep and woke up with no problems and I managed to leave before 7:15. It’s always a goal for me. The ride in was fine until I got to the garage where the construction site was getting a delivery from a very long tractor trailer. It took a few minutes for it to maneuver into the digs and it made me very nervous with the cop so close to the truck I thought for sure he would get clipped or injured.

I got to the office after 7:30 and started working on the lockbox from yesterday. I stopped long enough to get the breakfast I ordered before getting there. The morning went by pretty well. No Major issues and was able to have all that done by the time we (hmm me thinks I am having multiple personalities today) left. The 10 buckets of Physicians directories provided by Connecticut Medical Society that’s been the bane of my existence will be taken and readdressed by Maria R (Senior Administrative Assistant) and out of my hair.

I am hoping that when I finish with the bad address tally for the last two days I can work on getting some other stuff done so I can relax for the rest of the week. I am going to try and go in early tomorrow.

We had a staff meeting today. We usually have one every month. Sue R was there to explain the importance of having accuracy in the work that we do. Well it was mostly pointed at the Cash posting but I what I can from it for my own job.

Yesterday there was a candle light vigil for Alexa and PJ Heron who were killed over the weekend at Gulf Beach in Milford, Friends, and family gathered to honor their memory. According to Danbury Newstime the two teens were returning from a family gathering. Tonight is the wake and the funeral will be held tomorrow. I didn’t know them personally and I even asked Telka if the young girl was supposed to be in the club She said no but that several of the girls might know her or of her.

Well it is time for me to hit the sack. Have a great night and be safe.

Things to Do on a rainy Day

Hey everyone it is after 4 pm on this wet cold Sunday. It has been raining since this morning and the weather forecasters are calling it a Nor Easter. The river in the marsh is very full (and it is so fun to look at even though it isn’t very deep normally).

It has been fairly quiet today. Mom has been sick with this cold. She was throwing up for a short time today and right now I can hear her waking up from a nap. She very rarely takes naps or goes to bed during the day unless she is dying.

This morning I went to bingo and met the newest Assistant Director of Recreation. His first name is Bob and he lives up the street from the nursing home. I was able to get a little bit of history. He lived and went to school in Trumbull and moved to Milford about 20 years ago. He moved to a few other places and came back to that part of town. He is still getting to know the lay of the land as they say. It also looks like they have new administration coming in overall.

Marisa came and she looked great. She was a big help and we got caught up on things. I told her what was going on with the clubs. She is hoping that when soccer ends in a couple of weeks she will be able to join in on the meetings.

After Bingo I went to St Mary’s for Mass. I sat with my cousins Bob and Donna Coulombe. We chatted a little bit about Father Cronin (he is the parish priest for ST Mary’s) and his surgery. We didn’t get a chance to talk much about family.

As soon as Communion was served to me I booked. It is not really recommended but I was getting tired and I wanted to see how Mom was doing. The ride home was uneventful and fairly slow.

When I got home Mom was reading the paper in the back room. She wasn’t feeling better and was going to keep it low key for the day. She did some work in the office and then went to bed. She did get on the phone when Liz called to see how she was doing. Mom is reading a book on John Adams. She has a heating pad on her chest right now to see if it will break up anything in the chest. I had suggested the Vic’s Vapor rub but she has really bad rash there.

I spent the afternoon online emptying out the mailboxes and updating files. I also watched TV. I watched part of Independence Day.

I also found out via the news that it is a sad and frightening day for the UCONN Huskies Football Team and their fans, family, and fellow students. One of their own was murdered during a party Sunday morning. He was 20 year old Jasper Howard from Miami.

This just brings back to the forefront that How safe is the schools and Colleges, Universities that we send our children to? The most recent point is the Annie Le case and now this? What can be done? I have no idea (perhaps not have alcohol allowed on campuses. Have more programs available for those who are having troubles with their stability (mental health to be exact).

Old Habits

Considering it is supposed to be a new year and new resolutions I am finding myself with old habits. I noticed this yesterday when I finally made my bed yesterday. I mean really made my bed. I have been sleeping on blankets for well over a week. I certainly over ate at Mike and Tessa’s and I found myself eating quite a lot at the party last night.

I arrived a little after 4:30. Teddy the youngest answered the door and Telka took the puffs and we chatted and hugged. She told me her brother and sister in law were in the kitchen. Apparently they were expecting a small crowd and were surprised at the number of people. More and more people came at 5. They were friends, co-workers, classmates of both John and Telka. Some I met at her graduation party last summer. There was so much food and many funny stories. I stayed with Mike and Roberta and their kids. They left around 7 and I followed suit just before 8. I went to bed shortly after I came home.

Today I got up around 7:30. I watched a little bit of TV and then got ready for bingo. I also checked emails and stuff like that. I had gotten a substantial amount of emails in regards to my “When a Person Asks Why post’.

I left after 9 and headed to DD. I had drove right past the one on Woodmont Road so I went to the one on Bridgeport Ave. I got a large HC. I suspect that contributed to the headache I got late this afternoon.

I was the first to arrive and then a young lady named Stephanie arrived. She volunteers and helps out around the home. She also works at Marshall's. She just graduated from Foran High in May 2008. She helped serve the coffee and then went up to help Ken L, and David V for a little while. My crew didn’t come today. Marisa overslept. I saw them at church after bingo.

I think I had maybe ten or twelve players today and it went pretty well. After bingo I took some of the residents back and of course I was late for church. I sat with Marisa and her family. She explained that she overslept and it was a source of aggravation between Mother and daughter.

It was after 12:30 when I got home. Mom was upstairs on the computer looking up instructions for use of the toaster oven. I thought she had them but hey what the heck. I had brunch. I had waffles and watched TV.

While I was watching TV I saw previews for Patrick Swayze’s new show on A&E called “The Beast”. It has to do with FBI agents. I have to say that it sounds interesting and I hope to catch it some time. He did look pretty good in this physically speaking. Roadhouse was also on at this time as well.

The Big news of the day is Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from the position of Commerce Secretary. There is a grand jury investigation on how some of his political donors won a lucrative contract. It is on CNN now and it has been o probably a lot of the news programs through out the afternoon. President Elect Obama is arriving in Washington this evening.

There was also an article on the first family. They arrived in Washington yesterday and the article wrote on where they are currently staying and will be staying before the inauguration. I think they are staying at the Hay Adams hotel right now. I guess the other place was all booked up. It is pretty fancy from what I read.

Around 2 this afternoon I started getting a headache. It turned into a migraine around 5. That’s about the time I started getting sick to my stomach. The warm bath didn’t even help. I had taken some ibuprofen after I got sick I went downstairs and told Mom not going to eat. It was around 6 when I felt better. I have had some juice and had a couple of cookies. So far its staying down but I really don’t want to push my luck.

I think that having cookies is going back to “old habits” thread I started at the beginning of this entry. I do have to be careful and mindful and all those other descriptions of what I am doing. I hope it will work.

I think I am going to lie down for a bit. I will see you all tomorrow.

I was thinking

I was thinking yesterday that I have noticed in the last couple of days I was slipping back into some old habits. For example I haven’t made my bed since Saturday. The whole point of me waking up at five is not to turn over and go to sleep for an hour more. It is to get up and make the bed, have breakfast perhaps, get online for a bit and most importantly get ready for work without rushing around.

I have caught myself leaving my desk a little cluttered. I didn’t like it. It was a small mount of papers and not neatly either. I have since rectified it by throwing out the papers I have gotten the information from it. I have organized the piles to a neater way. Now I make sure that if I take something out or have dropped it on the floor to pick it up and put it away.

In the Blue room where most of my work clothes and special occasion clothes are in the wardrobe or even the back of the door found themselves on the bed after being in the laundry. I made myself take the time and hang them.

Yesterday I was online for quite a long time. I had it on and in between the opening of the mail I would reply to emails. I can’t do that because it causes me to get behind in the mail. The lockbox was delivered late anyway and I started to open it when I finished with the regular post office mail.

Today I was a little late because of me dragging my feet and stuff. When I got to work the charts and stuff were already there so I started on that right away. After it was done (within the hour) I finished up on yesterdays. I left the readdress mail for really later and worked on todays. I did the bad addresses for about the last two hours of the day. I made the effort to stay off the net and just got on at breaks ands looking up things.

Mom had her meeting in Middletown and once again she was caught up in traffic again. She was really aggravated. She has to look forward to it for two more days. IF that’s the case then tomorrow night I will get the downstairs cleaned.
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I am wondering if I need to start doing my “to do list” again.

November 14, 2008

It was a pretty good day. We celebrated Toni’s birthday with cake and we said goodbye to Nora C from Reimbursement as she has taken a position in the OB/GYN department within the Medical Group.

I was able to finish all of my work by 2:15 and spent the rest of the day pulling EOB’s and picking up the NOPPs from Registration. They are really privacy papers the patients sign to allow us to deal with the insurance companies and healthcare facilities.

Terry and I were laughing that I could be talking to people on the way to my car and she wondered what time I get home with all the chatting. I told her about the time I hugged a complete stranger thinking I knew them.

Earlier this week I wrote about how I was aggravated by several occurrences well I didn’t mention one. It was over a bill I had paid (at least I thought I did) for Union Plus back on November 1. That was thirteen days ago and they still haven’t received it! I am going to have to write them a letter and then if they don’t get the payment soon I will have to cancel that check and write a new one. I can’t believe this actually happened.

I left work at my normal time and managed to get home by 4:30. I brought home my pie that I ordered from Gayle several weeks ago. It is sitting in the freezer downstairs. I was apprehensive about telling Mom but after she had been home a while I told her. She was not upset about it.

When I got home I relaxed for about ten minutes and then got right into the cleaning that I wanted to do. I was expecting Mom by five so I wanted to move along. Mom didn’t come home at 5 but more like after 6:30. I was able to get the upstairs done. I finished my room half an hour ago (after taking a break for dinner and watching TV for a bit).

Mom says all that needs to be done to downstairs in a little dusting everything else is fine. I decided that the laundry will get done very early in the morning. The rest will have to wait until after the ceremony tomorrow.

I told Mom I was going to the bank and get money out to pay for my dinner tomorrow night with my cousins Bob and Judy.

Right now I have mail that I have gotten over the last few days that I need to look over and do some thing with. For example I got the 2007-2008 Annual Report from Endicott College in Beverly. There were financial reports and high lights from each Department. I might read that before going to bed. I also received an Alumnae Giving Fund request. I also got the Bulleting from Linden Hall. The first Article was on Missy Anderson. She has been a wonderful Liaison to the Alumni and the School. She left earlier this year to Work for Lancaster General Hospital College of Nursing in their Development Office. The school and Alumni Office have placed a sun dial in the rock Garden in honor of her work at Linden Hall.

I need to update some classmate addresses from there and write a letter to the new President of the Alumnae. I hope I can write it okay. It has been a long time since I wrote them a letter of any kind.

What's Next?

I was thinking about this yesterday and was going to post it but already had a title for the day. So what is next? We watched as history changed before our eyes as President Elect Barack Obama won the election and gave his eloquent acceptance speech about the days ahead and what the historians will write. I missed Senator McCain’s Concession speech but I am told he was just as good.

I heard reports that The President Elect Obama has been choosing his transition team and has picked a number of people already. I think I heard on a radio that he has been given reports that usually go only to the President.

We will have to watch and as some have said perhaps push President Elect Obama to continue on the path of his promises. We will have to see what happens in these terrible (understatement I realize) economic times, what will happen with the War in Iraq.

Here in Milford we will watch as our newly elected candidates and returning candidates take their oaths at the state Capital and watch them begin their work in the Senate and the house. Here in Milford we now have to prepare for the city and State election in the next 2 years.

On a personal level work continues to get better and I am really enjoying work. We have the holidays coming up and a few more month ends and more celebrations to look forward as Arcenia L will be starting her new position as Cash Poster/HMO/Commercial staff. Our team will be having our holiday luncheon on the 19th at Hot Tomato’s on College Street.

There is a membership meeting in December and I believe the union is in preliminary stages of contract negotiations. I have heard there have been meetings that have gone well and perhaps we will have another great contract.

The woman’s Club has a number of activities coming up in the year’s end. There is the Veteran’s Day Service on Tuesday at West River Nursing home and then later on in the month is the Pie in the sky baking session before thanksgiving. In December we have the sing-a-long and the gift Delivery and of course our in house holiday party.

Telka called me earlier in the week to let me know she has 4 extra healing shawls she wants me to give to a woman at the Hospital. She gave me the name and the number and I can pick up the shawls when she gets back from Florida.

Health wise I probably should get into the gym again. I have been in pain and it seems a lot lately but that’s because of the food I have chosen to eat. I need to still get some blood work done that should have been done oh before my last appointment with Dr. Martin. I still have to get general physicals from my primary and ob doctor.

Well what’s next for the family? Mom just talked with Rosalie about Uncle Ray. It seems he is still with us but is weaker.

Mom has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow and then her literary club tomorrow night. Then she will be concentrating on Thanksgiving dinner. We are having a large crowd here that day.

Then of course the holidays will be upon us and I hope to have my cards out by the week after Thanksgiving. I hope to have holiday shopping done by the week before Christmas.

What are my short term goals? Write some letters and get the minutes out for the next 4th District.

Good night everyone!