I had a good sleep last night

 

As you know I went to bed early and I was glad I did.  I had a good sleep.  I did get up a couple of times but that was to go to the bathroom.

When I finally got up, I fed Sky and then went back to bed for a little while.  Then got up and got ready for work and took the morning meds.  I managed to get my meds taken.  I still must do tonight’s.

You know as I was getting dressed, I checked the blue pants I got from Women Within, and they are too stained to wear to work. I may have to get another pair.

When I left, I headed to the post office to mail that return package for Liz.  It didn’t take long.  I let her know that it was done when I got to work.

When I got to work, I was a little late but got started on the claim forms and the health logic.  I sorted the earlier batches and still have two or three more days that are light.    

WE have been infested with gnats for several days, it got worse in the last two days.  Guardian Angel/Gargoyle called in to building services and it got taken care of but its going to be a while before they are completely gone.

I spent the afternoon working on the refund request scanning.  More like an hour.  Then correspondence, and insurance updates for Registration…I need to finish those tomorrow.  I just put them together.

I got home around quarter of five and discovered Debra was running late so when we finally got to start it had to be by phone.  She was having trouble sending a zoom link to me.  Hopefully, we will use the zoom next week.

I am going to bed.  I won’t be getting my infusion because of the antibiotics I am still on.

 

 

Slept in Again

 

Since I have been on recess from work I have been able to sleep in a little more than usual.  I actually get up and feed the cats and have gone back to bed until 8 in the morning.  Today was no different because I didn’t fall asleep until 3 or so. 

I spent the time surfing the net, trying to catch up on some of F-lists, and updating calendars, and doing some crossword puzzles.  I have a headache.

I put through some laundry and it should be finished soon.  All I need to do is fold the clothes on the cedar chest.  I will get those done.

The Finding Friends meetup have two text messaging groups now.  There are about 13 or 14 on each.  Sometimes it’s confusing but I did learn a couple of things.  Stefanie whom I love despite some things she is fan of is not a big Fan of Mei and didn’t want to include her on the main text group.  I may have mentioned that at times I have not always felt comfortable around Mei.  So she put it out as a majority rules and we all agreed to include Mei.  Stephanie has made it clear that a girl Heather will not be added to the one list.   I am not sure what happened but that can be awkward. 

The reason we have two lists Cyn got a new number and prefers us to use that number but now I am not sure which one to use at times.  I did send her a text asking why Stephanie doesn’t want to include Heather.  I don’t think I will get an answer but I would imagine it’s sort of the same thing with me and Mei.  

I decided to text Cyn and she called me back and we spent nearly an hour discussing the things that had transpired in the group.  I admitted that Mei has rubbed me the wrong way at times.  I would like to say I was shocked by the actions of Heather but to be honest I am not.   Gillion is treading lightly here because Heather hasn’t done the things she has done to others to her.

We got a dusting and mostly rain during the night and will get it again tonight but for now we have sun and some clouds and the temperature is 39 degrees.  By early afternoon the clouds were more prevalent and playing a game of hide and seek with the sun.

I ordered the stuffed bread for Saturday and will be picking it up before going to Dave’s place.  I just need to set a reminder and I think I did.

I had a chat with Mama Roberta and everyone there is fine.  She did share the news that our friend Dan is in Hospice.  It was sad.

Now that is late in the afternoon I am going to watch another NCIS marathon.  Many of us on a few forums suspect that USA will be letting go of their contract and that’s why its returning to IONTV next week.

 

they just don't get it

 

The titans have no concept of time.  They must have been awake by 4 because they were running around and vocalizing for nearly an hour it seemed.   I was barely awake and it was after 5 in the morning.  I know understand when a parent telling their kids “just a few more minutes” or a kid saying the same thing to a parent.  They were fed water, and burped.  They are now quiet.  Sky is at the foot of the bed and tiger the last I looked was at her water bowl looking at me from around the corner of the cabinet.  Its quiet.  Let’s see how long that will last.

I did order food for them from Petco bright and early this morning.  As soon as I get the alert I will go pick it up.  I ordered the regular bag of kibble but instead of two boxes of the wet food I got three.  I feel like I go through the two boxes (that hold like 24 each) quickly.  I hope I won’t be sorry.

I have to say I may have to cut back on the food though for sky he may not look fat but he is heavy to pick up.  Tiger looks great for her small stature but I don’t want her to get overweight either. 

One of the discussions on Saturday was about food for animals.  It seems the consensus is to make your own food for them.  Well I don’t even make healthy food for myself I would like to rely on the vet who should be telling you (without bias of the brands they use) the kind of nutrition.  I was surprised that Gillion says that her vet doesn’t do nutrition for her animals.  I researched it and most vets are nutritionists.  So I guess I don’t have to worry but I will check with them when I see them next.

I may have to break down and get the nails clipped on these guys as well.

 

Guess who was up late again?

 

I really keep having too much caffeine at night.  I planted myself on the couch next to the cats that were sleeping on and off.  I watched the original Steel magnolias, a couple of times and the news and got online and posted the last few days of entries.  It would have been better to not drink the hot chocolate or the coffee in the day.  I had some as soon as I got up and fed the cats.  I had one more at work.

I managed to get out of the house by 7:30 and the traffic wasn’t bad.  I got to the office by 10 of 8 and got to work.  I usually make copies of the insurance payments and send them to SR.  Well since I wasn’t at the office yesterday no one did it.  So that was the first thing I did then I got into the Refund scanning project since the daily EOB scanning was not available.  I am thinking AC did it before she left yesterday so I wouldn’t have to deal with it since I am doing the mail, and the scanning.  I actually was having problems with the scanning refund batch.  I was wishing I stayed home.  I managed to get it done at some point and then found EoB batches to scan.  AT first I had five to do and got them done but more came at some point but by then the mail came so I will have to do the rest of the scanning tomorrow.

The mail that we get by the courier was small really stuff that DG and I work on plus the daily cash posting that needed to be done.  Late in the afternoon the Health logic documents came and it took me until 3 or so to get it sorted, stamped and delivered.  I am hoping it won’t turn out heavy tomorrow.

I have to decide if I want to get a web camera for my office desktop or not.  Supervisor sent out an email about this yesterday.  I really don’t use one and if I need to I use the laptop.  I am thinking I need a headset (hopefully Bluetooth), that was another email he sent out 

I am already making plans for the weekend.  The girl got game is back on for this weekend in Wallingford and so far three people have signed up.  It’s the Setback game.  I am planning on going for a hike at the Racebrook Trail on Sunday and I sent an invitation to Both DO and JK.. 

The drive home was a little intense for me and mainly because I was tired and hungry but it seemed like everyone around me was either driving too slow or stopping in the middle of the lanes.  I admit It may have been me trying to look around at things and at least anticipating what others are doing but it was indeed very frustrating.

It was after 4:30 when I got home.  The kitties were waiting for me by the door and begging to be fed.  I waited a little bit but not long because I wanted to eat myself.    I had more of the chicken and broccoli.   I watched TV for a while and then I called Liz.

She texted me and asked me if we could chat later and I said sure.  Anyway when she called me back she told me she saw asshole today.  He is delaying reimbursement for the Junk removal company. That we used because he was reading over the paperwork and he thinks they were shady.  She thinks he is nuts but she admitted that I won’t be able to get the new furniture right away like she had hoped.  I kind of knew that I wouldn’t be getting new furniture right away.  What she did say is that we do have to wait and whatever he is doing won’t have an effect on what we are doing.  All I know is I need to get the summation written soon or I am afraid that if he holds up the final sale that makes it so that I have to get some crappy hell hole I will not be happy.

I was going to do some cleaning tonight instead I fell asleep on the couch.  I woke up and did a load of laundry and watched more tv.  The cats are here on the couch and top of the couch.  They did their normal night time activities.  Ran around a little, tried to eat the food I had.  Now though I am going back to bed.

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.

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.

Slept better but

I did sleep a little better but when I did wake for the bathroom trips my legs were stiff and hurt the same with my hands.  I am wondering if the salt I made the foods with this week is the culprit.  They are fine now but it was uncomfortable.   A theory is I didn’t have enough water yesterday and the small amount that I did have rebelled.

We did our daily routine and tried out the new fancy feast type.  They seemed to eat it with no problem.  I haven’t given them the “hairball gel” yet today.  I did put it in their food and not sure how it went.  I think tiger avoided it in both bowls.

I went to the couch and fell asleep until 6:30.  I did some channel surfing and then fell back to sleep until 8:30.  I watched NCIS and texted the girls and the sibs.  The titans ambled around a little and then Sky sat above me and Tiger stayed out back.  Now of course we are back upstairs on the bed and both of them are sleeping along my leg.   They will not be that happy when I have to go to the bathroom.

For the first time in a long time I thought today was Wednesday.  I figured I would put off going to the gym as my legs were still a little stiff and I was just waking up.   I couldn’t understand why NCIS wasn’t continuing on USA, or why DS9 was playing still when usually its Star Trek: TNG.    I even was writing up the midweek reflection.   I even thought I missed the committee meeting!  NO such luck.

I hadn’t planned much for the day.  I was a little late for the committee meeting; I had used an old link.  There was a petition we had to sign.    Got some stuff to work on as a group.   The rest of the time I either wrote (not large amounts of writing) but I also slept and watched TV.

I did call Supervisor to let him know that I was able to do of the HIPAA and one other thing.  I just hope I will be able to do the actual training next month.   I am still not able to get to Kronos but Supervisor suggested I call the help desk.  I also told him I regretted my decision to stop working until the quarantine was lifted.   He said the University also put that into place.  I told him I probably could have continued to work since we had limited amount of people.  I told him I will love my desk and he also admitted that shadow has been doing the job as well.  I will have to call Help Desk tomorrow.

So should we be surprised that I didn’t get the Toilet Paper that I ordered two months ago?  There was a message on it saying it was a slight delay.  It probably will come at the same time as the wipes.   I did get the refund for the gloves so they will not come or will come and I will send them back.

I had lamb chops for dinner and just watching TV.  I did get a few more requests for pals from men.  I will update my pen pal blog soon.

I need to finish some laundry and get ready for NCIS and return to my bed.

 

It took forever to get to sleep

Oy, I didn’t sleep well again.  It wasn’t until after 3 and when I finally did I had some really weird dream with L& Order Characters.  I wasn’t ready to get up at the normal time but luckily Sky was there pawing me in the face.  I did go back to bed as soon as I fed them.

I fell asleep for another couple of hours and it felt better but I ended up having another weird dream.  This one I am not remembering it as well as this first one.  I will have to tell my friend she isn’t the only one who has had weird dreams lately.

When I did get up I of course put the TV on and got some coffee and returned basically to the normal routine.  Checked my mail delivery nothing yet and it looks like I am not getting anything interesting.  Checked Amazon because I know there are a couple of things I am supposed to be getting today.  The Alcohol wipes are still late and I am supposed to get toilet paper.  I am not sure if I should ask for a refund for the wipes.

I need to make some calls to the coffee for less company because I never did get the coffee order from May.  So I had to go through resetting my password with my Gmail account.  Set up the whole thing again.  I did call them and tell em that under my old email address I never got it.  I had to leave a message.  A short time after all the resetting I got a call and they will be reshipping it.  So I should be set for a while (who am I kidding it will be gone in 6 weeks)

Cleaning angel came around 11.   She sent a text to me around quarter of ten to let me know she was coming.  I spent the time writing her check and getting changed.  When she came we chatted and then I finally placed the order for more canister bags and they will be here by the end of the week.

The Dentist office called to reschedule my appointment for this week.  It’s actually with the Hygienist so we had to move it to next Wednesday at 12.  She gave me instructions on what to do that day but will remind me next Tuesday.

Around noon time I headed to the pet food place and picked up some more canned food and something to prevent hairballs.  I managed to get some into sky but having a hard time with princess (shocking isn’t it?).

I also stopped at Lowes and got some twine and will tie up the boxes and put them out for the bulk pick up.

Livi was still here when I got home but she was almost finished so I tried to take a nap and stay out of her way and it was nearly 1 when she left and I made my lunch and watched TV.  I need to take a nap. 

Definitely low key day

Whenever I was having an emotional day or at odds with anything my mother would say “have a low-key day”.  Basically, keep to myself and focus on my own activities so my point is I need to really take it slow.

When I got home yesterday this month’s Oil delivery invoice came and it had a note that threw me a curve ball.  Apparently one of my payments had issues and they tried to submit it twice.  IT took the second time, but I am spazzing.  I couldn’t sleep because I was worrying about it (and the decaf coffee didn’t help either).

  I did put a call into the company when I got to work, and they called me back and reassured me I was fine.  IT was a generic message for those who haven’t paid in a long period of time.  AT least that was resolved.  So now I have things back on track and will be a little more vigilant about it.

IT was raining for part of the afternoon and stopped for the early evening.  I went home and did the normal routine and then left for the meetup.  There were five of us.  Jackie came a little bit later.  It was G, and two others who had been part of the group or came before a long time ago.  The discussion got heavy at times and I went from listening and talking.  They all seemed to talk over me at times and that just makes me crazy.  I left a little after 8 and headed to Milford and to the gym.

The ride wasn’t bad.  I called Mama a second time and realized she may be in Passover services.  I just looked on line and she wasn’t.  Passover is in April. Oh, that sounded like I am stalking her. LOL.  I am not.

I made it to the gym just before 9 and got changed and started stretching for about 10 minutes.  Started on the elliptical for ten minutes it killed me.  I tried the treadmill and that was about 20 minutes and then the bike.  Each of them I had no patience with along with the WIFI in that place.  I was home by 10.

I think I did well on the diet part.  Protein Drink, coffee, protein bar, salad, yogurt, Asian Sesame Salad, soup, coffee, and popcorn.  Total amount of steps 9031.

When I got home I finished emptying the garbage and closing the house for the night but forgot a couple of lights.  I turned them off after a while. I tried to sleep but couldn’t.

 I also spent some time online.  I found the e-pal I was looking for and we chatted for some time and I set up her file. 

I have my thankful Thursday list almost ready to be posted but some of it might be a repeat from yesterday’s entry.  The one thing I just discovered this morning from my sister was that Young Mikey JR (Cheryl’s son) was served with divorce papers a few weeks ago. They have two children and his soon to be ex-wife has been hell for years. 

Then I get a message that my cousin in the south was hospitalized-again.  Not sure what or why (she has a ton of issues)

Better day

Feeling much better today.  I went home yesterday and fed the cats, made some shrimp, watched TV until 8.  I worked on my Thankful Thursday post and then went to sleep.  I did do a little more.  I got some laundry done and cleaned the kitchen a bit. 

When I woke this morning, I felt good.   Even though it was still raining.  I did our routine and then got ready for work.  Left in good time and even though it was raining no traffic problems to speak of. 

Shadow got my emails because all that I left for her was gone and she managed to get them done.  I have been scanning and hope to for another few hours.  I also gave her readdress mail that I was going to start but she needed something to do.  All her work was done.

The petition for safety and heating issues got stopped because members question some of the issues.  I guess it’s going to be revised and reissued later.

I Have had some issues with the mail.  The cashback delivery is supposed to be here at 11:30 and it wasn’t.  For the last couple of days there hasn’t been anything to sort out in the morning and I was not comfortable sending just an empty bag in the morning. Although I did get confirmation that it’s okay to do it.

Debra and I will be having a phone session on Sunday instead of meeting tonight so that will allow me to go home feed the kitties and then head to the gym for an early evening cardio since I didn’t go to the recovery class last night.

I will be doing some decluttering and cleaning out this afternoon and weekend (just got an email push from Cheryl).    Maybe I can get some stuff done myself.

I heard from Sis today, Baby Sophie broke her little foot.  I told KTurcotte junior and she figure she was okay. :/  Sis tells me she fell and tripped.   Jen posted about it this evening she looks okay.

On the way home there was a snow squall, snow and sun shower and it is about 38 degrees and quiet.

I didn’t make it to the gym again.  I had dinner from Outback, and some frozen fruit.  I did have some popcorn and cheese puffs earlier today.  I have two classes in the morning and then try and do some decluttering before the concert tomorrow.

In the mean time I have some stuff to do…

Slept in today

I didn’t sleep well last night.  I think it may have been the late day coffee or the fact I was watching the Star Wars Franchise marathon well until Midnight and fell asleep on the couch.  So I set the alarm for 7.   Much to the kitties chagrin I stayed in bed until 7.  Sky and Tiger stayed the night on the bed.  I also did some crossword puzzles and surfing the net.

This morning we did our routine and I probably fell back to sleep again while watching the marathon again.  When I turned it off the Return of the Jedi was on.  For some reason TNT is intermixing “prequels” and the sequels with the original.  I believe Rogue One will be on again and then The Original trilogy will repeat and then the Force Awakens.  They have been showing the previews of the Last Jedi and that will be on next Saturday. 

I was wondering if the Channel/Station would be airing the LOTR trilogy and the Hobbit and I found my answer.  That will be on Saturday afternoon.

I also wondered if the Pirates of the Caribbean would be on in the next two weeks and alas it will not.  I suspect that in a few weeks it will be.  IF not the entire franchise they will either do the originals by themselves or the later one by themselves.

Well I changed the theme on two of my blogs.  I was trying to be festive and it was time for a change anyway.  I hope it is received well.  I am such cheap skate I only will use the free ones.  Sometimes the choices or options are limited.  Oh another reason I was up so late is I was setting up my entries for the next couple of months.  Choosing titles if I thought of them.  That definitely took some time.

I got an early morning text from Lawyer this morning.  It was the second one this weekend.  He sent Christmas Greeting yesterday and this morning he is requesting the insurance certificate for the house.  I had a pang of guilt because I haven’t sent out any cards to him and his wife nor have I have given him a gift.  I am trying to find out if I can and if I should.  Although technically (but I am guessing not legally) he could take from the “trust”.   I just don’t have it this year.   I haven’t in the past either.

I have decided (it’s a given) that I am bailing on class today.  I want to send out some more cards in response to those I received in the last couple of days.   I want to work on some more Christmas Cards first.  I will get cardio in today.  I don’t want to make promises and not stand by them.

Oh GC from the Finding Friends meetup sent out a message to the group with activities for the next month or two and one of them is the annual Valentine’s brunch.  I went to this last year and loved it.  I sent a Christmas message to her and she replied this morning.  She and her husband are going to LI to visit his sister and then will be back later today.  So I have to make sure I sign up for the brunch and any other activities that will come up.

It is a beautiful sunny morning here and it is supposed to be like that for the rest of the day.  The forecast is calling for temperatures in the mid to low forties for the next few days, No white Christmas though and no rain until the end of the week.  It is much better than 70 degree like it was a couple of years ago.  I ended up with a sinus infection.

Well now it’s now the afternoon.  I was going to look something up about sending out holiday cards and found this.  Did you know there was ever such a thing?  She even touches on E-cards.  I don’t know if I necessarily agree with all of what she wrote but it is something to know in the future if I have ever get that far behind in the future.

 I ordered two boxes from Amazon and will send them out as many as possible.  However next year I will do it differently.

Guess how long it took me?

Well I had a lot of coffee yesterday.  I got a BOGO free in honor of National Coffee day.  I had a couple more before the night was done.  As a result I tried to go to sleep at the appropriate time, well not really.  NCIS: LA was delayed well until quarter of 10.  I wanted to see the opening credits.  I didn’t like them very much.

Just before I got off the computer for the last time (sky was getting squashed a few times).  I noticed a message from my friend JanetR she was a musician and former club member of the MYWC.  The point of her message was to her family and friends know that her mother who also was short term member had passed away last night.

I sent out emails to Dr. T, Mama, and JWalker and as of this morning they all replied.  I had to send them JanetR’s address I didn’t seem to have it. But now I do. I sent a message to BarbaraG as well.   I just noticed my gym buddy Dede also is friends with JanetR. I sent her a message as well. Gym Buddy sent me a thank you message.

My hope of getting up early was epic fail.  I ended up getting up at 5:40 and got ready for the day.  I managed to get things for my lunch (salad) ready along with bringing the creamers I bought grocery shopping.  I fed the cats and was able to leave the house by 7 and got to the shuttle a few minutes before it arrived.

I spent the morning scanning.  By 1 we were caught up.  But by the end of the day the box was almost full again.  I will be on it tomorrow morning.  I spent the rest of the late afternoon heling with the readdress mail.

Well as I expected and after I spoke to a few coworkers an email came out from the CFO announcing Director’s plan to retire from Yale and work somewhere else.   Lots of discussion began.  Apparently a number o people knew Friday after all because someone overheard and ran with it.  NOT ME.

Now the speculation on who will be next in line and some are wondering if it will be SR. As one of my colleagues suggested instead of getting rid of C&T’s they are deciding who needs to go in management.  The hope is whoever is being brought in is a compassionate and understanding as ST was.

I came home and fed the cats, made dinner, and fell asleep.   I was planning on going to the gym for class but I was getting tired.  I made steak, and peas, and yogurt and decaf.  I watched TV for a while and then put the laundry through and the dishwasher through. 

I have to be up for class tomorrow. I can’t remember when I had class on Tuesday morning but I also meet with Alex tomorrow night.  My intention was to be in the gym every day this week.  It’s not quite every day yet.  I am tracking the food but still going over the daily calories.

I better get going…starting to fall asleep again…

Thought I would have a long day

This chick is going to be mainlining coffee all day again.  Actually I didn’t yesterday until I got home.  It’s my own fault.  I fell asleep sometime after midnight and woke up Just before three.  I had some weird dream about demons.  I was outside somewhere and with people I didn’t recognize but they had powers.  I think I have been watching way too much of Charmed lately.

So when I woke up just before 3 I did a bathroom run and the cats ambled around from the spots.  Tiger returned to her spot on the cushion above my head while sky ran around and then sat under the table.  I got him to sit with me and now he is playing with something.  I put the clothes through another drying cycle and hopefully will be dried enough for me to wear this morning to Jennifer’s class.

        I was hoping it would be fairly quiet day at work where I can get a lot of scanning done and get rid of the readdress mail.  I am not sure if there is an issue but from the way shadow spoke there might be.  Happily I was able to get a lot done of scanning but not so much as the readdress mail.     Tomorrow will work on it along with prepping a refund to be mailed.

Preparations for the presentation are moving along.  October 1 we have the room to use.  We will be able to use the room after that too.

The shuttle home was a little late this evening.  I managed to get home just before 5.  There are some new rules.  One if we are running late and we are not at the hut and they have already departed they can’t stop and pick us up.  The night time driver is going to ignore that edict and continue to pick people up so they are not late.  There is a reason they are doing this so that the rest of us are not late.

I fed the cats I watched TV and had coffee (decaf) and relaxed.  I was waiting for the lawn guy to come and help or strategize about what to do about decluttering.   As of 8 pm he hasn’t called or texted.  Now I told him 5:30 or 6:30 would have been fine. I don’t know if that led him to think I was bailing on him.

I made dinner while waiting.  I have had some stuff I shouldn’t have had today.  I was doing so well too.

Well I need to get to sleep.  I am supposed to go to class in the morning and I have to straighten out the coffee table and dining room a little for the meeting tomorrow night.  I won’t have that much time tomorrow.











       

its going to be one of those days

As  I predicted before going off to bed last night  I didn't sleep well.  I did everything to get myself to sleep.  ONline puzzles surfing the net.  Not even sky could get me to sleep.  He came upstairs way after  midnight this morning..  I even went to watch TV and didn’t hear him come down and stay with Tiger.

Getting up was even harder.  Both Sky and the snooze button were pushed (Sky not so much).  I finally got up just before 6.  So I fed them and watched TV for a short time and got into the shower and got ready for work.  Unfortunately I was still late that I couldn’t make the shuttle so I drove in..  

When I got here discovered that DG is out again.  I hope she is alright.  I think she got sick last week..  It gets cold and hot where she sits (like everywhere else around this building/floor) so she may have gotten something.  Which means I will be doing the mail again.  My hope  was it would be light because the scanning is starting to fill one box and I need to get it done before AC comes back next week..  

I ended up working on the mail for the rest of the afternoon until I left for the day.  It didn’t seem too bad or a MOonday.

I don’t understand why that person shot those people in Gilroy CA.  It was a garlic festival.  I had originally heard about it from a post from a friend on FB and then on the news.  They are still in the middle of an investigation..  My Cousin in the same state is right Military type guns should not be sold to civilians.   Military personnel who transition to civilian life should give up those guns the minute they are about to transition..  Have the normal rifles and handguns for protection and hunting but not the other stuff.

I am awaiting to hear from Debra today.  She is meeting with the Lawyer to discuss things about me.  Quite frankly now tat I am sitting here I am thinking I should  be there.  I am pretty sure you all think the same thing..  I  hope she calls soon because after that Lawyer and I are supposed to meet later on in the week and discuss further  the subject of the house and moving.

Too much Coffee May 6, 2019

I knew I would have a hard time getting to sleep last night.  I tried to get some sleep. Unfortunately all the coffee I had yesterday kept me awake.  I also knew I would be drinking it all day today. 

I managed to get Tiger to come up to sleep with us. I had heard her meowing but she never came up so I went to find her.  She was on the couch sleeping so I tried to pick her up.  She didn’t want to be held.  So I put her down and called her and she ended up following me.  She had cuddled up with Sky and stayed there until 4.  Several times they looked at me wondering why I was awake and bothering them.  I could feel them and hear them grooming themselves which only meant they would be getting up soon.  

I was chatting with R from work via IM who apparently is another one who stays up late and yet seems to function well at work.  Her philosophy is basically put her earbuds on and work and drink caffeine.  We talked for about an hour.

Soon 5am came too soon.   I waited until 5:30 Sky attempted to get me up so I had gotten up for the final time this morning and fed them, went back to the couch until 6:30.  I have to say I had a couple of surprises.  One I could see the sun rising and staying for so long.  I told everyone It was supposed to rain today.  The daylight was early.

I was grateful for AC’s return she got things resolved regarding the scanning issues.  She tried to find out what went exactly and I wasn’t any help.  I thought I was being meticulous with notes but yet again I wasn’t.  We have the meeting tomorrow afternoon and it should be interesting.

I spent the day doing mail.  I made an effort to look through my own notes for certain things that I had doubts on and made some for DG for her own stuff.  I managed to get it done before leaving for the day.

I was able to leave on time since my walking crew were off.  I was able to get home by 4:30 and visited with neighbors across the street.  I even got to spend time with my god puppies.  The reason behind it is so i could answer DR T’s questions about Paddy K’s work.  I think I was there for about 30 minutes and then came home fed the titans.

I also made some dinner and relaxed before going to the gym. I had flounder and vegetables and fruit. I figured I needed to get back on track after the lunch I had.  Tomato Bisque and Pulled pork sandwich.

Class was great...and hard work.  He had us do things I am not used to doing..with the weights and all.  Mine weren’t as heavy as everyone else’s but they were awkward.  I came straight home.

I am so tired that am going to bed.