KateP's musings

  It is depressing to hear the news that health officials are expecting a corona virus spike because so many people chose to ignore the holiday guidelines.    The latest numbers will be released for the state later today.   The mayor of East Haven has the virus and is now working from home.   It is 11 miles north east of here. As I mentioned yesterday my hope is that DG has returned and will do Friday’s mail while I finish Thursday’s and I am able to get to scanning.   My gut feeling tells me I will be in a huge rush to make sure things are cleared off and neat for the two weeks I am gone. The weather right now is okay but it is supposed to be a mess later this morning and into the afternoon.   I was hoping to get to the Goodwill with the bag of hangers.   I won’t now.   I have my session at 6:15 with Debra. In the mean time I need to get ready for work…Enjoy your day…  

  Wednesday was the beginning of the Holiday week for me. Liz and I began some of the phone calls that we needed to get done prior to the move were started that mid-morning. We worked on it for a couple of hours.   It was frustrating and aggravating. One of the issues was dealing with the UI.   We couldn’t discuss closing the current account on the house because it was under Mom’s name.   So Liz would later send me the death certificate and I forwarded to the address the woman gave me. Liz had to leave around 2 because she had a baking activity with a friend’s daughter at her home.    The rest of that day I crashed I think.   That was before I did some shopping. Thanksgiving morning was quiet.   I watched TV.   I believe Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter was on that morning Just before I left for Liz and Nelson’s I stopped at the Store to get another quart of Ice cream.   I believed the one I had gotten the day before (that’s right I d...

  I am sitting here at the desk.   I have been working on yesterday’s mail while catching up with VanessaT who just returned from quarantine.   DG is still on quarantine.   There aren’t that many people here this week anyway.   Those who were here only worked one day and took the rest of the time off.    Admins gave us an extra recess day for this holiday and for Christmas.   I am not sure that will ever happen again in my lifetime here. Sadly we learned that our one of our IT guys passed away from covid last week.   I found out through the three amigos as they found out through a meeting last week. We eventually got an alert from one of the Admins. Supervisor is off until next Monday but he sent out a thanksgiving email and so Did SR.   I have alerted them that I will be taking time off in December for the move.   I put it in this morning.   Everyone is replying to it and the amigos are bitching and I find that to be just ...

 It was nearly 1 in the morning before I fell asleep.  Partly because I had coffee last night thinking I was going to be doing things and instead I ate crap and watched the Twilight saga.   The other reason I couldn’t sleep is Cheryl informed us the closing date is December 11 for the house and condo.  It’s really happening.  Cheryl had Liz call her (and she should have called me and explained what Liz said to me) to explain to me what is going to happen.  Once I sign over the house I can’t come back.  Liz says I may have to spend the night at her house and leave the cats at the condo. By themselves and lose.  I am going to have to ask her about that again. Liz asked me to make a list of the utilities and the account numbers and for both the house and the condo.   I did that and then proceeded to change the address on almost everything.  I haven’t done it to the water company yet I have to fill out some form and print it out....

  Late last night before I went to sleep I checked the Mychart site to see if anything came up and luckily I got my results (the actual email came to me at 9 but   was busy watching TV) and they were negative.    It wasn’t totally unexpected.   I hadn’t any symptoms and I have been fine all week.   So I told my siblings and spoke to one of the three amigos for 45 minutes about that and cats and the holidays and of course the moving. My hope is that next week my Friend Lisa and I will be getting together after 30 years and have a visit.   It’s been crazy we have had to cancel the last few times because one thing or another.   It will be great to see her. This morning I woke up with a headache from the pillow again.   I can’t tell which one it is until I move it around and end up getting the headache.   I had some coffee but it hasn’t gone away as I write this I did eat some scrambled egg. This morning I am trying to finish up laundr...

  The Covid Test was literally 5 minutes yesterday and allowed me to have an afternoon off.   I actually left the office around 1 and on the way home called my sister to see if it was okay to   eat some lunch (I was entertaining the thought of going home first) I decided to stop at McDonald’s at the rest stop in Milford.   I drove to the testing site and began to eat and then I got on line and had my test.   I went home and ate again. I also started looking at my utilities to make sure they were in my name or my folk’s name.   Liz suggested I look into it because I will need to get a death certificate if it isn’t in my name.   I am waiting for RWA (Water Company) to return my email and I tried to send an email   to ask the UI but its like trying to jump through hoops.   The cable and oil is in my name. The rest of the night I watched TV, and I watched Christmas mvoies such as The Year without Santa (Mickey Rooney and the actress who playe...

  1. I am thankful for my family warts and all.  Everyone is well.  John is enjoying being a newlywed.  Nothing major I can think of.   2. I am thankful for my kitties. Still cuddly this week. 3. I am thankful for my job. I just celebrated my 29th year at the university with a covid exposure from a coworker.  Three are still out and I get my test this afternoon.   The Front doors to the building wouldn’t open for me but it seems to open for everyone else.  That made me very uneasy. 4. I am thankful for the house/condo. I am really anxious to get to the condo.  One of the cabinet shelves almost broke the dishes under it.  I was so frustrated.  Still haven’t signed for condo yet.  NOr have I gotten a closing date. 5. I am thankful for the Medical profession that keeps me on the road to good/better health.   I go for my Covid test this afternoon at 1:45.  I don’t expect to get the results until tomorrow or Saturda...

  Its Wednesday again and I am awed by the fact the week is going by so quickly.   It seems like the older I get the faster the years past.   I mean this is how long we have until Christmas and this many until the New Year.   I tend to get anxious about it.   It also happens around my birthday too On a happier note 29 years ago today I began as a full time employee at the University.   Its been quite an experience witness, three new University Presidents, several strikes, watched a union grow and become a force to be reckoned with, experienced some sadness, as we faced the terrorism, and wars that came from 9/11.   We said goodbye to many people over the years through retirements, job changes, and sadly death.   We welcomed new people as new jobs opened up.    I woke up around 2 to find out that my friend Ann’s families have symptoms of the virus.   Actually her nephew and friend have mild symptoms and Ann’s sister has worse s...

  I did my normal routine this morning in preparation of going back to work.   I did the assessment, sent the emails, and did the morning texts.   I am glad I listened to Gil Simmons the weatherman at Channel 8 this morning saying we need to dress warm.   I had to defrost the car for ten minutes.   It didn't take long but that will probably be the norm for now.   It also made me think about when I finally moved to the condo.   When I got to the office I got my temp and I was fine.   I went to see if DG and LF were here and they are not.   Neither is VT which I knew last night.   I was surprised to find that LB isn’t but I learned a bit ago that Supervisor did let people know there were some concerns.   He wouldn’t go too much into it.   I learned this from CS.   Who was happy to see me.     As time went on more people arrived.   Not many but enough to keep me from going bonkers with the quiet. ...

  Well it’s after ten and sunny out.   I sent the pertinent emails and included EV and told her there wasn’t a line that says I was in contact with anyone tested positive.   EV says she will call me sometime today.   I did get a thank you email from AD, and PTO request approval from Supervisor. Nothing else like “hope you are okay” or something.   I just got an obnoxious text from EV. I asked her if she was in contact with the others who are in this event she said its not her job to contact people that the Health Plan should do it.    I am already aggravated by everything that’s going wrong today I don’t need her shit.   She has a habit of being a little selfish and abrupt and on more than one occasion annoyed people with her attitude. I am still trying to get my grocery delivery set up and as usual having fucking problems.   I tried Aldi and it won’t deliver to me.   The one it would be delivering from is up in Wallingford.  ...

  It is now after 5 pm and no email from Admins.   I did get another email from LFriello regarding the situation and she said she called our union steward and spoke to her about the situation.   We were sharing our precautions.   She also reassured me that Admins must already know because NW had to tell her and her supervisor.   I also called the union steward and asked her to call me.   I didn’t explain but I am sure can figure it out.   So I am helping she will call me soon.             The rain hasn’t started yet. The wind advisory is in effect until midnight tomorrow.   I had to turn the heat up in the house   I was talking to Nextdoor today and among the many things he told me is we are getting snow at the end of the week.   I just realized I may have said that earlier today.    I was watching him stock up his wood supply.   The cats were fed early this evenin...

  Well I didn’t get too far with the quotes yesterday.   I am not surprised.   I looked online at one and tried to call them but 1) this particular place out of East Haven is closed weekends.   2) They tell you to give some details of what you need but don’t give you a quote until you call.   Well I am not sure what to say yet.   I am also guessing most of the others are close for the weekend now too.   I did go over the Optimum packages so I don’t have to keep paying $223 and change.   My goal today is to get the house cleaning done, and get to the closet.   Not really accomplishing that at the moment.   I will.   My reasoning for that is we are supposed to get a rainy Sunday afternoon.   My hope is it will spur me to do it Today is my Niece Diane’s Birthday.   My memories of her over the years are mixed emotions.   She was a funny little child when she first came to us and she was on her second and final return ...

  My plans for this weekend have changed again.   First off Liz texted me and told me that sometime next week when the buyers sign for the house I will be signing for the condo.   Liz seems to think I will be moving right then.   I am resisting that a lot at the moment.   So I will be rushing to clear out the closet and start some of the pre-move activities (get quotes for the alarm systems, get the change of address moving kit from the post office, more importantly the moving companies) and keeping up on the housecleaning (it’s redundant to say housekeeping).   I actually would have been doing that anyway. I was supposed to meet up with my childhood friend Lisa this afternoon but that really had to change again when I learned from VT at work that NW had been tested positive for the virus. So I had to change my appointments for Monday (I was going to my primary for a physical, covid, and flu shot).   I guess I would not have gotten the covid test at ...

  The monthly cousin chat was yesterday afternoon.   I was the first one to arrive then it was my Cousin Tim and his wife Wendy up in Michigan, then it was my cousin Maura, and finally Judy.   Maura couldn’t stay long as her step father was in the hospital after falling in the nursing facility he has been in for the last few weeks.   He is suffering from dementia.   I guess this was a recent development –the nursing facility).   So in the end it was only four of us.   I was disappointed the rest of my tree didn’t show up but Liz already texted me (and I missed) saying she was way too tired and that she had to miss it. We talked about the effects the Corona Virus has on our lives, and work.   I shared with them the alert status at the University had gone up.   We shared-well they shared stories from back in the day about the parents and pictures.   It was quite amusing. Soon the chat was over and Judy promised to send out another one ...

  I decided that since my plans with Lisa changed for yesterday. I would stay close to home.   I had already gone grocery shopping on Friday and I planned on house work and computer stuff. I was in pretty good spirits for someone who had a hard time sleeping again.   Yep it was the shoulder and arm again.   I was yelping like some idiot.   I finally went upstairs and took the Tylenol and the heating pad.   I finally fell asleep sometime after midnight.   I can still feel some of the pain in the shoulder but it isn’t as prevalent.   I will take my meds soon hopefully it will help the situation.   It ended up coming back later on in the day after I had trouble opening a jar of tomato sauce.   It really angered me that companies make you struggle with these things.   Any tool that I have to open jars is packed away. So I stripped the bed and got the sheets washed and dried.   I haven’t made the bed yet. I was still working on ...

  It is after 2 in the morning and I am sitting here because I couldn’t sleep.   I think I Had one of those pericardial events in my shoulder again.   It hurt like the dickens.   I couldn’t get comfortable and I put a heating pad on and I took some Tylenol a little while ago.   It feels better but that’s because I am sitting up as opposed to lying down on the pillows.   I am going to try and get back to sleep because I will be getting up in about 3 or 4 hours. I also had a panic moment when I came down to check on the cats.   Tiger was sleeping now she is preening herself but for fair amount of time I couldn’t find Sky.   I looked in his normal places.   I even thought he was under the bed.   He wasn’t.   I came down again and found him on a tote filled with Towels.   I walked by him at least once before I saw him on that. I picked him up and hugged him and put him back.   I think he may have travelled again.   The ...

  I must be in some kind of void because I have been told more than once since the election that has been fraudulent election practices.    I haven’t heard much on TV.   OF course any news of the election I turn it off.   It was told to me by a co-worker and it had to do with pens, ballots being destroyed.    She acknowledged it is hard to know what to believe.   She says Biden could be winning fair and square.   I said just because one person is being stupid doesn’t mean we should taint the entire party.   One could argue many different theories.   Someone on next door made a report to the federal authorities that there were some fraudulent activities going on in West Haven.   He wanted anyone else to provide proof as well.   Why do people have to be suspicious? ON my way home I called one of the three Amigos because I saw a conversation that I wasn’t sure about.   MAlling’s husband has been having chest pains an...