KateP's musings

  This seems to happen all the time.   Some days are slow as molasses while some days fly by.   Today is one of those days. This morning after I did my text messages for the morning and watched a little tv.   Fed the furball and then went to Honda place and got my car serviced.   I ended up only getting the oil change.   The other item (noise that sounds like a propeller) is an all day service call.   I must find another day to do it.   I hope to get it done while on vacation I was out of there as expected by 10:30.   I came home and then went to My sister’s.   She asked me to go with her to Wal-Mart in Stratford, to get new lens in her a few of her frames.   I think it took about an hour and a half. During that time, we chatted about things.   The optician who had been waiting on her and various stories of the family friends and plans to have dinner at a Thai Restaurant back in Woodmont. I think it was nearly 12 when...

    I started my day off semi late.   I got up normal time and did the normal routine and then forced myself to finish a very long email to DR. T that I started last week.   I hadn’t worked on it much this weekend.   As I was finishing, I kept rushing and pushed the wrong buttons and almost lost the rest of what I wrote.   I was getting frustrated so much.   I nearly scared the cats.   I had to rush and get dressed as I showered last night.   I managed to get here just before 8 am and worked on the claims and then on the mail.   I am still behind on the mail, and I need to get a lion’s share of it done by the end of the week.   We are moving to the third floor on Friday. I was relieved there wasn’t that much mail for today.   I hope to get everything else further along.   AT least that’s my hope.   As soon as more date stampers come JT will be helping me.   I was actually done with the 17 th mail.   I s...

  I must begin this entry with an apology for the symphony of chirping crickets lately.   I have been going through some challenging times since Tropical storm Isaias.   The day after it hit I noticed the gutter needed repair and so I called my lawyer/Trustee (if you have been following me for while it was set up long before Mom died) to let him know it needed to be fixed.   He didn’t see it but came and surveyed the property and started a bullying campaign to reissue the whole “we need to put the house on the market” .   We argued and by the end of the conversation he hung up on me.   He sent me a very insulting voice mail by the end of that same week after my brother spoke to him.     My family and I met at the beginning of the week with my therapist to discuss what could be done but came to the conclusion that it isn’t worth fighting him.   We are not giving in but I cannot afford to manage this big house. My brother spoke to him and got...

Today would have been my Dad’s 94 th Birthday.   I have been doing a lot of ‘What if’s lately.   What if he didn’t have high cholesterol, or kidney failure, or the alcoholism that affected his and our lives.   He battled the alcoholism before he died but it had lasting effects.   Would he be frail?   Would his memory be going like his sister RM?   Would his illnesses have caught up with him now?   As it did with his late Sister Patty? I wonder if he would have been able to take care of Mom during her last days.   I wonder what the relationships would be with my remaining siblings.   I wonder so many things and sometimes I am glad he didn’t survive because I don’t know what would have happened. So Today is Friday and it’s raining on and off.   Still humid. The sun is supposed to come out in the city and rain all day back home.   Hopefully an early morning crisis has been averted.   One of the admins is waiting on a piece ...

I thought for sure I would be getting my schedule for next week but as you well know I got the word earlier this week and it will NOT be sporadic like I originally thought.   My plan is to go in as early as possible everyday so I can get as much done as possible.   I have most of my laundry done but some of them need to be ironed before I wear them.   I also got foods for lunch at least for the first few days.   I don’t want to order food at lunch or get stuff from the vending machines.    I think we all know I will anyway. We already have a lot of Union Activities (okay so may be 3 or 4) in the next few weeks.   We have a med school committee meeting (Not sure if is actually just committee or it’s a membership meeting) next week and some other ally meeting.   I made a promise to attend or participate in activities for the union and wouldn’t you know it I have a few conflicts already. So I went to the gym last night and did some cardio befor...

In the Last couple of days I have acquired and indulged in a new addiction.   That’s Words with Friends and Words with friends 2.    I played most of the night with Jim, and earlier in the day with Liz.   I have also played with some of my FB and pen pal friends. I am still learning how to do it but the constant promoting of other games while I am waiting to play with some of the people is very frustrating.   That also includes the ads. I spent most of Thursday vegging out.   I have been Watching TV including the Dr.Pol Vet show.   I read some interesting stuff about him in a few newspapers (not around here) it would seem he is controversial.   There was one episode they had to put their own dog down.   It was sad but I am not sure if that is ethical but he is a vet. I had my session with Debra on Thursday instead of Friday.   I suspect she had an opportunity to get out of Dodge and took it.   WE talked about work, my energy l...

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

Today we had some early morning showers and by lunch time it was overcast.   It was the same way last weekend started.   I don’t think it was as humid last Friday.   It is in the low 70’s right now.   There is coastal flood advisory until tomorrow. I got an email from Supervisor last night it was to review and sign my review.   It took me a couple of times to send it to him.   I am pleased the review was a good one.   He just may get it back twice. I tried to use the VPN program to get my time card signed without reading the instructions first.   It didn’t work.   I will have to start over again.   I hope to get it right by the time I have to get my training done. I hadn’t made any of the union calls this morning but made one in the afternoon after SamV called to check to see how I was doing. I have been getting emails for staff meetings two were cancelled but another was scheduled but I pray I didn’t’ miss it.   It doesn’t ...

Good morning it’s Friday again.   It is 64 degrees and cloudy and rainy for the day but it will eventually be in the 70’s.   It will be the same way until tomorrow afternoon or evening.   Sunday is supposed to be better. I would like to say I had a great time at the trivia game last night unfortunately, the background static and interference made it difficult.   Author51 did an awesome job as emcee.   It really gave me a headache.   I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t think it’s the computers but the internet.    I am not making sense but again we pay for good quality services and the providers should make sure they are doing what is necessary. After the game I stayed up until 9:30.   Well if you call it that.   I lay down on the couch and watched the PBS line up.   Saw the TOH Cape Ann project wrap up and as usual they did a great job.      It was beautiful and I wonder how they are doing now.   I belie...

I am not sure why but at some point this evening I got tired.   I had been preparing for the coffee talk, took care of the garbage and tried to do some union calls. Late this afternoon I heard from NewEgg.com and they indicated the seller had sent me a message that it will now be June 3, 2020.   I don’t remember seeing that date on their email but with my luck and my penchant for not reading the email completely through.   So it will now be a week from today. I finally cleaned off the counter next to the sink and closer to the cellar.   I got rid of old teas and the others I put in canisters that can hold the tea. I put some of my meds and all the vitamins and supplements into a basket.   My hope is to not have that place look so cluttered. I also put some stuff into a box. For example I put the mini coffeemaker (the kind that is brewing) and a bunch of other stuff from the back room into the box as well.   There is more but I have to look thr...

This is going to sound really weird but after turning the heat back on and up yesterday I seemed to be feeling better.   The side flutters subsided or were less frequent then earlier in the day.   The breathing seemed a little better. I thought I would get the sleep that had eluded me in the previous days but it wasn’t quite that way it was better but still needs more time. Earlier in the day I received a message from my PCP at Internal med and I tried to access the message and it was not loading at first.   They really need to get a better portal this one sucks the wind out the room.   Anyway they were letting patients know what to expect in the future when it comes to appointments.   I thought for sure I missed it but I don’t have one right now. The zoom DTC meeting went well.   We basically nominated candidates for Registrar (and that would be KRowland) and FrankS for candidacy for the 118 th District State Rep.   I got to see a lot of people I...

It is Mother’s Day 2020.   It is a sunny and chilly morning (39 degrees) and it is supposed to get to 59 at some point.   I don’t remember it being this cold in a long while on mother’s Day.    It rained last year. I have sent out e-cards to most of the women in my immediate family.   (The Rivera-Morgan) and I will be calling my three aunts later today (2 live in Texas and the other lives in Ga).   I had a fleeting memory of all the gifts I had given Mom over the years and I see I mentioned it last year .   It isn’t as emotional this year which is probably a good thing.   I also remember there were years she didn’t want anything but as I said last year I gave her me that still made me feel guilty. My three aunts I spoke off are all Moms’ Sister-in-laws.   Rosemary was Dad’s oldest sister.   She is the last remaining of Dad’s siblings.   Their brother Joe died many years ago and before Dad died.   Their Sister Pat died in ...

As you know I was expecting one of my amazon deliveries yesterday.   I thought and hoped it was going to be the gloves.   It wasn’t.   It was the masks.   They arrived in a small pouch and wrapped in plastic with Chinese writing on it.   First of all I was expecting a box.   I was expecting more than twenty masks. The return address was from a woman in Alabama.   I will send her a thank you note later.   I am not sure what to expect when the other things arrive or when.   I guess it’s you get what you pay for. So I had a chat with Trainer yesterday.   We talked about what I should do better.    I didn’t tell him all that was eating but that I had some tough days.   We talked about the steps…they sucked yesterday but most have been in the 1000 to 2000.   So I promised to do better (and not use rainy weather as an excuse.).   I ended up throwing out the remaining Oreo cookies.   I had a late dinner of the ...

Well Good morning did everyone catch the last super moon of 2020 last night?   I was able to and it was beautiful.   I took this right around 9:30 or so.               I just read the next one is supposed to be in 2034.    I will be 72 at the time.   I don’t want to be maudlin but who knows if I will even be around especially with my health.   I also believe that the way this universe has been changing we will see it again.   AT least I would like to think so.   So it would seem I am not the only one with random friendship requests on Social media.      Several of my friends and associates have had it happen over recent days.   I don’t mean the ones that FB suggests but the ones that out and out seek you out on their own.   I am not sure if I should feel relieved or angry that I am not the only one this happening to. I was telling next door how I have enjoyed watching th...

Well this morning I managed to do the Census.   It took no more than five minutes.    I talked with Mama and she also felt it didn’t take long either.   I just hope I answered it right. The second thing I got done was to down load the MY chart app.   I believe I did everything the nurse said to do.   I will have to do an e-check on Tuesday.   I hope I did this right.   I would prefer to not have the app on the phone.   I feel that way about a lot of them because    they will take up too much room on the phone. I have done the morning routine and have been turning the TV on and off but it is really hard for me not just sit here and watch all day. I did manage to put some laundry in the machines and need to check them and fold them if need be.   I have some grocery shopping to do soon as well.   I ordered lunch from chipotle for dinner and lunch but I managed to eat it all.   It didn’t satiate my hunger and I ...