KateP's musings

It is Friday again and it’s Humid.   It is overcast right now and it is expected to start raining around 1 and go for the rest of the day into the night.   If you have been following me for a while now I love weekend nights like that.   I am hoping more rain will revive the lawn a little more.   This is the beginning of the holiday weekend.   People are getting their yards done and preparing for the limited parties they may have this weekend.   Unfortunately right now feels like any other weekend to me.   I wonder if this is how retirees feel.    Well My hope is that this time next week I will be back in my office doing the job I have been doing for 18 years (I have been at the University for 28 years).   I still have a couple of things to do before I go back (classes and review).     I have been avoiding the emails like the plague.   I have until Wednesday to do them. I had been missing my friend siduri’s posting...

It was another beautiful day.   The sun was shining and the temperatures went from 70’s to 80s by the afternoon.   There was a nice breeze at times.   I even got to sit outside for a meeting.   That’s until the woodchuck ran by me and under the back porch.   I went inside and sat in the back room. In the morning I spent a lot of TV watching, snacking and then finally making the calls I was supposed with mixed results.   The various phones either had full mailboxes, not accepting calls, or not answering at all. The union meeting was talking basically about returning to work and potential layoffs or reassigning for now.   I am not sure what this means for me.   We also were discussing the rioting and protesting but overall the racism.   I learned that one of the Doctors who were Dean of the Clinical Affairs a long time ago had passed away.   I had heard his name over the years but I can’t remember if I had actually met him.   ...

We Got email today from Human Resources extending the work from home deadline to June 1, 2020.   I will have to find many things to do in that time.   I haven’t started the ones I wanted to do yet. I received a call from the Hematologist and the INR number went down further.   So I have to stop the shot and take a 1 ½ Tabs tonight.   I lost my temper because she acted as though he told me to stop the shots.   There has got to be better communication because he didn’t say that I had to stop this week.    I thought he said eventually.     I can’t have salads for now until the INR level is a therapeutic level. I ordered wings for tonight and they came at 5 so I knew they would need to be reheated so I put them in the micro and reheated s the time for the coffee talk approached.   While I waited I took care of the garbage. I was the second person to arrive in the chat.   G was getting ready and as everyone arrived some had...

Good Morning!   I always heard “the Ides of March” and thought it meant something.   In older Roman Calendars it was the deadline for romans to pay their debts.   It also was the day Julius Caesar was assassinated.     It must have some significant meaning in my family because I seem to remember my parents mentioning it a few times over the years. In all the Pandemonium yesterday I had not realized yesterday was PI day.   There was only one reference to it on FB.   I would love to have some pie but I made so many promises that I need to keep them. I wouldn’t also waste pies either.   It was interesting taking a few moment s to read about it. I had a nose bleed last night.   That’s never a good sign.   It wasn’t long but it usually means I will be getting sick or something. Yay, this will be fun. Well my latest chewy order will be delayed a few days.   I received an email just before midnight apparently (Just noti...

I had every intention of going to class this morning at the gym.  THis would be my third day of missing it. Well I am going tonight after my session with Debra.  I stayed in bed until 5 the kitties were starting to get agitated. I did the morning ritual. I got up again after a while and started getting ready....I decided that I would take the shuttle in.   I barely made the shuttle and I was the only one the first stop.  The second step the regulars were there. I got to the office at 20 of and did the mail pick up (GA has today off and she told me late yesterday afternoon).  The office seems rather quiet or more like a ghost town today. I would think everyone would want to take next MOnday off. Its commencement weekend and I think it will start to get busy sometime soon.  I may take the shuttle in on Monday myself. Not going to be able to meet with Debra today.  So we will have a phone session tomorrow afternoon after the visit from Handym...

I spent about five hours working on the mail yesterday and about two hours on Scanning.  That’s not what made me feel pretty good.  Today spending the morning scanning and afternoon on the mail.  I think feeling accomplished and making some headway with scanning. I had a great conversation with EV regarding union committee stuff and it was reaffirmation that I do belong there (she felt bad that she didn’t have me talk to my assigned group.  I didn’t mind it but I watched the others there so I could be a little more confident in my approach. For the last few days GA/Gargoyle and I have been getting along.  She pointed out a few things to me about the new location (new rules etc) and keeping things cleaned and tidy.  I made sure things were cleaned at the end of the day. As the end of the academic year approaches I have noticed that the city seems to be transitioning from busy scholastic energy to summertime energy.  Traffic didn’t seem bad get...

This week has seemed busy to me.  Work wise, and otherwise.  I told you we had scanning issues this week and happily they have been resolved and now I am trying to play catch up with that.  I think I am doing okay with it.  AC goes on vacation as of today and I will be focusing on the scanning while DG will do the mail. The department I have been writing about is moving in as I write this.  I had to promise GA that I would be careful while they were moving in.  I know that sounds beyond ridiculous on some levels but I will leave it at that. Yesterday we learned that the entire CBO is moving across town in the Newhallville section of town.  Part of the department (Registration/PT services/collections) was there a long time ago.   Since hearing the news I have been trying to figure out transportation.  However, I was reminded that it will take until 2020 before we actually get there.  I was trying to figure out places to eat (...

It was a cold and sunny Tuesday and I waited.  I waited for my sister to come home  (she forgot to text me).       I waited to see if we would be not working today.  We got some confusing emails but finally a text came out and says we are closing at noon today. I just realized I did something I may regret.  In Monday’s  entry I talked about the store down the street that had severe wind damage and I literally put in my address in the map.  I should not have done that.  Tuesday I spent the day doing scanning and the mail.  It seemed to take forever then again it usually does. Tuesdays came early but it was taking so long.   I finally finished the mail for both days by the time I was leaving today.  I will have normal stuff tomorrow. I had my session with Debra and by the time I sat in her office I grew tired.  We had a good session I told her about the highlights of the past two weeks....

Well today is Mom and Bob’s Birthday and Bob and Ethel’s wedding anniversary.   FB posted a memory from 2 years ago and it was my Birthday wish for them.   I shared it and as always my FB family and friends all liked and commented.   It came to me that when I saw the rabbits it was Mom coming for a visit.   I had seen two one night at the edge of the yard.   I don’t like admitting this but I sometimes wonder if my folks and brother are looking down and watching me.    I do wonder what they think of my choices and decisions that I have made about the keeping up of the house and of myself and of the cats.   She knew long before her health declined that I would get pets.   She even asked me in one of her moments of clarity. Well another super bowl came and went and the Philadelphia Eagles won.   The game finished just around 10.   I didn’t watch it but saw the updates on MSN and of course FB when I got on line last night. ...

I am glad last night was a fairly quiet night.  I did some laundry and had dinner and watched TV for a while.  I didn’t get on the computer much.  I was getting tired. I did get an invitation to the Municipal Inauguration next Tuesday at Parson’s complex.  Its early but it lasts two hours.  Everyone who was elected to boards and commissions and offices of Mayor and CIty Clerk will be sworn in.  I have gone every year since our Mayor was elected. I also got two phone calls.  One was from the woman who ordered five tickets and reserved a table for the AUction tomorrow night.  She wanted to give me her phone number.  She was flighty.  As of our conversation she didn’t receive the tickets.  I mailed them out Sunday.  I told her to call me if she didn’t get them. The other call was from the Cardiologist’s office they needed to change the appointment in December to January 2 (the day we come back to work).  I believe i...

It is October 10th and and at 6:15 in the morning according to the thermostat on the fan in my window it was  70 degrees out.   But when I got in the car it said 62.  IT was still warm.   It actually won’t be like this for much longer when I looked at one of the weather sites it said the temperatures will go to normal for this time of year.   Last night was semi productive.  I rearranged some of my clothes and closets.  I have a rather large bag with clothes that are either stained or ripped or too big to wear.  I put my summer clothes in the spare room (my old bedroom) and rearranged the closets in my bedroom. Right after that I sat down and signed in for Dia.com and it was fairly easy.  I was expecting a whole bunch of questions and I didn’t get them until this morning.  That also didn’t take long.  I hope I chose okay.  But as Ann says if I don’t like it then send it back.  They will let me know when th...

Today was the Med School’s Long Term Service Breakfast held at the  Child STudy  Center .  A fairly  large delegation from the office went.  It was a buffet of all breakfast stuff.  Muffins, doughnuts, bagels, etc.  THis was a big challenge for me as Courtney asked me to snap a picture of the buffet and show her what I was going to be facing.  SHe would be there via text to help me choose even though we went over the list  at our last visit.  WE will discuss it at our session tomorrow.  It was  a continental breakfast and there were many there who were less than appreciative for it.    Throughout the day i heard many times they were expecting pancakes, sausage, bacon.  I was not only getting annoyed but disgusted because well... They didn’t have to do this.  You want a full on breakfast?  Go to a restaurant.     I wore  my black and blue floral dress .  Even though it w...