Unexpected Consequences of Large Families
My grandma is the youngest of thirteen kids. All but two have lived to be in their 80s or more. As she is the youngest, she is subjected to the dubious honour of watching her parents and siblings pass away before her. Her sister died Saturday. She is the fourth or fifth to die in […]
Catching Up
With the new girl now solidly into her position, I’m able to spend time updating all of the projects that I’ve had to neglect. My desk at the office actually shows some desktop — I’ve been filing and typing and trashing and otherwise banishing items from my desk for the past two days. It’s lovely. […]
TGTF!
Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday! I’ve been running back and forth between two desks all week, and I am SO tired. Still no replacement for the co-worker, which is only to be expected. Tomorrow will be two weeks since she left. Kind of hard to make a good hire for a key position in only […]
Can’t Wait for Friday!
It’s only Wednesday, and I have only today and tomorrow and then I’m off for a three-day weekend. Thank goodness! I am ZONKED! It’s been a really tough week at the office, because my friend and coworker turned in her notice last Friday, and they had her clean out her desk and go on. She’s […]
ITCH!
For several weeks now, my shoulder blade has itched. Only the right one, and only in one certain spot. It’s maddening. It’s in a spot I can’t reach (of course), so I have to have a back-scratching implement with me at all times. I carry a bamboo one in my briefcase, so I have it […]
WHAT a Morning!
I had the most unspeakably bad start to my day, culminating in me being late to work. Somehow, it never occurred to me that today is Good Friday. I forgot that X was picking up the kids on Good Friday to have some extra time with them, as he’s off work. So I’m walking out […]
TGIF! I’m Exhausted!
The two weeks of getting to bed at 11 p.m. or later (and getting up at 6) have wiped me out. I’m beat. And of course, today, when I can barely drag myself from one side of my cubicle to the other, my boss gives me a large project that requires careful attention to details […]
Looking Forward to the Weekend
Yeah, and it’s only Monday. What can I say? It’s just that I finally start making headway on getting the house in order on weekends, only to have to stop and go to my job on Monday — the job that keeps that roof over my head. By the time the weekend rolls around again, […]
I TOLD Them So …
… but did they listen? No! And now the trees are dead and the containers are just boxes of dirt again. There are two cement planters in the covered entranceway to my office building. It’s a tricky place to grow anything, because the entrance faces west and is covered by a deep, solid porch. You’d […]