Good Morning Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Hello World,

Yesterday I received this picture from my girlfriend Janet!

Snow at Janet’s in MA.

She said there was no place to put the snow so it will just be piled up for a while.  They have closed schools up north and still more snow is expected.  So sorry for them.  I can’t imagine how people deal with that because it stays for so long.  If I had a job like I have and couldn’t get to work, I’m not sure what would happen.  Our place needs 24/7 nursing care and help from aids.  That is what we do.  We need to be there for our residents.  I’m sure it is the same up north – hospitals still need to run.  I guess people just do the best they can to get on with their lives.  It’s just so odd.  Of course when I was living “up north” it was mostly in my childhood and I didn’t have those kinds of responsibilities.  In fact, I loved “snow days” – NO SCHOOL and sledding at Wee Burn Country Club.  It was wonderful.  Not so much as an adult I guess.  It was funny when I went back to Darien for my 45th Reunion last year, we had our dinner at Wee Burn.  It was THE “Country Club” to be a member of  – we were not members – didn’t have that kind of money.  Anyway, I was surprised that it was still the same after all those years.  It really was a beautiful club.  The reunion was pretty nice and I’m surprised that it was so “inexpensive” for us to have our dinner there.  The food was very good as I remember.

So yesterday I had a frustrating day at work.  I’m still a little behind from having taken those 2 days off last week.  Lily wanted me to come in early to do the payroll so I got there at 7AM.  That meant I had to leave at 3:30 to have the correct hours.  I went to my class at 2 PM and it ran “over” so I only had about 20 minutes to wrap things up and all kinds of things were thrown at me from all directions.  I hate ending my day like that and the worst was my “self evaluation” paper that I need to fill out for my evaluation from Lily today.  I brought it home and wrote it out last night.  I put down a couple of things that may cause some trouble, but I was being honest and admitted that I couldn’t be a “best friend” to our residents.  I realize my limitations and when I see the girls who are the best with our residents, I admire them but that’s not me.  I get “frustrated” and angry at times.  I try to be polite and professional, but I don’t succeed with that all the time – like when I’m overwhelmed by too much being thrown at me at the same time.  There are some residents that are wonderful and others who are very annoying – and I know it’s the dementia they have.  I just get upset by things and I hate it when I allow myself to “lose” it and get mad.  But I know I have other skills – being a “best friend” is just not one of them.  But I am learning this about myself and I hope it keeps me working – I’m not ready to give up the income and benefits yet – even though I’m old enough to retire – I’m just not sure I want to do that yet.  I am the last one of my immediate family to be working but it seems they are better prepared than I am.  I’ll be working on my taxes this weekend.  I’m just waiting for my “Church” statement of my contributions and I should be ready to turn it all in.  I still have my “accountant” do my taxes – after the fiasco a few years ago of trying to do my own return and having it not work, I decided “never again”.  I’ll pay the $150 to have my accountant do it – plus it’s deductible too!

Well, Gary finally had the FONT changed on the website.  Another source of “frustration” for me.  I like the new font and it is much clearer.  I hope Bill notices.  I really miss the days of Bob B doing the site.  He was so responsive and able to do things quickly and accurately.  Now it isn’t done that way and I’m not sure Gary really does the work but has “others” do it for him.  So consequently, my requests are put on a “back burner” or forgotten all together.  I’ve told him the “email” doesn’t work.  That happened before when Bob was doing it, but when it happened, he knew about it, tested it and fixed it.  Also, I’ve asked for the hours to be changed on the left hand side of the page and it would seem that it should be a simple matter to fix it, but it isn’t done yet.  I’ve asked Gary to tell me how to upload the “Meeting Schedule” many times and I still haven’t been shown what to do.  I’d be happy to do that and not bother him with it, but perhaps it is because he doesn’t know how to do it and relies on others.  BUT STILL – I want to know about it.  That was the “whole point” of changing over to Word Press.  Urrrrrrrgggggggggggg  I’m getting mad again!  So let’s talk about something more fun!

I dropped Red the other day in front of Hazel’s Cup.  I was trying to get her back onto the street and I couldn’t get her over the drainage thing.  I realized that I didn’t have the strength to power her over that lip, so down she went and so did I.  It was embarrassing and I was lucky that there was no traffic on that street and that Ralph and others were right there to get her back up.  I only bruised my knee, but on Sunday I was tired and my body ached so I did a lot of “napping” which was too bad because it was a BEAUTIFUL Day to ride around on Red.  I hope I can get to the Botanical Gardens next weekend.  I hope Steve enjoyed it – did you?  Anyway, Red didn’t get a scratch on her – thank goodness for saddle bags holding her up!  Here she is in all her glory!

Well, that’s about it for today.  I hope everyone has a beautiful day!  I know I will.  Thanks for visiting!