The New Water Cooler
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Kristin left at noon. I'm tired! A lot more walking than I am use to since my knees went bad but good for me now that they are replaced. I need to build strength and endurance in my legs, heart and lungs.
I went to Costco after the airport (right next door) then came home and sunned myself and read on the deck. I fed my starter and filled hummingbird feeder for one last time, I think. One came up to me on the porch. I don't know if he was saying thank you and good-bye or bugging me to change the food. I told him the food was new and to eat up, LOL! He flew away.
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Ugh. This week is not starting out great. Caleb texted me last night that several people at his garage are sick and so is he with Covid. I’m so sad that he has it. And worried too. Caleb can be like me and get weirdly sick. I am hoping he only has mild symptoms. I stopped at the store on the way home and bought wipes and disinfectant and drinks and soup and snacks. And Bernie is driving down to drop it off. I can’t not try to mom him. Even as much as we are struggling with each other I still want to make him feel better0
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Glad you had a good visit. Now enjoy some relaxing0
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I'm sorry to hear C has Covid. I hope he will be fine and of course you should mother him. I hope Bernie doesn't get it and bring it home.
Russ and I have had every Covid vaccine and will get another next week along with our flu shots. We want to protect ourselves since we are going to AK in October. Travel on planes, airports and the amount of people who don't believe in vaccines in AK and Homer is daunting enough for us. Neither of us has had Covid so we want to take any precautions we can. I just hope David and family don't get it before we get there.
I'm getting back on track today with my eating. Proteins, veggies, healthy fat and one carb with each meal along with increasing my water intake. I will continue to walk, go to Y and hopefully get on my bike soon.
Stay well and I hope C gets well and Z hears good news soon.0 -
it's running through the office too - along with other garbage. I haven't had my flu shot yet either. Next week. I hope I can stay healthy. haven't had great luck with Covid. Bernie just dropped off my stuff. He is pretty paranoid about getting re-infected himself.
My check in this morning with Caleb said he was doing alright - his head felt better, but still coughing. Hoping he stays on the mild end.
When do you leave for AK?0 -
We leave here on the 6th and arrive in Anchorage on the 7th. We will fly to Homer on the 8th in a small plane, 12 seater? Should be interesting.
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Have you ever flown on a plane that small?0
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so far (knock on wood, knock on wood, knock on wood) avoiding the 'vid that is racing around the office. I'm not sure how hopeful I am to keep avoiding it. I certainly haven't had the best luck with it. I went in for another set of fasting labs this morning as a follow up from my appointment in June. Had to start that stupid statin and I do not enjoy how it makes me feel. I finger joints and toe joints and shoulders ache so bad. They said this is common and to take coQ10. I started taking that too (another freaking pill - and a ginormous one) and that doesn't take the pain away. I am telling him next week that I really don't want to keep taking it. They have me on the lowest dose - and honestly I don't even take it every day. I know terrible arthritis is coming for me. My mom's finger joints are like the size of grapes. Why do I want to start that misery any sooner than necessary?0
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I know the reason is to get my HDL and LDL lower which can cause other issues. I know, I get it. But why does trying to 'fix' that have to involve pain? I'm guessing they tell me to just push through. Taking some advil. Blah, blah. I don't like taking Advil constantly.
Meh.
This crazy week.
Caleb thinks he is getting better. Which since he's be feeling bad since Tuesday, I'm guessing he downplayed his first few days to me. I sure hope he is. And that his housemates stay ok - otherwise they are in for a rough go of passing it around.
Next week 'the guy' that Zach interviewed should be back from vacation. And, boy, do we all hope and pray for some great news. I have been after him to keep getting other resumes out and nothing. Just nothing. It's just awful.0 -
I have been on a 12 seater one time when I was in my early 20's. The plane was full so everyone was cozy and chatting. I hope you can avoid Covid. I take a statin due to my Type 2 diabetes. I don't like it and am not always consistent but I know it is to keep arteries and veins flowing and ward off heart disease. I wonder if my increasing joint pain is just my arthritis or exacerbated by the meds? My feet and toes hurt a lot. My hands have gotten worse and I feel arthritis in my right hip, neck and spine. It is in all my joints, unfortunately.
I hope C is feeling better. College town and housing with friends would make it hard to stay healthy.
Russ and I just got back from going out to breakfast at a really great cafe that sources all their food locally. Then we went on a 2 mile hike in the woods on a trail that was hilly. Good workout! I showered and am relaxing the rest of the day, LOL!
Good luck to Z! Fingers crossed and prayers for a job.0 -
I rode my bike to town to visit Sarah but she was napping. I left and did 13 mile ride. It is about 85 here so a little hot on the ride. I had a hard time pedaling at first. I hadn't ridden in a while so my knee hadn't had that degree of bending even though I try to bend it other ways. It finally loosened up and felt good.
Very frustrated with my weight. I've put weight back on and am trying to eat right and exercise. Why does it have to be so difficult for women to lose pounds later in life? Not fair!
I talked to my sister Lynn. Her son-in-law (Abby's husband) was laid off from his online teaching job. It turns out the CEO of the company wasn't consistently paying the teachers what he owed them on a schedule. Abby does not work right now but is looking for a job now that both her kids go to Montessori. Amy's school costs are free because she is 5 and gets free school but Bernie's cost is spendy. I don't know how they pay for it. Either a grandparent will kick in the money or Bernie will be pulled out of school. I hope they both find work. Seems to be a thing doesn't it?
I've been doing laundry and getting sheets and blankets washed so I can make guest room bed for my next visitor, Kris. She is the one that helped me wallpaper the bathroom last year and taught me to knit the Christmas stockings. I have an accent wall in the laundry room to get done and it takes two people. After it's done, Russ can put up the shelving for my basket storage. Always projects!
I hope you are having a good weekend.0 -
You do so amazing at getting your projects done. I just think about stuff without getting much past it. Of course it hard when completing things is not a strength for Bernie. I’m still waiting for a silly transition piece between my room and bathroom.
Work struggles are such a stress and pain. I hope they have success in finding something. If he was an online teacher, could he teach in a physical classroom?
I hear/ feel you on all the emotions with weight. It’s just.. impossible0 -
Russ never started or did not complete projects when he was still working. Drove me crazy. Now he has his long to-do list that he made and tackles the items. However, his priority on what gets done first is not always mine.
I don't know the teaching regulations for NE. My niece's husband went to school for web design (online school), and has had two different jobs teaching web design online to those who sign up for the classes. One of his jobs was through a school in Utah or Idaho, and he taught from Traverse City. The most recent I'm not sure who he was working for. Now he is unemployed again and looking for another online teaching job. He does not have a degree in education or teaching, except his web design program which took less than a year. For Z to teach online or to do trainings for companies in tech or whatever he is teaching, probably varies with the company he is interviewing with.
We tried to get our flu and Covid shots at the pharmacy this morning but there were several ahead of us so we left and will go another day. They are slow.
Well it is time to take down the hummingbird feeder. I'm pretty sure Rosie was saying good-bye and thank you when she flew up to me last week and then flew away. Until next spring...
Today I am taking the flower pots off the graves at the cemetery. Time to bring them home and water them here until I tire of them.
I will volunteer at Power Book Bags this afternoon. Kara, Director, texted me that they have only pre-sold 8-9 movie tickets for the big fundraiser. This could be a bomb...
Happy Monday!
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Do you think the same birds come back? That would be cool.
I don’t know what the requirements are anymore but I do know that they are different and maybe easier than they were when I went through school. I mean you had to be a certified teacher to even substitute. Now you can substitute after some four week program. I also keep hearing about people getting teaching positions even if they haven’t gone through an education program. Especially in the math, science and foreign languages.
No word yet from the job for Zach. On Thursday I’m telling him to reach back out. Trying to manifest all the good
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I expect I should be able to get my flu shot at the doctors office Friday when I have to go in. Hopefully I don’t get sick from the office. Or from work. There are so many sick people already. Seems early for so much crap to be going around0
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I read that the hummingbirds return to the same feeding places every year. I assume we get the same ones because they know where we are and that we feed them.
Covid is going around up here. We are going to try to get shots again tomorrow morning. A lady in the pool today was coughing. She said she had just gotten over Covid. I tried to keep my distance from her.
I brought the flower pots home from the cemetery today. I will water them here until we leave for AK. I am pretty much done with watering the garden and flower pots for this season.
I need to get ready for my friend Kris' arrival on Sunday. I will begin tomorrow by making her bed. I also have pants to hem so I can wear them.
I hope Z gets good news.0 -
Sitting at the doctors office waiting for my appointment. Trying to not let the forever wait make me extra anxious and that affect my blood pressure even more than0
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Hey wow a decent blood pressure in the office for a change. Back to waiting. Going to get my flu shot and first shingles shot. Also have to get a stupid pap and talk about the statin which looks like it is increasing one of my liver values test0
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Covid is racing around here too. I sure hope I don’t get it again.0
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Omg that was the most painful pap. It’s like he was trying to pop my ovaries like a zit. And the shingles shot is making me feel like crap. My arm hurts so bad.
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I feel like dirt today. I guess it’s good that it’s the weekend but what a sucky way to spend the weekend.
Bernie is acting like a jerk and I have no idea why.
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Kris arrives tomorrow, Sunday. I am all ready for her visit. Russ did the plum line on the laundry room wall for our wall paper project.
I have sourdough bread proofing and will bake in the morning. I visited Sarah at the nursing home today. She looked good and seemed really up beat. We had a few laughs which is always a blessing. The nursing home is having a prom on Wednesday. They bought dresses and white dress shirts at the thrift shop for the residents. Sarah picked out a dress to wear. It looks like a water color of flowers on a silk like fabric. It will look nice on her.
I rode the trail before visiting Sarah and then rode my bike to her nursing home. 13 mile round trip ride was good for my knee.
I've been knitting the ponchoes for the AK grand daughters. Halen's is ready for the cowl neck, a couple of buttons, and done. I will get busy on finishing Ellis'. Her's is easier but needles are smaller so more knitting.
David called. He shot a moose for winter meat. Hmmm, not sure if I will like it but will try it. Their freezer is stocked with fish he has caught so I will love that. Our rental is on the road below theirs so they can hike downhill to our place. He said the moose are rutting and are active. He got chased through the trees by a bull moose after he shot the one he got. They have had bear, bobcat and coyote. I'm hoping we see wild life from our rental windows that are along 3 of 4 walls upstairs in the livingroom. I would prefer to be inside when we see them!
Sounds like a rough pap! Did you turn 50? It seems like we get a lot of vaccines in our 50's and 60's. Russ and I got our flu and Covid shots this week. I'm relieved with the AK trip on the horizon. My arm is sore!
Has Z heard anything? What's with Bernie? I hope he isn't dissatisfied with his job again.0 -
I feel like asking Bernie if he got fired again. But that would be a crappy thing to do. But I told him I had an unpleasant appointment and am feeling bad and he just gave zero response
I did ask him what his problem was and he said he didn’t have a problem.
Sure. Because I can barely move this morning and had to go to the store by myself0 -
I hope Bernie did not get fired but your intuition of his behavior may be right on. My experience is that our intuition is always right.
Has Z heard anything?
Why are you sore today? Are you feeling sick?0 -
Kris and I had a great time. She flew home tonight and is on the plane now.
We finished the laundry room wallpaper, rock hunted on the beach, painted one rock each for my rock bed, knitted and I finished Halen's poncho, shopped and went to one winery. We visited two yarn shops too. Fun week!
Tomorrow I take my sister Lynn to get her kidney stones blasted. Always interesting when she has been put under anesthesia.
Jeff and Karah will get high winds and a few inches of rain in St. Augustine from this tropical storm. I hope FL doesn't get too much damage. I could never live there.
I hope all is well with you and yours.0 -
I hope your Florida kids are safe. The reports look pretty dire.
Zach hasn’t heard anything. It’s so crushing.
I don’t know what’s going on with Bernie. As far as I can tell he’s still working. Probably just work drama, but you know sometimes you want your husband to make a big deal over you. But then I get slammed with remembering that he sucks as a husband.
I felt terrible until Tuesday and then seemed to pop out of it.
I’ve had to rely on Bernie for being my talking to person since Michele left. And even though I’m not a huge talker, I still need a bit of communication and having him being in this mood is really lonely
Glad your visit went well
Safe wishes to Jeff and Karah0 -
I continue to be in awe of how many projects you get completed! So amazing.
Finally Friday. There was a great IT job at BD posted late last Friday and Zach jumped on the posting, had someone to do a referral (this was the place that he had the great interview last year, was going to get an offer until they shut down a different branch) - so we both really thought that an interview would appear on that this week. They are historically slow, but dang - we all thought it would happen. It's just so hard.
Caleb is coming for some reason tonight. I had a little pretend moment that he is doing it to tell me he is ready to go back to school. But I'm guessing he just needs a little coddling after being sick.0 -
Never mind. Standard Caleb fake out. After four texts about his schedule/timing to come home, he bailed. He was tired after work. I had started soup for him too0
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Being retired gives a person a lot more time and energy to accomplish projects now and then.
Maybe Bernie is not totally happy in his job but knows he can't leave it. I'm sorry Z hasn't heard anything and didn't get an interview with Belan. How often does C check in and come home? I can remember not coming home very often when I was in college and when I was working a couple of hours away. I enjoyed being on my own.
Kris and I had a great time. I love spending time with her one to one. Single visitors are easy and nice to get to talk to a friend beyond surface topics.
Lynn's kidney stone blasting went well today. Luckily her oxygen was at a good level in recovery so she was discharged in a timely manner.
We portaled with Jeff, Karah and the kids tonight. The kids are in to superheroes like spiderman and his sidekick. They have costumes and jump all over the furniture. Karah is in her 3rd trimester and looks great. She is very pretty and petite. She said the baby is sitting very low and it is uncomfortable.
They had strong winds and rain. Today the whole neighborhood was out picking up tree branches. Jeff and Karah's yard just had leaves and twigs from one of their oaks.
One of the towns in our county is having a music festival tomorrow with 24 bands staged around the town, food vendors, etc. I would like to go but don't know if I can convince Russ to go. He doesn't like to do a lot and prefers staying home doing his projects. I need to do things on my own or ask a friend to come with me to things or I will miss life around here.
I'm watching a documentary on The Beach Boys. I really like music documentaries on the music industry and artists.
I hope you have a good weekend.0 -
Caleb doesn’t come home often. I leave him to his devices and try not to intrude. However, I’m not a fan of him telling me he’s coming and then bailing. It’s more up and down that I don’t need0
