Tuesday Chattin' Time

I love when I go to answer the phone and my voice cuts out for no apparent reason and gets all squeaky.  At least it was with a caregiver lol and not a client, so we had a good laugh over my temporary mouse voice. 

Lisa, that's sucky about your boss.  I've had bosses like that and it can really try your patience to say the least.

My former boss did similar things as Lisa's. Very frustrating.

Still trying to convince myself that the house deal is really off. I think we're due for something really awesome to happen soon. :)

cakana

Still trying to convince myself that the house deal is really off. I think we're due for something really awesome to happen soon. :)

Cathy - if it is, then just think it's in some vast Plan to save you whatever would have befallen you had you gotten it -- massive appliance failure, sink hole -- something.  Buying a house is way up there with having a kid, getting married, major life change!!

Lisa -- been there.  Take a pic of him on your cell phone.  Print it in black and white.  tape to the bottom of your trash can. ppfffft!!!! 

 

Well a major wreck closed the interstate which turned out 30 minute journey into a 2 hour journey. I despise being late but at least half the students were in the same mess. I hope no one was seriously injured but presume that is unlikely. The course is OK, been a while since I've attended a course that lasts 10 hrs, take an exam each day and then have 2-3 hrs of homework. Took B for a dark walk last night and gosh the bats were active. Back to class.........

miranadobe

Jen, I'm sort of the same girl.  I will use a port-o-potty but if it's gross, I will drive to Walmart!  Sometimes I cannot get over my need for moderate/decent sanitation.  I'm not prissy - I go camping where there's no flushing toilets & go days w/out showering (although I'm in the river and do wash my face b/c I'm vain and don't want to get zits. lol)

 

This girl does not camp. I don't go two days without showering, and I certainly do not sleep outside.

My federal taxes have now been paid, and I need to run out and mail the state and locals, and mail a contract out so I can get some more work hopefully. 

Buddy is in overall decent health, except the coughing is a sign of worsening of his heart condition, so we are trying him on Enalapril to help reduce some of the fluid in his lungs. He was very good at the vet, tolerant of the pokes and prods. And, amazingly enough, he's lost almost one pound, so instead of being a bit over 15 lbs, he's just a hair over 14.  Little guy.

sharismom

Buddy is in overall decent health

 

Yay !!

 

Deb W.

iluvjamison

sharismom

Buddy is in overall decent health

Yay !!

Deb W.

Yes, that's great news!!

Yeah, Buddy!  That sounds like a really decent report. I hope the new meds help keep the heart issues under control.

Tina, I hope your cuddle Buddy has lots of time left to cuddle with you. Glad to hear his health is good otherwise.  The meds will probably make him feel much better in addition to helping his heart function.  Give him some scritches from me.

Cathy, I'm sorry about the house. I don't understand the whole foreclosure/short sale thing either, but it seems to me that if a house goes into foreclosure and you offer the same amount that you did in the short  sale, they should jump on it. Doesn't the price of a foreclosure really drop?

I found some pretty reddish colored planters at Ace Hardware and bought five of them because they had signs pasted in the bottoms and tags on the sides that said they had specially designed pop in/pop out drain plugs in the bottom for indoor/outdoor use.  After I got them home I discovered there were no drain plugs in the bottom.  I even had the boys  check them to make sure I wasn't having a senior moment and missing something obvious.  No plugs. Printed on the bottom of the pots were instructions to drill holes as needed.  I'll have one of the boys drill holes in one, but if the resin cracks they're all going back.

The weather has been so gorgeous for the last two or three days, I'm getting anxious to get the yard cushions out ... but I'm not sure the rain is over just yet.

Joyce

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Cathy, I'm sorry about the house. I don't understand the whole foreclosure/short sale thing either, but it seems to me that if a house goes into foreclosure and you offer the same amount that you did in the short  sale, they should jump on it. Doesn't the price of a foreclosure really drop?

You would thinks so, but unfortunately, no. Once the bankruptcy is approved, the house goes to auction and anyone can bid on it. A coworker of mine went thru this and told me it was a year from the date his bankruptcy was finalized that the house went up for auction. Even if I thought we'd want to wait and hope for another year, we'd be up against who knows who in the auction process. We've asked our agent to keep his eyes and ears open but there's really no reason to hold out any hope :(

griffinej5

This girl does not camp. I don't go two days without showering, and I certainly do not sleep outside.

Jen, this made me nearly choke on my lunch.  I'm with you!  I've been known to say more than once that nature is over-rated.  I enjoy looking at it, maybe sitting in it for a few hours, but I have limits.  I'm reminded of something an old boss said to me once:  "I work very hard at a stressful job every day to be able to pay for a home that provides me a warm, dry place to relax, including a very comfortable bed on which to sleep every night.  Why would I voluntarily go camping, sleep somewhere far less comfortable, and do without the benefits of civilized society, like running water and toilets?"  He had a very dry sense of humor, so his delivery was funnier than it sounds "in writing."

Tina, glad to hear that Buddy got a good report - I hope the meds help manage his heart issue so it's stabilized for a long, long time!

Lisa, I would be tearing my hair out dealing with your boss.  I've had micro-managing bosses before, but not now.  Although my current job lacks many things I miss about former jobs, my main boss interferes very little with my daily routine, and he's very considerate of my schedule.  My coworkers reports to another person who's more controlling -- like calling her 2 minutes before closing time to make sure she's there, then keeping her on the phone for 15+ minutes.

Paige - I hope you get the food vendor situation figured out!  It's so stressful to be the one in charge of organizing stuff like that.  It seems you can never make everyone happy!

Tracy, that's my philosophy on camping. There is a song by a group called Modern Man, which I believe is called " Jews Don't Camp." one of the lines of the song says, " 40 years in the dessert the 11th commandment says go to bed under a roof." My people have camped enough to make up for me. Tina, glad to see the good report for Buddy. If blood bugs you, stop here This afternoon on my way to work, my nose started bleeding (but my allergy medicine does keep me decongested and my nose dried out) while I was driving (and on the phone trying to schedule a phone interview). Anyway, I got that stopped, but got blood down the back of my throat. I tried to spit it into the bag I had put my tissues in, rather than spitting it into a tissue like an intelligent person would have done. I missed the bag and spit it onto my shirt. Clearly, I could not go to work like that, so I had to stop at the outlets on my way (I go by the Jackson Premium Outlets near Six Flags on my way to that client) and get a new shirt.

Just got settled after a day of errands, including a visit to the dentist for my cleaning.  Also had a good talk w/some folks in my club about the food vendor situation and feel some progress was made there.

You guys are like my training partner.  Her idea of camping is choosing a less-than-four-star hotel and forgoing roomservice.

Cora is home tonight, looking and feeling well enough to eat some food on her own.  If she continues to eat on her own and look good, we should know in a few days if the chemo treatment will buy her another few days, up to 2-3 weeks.  No heroics, nothing particularly artificial to sustain life just for the sake of life.  Rather, to gain some leverage on her previously dwindling body in order to get some good times in... times spent in the yard, up in the woods, whatever she wants.  End it on a high note if possible.

Cathy, I am so sorry about that house.  What a complete let down. 

Tomorrow is the wake for Chief Maloney.  They're having a police/law enforcement walk-thru in the morning, then it's open to the public in the evening.  I told my friend I would be there in the evening, not expecting her to stay all day.  But she will be there.  Today I drove through the town where he lived, which is adjacent to Greenland.  There are red/white/blue bows every 20-30 feet down Rt 1 for miles - it's the route of his funeral procession on Thursday.  Other businesses have added American flags, yellow ribbons and bows - there's a florist who has a yellow tulle bow that's almost as big as me on their sign out front.  The entire region is mourning.  I find myself waving at cops these days - partly to acknowledge what I've taken for granted, partly to thank them for taking over shifts at Greenland PD so my friend and the rest of the officers can grieve and prepare the town for this funeral.  They're expecting 2000-2500 LEOs for the wake tomorrow, and 5000 for the funeral on Thursday.  This won't be easy.  For my friend, it won't even be tolerable.  But there is no choice in death and grieving.