hump day chat

 Karen leaves at 4 tomorrow morning

Julie your ears will heal BE patient and don't do things that might delay healing!!

I believe it is Wednesday

Yep, it's Wednesday.  I am working from home today since I am having major stomach issues that kept me up all night - nothing serious, but just enough that you want to be home. 

Karen - I so wish we were going a week earlier so you could come hang at our hotel.  I think we will literally be passing each other in the airport (we get there the evening of the 13th).  We are taking a night flight out this time since that was the only one that worked with our frequent flier points.

Thoughts and prayers to all those in NO.  To go through this again on the anniversary of Katrina - so scary.

Absolutely thots and prayers for all in the path of Issac.  Have been watching the weather channel a bit and the guy on Canal Street is barely able to stand upright.  Canal Street is where MIL used to love to go for her bigneaus....and I know that I spelled that wrong.

Our weather, on the other hand, is perfect.  Almost a reward for the rough summer.  We had massive rain very early yesterday and then the humidity moved out and the weather has just been delightful.

Julie, I know how tough it is to deal with the ongoing ear issues.  Mike had problems with his ears, multiple tubes, etc, and even as an adult the ears continued to be a problem.  Karen is right tho, you do have to be patient and give yourself time to heal.

Hope everyone has a great day.

glenmar

Absolutely thots and prayers for all in the path of Issac.  Have been watching the weather channel a bit and the guy on Canal Street is barely able to stand upright.  Canal Street is where MIL used to love to go for her bigneaus....and I know that I spelled that wrong.

I am living w/a person who just moved up here from NOLA a couple of weeks ago.  (My friend's boyfriend)  His sister is still there along with all of his family.  Tough to watch him trying to stay informed without getting too upset with worry for his family.  My prayers are there.  I really hope God keeps those people safe.  We can recover from damage (AGAIN), but loss of life...  God, I can immediately see that man's face when he came to me during Katrina relief to collect Red Cross debit cards and him saying his daughters were lost and missing and he didn't know if they were alive. Living that every day for months and years since Katrina is just unfathomable to me.

I've been MIA for a bit, working on my club's show which starts on Fri, getting some students ready for their first entries into Rally.  Great results for them - 98 & 97 the first day for First & Second place, 96 the second day for 1st.  I think they've caught the dog competition bug, so I'm happy for them!  I made them little display boxes to hold their ribbons/rosettes to keep them clean and on display. :D  I'm corny, I know, but I'm excited for them.

So many phone calls to make for the show - and I have to actually WORK, so I'm off again.  Good day to all!  BEAUTIFUL weather here today/the next few days.  I feel guilty thinking of the folks in Louisiana suffering while we have this weather.

Safe travel vibes for Karen and her DH.  Good luck vibes to the dog sitter aka Bugsy's grandma. lol

Lisa, sorry to hear your tummy isn't well.  Hope you feel better soon.

Paige, good luck on the trial and congrats to your students.  The display boxes sound like a really nice idea and very nice of you.  I'm sure they love them.

Pretty mindless here today. 

ETA for clarity

Trying to get excited about spending all day tomorrow in training.  Probably not going to happen (the getting excited part).

Deb W.

 Paige, the boxes are a great idea!

What a crazy week it's been and by week, I'm lumping last week into it all because I'm not sure if I've stopped working for more than half a day on Sunday.  We moved out of our old office and into our new one.  Three of us plus our owner's husband met up this past Saturday to move it all.  I was involved and it went surprisingly smoothly.  

Our new office is great, though it's still a jumble of boxes and files out back.  We're no longer in a basement, cricket, mouse and other various insect infested place.  We have windows to the OUTSIDE now and lots of natural light coming in.  Plus, we're now in a little business plaza so maybe we'll be able to attract more attention.  I also no longer feel sickly after spending a couple hours in our old office space.  I'm pretty sure toward the end with the leak and flooding issues that mold and mildew were also becoming a problem.  My commute is basically the same to the new place so that's also nice.  I'm also closer to the grocery store and walmart, so that makes things quite convenient for me :) 

WARNING:  SELF PITYING WHINE ALERT

Gosh, I'm missing my boy right now.  I have so many good days, for which I'm thankful, and then right in the middle of a good day, a good MOMENT, I get this awful gut wrenching, somebody stuck a knife in my heart and started twisting, pain.  And I turn into a blubbering female.

Apologies to anyone who is offended by sharing my pain and grief.

 Soooo, I was looking on Amazon for an idea for my granddaughter's 4th birthday.  I tend to pick one item and use that theme to choose other things along that theme and put them all in a gift bag.  I decided on this little machine that will make a rainbow on her bedroom ceiling.  Then I did a search for other rainbow items.  Imagine my surprise when up pops a lot of gay pride items!   Ummm, not quite what I had in mind!

 ((glenda))

(((Glenda)))

Wishing I could go with Karen or Lisa on vacation. Have a great time Karen!!

Crazy, busy today getting Board materials organized and in the mail. I was just about wrapped up when one guy emailed me that he'd be sending me his stuff in a couple hours. I lied and told him it was too late and had already gone in the mail. I'd told everyone the cutoff was 9 AM today and I'm tired of everyone thinking my deadlines don't mean anything

Poor Shane is still whipped from his busy day yesterday. He slept like a baby last night and is sleeping soundly behind me now. Usually about this time of day he starts to get antsy and wants out of the office.

I don't even know what to say about the folks in New Orleans dealing with another weather disaster. My heart goes out to all of them and I hope the damage isn't too severe.

Jackie - as always, I'm thinking of Twister. When does he go for another check-up?

Everyone's pretty quiet around here today.  It's been busy at work but that's nothing new since we're hitting the 100's lately.  Twister went to the oncologist yesterday for another ultrasound.  No change which is good, not great, but good.  He's feeling great and for now that's all I want.  I'm so lucky to be able to take him to work with me every day. 

 Glenda, you are never far from my thoughts and prayers,,,