katesthoughts

Since I have been on recess from work I have been able to sleep in a little more than usual.  I actually get up and feed the cats and have gone back to bed until 8 in the morning.  Today was no different because I didn’t fall asleep until 3 or so. 

I spent the time surfing the net, trying to catch up on some of F-lists, and updating calendars, and doing some crossword puzzles.  I have a headache.

I put through some laundry and it should be finished soon.  All I need to do is fold the clothes on the cedar chest.  I will get those done.

The Finding Friends meetup have two text messaging groups now.  There are about 13 or 14 on each.  Sometimes it’s confusing but I did learn a couple of things.  Stefanie whom I love despite some things she is fan of is not a big Fan of Mei and didn’t want to include her on the main text group.  I may have mentioned that at times I have not always felt comfortable around Mei.  So she put it out as a majority rules and we all agreed to include Mei.  Stephanie has made it clear that a girl Heather will not be added to the one list.   I am not sure what happened but that can be awkward. 

The reason we have two lists Cyn got a new number and prefers us to use that number but now I am not sure which one to use at times.  I did send her a text asking why Stephanie doesn’t want to include Heather.  I don’t think I will get an answer but I would imagine it’s sort of the same thing with me and Mei.  

I decided to text Cyn and she called me back and we spent nearly an hour discussing the things that had transpired in the group.  I admitted that Mei has rubbed me the wrong way at times.  I would like to say I was shocked by the actions of Heather but to be honest I am not.   Gillion is treading lightly here because Heather hasn’t done the things she has done to others to her.

We got a dusting and mostly rain during the night and will get it again tonight but for now we have sun and some clouds and the temperature is 39 degrees.  By early afternoon the clouds were more prevalent and playing a game of hide and seek with the sun.

I ordered the stuffed bread for Saturday and will be picking it up before going to Dave’s place.  I just need to set a reminder and I think I did.

I had a chat with Mama Roberta and everyone there is fine.  She did share the news that our friend Dan is in Hospice.  It was sad.

Now that is late in the afternoon I am going to watch another NCIS marathon.  Many of us on a few forums suspect that USA will be letting go of their contract and that’s why its returning to IONTV next week.

Thursday was the day I took Tiger to the Neurologist to see what was going on.  The place was beautiful and spacious.  I had to sign a DNR in case they had to do some sort of surgery.  It would have cost money that I don’t have (they totally understood that).  They had a welcome sign for Tiger in the exam room.  They did a neurological exam and found some spinal injury and that it’s possible she has cancer.  They didn’t push the MRI (and admitted it was expensive) and  shared they wouldn’t do any chemo on their pets.  They were not judging me anything.  They reassured me I was a great/good Mom. 

Tiger was so well behaved.  She would pop her head out of the carrier.  She did also sit on the floor trying to hide but she great.  When I got home with her I fed her and sky an early dinner and gave her the meds.  I have been trying to give it in her food but I am finding I need to get those pill pockets.

Tiger has been sleeping with me at night and out in the living room and just today decided to hide in two places…the pantry and a cabinet.  Now she is sleeping on the bed.

Friday night was the Grand Opening of Meii’s Spa.  It was nice but my opinion of Mei is not very pleasant.  Every time we are together she has been rude and arrogant.  Two of us parked in front of the place and she rudely told us to move.  I had to tell her to chill.  I don’t see the niceness her “teacher” thinks she  is nice.  The others in the group (the meetup) seem to like her.  It will be interesting to see how quickly her behavior is tolerated.   Yes she may have been nervous but that doesn’t excuse her behavior.

I guess some of the ladies are getting together at Heather’s home on Friday.  I am not sure I can go.   There is also a game afternoon on Saturday. 

Today was my first day back at the Nursing home for bingo.  Recreation Bob was there and he was his regular self.  He was better as the hour went by.  WE got to play four games still at 15 cents.  He says that there were changes.  Its only him and Natalie as Kathy retired recently.   I don’t think I am doing bingo next week but I will check again.

The weather has been very humid the last few days.   Luckily the rain has been cming at night.   That should make several people happy.

I am watching NCIS marathon on WE tv.  They skipped several episodes.  They are taking from 4^th, 5^th, and 7^th;   I saw the Smoked episode where Gibbs and Ducky make amends.   I love that ss much.  I know I am watching it but I need to get to bed.

Let’s hope this week is better.

Actually that should say mid-morning aggravation.  Everything prior to that was okay until I saw a charge for $12.95 from Walmart Grocery and I didn’t order anything this month from there nor did I use that credit card.  So I had to contact Walmart Grocery and delivery and some chick named Rosabelle is looking it up.  They don’t see the charge and they don’t charge anything else.  So I sent a message to the credit card company (I am not getting on the phone).  I am not looking forward to answering where is your card right now?  I shredded it.  I think I will have to fib and say I put it away.

I am also a little anxious right now because I checked the informed delivery and among one of the deliveries is a letter from Human Resources.  My mind is going absolutely crazy with fear and wondering what it could be.  I have no idea what it is.  It may be about the FMLA or my work anniversary next month.  My hope is it gets here before I leave so I am not thinking about it during the meetup this afternoon.

I heard from Jim this morning.  He had not heard from Kris recently and so this is prompting him to call him.  There is nothing better for a sister to do then give her nearly 70 year old brother a panic and worry about his 30 something son in a state with wildfires.  Good Going Kate!    I don’t think he is even thinking twice about it but I will be.

I just noticed his brother James on FB and sent a message.   I am glad I saw him because I haven’t really chatted with him lately.  I am thinking instead of just asking Jim about the kids that I would contact them myself.  It’s strange to be wondering this.

So the one sunny spot of the dreary anxiety ridden day is the game meetup this afternoon.  It’s the Setback game in Wallingford at 2:30.  I have to leave here by quarter of 2 to get there by 2:30.  It’s been a while since I saw the hostess of the game/meetup.  The last time I saw her was when we had the last virtual trivia game before the state reopened.  I see there is going to be four of us. 

 Well the Cable system is working better.  I also unplugged it and although the schedule guide is still not working and neither is the two CT PBS stations everything else is.  That includes YouTube sinc from the laptop.  It wasn’t yesterday.

So I slept on the couch last night and it was great.  Tiger slept on top of the couch and sky slept on my stomach for most of the night.   He curled up like a baby under my chin and then he moved around and curled up with his butt near my face.  That was just lovely.  He eventually moved near 4 when I started getting leg cramps again.   By then it was their normal time to get up.   I finally got up around 5:30 and did our morning routine.

I am trying to decide if I want to make chili or some chicken dish that looks like chili.  I was trying to find a particular recipe but couldn’t find anything so I may just ‘wing’ it. Wait for it…It will have beans and diced tomatoes and salt, pepper, garlic salt, and rosemary and cumin, and oregano and of course the chicken breasts.  That will be dinner.  I am thinking of making lunch before I go so I don’t spend money while I am out.

I chatted with Liz via text.   She is doing Halloween drive bye’s this weekend.  Yesterday was to Farmington and she says their house is huge.  I believe she said it is as big as mansion.  They have 5 bathrooms, (who the hell needs 5 bathrooms?) and 4 half bathrooms.  Again I ask but why?

She agreed to feed the babies the weekend I head down to Jim’s.  I will leave the instructions for her and prepare them for their late feeding.  She says she is not getting up at 6 to feed them.  She is right they will not starve.

Jim wants me to be at his house by 12 so we can kibitz.  I can only imagine what it will be about.  1) The Lawyer 2) the condo and finally 3) budget.  That should be fun.  I would prefer not to talk about it at a holiday but I am thinking I won’t have much of a choice.

Well I have had my lunch and now I need to get showered and ready for the meetup.  I am still wavering about cooking the chicken dish before I leave.  I can still do it when I get home at 5. 

Have a great Saturday afternoon.

I don’t know what it is but I am feeling better today than I have in a few days.  The sun is shining and I think its well into the 70s at this point.  Partial clouds but no rain expected.

Yesterday turned out great.   There was a power failure on the campus that made connecting through VPN hard and for the others to use epic and I thought I would miss the Embracing change class.    I didn’t.  The power outage seemed to be resolved by the end of the business day.

So the class was very good.  I had to sign into the zoom with my email and password and connect through Facebook.  It used my profile picture and I later found I could undo it to be live.  I was afraid I messed up on the zoom log on for future zoom activities.  We will just have to see.

I learned a lot from this class it has a lot of good tips and information on dealing with change.  I just have to remember to do the work for these classes prior.  As usual when they ask this questions to rate yourself I always feel I am all encompassing.  I can’t compartmentalize myself.  We had the class until 3:15.  A rain storm came through for most of it.

After the class I got a notification from a fellow Dem who told me a hacker got to my email again (and this time I also received it) I did a check and it seems okay.  I probably will have to change the password for the Gmail because it says the one I use to sign up to the computer seems fine.  But the point is I reset the outlook portion for my Gmail account.  Don’t ask me how I did it but I think I just winged it (followed the instructions without panicking.)

The storm that came through was a thunderstorm and a little lightening but the claps of thunder scared Sky so much he ran upstairs and missed his dinner.  Tiger ate both of their dinners.  When he finally came down again I gave him more but had to shoo her away.

I think I am overcompensating still with the cats.  I fed them treats at least twice yesterday.  I made sure I was gentle with them both in tone and voice and kept picking sky up to the point where I imagined him saying be gone.  I check on them every chance I get.  I pet them and reassure them they are loved all the time.  Tiger still finds ways to run or semi hides but allows me to pet her.  They both rub up against me. Right now they are both sleeping or relaxing under the beds.  A part of me worries (too much you will probably say) they will do things in spite (the peeing on various things), make messes all around.  They threw the litter out of the downstairs box so that had to be vacuumed.  I know it will be justified.  I don’t want to be a bad parent.  This is why I don’t have human children.  So that’s my neurosis for today.

The rain was starting to let up as I was making my way to the meetup.  There were about 7 of us. One of the ladies I met on our Lavender farm meetup.  There were others supposed to come but they had declined for one reason or another.   I broke down and got some frozen yogurt.    JackieB came later with pastries for Cyn’s birthday.  We had a great time talking about a lot of different things. 

I left around 8 with every intention of going to the gym. However I got back to town by 20 of 9 and couldn’t remember if the gym closed at 9 or not.  Google says it was open to ten but by then I was tired.  I could have gone but I was unsure.  I thought I would go for a walk but no.

When I got home did the normal routine.  Got the garbage and recycle stuff out and made tea and headed to bed.  I did end up doing some stuff on the computer but ended up sleeping.

Today so far did some odds and ends, including bills and updating files.  I still have lots more to do.  Of course the early morning routine was good this time I feel asleep for an hour and it felt good.  The kitties were doing their own things. 

I called JOC to see if she wanted to walk but she had too much to do this week so we will make it another time.  I did tell her I am going back to work next week and I let her know I may have things to do in the evenings. So we agreed it would be one day at time or even on the weekends.

Well I need to go for now so see ya.