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It seems like another lazy Sunday.  I was prepared to visit the laundromat to clean the blanket. Thus far, I have managed to feed Sky and have coffee.

I intended to sit outside on the patio, but it was too chilly when I went out.  I returned indoors.  The weather reports indicate it is in the 50s.  The sun is shining. The AC temperature should be consistent because it's also chilly inside.

I considered going grocery shopping; however, I currently do not require any items.  I'll go after the eye appointment on Friday.

I am anxious about Friday’s appointment.  My eyes have been more blurry than usual.  Is it diabetes, lupus, or simply old age?  I didn’t go sooner because I knew the appointment was coming up and so I just adjusted my reading methods.

I did the laundry, folded it, and made the bed.   In addition to having lunch, I watched Season 18 of NCIS on ION TV. I accomplished several more tasks before retiring for the night. 

I was checking the weather page today and it looks like we are in for some snow showers over the next three days.  They are not supposed to start until later tonight and then again in morning tomorrow and Tuesday.

During recent committee meetings it was announced that our union President would be stepping down from this office to take on a job with the International Union. I don’t have time to scan it to my computer while at work.  I took picture of it with the camera.  I will put it in the folder on the computer. 

All the other documents I have to either look through or scan can be done another time. 

I have to go to bingo now….

Got to work and found out there was a major network upgrade going for the building.  It is not affecting remote work but for those who work in the office and the equipment and internet it does.   I have plenty of work for myself.  I will have to share with others until they get the okay to go home.  It was to last until 2 pm.  It had others annoyed because it’s wasting time for them.  They were told they would have used their time even if after they learned they have permission to go home.

I could use my phone for emails and texting.  Get to a few places on the internet but it was not easy. 

I had VT help open mail until we got word to go home which came around 11.  I did some of the claim forms to mail and then began working on the rest of the mail from before the recess. When the call came I turned it down until I realized I couldn’t print anything or scan anything.  I decided to come home.

On the way home I was getting annoyed with the GPS because it wouldn’t take me to the Merritt parkway but to I-95.  I did manage another route called Route 34 which goes through west haven, orange and then to where I needed to get off.  Wht was really bothering me I think was the potential discussion with Liz about if and when it comes up.  I was thinking she would have said things like why couldn’t I have stayed?  The same things that Mom would have said if she were living,  I think Liz would have said you thought you were entitled to go home.  I expect she would make a few other comments of how lucky I am.  I have a feeling it would not end well.

Since I have been home I watched TV, had some coffee finished putting up the shower curtains I washed this morning.  I believe Miss Tiger had done her job in there.  It’s been a while since she did that particular ahem.

 Every few days it seems Tiger craps on the floor or even in the shower stall.   (Yes I have been cleaning the box regularly)She is still not eating all of her food quickly but she has been eating Sky’s.  She has been sitting on the couch a lot and just as of last night sat on the recliner below Sky.  She does still come to the bed some nights.  She is limping and on occasionally knuckles but I try to get it flattened out.

Sky continues to hold his own.  He does try and eat Tiger’s dish but I have stopped him so many times I am hoping he has been doing it on his own.  There are some nights he has been vocal which has lead me to believe he has seen something or done something. He still sleeps on top of the recliner. 

This afternoon I had my cardiology appointment and he says other than the weight I am fine.  He needs me to work on it.  It was down considerably from last time.  Hell it was down half a pound from last month.  I will see him in a year.

Tonight will be quiet.  I am trying to not watch too much TV.  I still have the second night of the sleep study to do.  It wasn’t bad either.  I have to bring it back tomorrow morning before noon.  I will do that after my infusion.

It was in the teens today for temperatures and they haven’t gotten any warmer. It will be cold for the next couple of days and cloudy the next two nights. Saturday will be cold and cloudy.  Will be burying myself under lots of blankets.

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.

My Friday was fine until I was about to leave for work.  I discovered I had left my ID badge with my entire life in it.  Yep, license, debit, you name it.  I looked all over the house and in the garbage can, and in the car.  I drove extra carefully this morning.  I had to ask a coworker to let me in.  I was relieved when I found my ID stuff on the desk.  It is now in my bag until I need them, which will be when I need to use the copier or pick up mail at the front door.

I made a mess at dinner time last night, I was making scrambled eggs and I dropped the bowl inside the microwave.  Nothing broke but there was egg all over the counter and inside the micro.  I had moved some stuff and forgot the egg carton was still on the counter.  They landed on the floor.  Let’s just say in my frustration I made an even bigger mess.

The one bright spot is my neighbor Mim is home and doing fine.  I saw her aid yesterday who promised to have her stop by on their walk.  It never happened. Not sure if they did and I didn’t hear them or not.

It was a rather gloomy day yesterday. It rained a little in the morning with a little bit of thunder.  It was fairly cool as well mid 60’s or so.  I felt like I was dragging my heels and not getting all that I could do-done.  I am hoping I will be better at it today.

I heard from Liz today, she sent me some pictures of N3 and Olivia playing at the beach and having a shaving cream fight. :)  Luckily she didn’t ask me about the reservations.  I still have two weeks to do it. 

Jim sent me the location of the wedding; it will be at the Lehigh county Courthouse and the ceremony will be about quarter to four.  I haven’t done the reservations yet for the Bed and Breakfast yet I have two weeks left but I also don’t want to do it at the last minute.  My hope is to get it done this weekend.

It's another overcast/cloudy day and is supposed to stay like that for the rest of the day.  It was 70 at lunchtime and supposed to be 76 at some point but it never got there.

The Eastern States Expo aka The Big E started today.  I am hoping in the next couple of weeks the girls (from the meetup) and I get to go.  I don’t foresee it happening.  Dave went today.

I spent the rest of the afternoon doing the refund scanning back up.  I had done one date but discovered just before I was leaving that the first batch had to be rescanned.  It didn’t take long but it delayed my trip home.

The ride back home was a little slow.  Probably normal fall Friday/weekend traffic, so I took it slow.  I stopped at Trader Joes and picked up appetizers for tomorrow’s lunch and future things for me.  I also got Spiced apple cider.

 I heard from Gillion tonight we are meeting tomorrow at the Park and Go at 11 am.  She will be driving. I think this is going to be fun.  I have been trying to set a time line of when I should cook the appetizers.  It says one box should take 25 minutes but I have a couple of boxes and so I am never sure if it should be longer. 

There doesn’t seem to be much on TV tonight and I have fallen asleep a couple of times already. So I am going to start laundry, the dishwasher, and get ready for bed and listen to the Profiles in Folk radio program.

I got up early and fed the best kitties ever.   I was relieved that there were no messes on the bathroom floor this morning.  So they got the appropriate praise.  They looked at me and waited to be fed.   I made some coffee first because I had gone to bed sometime after midnight I fell asleep in the middle of the star trek movie marathon.  It starts up later today so I may watch it.

I opened the windows already it feels nice.  I am not sure how long that’s going to last.  I noticed that a tree has already changed its leaves.  It was in the high 50’s by 7.  It was 80 degrees all day and sunny.

I took a look at the map and times for travel for the hike tonight in Vernon and  as much as I would like to go I would have to leave at 4 to get there on time (they are meeting at five thirty)  and I wouldn’t get home until  9:30.  I am not familiar with the area up there. 

I know that in the Finding friends meetup I have been home later like being at Cyn’ house until 10 but I see them more often than I do the people in the hiking group. 

I finally got a hold of LawyerBob2 and he has some good news.  It may not work out for me but there is a mechanism in place that allows us to force the Audit to take place.   It is at the discretion of the court of course but LawyerBob2 believes I meet the criteria.  He doesn’t recommend that I file a complaint to the Bar association because he could accuse us of Harassment.

The rest of the day I made pasta salad and I watched the Star Trek movie marathon on BBC.  I watched it until I fell asleep. 

I did attend the committee meeting.  We have a couple of actions that are coming up but it looks like we will be ratifying the contract next month.

I did spend time with my neighbors. 

Before going to bed last night there were several alerts for thunderstorm, tornado watches, and of course the flash flooding.  The Thunderstorm scared the cats for a little bit but that’s all.  Tiger went and laid down in the Livingroom so I sat with her for a bit.  Sky was under the bed and stayed there for a while.  I watched the news and it covered different towns that were flooding.

When I woke this morning I found the stove clock was flashing and the microwave had all zero in its display.  I am not sure why just those two things were affected because everything else was fine.

It was 60 degrees and cloudy and it looks like Ida is hitting Rhode Island and its outer Islands.  WE have flood warnings until Saturday.  The sun came out before ten.

I heard from the girls in the finding friends group.  Megan has standing water in the crawl space under her bedroom, Stephanie’s fur baby was terrified of the boomers but Stephanie slept well.

I sent a message to the three amigos.  I heard from Ann first.  I know Leslie may live near the beach and there was a street that was flooded near her. Mary says she is fine.

Around ten, I finally got to the house cleaning.  In my mind it’s not that messy but at the same time I know I haven’t done a few things.

Technically the storm hasn’t started yet but we got alerts that would break your ear drums yesterday about the storm surge, wind and flooding on the phone.  At one point it looked like it was going to open up and pour buckets at work.  It didn’t though.   The sun was out for the rest of the day. 

I stopped at Walmart and got some groceries.  I got bread, Milk, tea, Vinegar.  I couldn’t find the Baking soda I needed (they had the small ones).  I will go to Shoprite later and get the rest of the stuff I wanted or needed.  I also go some goodies.  You can’t be in the middle of a big summer storm without goodies.

I did get the chairs back in last night and had trouble with the umbrella but on the third try it worked.  I have to take the recycle out to the trash hut soon.  I put it out behind the flower pot because I wasn’t ready to go out in public.

I spent the evening relaxing and went to bed at ten.  When I woke up this morning I had no internet or cable until about 7:30.  If this is Optimum’s view on keeping us connected didn’t do a great job.  However, they may have been doing something to prepare for the storm so I will give them the benefit of a doubt.

So I am put zing around at the moment.  I started cleaning around 10 and started wth the bathroom.  I took my time.  I figured since I am not going anywhere today (no to the Oyster fest) I would take my time.

I found out that the complex has been known to lose power for a few days during storms.  Neighbor Mim’s daughter told me earlier today.  If that’s true I do need to move along with the cleaning because it will be a few days before I can vacuum again.   

Late last week I decided to leave the two groups on FB that I mentioned in my previous entry.  It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.    I did feel that I wanted to know what was going on with the cable this morning but it didn’t last long.

I went out and gassed up the car and within minutes it got busy.  Several cars came also to get gas.  The roads seemed to be the normal busy for a Saturday but I did hear that the stores are crazy.   Well I really don’t think I need anything that much.

The latest word on the Hurricane is it will make impact tomorrow morning….