Diets, Decaf & Other Dubious Deeds

I know today is a Christian holiday but I can't bring myself to use the word happy today so I'm going with "Hey it's Easter!"
I have trouble finding this to be a joyous occasion. Especially with all the deaths in this country and probably people in the midst of dying while I write these words. For those folks I want to pray for comfort for them today. For today they are not thinking about hiding easter eggs for kids/grandkids, having that ham dinner they got invited to, or that easter service they were gonna go to. For them I pray for comfort. I hope that God will make their end swift so they don't have to suffer while the rest of the world is celebrating easter. While churches are foolishly going ahead with their services here and continuing the spread of this terrible thing. Because heaven forbid they should miss a service. People are dying today because someone just had to go to church, or just had to go visit their family or someone just had to (insert excuse here)...
The ones dying don't want to hear that excuse. They want to know why they have to die for it.
So I'm sorry if I don't see this as a joyous day. I love the Lord with everything in me. But, I just can't find joy in the death of others.
 

MarciKS said:
I know today is a Christian holiday but I can't bring myself to use the word happy today so I'm going with "Hey it's Easter!"
I have trouble finding this to be a joyous occasion. Especially with all the deaths in this country and probably people in the midst of dying while I write these words. For those folks I want to pray for comfort for them today. For today they are not thinking about hiding easter eggs for kids/grandkids, having that ham dinner they got invited to, or that easter service they were gonna go to. For them I pray for comfort. I hope that God will make their end swift so they don't have to suffer while the rest of the world is celebrating easter. While churches are foolishly going ahead with their services here and continuing the spread of this terrible thing. Because heaven forbid they should miss a service. People are dying today because someone just had to go to church, or just had to go visit their family or someone just had to (insert excuse here)...
The ones dying don't want to hear that excuse. They want to know why they have to die for it.
So I'm sorry if I don't see this as a joyous day. I love the Lord with everything in me. But, I just can't find joy in the death of others.
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It's OK, MarciKS….When our cell phone went off, I knew it would be our kids....OK, I'll go with you about not being a joyous day....But I still
try to make it a Religious Day....I cried this morning when the kids phoned...Right now at 12 thirty in the afternoon my Grand kids would be
hunting plastic eggs with money in them....This is the only time in their life they will not hunt for eggs....The oldest is 28 years old.....
My son and his fiancé are supposed to get married in August....Don't know if it will be.... So, I am with my husband of almost 55 years....
We just have to be happy that we are still here and our kids are all OK...I just say, every day is maybe a better day....
Yes, about death's....Marcik, There are people dying everyday around the planet....Before this epidemic we didn't know how many people
died.....That's my thought and I'm sticking with it....(I lived a long time and lost many)…..So I grieve, but I still want to live for my family,
a little more, anyway....You never know....So I go along not being defiant....I lived a long time....Whatever will Be, Will Be....
Be well....Prayer helps...…♥
 
MarciKS said:
While churches are foolishly going ahead with their services here and continuing the spread of this terrible thing. Because heaven forbid they should miss a service. People are dying today because someone just had to go to church, or just had to go visit their family or someone just had to (insert excuse here)...
The ones dying don't want to hear that excuse. They want to know why they have to die for it.
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How right you are!
 
Trying to wind down from a busy day. I had to train someone today. A girl I don't particularly like much. She's an ok worker I guess. Little on the lazy side. ~Rolls eyes~ I hate training people but, they like me to do it cuz I'm good at it. Sometimes I wish I'd played dumb from the get go. LOL!

The more you know and the better you are, the more gets loaded onto your back. The stupid/slow ones get to stand there like deer caught in headlights. Aggravates me a little. Anyway, it's difficult for me to be patient while training. Patience has never really been a strong suit. The other young man is autistic so I gotta keep an eye on him and make sure he knows what he's doing and that he stays focused.

I think the girl knows I don't like her. I'm sure I'm putting off a vibe. She hurt my feelings first week she was there. Me and a coworker were laughing at something and the girl thought we were laughing at her so she went and tattled. We got dragged into the office. I'm 50 some yrs old and getting dragged to the office just like in school. LOL!

Anyway, between the 3 of us we couldn't understand how she came to the decision that we were making fun of her. I do my best to be kind and civil. I've always hated that I always get stuck training everyone. It's nice to know that they have me do it cuz they know I'll show them right but, I just get so tired of it. The responsibility and then when they don't do what I told them, they blame me. I don't know if we have anymore cases of COVID or not. I haven't looked at the news.

I had my dinner and now I'm stuffing myself with chocolate and imbibing with a little crown and coke. :cool: Hopefully I'll sleep good tonight.
 
Ok we have 1,426 cases and 69 deaths for Kansas. Looks like it's starting to spike now so I'm sure things are really gonna get crazy the next couple weeks if this continues.
 
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Morning Tea Jazz

Nothing good on the menu at work today in the cafeteria. I hope they have something decent soup wise or I'll have to find something to eat at the grill. May have to have a burger and fries.
They serve fried chicken that's all cajun. I've got an ulcer so I don't do well with the chicken strips but, I can manage the bone in chicken. Boss tried to tell me the chicken was done cooking in the fryer yesterday but, it wasn't. It was still bloody. So I slid into his office with a piece that he made me bring up and went back out to finish cooking the rest. ~Grins~ Ain't nobody dying on my watch.

Every time I cough now, I kinda worry a little about having COVID. I hope it's just my COPD. I get freaked out pretty easy sometimes.

I don't have to train that girl again till Thursday. She's pretty easy to train so other than showing her how to change the grease in the fryer, I think she'll be ok on her own. I will find out if she got offended by something I said or did again when I get there Thursday or today. Depends on how things went. I hate working with people who are too touchy about things. Makes it hard to talk to them about anything. Other boss was like "just be yourself" & I said last time I did that I ended up in her office & we both laughed. These younger people are kind of a mess. They are easily upset & offended & angry. Never seen anything like it before. Product of time outs I suspect. My folks never beat me but, by God we never got spared a spanking if it was necessary. And we turned out pretty good in comparison. Today's kids are mouthy & disrespectful. I don't like that so the ones that do that I don't talk to much. I'm funny that way.

Hope everyone is staying safe & that you have a good day.
 
Well they had ravioli soup but, sadly I didn't get any. :cautious:

2 of the plants in town have workers with COVID and another business also closed down with it but, they won't tell us which one. The one plant was a Tony's Pizza. Huge plant so I expect things to get seriously hairy at work pretty soon. ~Prays~
 
Ended up not having to train today. One of the other ladies was sick and went home. Probably for the best since today was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring. We had a rush of 10 whole people at 5:30 for supper & that was it.

I thought I'd join OneEyedDiva and hollydolly on their little EYEventure.

I'm off work Friday so I'll be around.
 
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Prison of the Soul

Morning...

Actually it's afternoon here already. I'm a little slow getting around today. I didn't awaken till almost 10:30 this morning. I'm having my coffee & debating what to do today. I hate being locked away like this. I like being isolated but, this is a bit much.

I keep waiting for spring to actually get here. Last night it was bitterly cold & we got sleet & then a good snow storm. The weather in Kansas is so unpredictable it's a royal pain.

Pretty soon money is going to be getting really tight because they are cutting more of our hrs to avoid laying us off. I imagine this will mean no raises next year. I'm sure it won't be in the budget. It is sad how much of our world this virus is affecting.

I have to find something for lunch. Have a good day. I might be back on later.
 
So I got rid of my eye photo. This one is making me laugh so much I may spit coffee on the lap top. LOL!

So yesterday I was so distracted by thoughts of picking up my Rx on the way to work that I was in the car and half a block from the house before I realized I hadn't put my teeth in. I'm sitting there thinking "something isn't quite right." Not that anyone would've noticed until lunch time with the mask and all. ~Grins~
 
I don't know if anyone on here plays games on their computers but, I play some of the Facebook games from their game room and I play games on Pogo.com
They have card games and mahjong and match 3 and hidden object games and stuff. I recently started playing Jungle Gin. Kinda fun. I'm playing tonight while I wait for my meds to kick in.
 
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Relaxing music

Our census was higher today. Not sure why. We had 8 isolations to feed today. I am doing a different shift tomorrow. I will be the lead & the other gal will be cooking. She will be crabby because she has to work on one of her days off. It will make the day unpleasant.
I just took my meds so I'm waiting for them to kick in so I can go to sleep. I have to go in a little
earlier than normal. I'm ready for a day off again.

I miss the nursing home I used to work in. It was a place where I felt needed. There's a difference between being necessary and being needed. I enjoyed watching them enjoy what I cooked for them. I can't do that now. I can't go talk to the patients like I could the residents. There's no connection there. I serve them crap that tastes awful cuz we can't season anything and they can't do anything about it if someone complains. It's sad. But that's what happens when they're sick and on special diets. We see the visitors when they are exhausted and worried about their loved ones. I try to be comforting when I can. But sometimes it's best to just make sure they get good service.

Have a good night & a great day tomorrow.
 
Long day. No fun.
It's getting a little scary passing staff that are dressed to the hilt in PPE & wheeling COVID or possible COVID patients past me in the halls. Glad we're ALL masked up. I was rather alarmed meeting them in the hall today. I'm not 100% sure but, I think another case may have passed away.

Arthritis has come to visit me today. The only company I've had in a very long time. Frankly I think I'd rather have my menstrual cycle back. LOL!

Having pizza and a stiffer mixed drink this evening. Might go to bed early. I don't know yet. I'm pretty tired.

I felt bad because I forgot to cook something yesterday that the cook needed today. I'm sure she's mad as heck & will be a cluckin about it tomorrow. Man I wish I could retire and live off SS. I do not want to spend my whole life working. Oh well. Que sera sera!
 
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Spring bossa

Good morning. This morning I see that the 1st Lady is asking for people to sign her online birthday card. The only way I would agree to that was if I could offer my sympathies & call him a few choice things. Probably things she calls him herself on a daily basis.

We've been discussing alcohol consumption on another thread. I've never been much of a drinker because I don't hold my liquor well enough to do so. Probably a blessing. But, I do enjoy a drink every so often. I love Seagram's wine coolers the best but, my A1C is too high for that now. So I mix a little Crown Royal & diet Coke together. Has a nice calming effect after a bad day.

I'm not 100% certain but, I think spring is finally starting to sneak in. Thank God!

They are discussing more cuts to our hrs. They want to rid everyone they can of 1 hr a day. Then in the cafeteria it's been so slow they want to alternate sending one of us home at 3 p.m. each day and then closing at 6 instead of 7. They can't really do much with the evening cook because she has to be present to cook food for late trays. Unless they stop that an hr earlier which I highly doubt they would do. So far, since I'm not really doing anything with my money other than paying bills and buying groceries, I should be ok. *fingers crossed*

Been struggling with some depression on top of the anxiety I already have. Trying to take it one day at a time and cope the best I can. They have been discussing re-opening Kansas slowly but, I think it's far too soon. Things are just getting going here with this virus. If they do it now, we will likely get hit hard with it. They're just not gonna rest till they put more of us in the grave because of the almighty dollar.
 
MarciKS said:
I don't know if anyone on here plays games on their computers but, I play some of the Facebook games from their game room and I play games on Pogo.com
They have card games and mahjong and match 3 and hidden object games and stuff. I recently started playing Jungle Gin. Kinda fun. I'm playing tonight while I wait for my meds to kick in.
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Been addicted to Word Whomp for awhile .. but it's frustrating that my high scores aren't being entered lately. I sometimes play Microsoft's Solitaire and jigsaw puzzles.
 

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