Diets, Decaf & Other Dubious Deeds


Long day. Had to cover the rest of a shift for a co-worker that had to go home sick. I don't really understand why people go to work sick. Why infect everyone else if you don't have to? She wasn't even wearing a mask. I mean come on...middle of a pandemic here.

It's raining & 41F here. Gonna sleep good tonight. They get pork chops and apple stuffing with a mixed veggie on Monday nights for supper. Some people don't know how to get the chops cooked good enough.
 

I have noticed as I get older that I'm becoming less tolerant of a lot of things. The thing that really bothers me the most is thumping of people's stereos. Especially when they're in their home & it's thumping so loud you can hear it inside your home a half a block away.

Or when they're driving past your house & it shakes the windows. That's just nonsense. I hope they go deaf. It would serve them right. I don't know how they can listen to it without it hurting their ears. I would assume if they had anxiety that vibration from the music would only irritate that.

We used to crank the music when we were younger but, nothing like this. I'm sensitive to any racket so, it cranks the anxiety up to about 10. This town I live in is noisy almost all the time. It's difficult to get any rest here. I miss my home town but, I had to leave because it was either that or starve. They didn't pay me enough to make ends meet.

I miss the quiet and the safety of home. I could go for a walk there & not have to worry too much about being harmed. We rarely had noise issues. Here there is constant thumping music from cars and roaring trucks and people talking so loud outside you can hear them inside & then there's my neighbor. OMG! She's got to be the noisiest woman on the planet. She must not have been taught any manners as a child.

She slams, bangs, thumps and bumps everything over on her side of the duplex at all hours. The landlord was of little use cuz he's a chicken :poop:. So now when she wakes me in the middle of the night I have to go beat the wall& holler over that I'm gonna call the police to get her to quit. With all that & this virus stuff & everybody being all crappy at work...I'm starting to get pretty mad & I'm beginning to lose my patience.

I've had to go for far too long with no stress outlet. And I'm concerned I'm gonna blow one of these days. There's only so much drugs a person can take. I think I need to look into some noise depravation stuff like noise cancelling headphones or something. I was thinking about that and a weighted blanket and a room darkening mask. Maybe I would feel better if I could lay there and pretend to be dead once in a while. LOL! Oh well...~Shrugs~
 
Well we went from 5000+ cases on Friday to 7000+ Monday. Over a 1000 of those cases were in Ford County alone. I don't know what's going on over there but, I hope they get it under control soon. That place has been like an out of control fire for a week now.

I got the short shift later today. Gonna go hit the sack cuz I'm finally tired. Night everyone.
 

Good morning.
According to my math (which could seriously be wrong) this is morning 19,710 in my life. Give or take for all that leap year nonsense.

It's only supposed to make it to 51F today with a 70% chance of rain. I've got a pbj sandwich on my tummy. Should take care of me till I get off at 3. Then I'm probably gonna order pizza.

Life is so much better when people aren't fighting & trying to drag each other down. I prefer lifting someone up but, many times it's just not appreciated. I find communicating with people has become increasingly difficult. I don't know if a sign of the times or if it's because people just don't listen anymore. I just know it's a real drag.

I gotta go. Y'all have a great day.
 
This is an article about Fauci's testimony in the Washington Post.
Article here...

I frankly believe it's too late. We've already opened up just enough & allowed people to mingle without masks and distancing. Surely a second wave is imminent. As I have said before, I wonder how many us will have to die before this is over...

I sincerely hope it is just a virus that made its way here on its own and not the work of money hungry monsters who don't care if the "herd" comes to harm. If the latter is the case...what would stop them from ending us all? Who knows?

Some of us are fighting to stay safe and keep others safe as best we can. And that is really all we can do at this point. That and pray. We really need the Savior right now more than anything. I believe He will keep an eye on us. At some point the world is supposed to come to an end. What that end will be, I don't know. But, I'm certain things will get a lot worse than this before it's over.

Every day I wake and ask God to keep us safe. Every day I look for shelter in His love. I feel as though He can & will protect me...if that's His will for my life. I will accept whatever comes. Meanwhile, I'm going to do what I can to keep myself safe so that I can continue to go to work and help feed the staff, the patients & their visitors so that people can survive and do their jobs to keep everyone else safe.

I hope in the end...when the dust settles and the dead are buried, that people will realize that you can't just always do whatever the hell you want and not have to pay for it. Sometimes life comes with a price and that price gets collected eventually.

I hope the Lord will bring comfort to those who've lost their families and friends to this beast of a virus.
 

Today was decent. Not sure what's on tomorrow's agenda. I'm scheduled to close in the cafeteria but, if the sick chick doesn't come in they will move me to her position. I can't ever get a FT spot because I'm too flexible and that's what they need me for. They don't have enough people they can trust to cross train and get the job done.

What bugs me is some of the new hires are pitifully uneducated in food service and they can get a FT spot right away because there's only one thing they can do with them. Seems a bit unfair if you ask me but, that's office politics. There's a spot I want and they refuse to give it to me FT because they'd have to cut my pay & because it's not considered a "cooks" position even though we do cook food all day.

There's a couple people at work that I click with pretty good so we usually have a fun day at work when we're together. One kid tries to get me to let go and be silly. Sometimes I do. He gets a kick out of it.

Be back in a bit. Gotta shower and do a breathing treatment.
 
So much better. Shower is out of the way. Treatment is under way.

https://www.leaf.tv/3200275/hot-shower-benefits/

I really need to start spending more time doing something. I like tai chi and yoga and I need to do something to help myself lose weight or at least be moving. I need to get back to trying to make healthy choices at meal time which right now is a little difficult as we don't always have what I need at the store. I need to start trying to take better care of myself.

It's hard to do when you have depression. Personally I don't wanna do much of anything with this stuff. I know that I need to do it for a better quality of life but at the same time I feel like if I'm just gonna grow older and die anyway...why torture myself? But, I realize that the treatments for some of the issues I will soon face will be more costly & will likely have long lasting effects on my health as is.

Do any of you have a hard time getting motivated now that we're older and more tired and more sore?
 

I love music. I especially enjoy music from other places in the world. This style always seems like a lot of fun. Even though I have no clue what they're saying...I love listening and dancing.

I have discovered many kinds that I like. I like a lot of Indian music. I love oriental music. Stuff like this makes you feel good. It's like an audio vacation.
 
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One thing I am not...is an expert at anything. I have general ideas on things and certain things I know from learning or experience. I am of the mind that sometimes it's ok to just let people be wrong. A person doesn't have to be right all the time about everything. Sometimes it's ok to let people figure stuff out on their own. Sometimes a mistake, even though it should probably be corrected, isn't always a bad thing.

We are turkey wraps in the grill today and the hot food section has pigs in a blanket and sweet potatoes. I rarely eat from the hot food side since that's where most of the non-handwashing is happening. My tummy has been upset from my ulcer so I might just do a hamburger or something that's not as spicy today.

Spoke to my mother on mother's day on the phone. She's getting a little depressed, too. Her and dad like to go for coffee or a meal at the restaurant in town and they can't do that. So it's just her, dad & the cats. And dad's not always the best company. He's a grouch.

We're forecast for 68F for a high and rain today. I'm on the docket till close no matter what shift I'm on today.

See you all later!
 
Today was a very busy day. They are starting elective surgeries again so we are seeing more staff & visitors trickling in to the cafeteria. I have no idea when or if things will return to normal anytime soon. When you think about it, fall isn't that far off. If the governor opens phase 4 in June....we may see more COVID spike up. And then it's anyone's guess what will happen.

We are seeing difficulties getting our orders in at the hospital for our food. If things get worse, it's hard telling what kind of effect it will have on meal planning for the patients. I was watching our governor give her daily statement online and she said the unemployment numbers are a little worse than that of the depression. Not good.

People are having a hard time adjusting to this new way of life. I'm doing reasonably ok with it but,
I've been suffering from depression with all this.
 
Sitting here with my coffee and watching the congressional meeting with Dr Bright. I find this interesting but, not surprising. The reason I say this is because when a person has safety concerns...no one wants to hear it. So, I'm not surprised that his requests went unheeded and were dismissed and then he was cut from meetings for being too upsetting.

I think about the things I've reported at work and the actions that have not been taken because dept heads are more concerned with people showing up and doing the work than they were about whether safety protocols were followed. We have safety policies in place. If I notify the safety officer I will be receiving a scolding and told that if I don't feel safe then I need to do what I feel will keep me safe. (Between the lines this means...if you don't feel safe...you are free to quit.) Is it fair? No. But this is the problem with businesses, you have to just do what you're told or suffer the consequences. Either being fired or treated poorly at work for trying to do the right thing.

I don't understand why people have to be punished for trying to help keep things safe. We get told to mind our own business or get out. But, when we are brought into the company we are told that if we don't report things properly we risk being fired. So the MAN is covered at both ends at controlling us and keeping us in line. We then have to choose whether or not to risk our job to do the right thing. I don't understand why more isn't done to protect the employee who is trying to do the right thing to protect their company and keep it safe. The problem is that so few of us are willing to do the right thing. They have no way to police 1200 employees. They refuse to police 15 employees. They don't really care whether we adhere or not UNTIL a problem arises that could get them in trouble with authoritative forces such as State or Federal officials.

So that dr is trying to do the right thing and he's being told he's being disruptive. All because he won't keep his mouth shut and sit there like a good little boy. This kind of stuff ticks me off so badly. I'm a right fighter. I believe in fighting for things to be done right and I hate being muted and forced to just ignore it. Especially during this pandemic but, I know if I say anything what I will be met with. So again...forced to choose between earning a living or doing the right thing. No person should have to be forced to do this. We should be able to report things and have them checked out and be safe to keep our jobs. We are not trying to cause problems just have things done in a safe and proper manner. It's been this way in food service all these years. It is the one part of this career that drives me completely crazy.
 
Holy crap!
That congressional meeting was 6 hrs long. It was extremely interesting, though. I think it's sad that when a person tries to do the right thing, they are penalized for it.
 
I'm sure being an admin on any site is a lot like being a parent. Having to keep an eye on the kids. Make sure they don't kill each other while you're not looking. LOL!

It's not always easy for human beings to get along because there are just too many personality differences. Some of us experience difficulty in keeping our mouths shut when people tick us off. ~Grins~ Others are quite good at ignoring these things. In a perfect world we would all get along. Unfortunately Joe Blow may not like Ben Greens point of view or attitude and then next thing you know...things can get heated. It's everywhere. Online and in life.

I notice with all the different generations having to work together on the job there is a lot more problems at work than before. One group doesn't understand the other and another doesn't want to do what the other wants and some of them have no use for another group. Lots of fighting on the job. Never seen so much of it in my life till the past 5 years. What always gets me is that the bosses are too neutral. They let people get away with stuff that should be dealt with.

I think a lot of times people just don't understand one another or they think they do and make assumptions and then people just can't learn to get along. When I'm at work, I just want to work and not have to be forced into small talk because the talking seems to cause more misunderstandings and problems. I have noticed here lately that they employees who don't talk unless spoken to seem to have no problems whatsoever. I wonder if I adopt this method at work if it will make things easier. Guess I'll find out.

I hate fighting and arguing. I have no time, patience or use for such activity. I would prefer to be left alone as to being dragged into verbal confrontations at work every day.
 
Well another day is gone. I've enjoyed myself on here today.

I was a little disappointed by the fact that our governor signed an executive order for Phase 1.5 she calls it. To begin in 3 days. I cringe at the thought of this. I understand the economic side of this. We will have no choice but to move forward and take the losses of life that are going to come with it. It is just a very sad ordeal. No matter what, people are going to suffer. There's no winning side to this. I think that's part of what makes this so devastating.

Each day as I go to work...I wait quietly. I keep waiting for the day when they send out a mass email that we are all hands on deck because the virus has hit and hit hard. I hope it won't get to be too overwhelming but, I don't think they're as prepared for that as they think they are.

I think mistakes in government have been made. I believe now that they knew about this way before March and did nothing. They let us down. They have not done their best to protect us as they should have. And that just upsets me so very much. It makes me feel as though we do not matter enough to be considered when something horrible is about to happen. And we are expected to trust these people with information and our lives.

Just stuff to think about as we head into a new week. This isolation has been stressful and very difficult for some. For me it has brought home so new revelations about my personal life that I'm working to rectify. It has not been a time of watching my diet and exercising because in my mind I figure if there's a chance I could get this crap and die tomorrow or next week or whatever, I'd rather have the ice cream than be doing crunches. LOL!

Night y'all.
 
Good morning.

Having my coffee and tinkering online as I generally do before work. Came across this article this morning. Thought you might enjoy some good news.
108 yo woman survives COVID

It is in the 60s and raining a little outside this morning. I wish it would let up. It's murder on my hip joints. This is my weekend to work. ~Wrinkles nose~ I rather enjoy my weekends off puttering around the house, drinking coffee, posting with you lot. Keeps my mind off some of the less pleasant aspects of my life.

Gonna go see what's new. Have a great day!
 
things are starting to pick up a little at work. just not enough to open back up all the way. unless our governor decides to zip right past the other 3 phases and try to kill us all. wouldn't surprise me. can't hardly keep my eyes open. night.
 

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