How is your day Today, plans and achievements 2024....

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Cold here. Got up, got going, repotted a recently purchased houseplant. Marking time to get past the morning rush to go in for more lab work. Just 2 blood tests to be sure my kidneys can tolerate the CT scan contrast dye in a coming test. Sat there forever waiting my turn, people kept coming in and the crowd piled up. Seemed like people kept getting called ahead of me. Finally got called and in and was out in under 5 minutes, so why was I there almost 2 hours??? This is 'Murica, dang it!

Now I'm guessing a lot of people did a phone check-in and got in line ahead of me. Oh well, live and learn.
 

Rant ahead.

I'm fed up at work. I really like my job. I really like having somewhere to go and something to do, really like my co-workers and really, really like payday.

I used to work for a German company with the initials KHD. We called it "Keine Hilf Dir" or loosely translated "nobody helps you." I don't mean in the sense that I have to do everything by myself but that if Sir or NL want/need a day off, they simply take it. That means I have to go in because the bakery just cannot be operated by one person.

On Wednesday, Sir said, "You won't mind working Monday next week and having Tuesday off instead, will you." It wasn't a question; it was a statement. Yes, I mind! It means I will have worked seven consecutive days without a day off. Sir wants a three-day weekend so that he can go to Oklahoma...Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

Yesterday, NL had a day off on the same day as my regular day off so I went in for 4 1/2 hours. I was thanked profusely by Sir and the deli manager. Deli manager is Sir's boss. There's no way Sir could have worked alone and got anything done along with all the other things he is required to do daily. It was a repeat of Thursday two weeks ago. I worked that day, too.

NL has a day off tomorrow. Sir won't be there, either. Guess who will be? (Keeping in mind that the bakery cannot be operated by just one person.)

I don't dare say I'm tired and can't work that many days in a row because somebody's bound to come along and say that I'm too old to be there anymore if I can't pick up the slack.

A week from this coming Monday is inventory day. That one Monday every 5-6 weeks is the only Monday I'm expected to work. Otherwise, my scheduled days off are always on Monday and Thursday. It's the 11th Commandment. Moses carved it in stone along with the other 10.

"No" is a complete sentence. Somebody light a fire under me to say it and mean it. I'm a soft touch, and everybody knows it. I need to grow a spine to stand up for myself and a tongue to speak up for myself.
 

~Cleaned the bathroom, including wet Swiffering bathroom. Also did the kitchen floor.
~Rearranged some stock to make room for more items and finished putting
away Deja’s “groceries”. 😸

~Napped for a couple of hours
~Cleaned the litter box twice and got garbage ready for my son to set out on the street as soon as he got home. He had an extremely long day.

~Of course I played WWFand watched T.V.
~I'm eating a late dinner. Hope I don't fall asleep before I can load the dishwasher.

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It is chilly here with flurries predicted. I plan on doing just a few things around the house, and I have leftovers so no need to cook.
Yesterday I went to a deceased neighbors viewing. I knew him and his family for over 30 years. He was 90 years old and had been in a nursing home for a few weeks and had survived a serious brain infection many years ago. I thought his heart had just given out but the widow told me he died from COVID!

Another neighbor is recovering from asthma attack, pneumonia , and COVID , and yesterday I called a friend of mine who was not at church Sunday and she has COVID too. She got the shot that doctor's are giving COVID people and said it seems to be helping her feel better.


I think just about everyone around here has had the COVID shots, but maybe not the 90 year old....I wonder if he got it while in the nursing home.

I still use the hand sanitizer, always in my car , after I shop, and in my kitchen and bathroom.
 
hearlady said:
DD called last night and the little guy is sick. He's in daycare now so that's par for the course.
I doubt DH will want to go today but I made all these cookies! Maybe I can meet her and the girls halfway for an outing or I guess they'll go in the freezer.
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lol...I hope you mean the cookies can go in the freezer and not the girls...:sneaky::D
 
Another very warm night last night , had to throw off the comforters, and I tossed and turned all night due to the heat... I'm hoping this is not a precursor to a hot summer...again...

Overcast today 59 deg..f

Waiting for 2 deliveries. One from Amazon of a new flash drive.. and the other from the big hardware store of cleaning goods which are heavy to bring home myself..
 
Good morning earlywormer's !!! Up at 4am again today, durn it....oh well...it is 9 deg F out there, yes NINE deg F....brrrrrr...after two days of warmth this feels cold....got lotsa aches and pains today for some reason, perhaps because I'm aged....may do
a bit of laundry today, or not !~!.....no other plans as yet...too
early to think clearly !!! :cool:
 
Sliverfox said:
Although I feel really sleepy,, feel the need to be out & about.

Lot of restaurants , groceries with hot foods are having fried fish on their menus.
Maybe we can go our for lunch?

Asking rest of. posters,,
Do a lot of restaurants offer fish meals during Lent?
What is your favorite way to have fish, fried or baked?
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I have seafood allergies, though I can tolerate some. Battered halibut (fish n' chips) and tinned albacore tuna are the only fish I eat.
 
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oooh the blossom is out.. 🥰 . out of my window I can see pink blossom everywhere in the trees lining the road.....and here is a picture my daughter sent last night of the blossom on the tree outside her house..

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Beautiful photo, @hollydolly! Looks like springtime is on her way. Getting ready for another rainstorm from this evening through Weds morning. There should only be about 2-1/2" all told, but it won't be a joyful time for areas with still unstable ground due to the last storm.

@Widow of Vietnam Vet, I know several people who now have Covid or are just recovering from it. Some say it feels like a cold, others are plenty sick - even those who've had it before, or were vaxxed, or both. Fortunately, none have been hospitalized.
I'm sorry about your neighbor.
 
Had a good time last night considering I'm still trying to get out of lock-down mentality. I've never heard anyone sing "Over The Rainbow" in Irish Gaelic before, and there was a lot of other folk music of that stripe with a lot of audience participation (clap along, chime in on the chorus, etc.). This was at a local folk concert series that will celebrate it's 50th year in 2025. An older crowd for the most part, quite probably many of the same people attending back in the 1970s who remained local or moved back. Two one-hour sets with a 30 minute intermission for CD and merch sales, autographs, and (soft) cider and cookies. The group was 4/5ths of RUNA - one member having entry visa woes yesterday.

BTW: On an unrelated note, later last night I uncovered unsuspected psychic abilities. Your secrets are no longer secure. Beware! :ROFLMAO:
 
caramel said:
Got an online grocery order. Trying a few new snacks I'm looking forward to. Sunchips chili lime flavor. It's been poor weather here. Happy to have gotten that done with no bad weather.
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I used to be into Sunships. Also I discovered years ago that I like lime flavored chips. Chili lime sounds very interesting.
 

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