Rainy days

 Well, it seems as if I just bring the rain everywhere I go if anyone is needing a good spring flood.  NC was soggy, and it has rained everyday I have been home.  Pretty sure it is supposed to rain again today.  I saw that they deployed the sandbag machine but not sure where to.  I got a call on Saturday from my emergency management office saying they had decided to cancel the LA tasker and put me back on the list for NC.  She told me the start date was 6/9 but I looked on the heat chart, which is what they use to track people, and they have me down for 6/6.  Either way I am fine.  I would love to go back and make a little more money.  I just hope it is as chill as it was last time.  Brooke is in LA and she is not particularly happy with the assignment.  Still better than being in the office but she had a few problems with her QAS, then they reassigned her to complaints and disputes, and now she is back in the field, but I haven’t talked to her to find out exactly what she is doing.  They made them take off Memorial Day, which she wasn’t thrilled about. 

I can’t remember if I talked about my sister’s procedure.  She pretty much had the lower face and neck lift.  She didn’t want anyone to know so I took her Friday morning bright and early.  We had to be there at 6.  I was so tired I went to my car and slept.  I think she was in recovery by 10:30. She is still really swollen, got her drains out on Sunday and is supposed to get her stitches out today. 

Saturday was a rainy dreary day, just like I like it.  I bought a new bag in Ashville and needed a wallet to go with it since I normally carry crossbody wallets all in one.  I went to Nordstrom Rack and a few other placed but didn’t find anything I liked.  I ended up at the outlet mall and found a wallet and a band for my apple watch that I really liked at Coach.  I went into a few stores but really didn’t find anything I liked.  Gap had a bunch of stuff I liked, and I had a bunch of stuff in my arms to go check out when it just got very peoply and the thought of standing in line was just too much.  So, I dumped the stuff off at the fitting room rack and left.  I am sure I saved myself at least $100.  I went by my sister’s house and checked on her.  She asked me about emptying her drains and I told her that I have my limits.  I don’t think she ever drained them, but since she was getting them removed the next day, I don’t think it was that big of a deal.  She has sent me some update pictures. If my phone feels like working I will attach a few.  She seemed to be doing ok. 

Dennis decided it would be a good day to take his mom to eat for a belated mother’s day so we did that and then I went home and did laundry and organized my stuff just in case I do go back out. 

Sunday, I took my mom to eat at Texas Roadhouse.  There was on in the parking lot of the hotel I stayed at in Gastonia.  I couldn’t remember the last time I had eaten there but it was as good as some high dollar steaks I have gotten.  It was just as good here.  I got enough for leftovers and Dennis ate them when he got home.  He made the comment that it was so tender he could cut it with a plastic knife.  We never went there because the parking lot is always packed, but they have a place to put your name on the waiting list before you go if there is a wait so Dennis and I may have to go eat there.  I really can’t think of anything I did.  Oh, I went to Costco but other than that my mind is a blank.

Dennis had been wanting another pair of steel toed boots, so he has a spare if the ones he has gets wet (which has happened several times with the weather) He found the pair he liked that he had tried on previously and I found a pair for him on clearance.  Now he has 3 pair so that should get him through.  After that I needed to go to bath, and body works to get laundry detergent, and we went to Old Navy to see if he could find some cargo pants or long sleeve shirts.  We left there empty handed.  Super proud of myself.  We stopped for a quick lunch and headed back home.  It was raining again or still so we sat around and watched the documentary about the Tylenol murders. 

Yesterday I had an appointment to get my eyes checked.  My left eye has a slight change but mot much.  My appointment was at 7:45, which sucked because I had my eyes dilated and couldn’t do much.  When I got home, I asked Bailey if he wanted to go lay down with me and he beat me to the bedroom.  We slept until noon, and it was glorious.  

I went to the optical place and ordered new glasses that afternoon when I could see again.  Although my prescription wasn’t enough of a change to warrant a new pair, I get up to like $350 a year for frames so I wanted to get them ordered because if I don’t do it while I am thinking about it there is a chance it will never get done.  I decided to go back to the place that I had used a few years ago, they are more expensive, but they have a larger selection, and they have frames that you can customize.  I got them the last time I ordered from there decided I would just suck it up and pay over my allowance to get what I wanted.  They are a fun shape that I haven’t gotten before so I can’t wait for them to come in.  I also ordered a pair of clip sunglasses to put over them because shuffling 2 pairs of glasses doesn’t work out well for me.  I am curious to see how I will like that.  I told them that I might be leaving for 30 days the second week of June so they said they would get them out immediately.  I let them know it wasn’t a big deal, but I didn’t want them to think I just didn’t pick them up if that does happen.  I also called and got my rheumatology appointment rescheduled for next Friday.  I had to cancel my last one since I was out of town.  I ran out of my meds while I was gone and wasn’t sure if he would refill so like a moron I just suffered through.  I remembered quick how bad my hand cramp and hurt without the meds.  I did get the refill when I got back, but I think I probably need a short dose of steroids to combat some of the swelling. 

Work is just as strange as ever.  It is so quiet.  There were a lot of people that drp’ed while I was gone and the week, I got back there were 3 more from RE.  Someone asked me if I regret not taking it and I really don’t.  There are far too many unknowns, and I still have 4 years until I can claim my supplement.  I think I did quick math and would be bringing home under $20K a year one the paid admin leave is gone.  Why would I make my situation worse because I would 100% have to find another job.  I don’t want to deal with all that stress.  I used to be close friends with one of the people who left, and she said something about driving uber?  Surely, she was joking because hell to the naw.  Her mom passed away recently so maybe she has inheritance money or something.  None of my business but I also know that isn’t my situation and I am not going to have to start worrying about money if I don’t have to. 

We also got an email last week telling us we no longer must submit our weekly ‘5 bullets’.  It said to conclude the exercise the need one last thing from us, our input.  One idea that will improve the efficiency or root out waste.  I haven’t sent in bullets in a month and I’m sure as hell not going to give them suggestions.  These people done gone nuts.  The audacity.  I would, however, love to see the feedback they get!

 

OK, I gotta get busy.