Today didn’t start as well as yesterday ended. – and sorry it’s a long post… and it rambles (oh what the heck – all my posts ramble, you should be used to it by now.)

I didn’t go to work this morning, instead I dropped the kids off at the daycare center before school, picked Mr. Incredible up at the garage (my truck was making a funny noise) and then drove to the big city for Doctors appointments.

Mr. Incredible isn’t feeling well… he thought maybe he pulled a muscle in his back this week at work, so we had to go to their doctors first…and their doctor said – not a pulled muscle.  The pain is sorta like when he was sick in the fall of 2006 (when he had pancreatits).  Since we were in the city where his GI specialist is, we went to his office – Dr is out today… so we call the family doctor, who thinks since we are in the big city go to the hospital and have labs drawn (because our hospital would have to send the blood down there anyway for the particular test that needs to be done.)  Go to hospital, wait for orders, labs drawn… wait for Dr to call with results.

So we go to lunch, find the doctors office that I am going to…

My appointment is at 1:00 – I didn’t look at what time it was when I got placed in the room – but he spent a considerable amount of time with me, and explained my options in so much detail, that I feel very comfortable with him, and his treatment plan.  I understood his reasonings… and will be calling his office on Monday to schedule surgery with him.  (sounds like it will be end of March or April, and that’s okay – because Mr. Incredible’s work schedule is going to be nuts in March…)

So we finally leave my doctor’s office… and we both decide that a sundae is much deserved…. and we go to a resturant on the north side, on our way home.  That’s when I notice that my phone has a message… and it’s the lab.

Have to go back to the hospital – Mr. Incredibles bloodwork had some problems, and they need more blood to re-run the tests… this is about 2:30…

get back to the hospital at 3:00 – and they will have the results to the Dr. at 4:00 – we head home.

We wait for the doctor to call… and he doesn’t.  Mr. Incredible calls him at 4:57 – only to find out – that not all the results are in.  We need to wait until 8:30 tomorrow morning, when they have all the results…. so very frustrating.   But something is going on – his billirubin counts are up… and the pain is getting worse…

Waiting… is so hard to do… so very hard… I’m guessing we will probably end up back in the big city at the hospital… I’ve promised not to take him to the small town hospital.

I had a good day today.

I can’t say that very often, but today I accomplished so much, I’m a little worried to type that, let alone speak it.

Today I:

Did payroll for company A – 23 employee, Monthly reports A, B, C and D is almost done.

Did payroll for company B – 4 employees – Monthly reports A, B, C and D.

Filed months worth of paid invoices, statements, etc. for BOTH companies…

I never get to file my own stuff, I usually get to put in a folder that gets put in a stack that just sits there until one of my co-workers (usually the young one) asks if she can help me with anything and then she does my filing (happens about once every two months.).

and I never get that much done in a day… what was different?  People let me work.  They didn’t pull me into meetings that have nothing to do with me, they didn’t give me their problems to solve, and they didn’t stand in my office and chat… ahhhh to have a checklist of things that need to be done and get them done… the world is a good place.

I’m going to see a surgeon tomorrow… send some good thoughts my way… I could really use them.

Can you see this one?

Today Mr. Incredible’s work phone went off just minutes before the alarm, but I hate waking up to a phone, It’s just something that really annoys me… he went to work as quickly as he was dressed, and that was all I knew.

The kids got ready and we actually left the house on time, with little to almost no yelling on my part. (My kids while they may be up at the crack of dawn, do not have to concept of – it’s 7:30, we need to be in the truck and on the road already – not changing our minds about what shirt we are wearing – TINK!) Got to the office, and started transferring files from the old to the new. Got the new computer all set up – and decided I would delete files off the old (as it will be used by our part-time Summer Assistant and needs s/he doesn’t need access to all the files that I used.) I get to my email – and think – no problem, and start deleting… and emptying the recycle bin… and then I realize – I didn’t need to do that – as the email is server based, and I just deleted all of the emails that I had in my in-box, and deleted all the emails I have ever had sent to me regarding anything. Yep. That’s when my day was officially bad.

Then I got a text from Mr. Incredible… and you know what – maybe my day isn’t so bad… in five years it’s not going to matter that I lost several emails. It’s not that big of a deal…. yeah it sucks, but I’ll get over it.

A co-worker of his died of pancreatic cancer today, she was a single Mom, her son is in his first year of college….so very very sad. Mr. I doesn’t talk a lot about the many different people that work at his company, but she has always been nice to him since day one, and he liked her attitude, and she got his sense of humor. She has been a medical leave for the last 6 months or so, and they missed her greatly…

So in the grand scheme of things.. ya know – my day? Not that bad.

Hug your little ones…and tell your loved ones you love them – life is just too short people… so very very short.

Today Mr. Incredible’s work phone went off just minutes before the alarm, but I hate waking up to a phone, It’s just something that really annoys me… he went to work as quickly as he was dressed, and that was all I knew.

The kids got ready and we actually left the house on time, with little to almost no yelling on my part. (My kids while they may be up at the crack of dawn, do not have to concept of – it’s 7:30, we need to be in the truck and on the road already – not changing our minds about what shirt we are wearing – TINK!) Got to the office, and started transferring files from the old to the new. Got the new computer all set up – and decided I would delete files off the old (as it will be used by our part-time Summer Assistant and needs s/he doesn’t need access to all the files that I used.) I get to my email – and think – no problem, and start deleting… and emptying the recycle bin… and then I realize – I didn’t need to do that – as the email is server based, and I just deleted all of the emails that I had in my in-box, and deleted all the emails I have ever had sent to me regarding anything. Yep. That’s when my day was officially bad.

Then I got a text from Mr. Incredible… and you know what – maybe my day isn’t so bad… in five years it’s not going to matter that I lost several emails. It’s not that big of a deal…. yeah it sucks, but I’ll get over it.

A co-worker of his died of pancreatic cancer today, she was a single Mom, her son is in his first year of college….so very very sad. Mr. I doesn’t talk a lot about the many different people that work at his company, but she has always been nice to him since day one, and he liked her attitude, and she got his sense of humor. She has been a medical leave for the last 6 months or so, and they missed her greatly…

So in the grand scheme of things.. ya know – my day? Not that bad.

Hug your little ones…and tell your loved ones you love them – life is just too short people… so very very short.

Because sometimes life is like that.

• I got a new computer at work today – it’s not exactly what I thought it would be, and some of the software that was supposed to be installed wasn’t, so the IT guys from the “home” office had to do a few things over the internet… was feeling a bit stabby when it was taking much longer than it should have because 1) they should have done this before they sent me the computer, and 2) he was acting like I had no idea how to operate the computer…. I set him straight on that.
• Found out that my FAVORITE boss in the whole world may have a new job – and I’m very happy for him to have something… because his “sudden retirement” was total BS.
• Mr. Incredible installed a closet organizer in Tink’s bedroom – OMG I LOVE IT!   The simplest of projects never are – had to remove old shelving, had to fill in the holes in the walls, repaint (yes, painting the inside of a closet should be a routine thing…) and finally put up the shelving.  (he did all the work, I just was there for support – or something… Tonight I was able to get her clothes back in, and cleaned her room – TWO garbage bags of trash (broken toys, papers, etc) and one garbage bag for good will later.. her room is clean, and you can walk through it.  Yay me!  – Next week – Pan’s room – no closet organizer for him – just the routine going in with a garbage bag and tossing everything that doesn’t have a home….  (oh, come on – you all wish you could do it to your kids rooms too…

“Ditto”

Going to have Mr. Incredible update my wordpress and do some other blogkeeping things for me this weekend – so if I suddenly disappear, I am not dead, nothing happened (nothing ever happens).  It just means that something went wrong and will take awile to get back.  I got caught up in a good book tonight (My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult) and ran out of time.

Have a good Friday – and remember

All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

- by Robert Fulghum

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.

These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day.

Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup – they all die. So do we.

And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK . Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology and politics and sane living.

Think of what a better world it would be if we all – the whole world – had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Keep in mind Tink is 6 – we have a policy to answer our kids honestly.  Race has never been a topic in our house – why?  Because we don’t see color, we see people – and our kids don’t see color – they see people.  It’s how we are…

Her Question:  Where is Caucasia?

Tonight when we got in the truck after my long day at work  – she informed me that African Americans are from Africa, and so Caucasian Americans must be from Caucasia – so where is that, because (daycare teacher) said she (Tink) was Caucasian.

So I tell her -when my ancestors came to America, and where they came from, and that I’m not sure when daddy’s ancestors came to America….  but guess when and where they came from as well.  (Ireland, Germany, Bulgaria, England, French,)

I tell her – we are Americans, we are all Americans, President Obama included.

And she says – no momma – (the teacher) said we are Caucasians… where is Caucasia?

Uhm, yeah… so….Anyone? Anyone?  Bueller? Bueller?

Guess it’s time to start googling…

I sorta kinda watched the inauguration today at work, but due to having to answer the phones and still work I missed parts of his speech, and tonight after supper watched it with the Tink sitting in my lap.

I’m thinking perhaps this wasn’t the best choice, as I had less interruptions at work.

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Tink:  Don’t they know what they are supposed to say?

(After the Chief Justice had a slip of of the wording during the oath)

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Tink:  Mom, that guys sounds like he could die at any second.

Tink:  How many times do you have to say Amen – isn’t once enough?

FG:  He just wanted to make sure that God heard his prayer.

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Tink:  Aren’t people people?  Why do they keep saying African?  Isn’t he an American?

FG:  Yes, He is an American, but that is the word they use to say his skin is black.

Tink:  Does that make a difference?

FG:  No, it doesn’t and it shouldn’t.

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Yes, it’s true – he was not my candidate, but today he is my president.  I have enough respect for our country to respect the office.  I can’t believe that people boo’ed Former President Bush today, wait I can, because what’s missing from today’s people is respect, perhaps President Obama will be able to teach the people of America some respect.

And Mr. President – today is your day – it’s your party, enjoy.  Tomorrow, it’s back to work – and our nation’s economic problems should be one of your top priorities.

Good luck – you are going to need it.

This past fall, I was offered a job within our school district and honestly – I would have loved it – the gals in the office are wonderful.  But the pay just wasn’t there.  It was considerably less than what I make now.  The benefits – when there is no school – I could be home with the kids;  the down side – when there is not school – I don’t have income…  (yeah… there was that – the 10 days they had off at Christmas – all unpaid.)

And I am smart enough to know we have had declining enrollment for the past several years.  Each year we are 25 to 30 students less than the year before.  I also understand how school budgets work, and I also know – last hired, first fired.  (it’s the way of the lands…)

Saturday’s news paper had this announcement of cuts…. 10 positions… one of them – would have been the position I was offered.  I must have done something good at some point in my life, because someone was looking out for me.

I may not love what I am doing, but I love having a job.