Speno Day

Today is Speno Day. It is my town's celebration. Last year it was cancelled due to rain and never rescheduled. The tents sat there, empty and soaked. This year it is a beautiful day so I am sure that the townspeople will all show up. There will be food and souvenirs and businesses that are seeking new customers. The celebration has downsized as the years have gone by, but the town spirit is still there.

Time Warp

Whenever I sit down at the computer, time flies. It is as if there is a time warp. I think that I have plenty of time to do what was needed but then I look at the clock and time has flown by. Hours seem like minutes. I think I set aside time but then have to rush to get to where I need to go.

Farewell

Today one of my doctors is leaving. She is relocating down south. After working as a psychologist for 8 years, she realized that she was not happy. Each day she got up and dreaded coming to work. It was not my office that she was dreading, it was the job itself. In school, it sounded like a career she would love. In reality, listening to people's problems was too stressful for her. She is a free spirit and would be better suited running a bed and breakfast or making macrame plant hangings. She is making the right choice. I wish her well.

All's Well

After a week of ignoring each other, the two women that were fighting made up. They hugged and kissed and cried. Then one of them decided to "review" what caused the fight. I stepped in and literally put my hand over her mouth. If she reviewed the reason, the fight would erupt again. I told them that from now on, what happened the prior week was an off limits conversation. They both agreed.

Kick Start

We have internet in my office, but when my boss moved to another office in the back of the suite there was no cable there. I called the computer tech and he said to buy a usb wifi system. I bought one at Staples and tried to install it. The computer had been shifted around so much when we redecorated, that it was not working well. The cd port never opened so I could not place the cd in to start the installation. I decided to use the old fashioned method of fixing things. I kicked it viciously, over and over again. Voila. It opened up and the wifi is now installed.

Mix and Match

I was at the supermarket over the weekend and wanted to buy a chicken to barbeque for tonight's dinner. I wanted a whole chicken, cut up. I looked in the meat showcase and each chicken was over $11. I am not talking about oven stuffers. I am talking about the regular size ones. There was no way I was buying that. I looked further and decided to "build a chicken". I bought 2 breasts for $1.85. I bought 3 thighs for $1.63. I bought 4 huge wings for 1.73. I skipped the drumsticks as they were over $3.00 for 4 scrawny ones. The total was $5.21 for 9 pieces. One more than the usual 8 pieces. I think I did well.

Bones

I woke up this morning with every bone aching. Bones I did not even know I had. We had our garage sale yesterday and it went well until 2pm when the rain shut it down. It was enough though, as I had to babysit at 3pm. We did well but today, I am sore. I guess I am getting old.