Leftovers

The best part of a party is the leftovers. We had such an abundance of food yesterday for lunch that we barely had room to store it. We put the food away in order of importance. Meats first, then pasta, then veggies, then miscellaneous items. The refrigerator door had to be crammed shut. This afternoon the food will make a second appearance and the next day possibly a third. Although I have not even had breakfast, I am planning lunch. Food is always better the next day because I get to relax and eat it.

Party Tuesday

I am back from vacation and back to work. It is nice to start the work week on a Tuesday. Today is our annual office party. I will set it up and clean it up. In between there will be a lot of food and a little talk. This year since we have more staff than usual, I am not bringing any food. When we ran down the list of items that people were bringing you can see people's personalities. The people who do not like to do anything extra are bringing soda or paper plates. The real go getters who like to please everyone are bringing cooked foods. One doctor who feels that she must always go the extra mile is smoking a brisket for 10 hours that will feed 20 people. I told her that she was going above and beyond but she wanted to do it. As usual, my boss will have her maid cook for her. It should be a nice party.

Little Girl, Big Personality

Today is my granddaughter's fourth birthday. She is a petite girl with a giant personality. The moment you meet her, you love her. She has a sparkle in her eyes and energy in her body. She can make you laugh with her uncanny sense of the world. She is a beautiful girl whose features are like a porcelain doll. Last night as she was trying to figure out a new birthday toy, her sister started crying. She looked at me , covered her ears and said that the crying was so loud that she couldn't focus on what she needed to do. When I am with her, I can't focus on anything else but soaking in every moment of our time together.

Glittering Princess

I had a wonderful time yesterday. I had dinner with four of my favorite people. I am in New England visiting my granddaughter for her birthday. We had a lovely dinner and I couldn't stop smiling as I sat across from my son, daughter in law and baby granddaughter. I sat next to my older granddaughter and we chattered all through the meal. After dinner we went back to her house to open some gifts. I bought her a few princess dress up outfits. She couldn't wait to put them on. She looked so beautiful in her princess crown and heels. One of the dresses was filled with glitter. I was so excited to buy it that I did not realize the mess it would make. My husband hates glitter and that aversion was passed down to my son. It looked like a sparkling mess as soon as she put on the dress. Glitter never goes away. Months later specks will appear. As I laid in bed last night, I found glitter on my face. No More Glitter!

Who's Sleepy?

We are driving to Massachusetts this morning. The plan was for my husband to work overnight and come home and nap. I was going to do the driving. Due to circumstances beyond my control I have been up since 4am. Now I an the sleepier of the two. It will be a crap shoot who drives.

Facebook Live

For the second time this week, I am reading about a teenager that died while live streaming themselves in a car speeding. In the first case it was a male driver. In the second one, it was a female driver that also took the life of her friend who was sitting beside her in the passenger's seat. It is bad enough that Facebook opens our lives to strangers. Why do we have to do it live? What is it in human nature that makes us need to have people validate our actions? What was the purpose of live streaming yourself speeding on a highway? By trying to show how daring they were, these individuals only showed us their stupidity. At the end of the internet article there was a link to a Go Fund Me page to help pay for the funerals. That is ludicrous. The people who need to pay are the morons who felt the need to add yet another dysfunctional app to our lives.

Giving Up

Lately I think that people find it easy to just give up. This morning I sat down at my computer to find that it was frozen. My husband must have frozen it last night and decided it was easier to walk away and go to sleep than fix it. Of course this morning it took me 20 minutes to get it back up and running. I do not have the luxury of giving up. The same thing happened in work yesterday morning. I found a note on my desk saying that the printer in the secretary's office was broken. I went in the back and took out the toner. There was a piece of paper trapped in the machine. I pulled out the paper and the machine was fixed. No one else could have done that? The girl that left the note is studying for her PhD. In this case she did not fix the machine because I guess she thought it was Pretty Hard to Do. (PhD)