Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Another Fast Week

Last week passed in a blur....Monday rolled around again and I really felt/thought 'did last week happen'?  Things just crashing together one after another after another.

Exhaustion creeps in - everyone in the house has some kind of sinus-y thing happening - plugged up ears and for me, tinnitus which means I hear a constant high pitched sound that doesn't really bother me much until it does bother me - but luckily, that's not too often.  Not keeping me awake (too much) but it's definitely something that reacts to the position of my head.  I can make it stop when I'm in bed by elevating my head a bit so that's what I've been doing.

The phone rang early Monday morning and it was B. .  Said "Mom, I'm having the absolute worst morning" - he'd done laundry and someone took all his uniforms out of the laundry room.  He had none so he reported to formation in a borrowed uniform that barely fit.  Needed a loan to procure some new uniforms pronto.  We happily obliged while encouraging him to go through whatever procedures there were for letting command know someone had stolen his uniforms.  Maybe it was an accident.  Or a prank.  Who knows.

I brought a ton of work stuff home this weekend and did a good cleaning out - got some things ready for my assistant to plow through.  She's so fast, it's hard for me to keep up but we're getting there.

I am off Thursday and Friday this week and next week is Spring break so I will try to wedge in a couple more days off next week, too.  Then the long, slow busy slide into Budget, etc. will commence.

I booked a conference in mid-April followed by a week in Disneyland with J. and am right where I thought I would be - wondering how in the h - e - double toothpicks I am going to be out of the office for that length of time.  Weekends will be my friend and they will be very long days - but oh well.

We also booked a trip to Vegas in late July - crazy time to go with the heat there but if we're considering relocating there at some point, might as well test it out.  Rooms at the Mirage are so cheap, we couldn't pass it up.  We are flying in, cabbing to the hotel and at some point, will rent a car for a couple days so we can drive around and look at houses.  Mesquite, NV is our current primary area to consider - we've got a list of new home developments to check out and I'm looking forward to getting away.  And slots!

The check engine light came on in J.'s old Camry (which H. is currently driving).  J. prepared me for the worst - a new battery is $4,000.  He phoned today - said 'it is the battery and it will be $4591 to replace it'.  Then he said 'the battery has a 10 year warranty so the new one will be covered for 10 years'....and then he said (wait for it) 'and we still have 2 months left on this battery's warranty so it's going to be FREE!!!'.  YAY!  I felt like we'd won the lottery!  They want to do a 120K service which is $1200 and I said "Go for it!!".  Being prepared for $4-5K and having it only be $1,000 is awesome!!  They will replace every single filter, etc. and the car will last another 10 years, easily.

The sun came out this past weekend and H. mosey'd downstairs in shorts and a t-shirt - and I gasped to see how much weight he's lost.  He's down to 129 pounds on his 6 ft. frame and (to me) looks like a walking skeleton.  Every time I've asked, he's said '145 or so' - but he's down 15ish pounds at least. We are heading to his oncologist on Thursday and I'm glad I'm off so I can go.  He thinks he's just having appetite issues but I'm not so sure.

So many things are happening at work that I wish I could get off my chest here - but I won't.  Maybe that's why writing is more sporadic - things on the tip of my tongue threaten to fly off my fingertips and onto these pages and while I would be kind, and do my best to be the best 'Majah' I can be, it would be hard to keep things in check.  Tumbling, swishing, frantic things keep happening that leave me pissed off, fed up, tired, exhausted and discouraged - all on a regular basis.  So I keep silent.

On a good note, the team of folks in my department are having a blast - gelling like champs and everyone is pitching in to help with anything and everything needed.  It's like the change in Payroll staff lightened the mood so much - and everyone is just happy to keep things moving.  We've had way more fun and laughter the past couple months - a very refreshing change in 'climate' that I'm grateful for.  And also really glad for 'cuz being so filled with angst at times myself, it would really suck to have a tense, down-trodden department -

We are even all going to a 'painting night' at a local establishment next week!!  Actually doing something social together!!  The stars are aligning....

Time to check some lottery scratchers!!  This might be my lucky day -

1 comment:

organize_crime said...

So happy your blog is still going. Got a little worried when it slowed down. Keep it up!

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