I am remiss in writing - the days just pass by quickly, full of a lot of not much. We keep pretty busy.
We have a new President, thank God. It was a nail biting week of waiting for various confirmations and as expected, the guy currently holding the title of President is making the transition impossible. It shocks me to see Facebook posts with him asking for 'prayers' - and thousands of people responding with words of support. It's the saddest thing to realize how many people support him - never acknowledging his lack of any moral character. Him asking for prayers? Seriously? He doesn't believe in any higher power. The ONLY thing he believes is he's the greatest gift our country has ever had for President. He's a liar and a malignant narcissist. I am so glad he's not going to be President anymore - and I hope we can all take a deep breath and start over. 2020 has sucked so much - it's time to have some positive movement forward. COVID-19 infection rates are climbing dramatically and people run around saying 'you can't make me where a mask'. Our hospital here put out a notice they have no ICU beds available. They are converting other facilities they have (like the out patient surgical center) into hospital wards - they need the beds. All elective surgeries cancelled until further notice. We have a corrrectional
We had the first snow of this Winter overnight on November 7th....about 4 inches, we think. It took a long time for the snow to melt - it stayed very cold. I woke up on the morning of the 8th and my first thought was 'snow'? I went over to the window, opened the shutter a bit and giggled like a two year old - snow everywhere! Sun hitting it on the rocks in the front and back that looked like glitter. It was gorgeous.
We had a huge wind storm this past Friday - 60 MPH gusts at times. It felt a bit scary at times - fearing something was going to blow into a window or hit a car. It was wild - made the high winds in Tracy look like a breeze. Our yard held up well - glad we used heavier 'rock' vs. decomposed granite throughout the yard because it held up better in the bad winds.
Our dining room set and bar stools for the island finally arrived. We love everything! We're still waiting on an entry way rug and a decorative bowl - and the best part is we chose to do the zero percent 36 month financing and they don't bill ANY of the items until ALL of the order is received. So SCORE.
J.'s doing well - halfway through his radiation treatment and still feels pretty great. He had one day where he felt a bit fatigued but he bounced right back. He's playing golf tomorrow and Friday and we will (usually) make a date of my weekly free play at Atlantis.
J. made another trip to a thrift store with the car loaded up. We are so close to getting his car in the garage, too. We've put up a lot pictures with still many to go but we are making progress. The house feels more like home as the furniture arrived and we put up pictures and knick knacks, etc..
B. is back at Ft. Campbell after his deployment in Texas for border patrol. He's looking for an apartment - getting promoted to Staff Sargent gives him a monthly housing stipend so he's looking for a place. He bought a BMW SUV - saved up his deployment pay.
H. is doing well albeit there's 'always/often something'. The company he works for - a company with employees all over the world - hired three people - H. being one - in late September. Those people got paid in early October - and that's the last time they were paid. When the issue was escalated to corporate, they told the branch H. works at to immediately stop scheduling the three people who haven't been paid for six weeks - so he's sort of in limbo. He's hoping to get some work with a guy who owns a fencing company to help him bring in some cash. It's a hard situation and bless his heart, he says he's mostly stressed about telling me whatever the most recent update is. I try super hard to just talk him through it - encouraging him to stop stressing about something he can't control. It's a part of our history that we both feel awkward at times - but we are working through it. After I hung up the phone from H., J. said 'you must have been a really good boss'. Yes, I mostly was...not perfect but I always tried hard to listen. I'm trying hard to improve the listening skills as a mom. H. will get through this - and hopefully, it will all be worked out. I am suggesting he prepare to be told that they will have to hire him as a temp (that is their normal practice but all three of the affected people were brought on directly - bypassing the temp placement requirement) - so we'll have to see how it works out. He's owed a lot of money -
I've been having some UTI issues and in spite of going to my doctor again this past Wednesday sure I had another infection, the urinalysis didn't confirm. Friday evening - after a busy day of furniture arriving, haircut, punch list work being done by the builder's representative and the wind storm, I realized I must absolutely have another infection brewing. Thankfully, I have the OTC products available - taking them has really helped though peeing bright orange is always weird. I will get to the doctor tomorrow.
We're working on getting some pics done of the inside of the house with furniture.
Time to head to bed. I've got lots of Vanity Fair reading to catch up on and reading is a good way to unwind.
