I was kind of amazed to realize I have not had a serious crying fit at my new job (the only day last winter I shed some tears was about the other job). I am not a big crier to begin with, and something has to be very, very serious or upsetting for me to lose my cool at work. But when I do... wear your rainboots. (Being on anti-anxiety/depression ( Read more... )

My new office is on the ground floor of a four-story senior living complex. It's part of a larger collection of apartment buildings in a suburb of our state's largest city. The buildings are a mix of posh and economy housing. It's very interesting to see the variety of races of the high school kids who meet up at the bus house in the morning... ( Read more... )

The other night I dropped Max and a carload of friends off at Boy Scouts. While waiting for another leader to arrive, one of the high school age scouts arrived ( Read more... )

Sometimes I forget how long I have lived in this community. It's been over 20 years now. Longer than I lived in Fulton. And even though I live in an area much larger than Fulton, it's still a small town in many ways.

And it's never smaller than when I walk into the living room of our hospice house and see a person I worked with 15+ years ago.

I didn' ( Read more... )

Here's one of the things about The Health Care Field. A lot of the people who work in health care are women. I'm sure there are explanations why, but I'm not going into that at the moment. Let's just say that when you want compliments on your earrings, or someone to notice your new boots, or you need a tampon/aspirin/lip gloss, there are other ( Read more... )

Yesterday, while e-mailing with my mother about Rusty, my mom noted that yesterday was the anniversary of the day she and I went through The Fire ( Read more... )

I had my Roo Cat put to sleep yesterday ( Read more... )

The first time I needed to buy a Christmas gift for a male other my father was in high school. The gift recipient was my first boyfriend, the slightly older, nerdy musical type I would be drawn to for the rest of my dating life. I had not one idea what to get a guy for Christmas. He wasn't a thing like my dad, who was happy with the latest Updike ( Read more... )

December again. Once again, I ignored my solemn vow to buy at least one Christmas present a month so I wouldn't be frantic and stressed come the holidays. I bought exactly one gift: something for my dad. I got it over the summer, so now I have to find where I put it ( Read more... )

I have to say, I am sorry Steve Jobs is dead, but not as sorry as the rest of the world, apparently ( Read more... )