I have an unexpected bonus gift this Xmas--my boss said I didn't have to work unless I wanted to, and he'd rather I didn't want to! So, I'm off for the next two weeks, basically unpaid, though I will have a paycheck for this coming week, as I worked Friday, and will get paid for at least Xmas ( Read more... )

Mom got a phone call today, a "young man" looking for Laura Romaine. Mom told him she was her daughter, and the young man said that she must be his grandmother. It was my nephew Jacob, who was put in foster care lo, twelve years ago! He's in the Navy now, stationed on a ship at Pearl Harbor most likely. His foster parents adopted him, then he ( Read more... )

Went camping this weekend, after mom had laser surgery on her right eye, which came out well, and she says she's seeing better now. I felt bad about leaving her alone, but the dye they used for the surgery was likely out of her system by the time I left on Friday. She said she was fine, but kept covered up nevertheless ( Read more... )

Well, I managed to not accomplish much this weekend, but I didn't realize how exhausted I'd gotten either, thinking how easy it was to nap Saturday afternoon. Among the things I did do, changed the oil in the car, along with the filters, changed the litter pans, tilled a patch for a late bit of garden, and mom and I parted up a ten-pound tube of ( Read more... )

I went out this afternoon intending to work on the truck, which, for various reasons, has eluded me thus far. The first thing on my agenda was to replace the muffler, which had split open like a baked potato on Jan. 1 2005, whilst dad and me were trying to pull a large dead tree out of a gully, which we did do. After getting one of the u-bolts ( Read more... )

Well, this begins five days of no work. Last Wednesday, the boss cane in while I was blanking out #5 discs, and said that he knew I had the 4th off, would I take off the rest of the week, if he gave me $50? Since the last time I took a random day off, even though it was sanctioned, we got pinched, I was naturally reluctant. I haven't felt any ( Read more... )

When I squished my little finger three weeks ago (which is healing nicely, btw; fingernail should peek out in the next week), I was amazed at how mellow the boss was about me being off for what ended up as two weeks. I interpreted this as him wanting to slow things down a bit, as we have quite a bit of inventory. Well, apparently, I was right. ( Read more... )

I went to my first Pride Day this Saturday night, they were having a street party. I had to scramble to finish my white velvet dress, a knee-length sleeveless thing, that went wonderfully with the white stiletto boots I got for Hallowe'en last year, and white evening gloves. And pearls! The gloves were to cover up my little finger, which is ( Read more... )

Went to the doctor's today. It started off pretty well, as I had my paycheck, so I could go to the bank first. This was a good thing, because yesterday, the tv quit working, and after walking down to work to get my bike, I get home ad mom hollers at me to come in quick, the dvd player was smoking and sputtering. We think the storm that night had ( Read more... )

I had a good day at work today--until a little after ten am, when I split open the end of the little finger on my left hand. I was helping to set up a task, when an injudicious movement on my part caused me to squish my finger. And a good job of it I made too, split it right around the end of the last segment, peeled off my fingernail, and took a ( Read more... )