Happy November 1st! It is the day after Halloween and in a few minutes Daylight Savings Time will have ended for 2009. Halloween was its usual fare. Six people came to the door by 7. At 7:50 we turned the lights off and closed the door. I watched a little bit more of the NCIS Viewers choice Scare-a thon marathon.
Earlier in the day I was at work. I was the only one there until 11 and that’s when Gayle arrived. She was tired but really happy she went to the Michael Jackson “This is it” movie. She is convinced that the Doctor who administered the drugs killed Michael Jackson because in this movie Jackson was very healthy and strong.
After work I headed to Headquarters the sun was playing peek-a-boo the entire afternoon. No one was there so I called home but Mom wasn’t home yet. I spent the afternoon watching TV and trying to nap. I did put the candy out for the kids. Around 9 I went to bed and had a good night.
Mom spent most of the day driving the candidates around the 4th District for the final lit drop. She was exhausted by the time she got home. Neither of us was really that gung ho on dinner making so we did our own stuff.
Today is the normal Sunday morning activity. Bingo and Church. After church I am going to call my friends Mike and Tessa for any last minute stuff. I need to get his number from Mom.
It is now several hours later and I am exhausted. Nothing went according to my plan (get to bingo on time and start on time) I got there early but we didn’t start doing anything until later. I finished bingo around 11:30 and I was very late getting to church. Before getting to church and after I made calls to Tessa. I wanted to let her know that I was ready and available. She told me to head to headquarters. That’s what I did.
On the way there I saw a police escort for antique cars. I am not sure if it was for a show or wake or what but it was very interesting.
Once I got to the headquarters I saw the others from our district and that of district 3 and waited for the afternoon to begin. I was to drive Mike, Susan, and another young girl around while Dave A and Phil V did their lit drop. We started around New Haven Avenue Settlers Wood and it was about that time I noticed that the thermostat in my car was going to the hot end. I could see the steam come from the car. I was so worried.
I called the garage and the guy there told me that I would have to call tomorrow and get an appointment. Well I drove around for a while longer and then after talking with Mom decided to use her car. We were not that far away that we couldn’t switch. After the switch it was time to take Tess home and then back to the headquarters.
It was after 5 when I got back and tried a second time and the guy was a freaking asshole. He wouldn’t let me keep the car there and he explained that Tim may not be able to work on it until later. I walked out of there annoyed and called the guy an asshole. He followed me to my car and told him to get away from me. I drove off determined to go some where else. I came home and told Mom I couldn’t leave the car there and she said well if it’s the rules then that’s it. WTF? My car could have blown up and stalled (which it almost did twice!).
Now I have to take it there tomorrow morning and that guy better not be there or so help me I would kick his ass. After this I am going to find another garage. This is outrageous.
I have my ride to work all worked out on the way home from Headquarters I called Dolette and arranged to have her pick me up around 7:30. That means I need to get to the garage and back here by 7.
Mom made soup for dinner. It was a delicious chicken soup. I will have it for tomorrow for lunch.
Other than the dramatic car problems things in general have been pretty good. Between Working, Health, family, and volunteering I have been keeping busy.
Work is going okay. Things are changing of course and usually it does. Staff changes are going on. Some have moved on to other departments, some have had to leave altogether. We did have some OT and I have been able to use it. I am trying to organize my office better and it is slowly happening. Sally was giving us grief because of things not going on. Happily we surpassed our cash posting goals as of yesterday. We also started our new weekly paycheck. It’s going to be really hard to get adjusted. Our online method of Pay records also starts.
Health has been mixed. There were some days in which the lupus flared and that was most recently. I saw the Doctor last week and told him about the night I wasn’t able to move at all in bed. He didn’t seem to overtly worried but he did tell me the results of the blood work I had gotten done a couple of weeks ago. The ANA and DNA were elevated and that is apparent this weekend with the knees.
In Mid September I had a cold that seemed to last a long time. I went to my Primary doctor and I was given some Allegra to get rid of the post nasal yahoo. It is much better there. They were concerned with my BP. It was very high and that was due to the over the counter meds I was taking.
The family is doing well I guess. Mom is still fighting a cough. She has more trouble at night and is taking a whole bunch of stuff. Her eyes are still giving her grief. Other than that she is healthy. I guess she is able to do more than most people her age. She is doing her Community Service activities, and still worries about the rest of us.
Bob is still teaching this semester and enjoys it. He is currently at Quinnipiac College, UNH, and Housatonic in Norwalk. He is keeping tabs on his children one way or another. It’s been a few weeks since I actually talked with him but now with the holidays approaching I suspect I will see him soon. Ethel is still in real estate and made a trip to California to see Diane in South Pacific. I just found out Mom talked with Bob this morning. See below.
As I mentioned Diane is part of the national Tour of South Pacific. She has a twitter page here. She has a couple of facebook pages but I haven’t befriended her yet because I am not sure if I would be intruding. Anyway, Diane seems to be really busy. She was home for a couple of days and now is down in the Carolinas with the tour.
John has a facebook page but for some reason I can’t link to it. You can go to mine. I am not so sure he is really all that happy right now but he is keeping busy. I believe he goes to 197th soon.
Robert well we haven’t heard from him either. He also has a facebook but all he has is pictures. I don’t think his parents have heard from him but I suspect his siblings have. Luckily they keep in touch.
Mom talked with Jim today as well. He is taking each day as it comes. He had Mom worried for a bit last week when he didn’t return her calls but he called early last week and things are okay. Mom wasn’t specific in what they talked about except for the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend they will be coming up and we will be going to the city. Jim had some bronchitis infection a couple of weeks back that through him for a loop. He has since recovered. The kids are well. Mom and I received a note from Kristina with her school picture in it. There was only one and so that logically goes to Mom. We are still waiting on Emily’s and Jamie’s.
It will be good to see them at Thanksgiving and I hope that I can be patient with them. I couldn’t help feel that it was uncomfortable the last time we were together.
Liz and Nelson have been busy. I have been spending a lot of time with them. We had family birthday parties and weddings together. They have been sharing pictures of the little ones as well. The most recent was Jason’s costume parade. It has been a lot of fun. I try and talk with them still a few times a week. I just spoke to Liz on facebook as well.
Cheryl and Mike’s family have all been busy. Cheryl has been working and performing weddings and taking care of her family. Their daughter Jess is getting married some time next year.
Nelson Junior and Lisa have moved into their home in Killingworth CT. They love it. Lisa starts her new Job at the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale. They get married in December. Nelson will still commute to Boston until the end of the year.
Adam is still working in NY at the Law firm but has plans on coming back to Connecticut. He has a lovely girlfriend. Her name is Olga and lives and works in and around New London.
Rich is busy working still with his own construction company but finds it hard in this economy. So I am guessing by the way he spoke a few weeks ago at the birthday party for Jason and Audrey. No girlfriend right now that I know of.
Chris is still struggling with a lot of issues. He did come to the joint birthday party for his kids. He is working in West Haven.
I remember the last time I wrote was right before Labor Day. Well I didn’t get to go tubing because I ended up getting sick and feeling a little under the weather however as usual Dave was his usual self.
He was sort of like that during our annual trip to Vermont. We ended up in the Newfane Vermont area. There was a harvest festival up there and we checked it out. The town is outside of Brattleboro. It is also where the Dolan’s have family (Kim’s parents) have a house there. We ended up having dinner in Brattleboro that night before getting home by 11.
The woman’s club is in full swing we have our annual Veteran’s day services next week. We are getting ready for PITS. This year we will be doing it from Hamden Day School in Hamden. It was one of the girl’s ideas. It is meeting with resistance from one of the woman’s club members Donna K. She has been having a really negative attitude and questioning everything we do.
The 2009 municipal campaign is drawing to a close with the election on Tuesday. There have been fundraisers, parties, literature drops and candidate parties and their door to door visits. We have had a marketing group help with the phone banking. Members have not had to do it this year so hopefully it went well. After this election we prepare for the Governor’s Race and work on James Amann’s campaign.
Well it is getting late and I need to hit the sack. I hope you enjoyed this entry…
Tags: Family, Life, meetings, Volunteering, Work
