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[flyingdumbo127]

Praise extra to God dear Bobbi. May you and Tom rest well tonight, my friend. Big hugs.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I am home safely - settling back in so will probably post more tomorrow

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Please get some good sleep tonight dear PollyannaMom. Thank you for letting us know that you are safely home

Dad, as always, it was wonderful to spend time together. On Tuesdays and Fridays, he gets up early to go to the laundromat. I pray he also rests and sleeps well tonight.

Therapy went well today especially my first session early this morning with Susan. Jessica was busier today and came about an hour ago. Grace of God, I did walk more. I am tired now. I will watch a movie on my Kindle after dinner later.

Have a good evening dear Quacker family. I will check in once more later.

 

[Snowysmom]

Bobbiwoz Glad Tom is home.

PollyannaMom Glad you had a safe trip home.

Good morning. It is 47 here with temps heading to 70 today. Yesterday ended up sunny after the early morning rain. Today it is supposed to be sunny. The HVAC tech came yesterday for my yearly AC maintenance. She said all was well. So far I am glad I went with the company I did. On the work front things have gone downhill. Yesterday my boss called to say they fired one of my wonderful coworkers who has worked for the company for over 20 years. I know she has been having some issues in life and mental health issues which led to her being a bit off at work. We have talked. They gave her an improvement plan but when it was up they fired her. One of my other coworkers, who is always in the know about what is going on in the company, called me and we chatted for a long time. It has changed how we see things now. The coworker who was fired was always a good worker but going through a rough patch now. Our company says they are always there for us but I feel like they let her down. I found out a few other things that have made me realize I may need to reconsider retiring versus less hours. So sad about this and just taking it day by day for now to see how things shake out. So now we are down at least 2 people. I told my boss I would help where I could but my heart is not in it.

Have a good day.

 

[bobbiwoz]

@Snowysmom, I am sorry for your current work situation. I hope things get better.

PT will come here this morning, and we will walk outside for the first time. I know OT told me I have one more home visit with him scheduled. I am not sure if I will get more PT/OT at some outside location. I guess I will be learning more when the home nurse comes on Friday.

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. A sunny 48 degree start to what will be an 80 degree day again.

I weeded and mulched the big circular front flower bed, and stopped after that so my back would let me move the rest of the day.

Summer and I are going out today to do grocery shopping and maybe have lunch so we can catch up. I'll take any excuse not to have to do yardwork. The darn grass needs cutting again, and it was just mowed on Sunday. It's hard to keep up with how fast it grows this time of year. I end up mowing 2 or 3 times a week. I hate it looking shaggy.

Yesterday morning a weird thing happened. I was in the kitchen and I heard the 'beep beep' of a big truck backing up somewhere close. I looked out front and there were no trucks. Went back in the kitchen, and over the super high hedges of the house behind me, I could see an ambulance backing in. Not one from our county, but one from about 20 minutes away. I watched as they parked, and went up the front steps and started banging on the front door. I went up to the opening in the hedges and told them that no one lives there yet. As far as I knew it hadn't been rented or sold since it's been fixed up. The guy said they had gotten a 911 call from that address. They knocked again, and no one answered (gee, wonder why). They thanked me and finally left.
Yesterday afternoon I saw a couple of cars pull in there and go inside. I looked online and saw that the house had been sold. But the picture they have of that house, with that address, was a picture of my next door neighbors house, who isn't moving or selling his house, lol
I went up and told them about the ambulance having been there. The guy couldn't explain how someone could have called 911 from there since they haven't even moved in, lol. While I was talking to him, I reiterated what I had told the guy who fixed up the house, that the hedges belong to them, and that they have to do something about them because they're making my back yard look awful. He said he'll put it on his 'to do ' list. I hope he does.

@Snowysmom Regarding your work situation. You do whatever you need to for you, not for your boss. If the situation is getting worse, then maybe it is time for you to reassess your retirement plans.

@bobbiwoz and @flyingdumbo127 Keep up the good work with your PT, you're both making great progress

@PollyannaMom I'm glad you're home safely, and I hope your Dad continues to make a good recovery

Have a great Wednesday everyone

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good morning, everyone. Happy Winds-Day. Smilies are still grayed out for me so picture our friend Pooh. I am looking forward to therapy and hope both sessions will be this morning today. I am so grateful beyond to God that by His mercy I am recovering more each day.

Big hug dear Snowysmom. I'm so sorry my friend.I feel badly for the long time employee too. I have been in job situations where operations or supervisors turned without warning. Not positive at all. You have given so much of yourself to your company. Pray about it and please be kind to yourself.

Dear Bobbi big hug and prayers that both you and Tom enjoyed a good night sleep. I'm proud of you and so very thankful to God you are moving positively forward with recovery. I pray you have a good rapport with your therapists. I have sure learned how much of a difference that makes. Cheering for you always.

Big hug to you too, dear Lynn. REST. There's an extra reason to take a yardwork break! Seriously, please take care not to over do it. Prayers you and Summer enjoy a leisurely lunch and visit. Yikes on the 911 call. I am glad,of course, no one at that address was in trouble. I pray there wasn't an address mixup.

Love to all. I will check back later.

 

[Snowysmom]

Lyn Glad Summer got in touch and you went shopping together. Weird about the empty house and 911 call.

Good morning. It is 49 here now with temps again heading to 70. It i was a nice sunny day yesterday. Today is supposed to be the same. Next rain is expected Saturday. Yesterday I went to Market Basket for a few things and thankfully it was not crowded for a change. The grandkids are on school vacation this week and are having fun with their friends and other activities. Kenny is heading to Puerto Rico for a few days this weekend and Jeff will be mountain climbing in the white mountains. So no visits this weekend so heavy housework is on the schedule for me. Yesterday the other person left in our work group called me to talk about things in the group. She has been in the company over 30 years. We both agree the things are different now and we are not the close group we used to be. Interesting because the 3 of us left who are not management and the women let go are close. It is hard when you mostly work from home but we made it work until lately. I talked with my kids and my NH friend about the situation and they agree to take it day by day. If things get to a point that I am not happy working any more decisions can be made. I am glad the kids and I are on the same page. Now to figure out what I would do with my time! More lunch dates with my friends for sure.

Have a good day.

 

[Judique]

Lyn Glad Summer got in touch and you went shopping together. Weird about the empty house and 911 call.

Good morning. It is 49 here now with temps again heading to 70. It i was a nice sunny day yesterday. Today is supposed to be the same. Next rain is expected Saturday. Yesterday I went to Market Basket for a few things and thankfully it was not crowded for a change. The grandkids are on school vacation this week and are having fun with their friends and other activities. Kenny is heading to Puerto Rico for a few days this weekend and Jeff will be mountain climbing in the white mountains. So no visits this weekend so heavy housework is on the schedule for me. Yesterday the other person left in our work group called me to talk about things in the group. She has been in the company over 30 years. We both agree the things are different now and we are not the close group we used to be. Interesting because the 3 of us left who are not management and the women let go are close. It is hard when you mostly work from home but we made it work until lately. I talked with my kids and my NH friend about the situation and they agree to take it day by day. If things get to a point that I am not happy working any more decisions can be made. I am glad the kids and I are on the same page. Now to figure out what I would do with my time! More lunch dates with my friends for sure.

Have a good day.

If I recall correctly you have already hit Medicare age? That gives a bit of freedom of choice, I think.

Anyway, for me, I worked until I just didn't want to anymore. Didn't miss it at all! Occasionally get a call for lunch with a group of retired employees and that's fun.

Otherwise life goes on. Family depends on me more. In a half hour I'll be driving over to son's house to help him because my DiL goes back to her classroom today. He has some kind of family leave until school is out in June, then she will be home while he works.

When school is out we have Camp Gammy for a couple of days a week for my older grands. They are now 8 and 9. They were here on the weekend and looking forward to it. My life seems planned for me.

Meanwhile I watered the cherry tomato plants I haven't planted yet. That was supposed to be yesterday but I wasn't too motivated and 1 is looking quite droopy. That $3 may be already lost.

At least some of you are motivated to keep your homes tip top. I'm really slacking in that area. I did deep clean my kitchen, and for me that's prior to calling a lady who will come and spend a day doing a lot more 'deep' cleaning, haha! (In my defense she will be climbing on a ladder to do lights, fans and higher cabinets, something not really safe for older me.

I also think it's time to call an organizer to help me cull stuff. I've ordered and received about 10 summer tops and bottoms and my closets are too full! Time to make some hard for me decisions!

See ya all later...

 

[lynxstch]

Good morning. Sunny and 61 now, heading for 83 or higher. Grass needs to be cut again today, calling for rain tomorrow and Saturday so that should hold it until Sunday or Monday.

Summer finally showed up 1 1/2 hours later than she was supposed to. Then she texts me and says I'm sitting in the driveway waiting for you. How would I know, when she never told me she was on her way in the first place, I wasn't sitting here looking out the window to wait for her to get here. She wanted us to take her car, whichI knew it wasn't a good idea. We got to Aldi's, and when going to leave, her car decided it was going to start having the same transmission trouble she had a while back. It will act like it's trying to move, but the car doesn't move. She turned it off and then on and it was okay, until we went across the road and up the hill to Walmart, then it didn't want to move again. She turned it off and let it sit for a few minutes and when she started it back up again, it was fine. Thankfully it was fine until she dropped me off and got herself home. The garage keeps telling her there's nothing wrong with it, but I beg to differ. She has to do inspections 2 hours away today and tomorrow, so she was dropping her truck off to have the brakes done after she left here. She can't drive that car again like that. And I'm not paying to have it looked at.

I put the groceries away and then went to the flower place and picked up tomato plants and some more flowers. I have them in the trays on the deck and water them every day, waiting for a couple days of no rain to get everything planted.

Have a good day everyone.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good morning everyone. Dear Snowysmom, I am also so glad you and your family are on the same page about your job. Take your time, pray, and follow your heart. Please don't let work get you down or become truly stressful. You know I wish you peace and joy always! Your grandchildren are blessed to have you as their grandma.

Dear Easyas, hug. Pre pandemic I enjoyed helping some church friends with culling and organizing. I wish we lived closer together. You know it would bless me to help you. One suggestion from my own paring down experiences is to not try and do everything all at once! I can sometimes want to just do something all at once. I have found with going through things the process is much smoother drawer by drawer or a half a shelf of books at a time. Thank you always for all the love you give your grandchildren. They are blessed by you.

Dear Lynn, Summer and all in your family are certaiy blessed to call you a relative. Your new flowers will be lovely. May you enjoy a more relaxing Thursday today.

I had a surprising evening last night in a good way. To protect her privacy I have tried to not be too specific about my roommate A. She does have some aging issues (through no fault of her own) that were greatly impacting my sleep. I have felt exhausted by earlier afternoon from lack of sleep. My second morning therapy session has been more challenging the last few days because I was tired. A was moved. I got to have at least one night of this room to myself. Such a blessing! I wish I could keep it all to myself. I will ask Susan if the therapy supervisor might have any sway. Worth asking. I pray for A and that she will get the care she needs.

Today is the birthday of a charge nurse friend. Last night, I got to give her a card and small surprise. We also were able to chat a good fifteen minutes which was lovely.

Dad prayers for a good doctor visit this morning most appreciated. We will still get to have lunch together, just a little later. Meantime I will enjoy the quiet and try to rest a bit more before Susan comes.

Have a wonderful day dear friends. I will check back in later.

 

[Snowysmom]

Judique I will be on medicare as of May 1. I opted out of my company plan during open enrollment and signed up for medicare. I wanted to open up my options. My company plan was OK but not really great so not a loss. When I am tired of working I can leave and just cobra dental for a bit. I have been medicare age for a while now!

Flyingdumbo127 Glad you had a good night of sleep. Hope A is doing OK where she is.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I have sure learned dear Snowysmom how important healthcare options (I currently have awful insurance) are. I am truly glad you have choices! Hang onto them, my friend.

This place just gets worse. Remember in between my old room 137 (that is now supposedly a short term rehab and why A and I had to move out) and room 207 (where the pipe burst under A's bed and we had to move again) I was very briefly in this room 108. I immediately knew that placement would not work. Later that evening I was moved into 207 with A. The issue at that time with this room was that my roommate would have been a lady who curses and once she gets going also talks incessantly. She is either very quiet or LOUD. Guess who was moved in (cursing) earlier? You got it :/

I can hear in the hallway two people talking about my room. I heard my room number and A's last name. Nothing more.

Before my first therapy session I did talk with the pt supervisor, P. P explained that room assignments are up to social services and admissions but that he had a meeting very shortly and would mention my situation. He tried.

Dad, as I said, has a doctor's appointment in about half an hour actually. I felt horrible having to update him on my current roommate. Even J, the male nurse, prayed for me that this lady would be quiet. She's not cursing at least right now. I sure know she does. Sigh. Extra prayers for me to recover to go home much appreciated. Thank you all so much!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Oh my, @flyingdumbo127, hugs and prayers for you!

It’s beautiful in Cape May today, 72° and, Tom put on shorts and washed the car!

We’ll go for a short walk outside today.

Happy Thursday!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Thank you dear, Bobbi. What an awesome Tom and you update. Enjoy some sunshine, my friend

 

[lynxstch]

Its sunny and 84 here. I had yardwork done before 10:30, but I paid for doing it too fast. When I came in I was lightheaded and dizzy and had to lay down for 2 hours before it passed. I'm glad I don't have to do anything else today, lol

I just can't do it all at once anymore, and around here, I can't afford to have a landscape company do it. I priced it 2 years ago, and they wanted $125 a week to mow and weedwack, I can't swing that every week. So I'll do what I can do , when I can do it.

Mona, I'm sorry about your 'new' roommate, there has to be something someone can do

Have a nice rest of the day everyone

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Big hug dear Lynn. Please take care of yourself!

Dad and I talked with the director of this awful place. He was kind to give us a good ten minutes of his time. I briefly explained I am by the Grace of God doing fantastic with physical therapy. My therapists daily tell me how much stronger I have gotten and how great I'm doing. It is my prayer God willing to be home by my birthday.

I continued with in order for me to recover completely to go home, I need proper sleep. I told him who my new roommate is, another A actually, but very different from longer term roommate A! I let him know that she seems to have manic episodes that include cursing. She needs a feeding tube each meal which she was not happy about at all. A few CNA's have confirmed that she is a screamer. As I said it sounds like and from my experience so far appears true, either this new A is either very quiet or like old A very loud but unlike old A this A curses and lashes out.

The director said he would investigate the reason for the room switch. He promised to bring it up at his meeting tomorrow morning. Afterward, he said he would come follow up with me. My ideal for a couple of weeks would be to have this room (I would prefer) or if need be a different room to myself. I understand that if that happened, I could have a new roommate at any time. The other choices are one of us moving and I would have someone already here. I think that might be better than someone completely unknown.

Old A sadly has been becoming more in need of care she's not getting. I don't think I want her back as a roommate. One positive is she doesn't curse!

It's a very sad all-around and of course awful situation for me. I just want peace and to sleep!

Dad is going to measure our bathroom and bedroom doorways. Tomorrow we will measure this bathroom doorway. We want to know if a wheelchair while I still need one could go through. One step at a time and always by His grace.

I just talked with the charge nurse at my station, K who agreed new A would never let me sleep. New A was having a long meltdown after getting a dressing or something changed. K is going to find out about possibly moving me in with an elderly lady named D, who I met earlier who seemed pleasant enough. I was told D is quiet but than I was also told my first roommate who curses and is in her 80's was 37 and quiet. The admissions lady also told me this lady A was quiet with no mental issues. She had to change her mind when A started going off. This place truly is the worst. I have to escape.

I would appreciate extra prayers. Thank you my friends. I will keep you posted.

 

[Snowysmom]

Flyingdumbo127 So sorry to hear about everything that is happening. That is truly very distressing. Nursing homes in general are typically not great but this one sounds like a really awful place. I hope and pray that you continue making great progress so you can go home soon.

Bobbiwoz Enjoy the nice weather. Glad you and Tom are doing better.

Lynn Take care of yourself. The reason I moved to a condo is because of yardwork, home repair, and snow removal. I would prefer a house but I know my limitations. I do have responsibility for the inside of the condo as I own from the walls in. But anything outside is the responsibility of the HOA.

Pea, Dazed, and Taz Thinking of you!

Good morning. It is 56 here now with temps heading to around 80. I suspect my AC will go on today. I went to the lake yesterday for a peaceful walk. Then I had dinner with Kenny and the kids. We had a meeting at work to discuss the changes in the dept over the past 9 months, especially the latest termination. The big boss did say they worked with the person who was let go for several months. It was not a quick or easy decision. He acknowledged that she was a good worker. I know life and other issues got to be overwhelming for her so maybe it is best for her to take a break and figure out what she needs. But I am still upset and heartbroken that she is gone. And I am concerned for her and her family. On the plus side we have a new person joining our team on Monday and she is from within the company. We know her and have worked with her. She will be a good addition to our team. They have posted the job for the person who was let go. I told my boss if I were younger I would apply for it and she said I wouldn't have to apply, that I would probably get it. But she understands that I am winding down my career and want less hours. I surely do not need the stress and anxiety of a new job with a steep learning curve.

Glad it is Friday. Have a good day.