Junuary
Yes, while today was decidedly spring-like, I'm skeptical. We had absolutely crap weather this spring...and by that I mean crappier than usual. If we get even one tomato out of the garden, it will be a bloody miracle.
To sum up, April and May were cold, windy and rainy. Today was the first day it's been over 60 degrees in.....a very long time. Hopefully tomorrow will be good so I can help Greg finish mowing the lawn. It's been raining so much that the grass grow exponentially every day and is also too wet to mow. Great! At least we got a weed whacker.
Work is going really well. I think by the end of summer there will a lot of changes taking place...we're losing at least two, probably 3 people. Two of them from the spa. We'll see what happens. I'm realizing that some time in the last 10 years, something happened to me. I just do not get stressed out about work stuff anymore! Like people who are not happy and bitch all day at work? Just don't seem to bother me. LOL Well, okay, sometimes in the immediate, they bother me, because common - get the fuck over it, already! It's work! Sometimes it's not perfect. That's the way it goes. But all in all, I am really good these days about letting all of that roll off my back and not worrying about it. Yay me!
Last week was my 39th birthday. Woot! We all went to Portland and I got completely spoiled all weekend. One of my cousins had a Memorial Day BBQ and it was great to see all the family in one place.
We had a family tragedy last month - on May 3rd my cousin's 11 year old daughter,Joy, was hit by a suburban while getting the mail after school. She was life-flighted to Doernbecher in Portland. She has since had numerous surgeries and many ups and downs. She had severe head trauma and had to have steel rods inserted into her neck to support her spine. Her collar bone was cracked, but is not mostly fused, and her ankle was broken, but is also cleared for partial weight bearing. She still has a long road ahead of her. She can't focus her eyes, and she can't speak. Her movements are very limited. She can't eat and for some reason they haven't figured out yet, when they feed her with her feeding tube, she throws up. Her mom and dad and two brothers lives have been turned upside down. On the up side, she's in the best of hands; we all got to see our whole family in action in taking care of these dear people and their baby girl. Everyone has been amazing. The man who hit her was a friend and neighbor....I think about him a lot. His daughter and Joy used to play together. He's broken right now, emotionally. He was not speeding and he was not impaired. It was a bad blind corner. There have been numerous fund raisers for Joy and her family, the community support is overwhelming. It's nice to see something good come out of such a tragedy. I didn't get to see her while I was in Portland last weekend because of her rehab schedule, but I did get to hug her dad and her aunt and uncle and grandma and grandpa - the ones who have been taking up most of the slack since it happened. It felt right to have everyone together for a gathering after having this sort of accident.
So, I guess perspective is good - thinking about my family and what they're going through makes my measly troubles seem insignificant.
More to post, but must break now! I'm going to have to take a class on the new features, I guess. I have no idea what's going on around here anymore!
To sum up, April and May were cold, windy and rainy. Today was the first day it's been over 60 degrees in.....a very long time. Hopefully tomorrow will be good so I can help Greg finish mowing the lawn. It's been raining so much that the grass grow exponentially every day and is also too wet to mow. Great! At least we got a weed whacker.
Work is going really well. I think by the end of summer there will a lot of changes taking place...we're losing at least two, probably 3 people. Two of them from the spa. We'll see what happens. I'm realizing that some time in the last 10 years, something happened to me. I just do not get stressed out about work stuff anymore! Like people who are not happy and bitch all day at work? Just don't seem to bother me. LOL Well, okay, sometimes in the immediate, they bother me, because common - get the fuck over it, already! It's work! Sometimes it's not perfect. That's the way it goes. But all in all, I am really good these days about letting all of that roll off my back and not worrying about it. Yay me!
Last week was my 39th birthday. Woot! We all went to Portland and I got completely spoiled all weekend. One of my cousins had a Memorial Day BBQ and it was great to see all the family in one place.
We had a family tragedy last month - on May 3rd my cousin's 11 year old daughter,Joy, was hit by a suburban while getting the mail after school. She was life-flighted to Doernbecher in Portland. She has since had numerous surgeries and many ups and downs. She had severe head trauma and had to have steel rods inserted into her neck to support her spine. Her collar bone was cracked, but is not mostly fused, and her ankle was broken, but is also cleared for partial weight bearing. She still has a long road ahead of her. She can't focus her eyes, and she can't speak. Her movements are very limited. She can't eat and for some reason they haven't figured out yet, when they feed her with her feeding tube, she throws up. Her mom and dad and two brothers lives have been turned upside down. On the up side, she's in the best of hands; we all got to see our whole family in action in taking care of these dear people and their baby girl. Everyone has been amazing. The man who hit her was a friend and neighbor....I think about him a lot. His daughter and Joy used to play together. He's broken right now, emotionally. He was not speeding and he was not impaired. It was a bad blind corner. There have been numerous fund raisers for Joy and her family, the community support is overwhelming. It's nice to see something good come out of such a tragedy. I didn't get to see her while I was in Portland last weekend because of her rehab schedule, but I did get to hug her dad and her aunt and uncle and grandma and grandpa - the ones who have been taking up most of the slack since it happened. It felt right to have everyone together for a gathering after having this sort of accident.
So, I guess perspective is good - thinking about my family and what they're going through makes my measly troubles seem insignificant.
More to post, but must break now! I'm going to have to take a class on the new features, I guess. I have no idea what's going on around here anymore!