Offline for a couple of Days
I am without Internet access while the floors in the upstairs are being refurbished.
There is a HUGE hole where the floor buckled (while getting the rug up) in front of my door. The whole was small last night now it’s deeper and wider. Adam is getting wood for it. We are hoping it will be fixed by tomorrow night. I can do the word processing and other stuff but nothing online. Mom can’t either. I have made flyby posts on here and answered some emails and checked Facebook from work but that can only be for so long.
Well Despite the low turnout Dan Malloy, Nancy Wyman, Kevin Lembo, and Denise Merrill all retained their bids to run in the general election in November. I was supposed to stand out in front of Live Oaks and hand out stuff but when I arrived no one was there. I asked the policeman who was standing outside and said no one was outside the entire day. Marty H was the moderator and so I asked him if I could come in and take a look around the school. He said yes.
Oh it was truly a rush. The Gym/cafeteria looked pretty much the same when I was there last. The graduating class displays were still right where I remembered. I saw the class of 1977. It hadn’t faded as the ones from 10 years earlier. The teacher’s room looked different and the hallway where the 8th grade classes were much wider then I remembered. There were murals on the wall that I don’t remember. It really was great considering that the last couple of days I reconnected with several 1977 classmates.
While I was waiting for Mike B to stop and discuss options I chatted with Marty about the turnout and about the school systems change coming up this fall. When Mike arrived a few minutes later the discussion returned to the primary and he suggested I go to his office in town and help make calls. That’s what I did. I was at the office by quarter of 7 and Mom was talking to Jim Q (from the fifth district I think) who was renting out office space from Mike and Tessa. I am not exactly sure what he does but I think it has to do with environmental needs.
After Jim showed Mom around he went home and we turned to Tessa who was still making calls. Mom wasn’t successful on her list and it was decided that I would not do the calls but Mom and I would pick up the signs back at Live Oaks while Tessa and Mike would pick up the ones at the High School. Mom suggested I go home and have my dinner.
On the way home I stopped and got a foot longer sandwich from Subway and just as I got home Mom arrived. We went inside and I sat down to watch some of the results coming in. I had half of the sandwich and saved the other for today’s breakfast. We watched NCIS for a while. Actually I watched it for a while then I played solitaire and then went to bed.
Work is going okay. I managed to get the daily work done by 2 and work on the readdress mail that seems to grow each day (again). The only thing is that my Manager SR bit my head off for the second time in four days. Just because I reminded her that there was an envelope from a department (that I felt looked important) still in her tray. The people in the row outside of her fucking office heard it. Lee Ann made a face not as a criticism to me but to SR... I looked at her and showed her a gesture towards SR. Later on I told her there won’t be a third time. I recorded it on my work calendar and if there is another incident I am going to grieve her for abusive behavior. Lee Ann said well she told someone else that she didn’t sleep well but you don’t bring issues from home to work. I told Gayle about it and she explained that SR was under a lot of pressure right now.
I wasn’t the only one having problems personality conflicts. Apparently things came to a head with two of the scanners and one of them complained to my boss and after CD left Gayle had a long conversation with my Joanie. Joanie cried. Gayle tried very hard to smooth things over (or at least make JR understand a little more). I don’t think it worked. JR and AC were talking about it after Gayle left. I hugged Joanie a couple of times and probably will hear more of the conversations tomorrow when there is no one around.
Tomorrow we are having breakfast for two august babies. One of them we totally forgot about and the other isn’t going to be here for her birthday (actually neither of them are) so AL and I are having lunch together at the hospital. AL was weepy yesterday and she wouldn’t tell me what it was. When I talked with Terry about it we realized it was her birthday and we are guessing that’s the reason why. When I talked to her about it today she said it wasn’t the reason for her tears.
I am hoping tomorrow will be a better day. It gets discouraging when things like what I described happen. I also got mail back from departments again that 1) didn’t bother to open it and read it and 2) didn’t want to deal with it.
Oh Diane came home for a few days from the show. I was under the impression she left the show but now I am not so sure. She is flying out again Thursday. I am not sure if she is rejoining the show or not. She has been on Facebook saying she is getting tired of all the airports and needs to settle down. She told me she was going to stop by today. She never did.
Speaking of Facebook and my Elementary School Class I have reconnected with at least five or six alumni on Facebook. Some of them live here in Connecticut and some others live in Florida (including Bob W who visited us last year). I am pretty sure I will be connecting with many others.
Liz called me today. That's a first time for her. She wanted to know where we were staying for the wedding in September. I explained to her about the deal with the Maher’s Condo. Well it looks like that changed by the time I got home. Liz reserved a room for us at a hotel that is five minutes from the Wedding. Liz says that she and Nelson are going to spend a few days on the Cape. I told her we were too.
Well it is getting late and I am getting tired. I will say good night to you all.