As Ray has noted, I took today off ostensibly to keep a doctor's appointment which then got cancelled.  I decided to still take the day off.  I get kinda worn out sometimes, what with how demanding our customers can be.  Plus my brother's coming tomorrow to visit for the first time in a couple of years, I believe ( Read more... )

Cooked tonight's dinner: chili and corn bread.  Emily had accepted my request that she make the corn bread, but she's got a bug and doesn't feel like cooking, I'm sure.  I cleaned up the dishes from that, plus finished cleaning up after last night's meal, putting the remnants of soup away in a proper container in the fridge.  Transferred two other ( Read more... )

Today was a strong lesson in counting one's blessings.  I could have gotten torqued over working on a holiday, except honestly, I'm grateful for the hours.  And then I noticed them.  Several of our regulars who are disabled, in the company of family members.  It hit me.  People who have relatives who are disabled don't get holidays, in fact ( Read more... )

I'm going to start calling it Holy Hell Week.  Because that's what it is to me now ( Read more... )

I am deeply, deeply touched by what you said about me.  All the more so because I kinda sorta pushed it a bit too much today ( Read more... )

I took today off from work.  It's about 60% for my physical health, 40% for my mental health.  Hence the title of this post ( Read more... )

Probably my perspective is different than it used to be, given my involvement with Farmers & Artisans.  Still, it's making me fairly disgusted seeing all the crap coming across my conveyor at work lately.  It seems like no excess is too wretched.  Yikes ( Read more... )

Between now and New Year's Day, it's going to be busier than usual at work.  I reminded Ray of this last night as I unpacked and put away more jarred and canned sauce and tomatoes than I usually buy.  I'm sure there will be more days when I simply can't be bothered to make anything special for dinner ( Read more... )

When Em came home from school Monday, she enquired as to whether I'd taken the dogs for a walk yet.  I hadn't, so we did.  Many laughs about Ebony's celebrated tendency to poop while she's walking; honest to God, I think she thinks she's a horse.  Since I hadn't been in the gym that day, I was less tired and able to keep up better; Emily noticed ( Read more... )