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Goods and the Bads
The Good
I am now the Connecticut Library Association Support Staff of the Year! I was nominated by my favorite librarian Kim. I got to to the yearly convention for a day and even met people that I had worked with through the years. I went to workshops , ate lunch and felt special for the day It was great! People are still congratulating me, it so ( Read more... ) -
More alterations
This is so sad 😞 My brother-in-law died of COVID complications on December 2. This is the man lost his wife in July. His children now lost both mother and father within 5 months. Another funeral and more grieving family. Don’t let tell people tell you COVID isn’t serious.
Christmas was very strange this year , John and Ann were the heart and soul of ( Read more... ) -
Living in an an Altered World
The last few months been different, to say the least. My sister-in-law who is younger than I am, died of of complications of Lupus in July. She went into the hospital in June to fix a leaky valve, and she never came off the ventilator, they kept finding more problems. In times of COVID you don’t get to have your loved ones by your side in your last ( Read more... ) -
My Update
I’ve been having anxiety attacks when it comes to going out, especially to the grocery store. I’m already an introvert, now my social skills are getting rusty. This is not the end of the world but it sure feels like it.
We actually had a Zoom meeting online with DH’s family. It was kind of cool. A way of feeling connected..
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Hello again
I just got a message from LiveJournal that I had a old password. I realized it had been quite since I’d posted to my account.
We are getting along okay with this COVID-19 quarantine. My Library is closed to the public, but we’re still going into work. I’ve been concentrating on Local History data input. Maybe I’ll put a dent in all the data input ( Read more... ) -
The younger Generation
My sister-in-law was speaking to one of the staff at my father’s 55 and over community (more like over 75) and asking her why they didn’t have a D-Day remembrance ceremony . Her answer was ‘What is DDay’ Oh that thing with the beache! Are memories that short?
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Sleep Study Results
Well, it’s official, I still have sleep apnea. Apparently it’s gone from moderate to severe sleep apnea. I guess I stopped breathing 89 times during the night. No wonder I was so tired the next day. With the Cpap, I only stop .5 times an hour.
I went into getting the test done in order to get the insurance to pay for my supplies, mask, filters and ( Read more... ) -
WOW it's been a long time
Going to be doing an in-home sleep testing tonight. I just picked up my little suitcase containing my chest band, nasal canula and fingertip oximeter - instrumentation is in the little case, plus instruction. I did a sleep study over ten years ago in a sleep lab about ten miles away from home. I was attached to a lot of wires and I was amazed I got ( Read more... ) -
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I wanted to let my friends know that my mom Anne died on May 5. She was at home with my Dad and family members. They had been married over 66 years. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer in August and was on Hospice. The last couple of years have been a long series of hospitalizations and rehab for both of them and that before Mom had the cancer ( Read more... ) -
A present
Ginger our cat gave me a present today. She came in fron the patio with a large chipmunk in her jaws. She looked suprised that I wasn't pleased with her.Ginger put it down and I got a glove on to toss the body in the woods. And.. you guessed it the chipmunj was still alive. After five minutes of chasing it, the chipmunk found a bolt hole and has ( Read more... )