Looking Glass

 I am sitting outside on my little patio admiring the view with my laptop at hand. I was paged at 5:40 AM this morning to a call from a care giver unable to make her shift today. Of course, that is way too early to make calls for a replacement, so I went back to sleep and started my day at about 7:45 AM. So much for sleeping in, (frown here.) I eventually handled the scheduling problems by placing several calls and disturbing other employees. It's a wonder any of them like me at all.  After a long time of  working on my laptop with my remote connection to the office computer and tinkering around on my social media sites,  I went back into the kitchen for another cup of java. For some reason, I looked up and saw the shading of a snake inside my large kitchen light. After I verified what it was by staring and cringing at it for a while, I texted my landlord/friend, KP.  "OMG! There is a snake using the kitchen light as a heat lamp!" Her text repl...

 So here I am, sitting on my porch with the new laptop on my lap. This is enjoyable; sitting here, looking at the view straightaway and having a cup of java, (I am out of wine.) I am not in my bedroom/office plunking this post out. The evening is quiet, calm and not too cold. I must say, typing is a bit different and I am learning how to not have the heel of my hand hit the wrong buttons. I guess these last two years have been a continuous program of learning new things. I guess that's what keeps us going, right? I really dig this mouse to touch screen mechanism immensely. I still have much to learn as I was used to operating my lil' ole' desktop pc.  Now I have three devices to manipulate...the challenging desktop, the new laptop and my new cell phone that acts as a computer if needed. Maybe I will become too connected...smile here.  I have not talked about this circumstance yet, but, the job I applied for is with the county Work Source office here in Oly...

 At the beginning of last week, I had to use my friend's computer to apply for a job. My computer continued to drive me insane and links were not linking where they belonged and bringing up extra pages when not wanted. Again, this morning I was on line trying to check my bank accounts and  I felt my blood pressure rising and my time wasting away while waiting for tasks to process. "That's it, I am done. I can't stand this anymore." I showered, dressed and hit the road to the store where I felt had the best selection and deals in the area on laptops. Office Depot. There are several here in the Olympia area and it so happens, the best one is only a few miles from my house.  I spent a few minutes debating between my two favorites and playing with them on the display case. I spent some time having an associate answer some questions and despite my apprehension about the new fangled purchase, I did it. I purchased the Dell Inspirion. The screen can be utilized b...

 OK OK, it may be time for me to just break down and purchase a new computer. No matter how often I use cleaning programs and the like, this computer gets slower each week. My blood pressure goes up after six attempts to get onto Facebook or my Yahoo account. Clicking in the wrong spot brings up worlds of wierd screens...my son thinks I have a virus. I saw that the Geek Squad is running a special at the local Office Depot, so I may try that avenue of computer clean up before I spend $400-700 on a new device. I just had to buy a new cell phone because my old one of three years pooped out and the cracked screen was getting worse and blocking my view of screen icons. This was thanks to dropping it a time or two getting out of the car at work.  I ended up buying a Galaxy III Mini. I love it and it certainly dis sways the use of my crappy computer because I can access as many programs much quicker on my phone.(Ha.) I am debating about getting a laptop, of which I am not the bigges...

 On my rushing out of the door yesterday morning before work, I grabbed my coffee, purse, work files and a few CD's from a stack on my counter. I trotted up the stairs and fumbled with the car door key and lock...yes...my hands were full...and no...I don't have an electronic door opener anymore. I finally made it into the front seat, situated my pile of stuff and zipped towards work.  After a couple of sips of coffee and a few relaxing breaths, I grabbed a CD and slid it into the player. It was from a CD set titled, "Pop Music from 1976-1999." Talk about a journey in memories during my journey to work! The classic pop songs from Earth Wind and Fire, James Taylor, Carole Carpenter, John Melloncamp, Neil Diamond and many many others filled the car. It was quite amusing to listen to the songs and...yes... I did bop my shoulders back and forth a bit. During this drive, I kept thinking about my co workers...Bobbi is about 47, Brian and Kim are about 55, me-52 and then Don...

 Did you know it surprises me every time I go to check this site, I see it's been a forgotten source of smiles and relief for a long time? It appears it has been six weeks since my last perusing and writing. I really need to focus some attention here more often, even if for a smile or to tap out a few brief sentences. Before I know it, my blogger friends kden and grumpy will consider me a forgotten blogger and won't "site see" here anymore. I can't let that happen.  Did you know that at 3 AM there is nothing on TV unless you're interested in intense exercise videos, wrinkle removing makeup, QVC, or why a $700 dollar vacuum is better than a $100 vacuum, or there are a dozen ways to use a blender to make juices? That is what I scanned through on TV this morning. Thank god for "The Food Network"  and "Golf." They were   the only cable channels that weren't infiltrated with these paid programs. Since I hate golf, I watched master chefs bat...

 So why on earth am I blogging at 7:30 AM on a Sunday? I was paged at 6:20 AM from an ill caregiver. My mind has been thinking about which caregiver to call so early in the day for assistance with a client and thinking about their schedule for the day and who may be willing to help. (frown here). Not only does it rattle you...getting woken from a dreamy sleep so abruptly, but now I feel bad because I have to do the same to someone else. It doesn't make me feel good. I didn't start calling people quite that early. I am waiting until now to do so. I got lucky; one of my client's regular caregivers will check on my 9:00 AM client long enough to give him his medications and breakfast, (smile here).  This last week at work has been a hectic week of scheduling crisis, completing home visits, training my new support staff guy, interviewing for new employees, managing tasks with the phone ringing off the hook and dealing with paper pushing and such...I was exhausted every night by...