Tuesday

One more day down and one more (24 hour) to go.  The family homestead is finally shaping up.  We are down to less to do.   Yesterday I oiled the kitchen cupboards and the front door.   They look much better.   I also cleaned the kitchen drawers, I didnt take them out because I didnt want to see what was there because I would feel obligated to clean that too.  Its kind of don't ask don't tell with the dirt.

The whole family is going out to dinner.  Absent will be two husbands.  And we will be with no kids who aren't old enough to drink beer.   We really didn't want to hear anyone crying they were bored and want to go home. 

The hardwood floors need to be cleaned and waxed.   I havn't found the wax yet.   On Friday the window washers are coming.   Cleaning the windows is very labor intense, and I feel that for the money it costs to have it done is well worth it to me.

I am on call tomorrow and off for four days.   Back to my photoclass on Friday.    I am currently typing on Chucks computer.   It was the monitor that was bad and not some virus.   Got a good deal on the new screen.  It is an LCD and very bright.

Saturday

Again, I sit with a cup of tea.   Chuck is attempting to take a nap, so I am on HIS compter.    He loaded the newer version of AOL on it.   My laptop is in the room where he is currently seriously considering napping.   

He had a virus on this computer, or so he thought.  This had been going on since the late spring or early summer.   The screen would flash off and on.   After much playing with the computer, wiping it out and reloading it, the problem was solved.    The problem was the monitor was bad.   So now with a new monitor we can procede with the desk top.   It really drove me crazy with the eternal, infernal  flashing.......................

Got a little work done at 2327.   The ourside pipe is finished.   Under the sink has to be done.  We had talked about getting a dumpster but Chuck B took the old wooden items and will have a bonfire.   I guess we will be invited to that.    The shower stall seems to be the problem.   Because the walls are not even and square, there is a gap in one of the wall surrounds,   That problem is under think and problem solutions.   After that we can hang up the shower curtain.   I got the hard floor scrubber and we have a lot of area to use it on.   I want to get these rooms emptied and then scrub the floors.   I have to see if there is any floor was to put on the hardwood.   I am sure there is I just have to find it........  With most of the wood gone, we will not, should not need that dumpster.........................

Friday

Just sitting  here drinking a cup of tea.   I like it with milk and sugar in the English manner.   I guess that is because it ws the way my mother drank it.  Anyhow, I drink about 4 to 5 cups a day and so do my sisters.

The truck is sold.  The dining room furniture is gone and the albums of big band music was give to the Thrift Store and Emily said they were going out of the store today in sales.   I called the store that specialized in albums and he didnt want them. 
So I gave them away plus a lot of odds and ends.

Next Friday, in the AM the guy is coming to wash the windows.  Since we had the gutters and downspouts replaced there has been no water in the basement.  GOOD.

Within the next few weeks we will be putting the house on the market.  I hope that selling it is no problem.   This whole year has been like a hamster on a wheel to me.  First with my fathers sickness and death and the matter of cleaning the house out and then the prep to sell.   When it is over I will just relax. 

No class tonight.  CCAC is on spring break.................

 

 

Friday

I can'g believe it.  After losing my Discover card, the Discover people had it back the next day.   I heard of service, but that was outstanding.............

I am selling the truck today. it has been forsale for about one week when someone stopped to look at it.   Seems his pickup truck was totaled on Monday and he needed a truck.   All that is left is to sell the house and soon it will be ready.   We are down to the fluffing part.  What is left is instaling the bathroom sink and cauling the shower stall.

The outside pipe needs replaced and some plumbing changing under the kitchen sink.

 

 

 

Tuesday

I am in an angry mood.   I filled up and washed 2 cars this morning.   Somehow, I have lost my Discover Card.   The last time I remember was that I used it to buy gas.   Now closing the account and getting a new card is a hastle of my own making.   Glad the cars are filled up so that won't be a problem for the next few days.    Somehow, I think that Chuck thinks I do this on purpose.   which I do not.  And I didn't go anywhere or use it for anything else.  I even looked in both cars.   WHERE DOES THIS STUFF GO.  I always seem to misplace things.....

 

Back to work tomorrow.   I need  a few consecutive days off with nothing to do.  

 

I am trying to figure out the logic in not having prisoners handcuffed.  What is wrong with a portion of this country are all intent on people feeling goos about themselves.   Is not having a person handcuffed because they don't want to jury to get the idea that they must be guilty worth the lives of 3 or 4 people????     If the jury is too stupid to listen to the testimony and figure out what is going on, maybe they shouldn't be there in the first place.   In  this country it is all about the perpertrator and screw the victim.    Maybe something will be done...........

Still working on 2327.   My father will soon be dead for one year.   My moher will be gone for 10.  I still miss her like it was yesterday.  I guess it never goes away.  I read a book called "Adult Orphans"  it was really good.  I think a lot of people feel the same way that they feel all alone when the parent goes.   I am glad that I have siblings to share with my feelings.   Some people have siblings and they are no support at all on this level.

Going to do who knows what today.  I have t change sockets  covers and get the kitchen things out of the cupboards.

Wednesday

Monday on call was a nonevent.  We worked long and hard but I did get to sleep at night.  Which was a very good thing.  The next day Chuck and I attended a PALS class, which is a good review.   These classes seem to be getting easier and easier but it is good because I am getting older and older..  The stress of them like there was eons ago is gone.  I guess they want everyone to feel good about it............

Talked to the paralegal today.   The estate isn't closed at one year.  All that the state is interested in is getting their inheritance tax.  I should have known.  That gives us all some breathing room getting this house prepared for sale.   The majority of work is done.   What is now due is fluffing up.   I was also wondering if we should put a carpet on the office/cellar room floor.

Sunday

My last day off..............Spent yesterday down at 2327.   Didn't get a whole lot done because there is not a whole lot left to do.   I cleaned the bathtub in preparation to have he final vinyl trim and the caulking applied.  One of the guys will do this.  I really wanted to go and get this done today.   But my daughter was wanting to go to a movie.   She is still sitting in the house and I need a crowbar to get her out.   I hope she is not developing agoraphobia

Last evening we wanted to go out to get something to eat.   I had hoped she would want to go with us but she said that after working she just wanted to sit down on her butt.     Welcome to the real world kid...........She is starting to sound like her parents.  But after all that we got in the car and we decided not to go ourselves.   We had realy been hoping that she she would come along.    We are going to see the film that won best foreign film at the Academy Awards.   I forgot its name........I hope it is more memorable than the title I forgot.

Back to work tomorrow.   It is the first busy day in weeks.   I am  in charge and oncall.   With no help to do breaks and lunches.    One of the surgeons, who had a history of obnoxious behavior and acting badly, was suspended for a month.  I dont know if the other surgeons are angry about that, fearing that it could happen to them too or what???   You would really have to be bad to be as evil as the first guy.    In actuality I really think he is psychotic.  This had gone on for years and all he had gotten  was a slap on the hands.  He was of the impression that they wouldn't do anything to him because he was a MD.  He was right for 20 or so years. 

Or maybe they are angry because the hospital is being taken over by one of the "mother ship" hospitals.   This move means that the medical staffs are going to merge and the docs are unhappy about that.    And also the hospitals want to own the practices and there will no longer be any private practices.  To me thisis crazy because who is going to work as hard if the hospital will be the one making the money and you are getting a salary.   There is no incentive in move, but I guess it is the wave of the future....Who knows.........

Wednesday

Another fling with the type.  Worked two 10 hour days and off today.   I would be happy to work two days a week.   I think that women do not have their identify tied into a job.   A lot of men equate their job with their being.  I think that is why they get bored after retirement and have difficulty functioning.    Also a lot of people don' have any hobbies or outside interest.   I can actually never remember being bored on my days off.

Taking the digital photography class.  So far I have learned about binary codes and pixels.   I am waiting for the class on organization and putting things and music on a cd for storage...........

Back to work tomorrow.   I am in charge, what an honor......................