A lot has happened in 5 days. I’m still alive and roaming the earth.
I got my first COVID shot on Saturday at a local pharmacy. Moderna was the brand they were passing out and it’s not like I had a choice. This hurt like hell and my arm was super sore. I applied ice packs, massaged it and even put on some muscle rub. A few hours after the shot I didn’t feel the best and the next day wasn’t exactly a picnic. What I hear is that the effects are so much more worse on the 2nd dose so in roughly a month I will get to find that out. I am not looking forward to it at all.
Sunday evening I got an invite for an announcement at work 1st thing in the morning. My mind went every direction but I wasn’t prepared for what I heard. I called my boss and he had no idea but said that it probably wasn’t anything to loose sleep over. I thought it could be good news but it could also be bad news. Turns out it was a highly regarded and talented co-worker unexpectedly passed away. I was shocked and then just burst in to tears, the news took my breath away and the words that were chosen in my opinion could have an should have been better chosen. I just worked with this person on Friday. They always had a smile on their face and managed to laugh in most every conversation. There were no details released as to the cause of death, which leaves everyone to speculate. I spoke with a former co-worker at great length last night and learned that the person had cardiac issues in years past so it was likely a cardiac event.
Something I don’t understand is that the family will be setting up a memorial fund. I don’t know why they would want to setup a memorial fund when were all given life insurance at one times our salary. You can purchase additional insurance on the cheap if you so desire. It’s not like he was wealthy but there should at least be enough to pay for his funeral with plenty left over. This person lived by themselves and has children that are grown. I always thought that memorial funds were a way to collect money to help pay for the funeral at other expenses like a hospital bill, etc. Maybe I am just out of touch with the times. Regardless my work life won’t be the same, but you adapt and overcome.
The lawn guy showed up today and my grass got it’s second cut. He didn’t say anything about painting and we have great weather right now for painting. Also, the tree guy I hired told me it would be around two weeks and it would be on a Sunday so that would mean this Sunday, which is Easter. I really don’t want him working on Easter but he also hasn’t said he would be here. If I don’t hear from him by mid-week next week I will check in. I’ve already told everyone else that this guy has the job and the idea of having to spend more money isn’t appealing to me.
Speaking of Easter my thanksgiving friends invited me over. They are getting a package meal from our favorite Italian place plus having a ham. I’ll be going it’s not like I have anything better to do. I mean I actually do have work to do but it’s tasks that I don’t want to do. I will have to hoof it on Saturday to get everything done because the grocery store will probably be closed for Easter.
I’ve got a strange computer problem at home. My external hard drive that stores the bulk of my digital porn collection keeps loosing it’s drive letter. The disk it’s self is healthy and there are no issues when I ask it to play a movie. I made changes to the security rights of the drive in the hopes that would help. It could be a bad cable but I kind of doubt that. If this keeps happening the suggestions I have on-line is to try replacing the cable and/or copy off the data. Format the drive and start over. The odd thing is that I have more than one external hard drive and it’s only picking on the one that has porn on it. Rather odd but then again that is the story of my life.
Ms. Gator and I have butted heads a couple times. She didn’t want me to get any sleep on Thursday night into Friday. She keeps waking me up earlier each day. I don’t think she is terribly pleased with the food I got for her but the selection at the pet food store has been down. They have bee out of one of her favorite flavors for two weeks. The same is true of the grocery store. I can only hope that changes soon.
The outside cats seem to have disappeared but my ground hog from last year has re-surfaced. I think it is living under the patio where I thought the cats were. A co-worker suggested that perhaps they are cohabitating and I said that is probably not likely. I sure hope the cats are okay and nothing bad happened to them. Maybe they will surface again now that I have typed something about them.
I’ve got a work task that I need to preform later tonight. Right now Gator just woke up from her nap and it’s supper time. She’s being very vocal about it so it’s time to play let’s guess what she will like for dinner. I’m going to heat up some pasta for me and then have a nice slice of Strawberry Cream Cake. Then we can pass the night away until it’s time for me to shave and shower.
Hope your all doing well. Take care and we shall talk again soon.
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