What a day this has been, what a rare mood I'm in, not a wonderful rare mood either. It's almost like I'm manic. I got to work this morning & pages had been revised. And, just like last week, I had released the last pages to be sent to the printer & I got a call for an obit to be placed in THIS week's paper. I retrieved the pages & fit a death notice in. I kept trying to work, but gave up.
I went to Logan with Nick. Yes, he let me go. Usually he doesn't. I was having a bit of road rage, good thing I wasn't driving. I told Nick I need to break my middle finger to keep from letting the Hawaiian Good Luck sign fly so often. I haven't done that for years, flip people off, not break my finger.
When we got home, I went back to work for an hour. Then it was time to go with Nick to his eye doctor appt. He's been having problems with blurry vision. The eye doctor told him to watch his sugar levels. I guess we'd better start checking it. Dr. Beckstead told him to watch the sugar too.
I wanted Nick to go vote with me on the override election for the Preston School District & the commissioners for the Franklin County Fire District. He said to wait until his dad got home. Nick doesn't like to vote. I did. When Don & I went to run errands, we took Don's car. I had the distinct feeling I needed my purse. I thought, "No duh! I'll need my wallet." Not thinking I had no money in it. I got in my car to get my purse, the empty O2 canister & empty pill bottle to take to the pharmacy.
First stop was Oakwood Elementary to vote. Don has trouble getting the key out of the ignition in his car. I told him to wait in the car & I'd go vote. If he got the key out, he could come. I had the distinct thought that I needed my purse. I thought, "What do I need my purse for. I can go vote without carrying my purse along." I got across the parking lot & stepped on to the sidewalk & the thought came again, "Go get your drivers license." Again, I thought, "I don't need to prove who I am. It'll be Karen (Child) & the other ladies, they know who I am. What do I need my drivers license for?" I got to the door of the gym & the thought came the final time, "Get your license."
As I walked up to the table, the first words out of my mouth was, "Do I need my drivers license?" I didn't even say hi. Yes, they passed a law last year that you need a picture ID to vote. I had forgotten, but that niggling thought had been there all the way from the car. Karen said she even made her husband present his picture ID.
I was SOOOO angry, not at Karen & the other ladies, at myself for not listening. I turned & went back out to the car. I told Don to go ahead. He said he asked if I had voted. I don't remember telling him I had voted, but I was angry. I got my iPod out & started playing Solitaire. He came back out & told me to go vote. I did. Carrying my little purse along. I wasn't the only one, that had forgotten. Out of the five people who walked in with me, 3 had to go out & get their license. Two of the men had their license in their wallets in their hip pocket. So did Don.
When we got to the pharmacy, the key still wouldn't come out of the ignition. So, Don sat in the car while I went in, without my purse. At the grocery store, the key came out with no trouble at all. We walked in & I was carrying my trusty little purse.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Gratitude - Day 2 - Voting
Today I'm grateful for the chance to vote. I'm also thankful to be able to cover the election as an AP stringer. I love doing it. I would never have hung out at the courthouse just to see who won the election. Of course, I still prolly wouldn't do it if I didn't get paid to do it. I earn more in one evening as a stringer than I do in one 10 hour day at the Citizen.
I'm grateful for the men & women who have given their all for us to have this freedom. I'm grateful for the women suffragettes who fought for women to have the vote.
I even got Nick to vote today. Mother didn't, but I didn't think it was worth it to get her out in the cold. Nick told his dad I told him he had to vote before he could eat. And yes, I did say it, just not quite that way, LOL. I was taking a litte longer today in cleaning up the desk & hard drive on the computer at work. Yesterday Vicki (job share partner) found some stuff that should have been filed a couple of weeks ago. I decided I'd been a little lazy in cleaning out the basket where we stash the used copy. So, Nick came & we went to lunch. I had a couple of errands I needed to run. First, the pharmacy, he & Mother need some meds by tomorrow.
The next thing on my agenda was voting. I told him we'd vote before we ate, then he could just take me back to work. I really didn't expect him to vote. He usually is very passive aggressive about voting. He won't say no, but he won't do it either. So, I told him if he voted, he needed to vote yes on all the amendments, vote for Shauna Geddes & Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter. I didn't care who else he voted for, or if he voted for anyone else. He voted!!
Don voted yes on some amendments & no on some
I'm grateful for the men & women who have given their all for us to have this freedom. I'm grateful for the women suffragettes who fought for women to have the vote.
I even got Nick to vote today. Mother didn't, but I didn't think it was worth it to get her out in the cold. Nick told his dad I told him he had to vote before he could eat. And yes, I did say it, just not quite that way, LOL. I was taking a litte longer today in cleaning up the desk & hard drive on the computer at work. Yesterday Vicki (job share partner) found some stuff that should have been filed a couple of weeks ago. I decided I'd been a little lazy in cleaning out the basket where we stash the used copy. So, Nick came & we went to lunch. I had a couple of errands I needed to run. First, the pharmacy, he & Mother need some meds by tomorrow.
The next thing on my agenda was voting. I told him we'd vote before we ate, then he could just take me back to work. I really didn't expect him to vote. He usually is very passive aggressive about voting. He won't say no, but he won't do it either. So, I told him if he voted, he needed to vote yes on all the amendments, vote for Shauna Geddes & Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter. I didn't care who else he voted for, or if he voted for anyone else. He voted!!
Don voted yes on some amendments & no on some
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Voting results
Jessi had to go in last night & finish up the newspaper so that the voting results would be in today's paper. I hope she didn't have to drag Keziah out too late.
Only one of the councilmen that I voted for got in, the other one didn't. The hospital bond failed too, darn!!! Well, I at least have the right to complain now, LOL.
How'd I do on my To Do list?? Not too good. Only one more item ticked off, sigh. Mother's protime/INR level was "perfect" today, 3.0.
The focus this month on Flylady is to plan your menus. I started doing this in 1991 or 1992 & have kept up with it for most of the last 17 or 18 years. Some months I'm not as diligent as I should be, but Don does his a month at a time too. He is very diligent.
When we lived in Grace (1991-93), I dsicovered a book called "Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise." This book is where Flylady originated from.
Only one of the councilmen that I voted for got in, the other one didn't. The hospital bond failed too, darn!!! Well, I at least have the right to complain now, LOL.
How'd I do on my To Do list?? Not too good. Only one more item ticked off, sigh. Mother's protime/INR level was "perfect" today, 3.0.
The focus this month on Flylady is to plan your menus. I started doing this in 1991 or 1992 & have kept up with it for most of the last 17 or 18 years. Some months I'm not as diligent as I should be, but Don does his a month at a time too. He is very diligent.
When we lived in Grace (1991-93), I dsicovered a book called "Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise." This book is where Flylady originated from.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I voted
I voted today. We'll see what the verdict is tomorrow. Mother even got out to vote. Everyone but Nick did.
They have the voters split up by alphabet. Mother voted first. Then I went to the table for the first of the alphabet. I told them my name & spelled Bartlomé & specifically said, without an h. A lady came over & said no, that's B-a-r-t-H-l-o-m-e. So, they find Barthlome with an h. They're reading down through the list, JoAnn, Layne, Randy ... you're not here. I said, no that's Barthlome with an h. I don't have an h in my name. "Well, that's different," she snipped at me. It's like Nick said, I should have said to her, "I know how to spell my own name." Anyway, I bent over to sign my name & said, "Well, the Barthlomes over here paid to have the h put back in their name. We didn't." I even told her that I spelled Mikel & Nickolas without an h too. So, I voted for the city councilmen, but was still a little miffed.
Next, we had to go to another table & vote on the hospital bond. Again, two different election judges. One for the middle of the alphabet, Monson, & one for the beginning of the alphabet. Camille Saxton, a member of our ward & former Relief Society president, was the election judge for the first of the alphabet. She had no trouble finding me.
Don-Mikel called to see where we voted & I told him the Robinson Bldg. I called him back & said that when he voted for the city councilmen, he was going to have to spell his name, & tell the election judge there is no h, because she is so dumb. Don met Don-Mike at the Robinson Bldg. He said Don-Mike went first, said his name & said, Bartlomé without an H. Don said they flipped right to it & he & Don-Mike had no trouble. I told Don I was the pioneer then, I broke the ground for them.
I am so tired & have had a sore throat all day. I woke up with it. I thought it would go away like it usually does. I always wake up with a dry, dry throat. I sleep with my mouth open. That's why the CPAP mask is a full face mask, so that even though I sleep with my mouth open, the air pressure still keeps my throat open so I can breathe.
Did I, or did I not, do what was on my to do list for the day.
I am so tired. I waited for Don-Mike to come home & now I'm off to bed. I took my potassium pills this afternoon at work. Choked on them, as usual, even though I broke them in half. I guess trying to stuff 6 fairly large pills in my mouth at once doesn't work, sigh.
They have the voters split up by alphabet. Mother voted first. Then I went to the table for the first of the alphabet. I told them my name & spelled Bartlomé & specifically said, without an h. A lady came over & said no, that's B-a-r-t-H-l-o-m-e. So, they find Barthlome with an h. They're reading down through the list, JoAnn, Layne, Randy ... you're not here. I said, no that's Barthlome with an h. I don't have an h in my name. "Well, that's different," she snipped at me. It's like Nick said, I should have said to her, "I know how to spell my own name." Anyway, I bent over to sign my name & said, "Well, the Barthlomes over here paid to have the h put back in their name. We didn't." I even told her that I spelled Mikel & Nickolas without an h too. So, I voted for the city councilmen, but was still a little miffed.
Next, we had to go to another table & vote on the hospital bond. Again, two different election judges. One for the middle of the alphabet, Monson, & one for the beginning of the alphabet. Camille Saxton, a member of our ward & former Relief Society president, was the election judge for the first of the alphabet. She had no trouble finding me.
Don-Mikel called to see where we voted & I told him the Robinson Bldg. I called him back & said that when he voted for the city councilmen, he was going to have to spell his name, & tell the election judge there is no h, because she is so dumb. Don met Don-Mike at the Robinson Bldg. He said Don-Mike went first, said his name & said, Bartlomé without an H. Don said they flipped right to it & he & Don-Mike had no trouble. I told Don I was the pioneer then, I broke the ground for them.
I am so tired & have had a sore throat all day. I woke up with it. I thought it would go away like it usually does. I always wake up with a dry, dry throat. I sleep with my mouth open. That's why the CPAP mask is a full face mask, so that even though I sleep with my mouth open, the air pressure still keeps my throat open so I can breathe.
Did I, or did I not, do what was on my to do list for the day.
- I forgot to pay McKenzie Law Office, due Friday, Oct. 30.
I forgot to pick up Nick's meds at the pharmacyDone & no co-pay for my pills!! W00t W00t
- Mother needs omeprazole
- I HAVE to send the Verizon rebate. I NEED that $50.
- I HAVE to pay the storage shed company. Today, I took Don-Mike's $50 & part of Nick's rent & got 2 money orders. I will pay storage tomorrow. I also wrote out a check for Mother's storage payment.
- Pampered Chef - I lost the order & now people are wondering where the stuff they ordered is. I'm wondering where the orders AND THE CHECKS are, sigh.
I am so tired. I waited for Don-Mike to come home & now I'm off to bed. I took my potassium pills this afternoon at work. Choked on them, as usual, even though I broke them in half. I guess trying to stuff 6 fairly large pills in my mouth at once doesn't work, sigh.
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