Please send up prayers/good vibes/chants, that this week will be an improvement over the last two. Nothing earth shaking happened, and all events are manageable. I’m just not feeling them.
On the work front:
I spent most of the last two weeks rescheduling the rescheduled meetings that were rescheduled from the first time they were rescheduled. Friday evening, as I’m packing to leave for the weekend…you guessed it...back to the drawing board.
On the home front:
I came home Wednesday to find that one of the dogs, probably the Dane, tore up a corner of the carpet in the bedroom and destroyed the padding underneath. It was done behind the door, so accessing the room was indeed a challenge. Granted my plan was to replace the carpet in the bedrooms with flooring, I didn’t mean this month!
Thursday morning the car was hesitating about starting. My son had borrowed my jumper box to my job just in case the battery was failing. So glad I did, as the car wouldn’t start...battery needs replacing.
Friday is still the same as the car needs a boost any time it’s turned off. Now, however, the hood of the car was extremely hot for hours after I made my 9-mile trek home. Add to that when I get in the garage I smell rubber. Called the mechanic, and he says to bring it in, as there may be problems with my electrical system. Worked on stats problems and wrote a paper for class.
Saturday, the middle dog ate the box of chicken I had (bones and all) and followed it up with leftover un-popped popcorn kernels. He’s such an ass sometimes. Grateful to a very good friend who loaned me her spare vehicle until the mechanic can fix my car. With the need to have someone pull up the carpet and put down new flooring, and the anticipated expensive car repair, I was not looking forward to renting a vehicle at all. Spent most of the day working on statistical problems, this was in addition to the hours spent working on them this week. I’ve racked up 17 hours of time thus far on 11 problems for TWO points! Wrote a paper for class. Thankful again to my friend who reviewed my work and helped me write a template that can be used to resolve similar statistical nightmares as they arise.
Woke up today (all praises to God), to the smell of what the chicken and kernels did to middle dog’s system, as it was in several places on the partially destroyed carpet. Cleaning that up was a challenge to my respiratory system. Continued to work on the 4 problems that are due by tomorrow night. There’s still another paper due as well.
While none of the above were life defining moments, it would have been great to spread them out over the next 10 years.
Stay blessed,
