Sad Week

This week I attended the funeral of a dear friend. Why was he so dear to me? My husband had a terminal illness and this dear friend was just that. A dear friend. He treated my husband the way he always did. Joking around, not too serious. The day before my husband died, many of our friends came to our house at my request to tell my husband goodbye. My husband was comatose, but I know he heard everything that was said. This friend sat beside him and gave him beer with an eye dropper. Some may think this is terrible. I thought it was great. My husband was going to die and his friend gave him something he loved BEER. At this point, what was it going to hurt? I hope this friend knew how much he meant to me & my husband. I hope over the last 12 years, I conveyed it to him. When this friend was in the hospital we all knew he could hear what was said. When I started relating some of the funny things that happened in our friendship, the corner of his mouth turned up. His wife & I just stood there and related story after story. He will be missed, but for me I can never thank him enough for being the special person he was.

Glorious Day

What a beautiful day. No wind and more important NO RAIN. At least for today. Wonderful day to get out and work in the yard. And this afternoon, I am taking my pontoon boat and a book and float on the lake. A no dress up & go to work day. My tomatoes aren't doing so well so I put some bug dust on them. I do have one green tomato so that is promising. I seem to have no luck with tomatoes and every fall I swear I won't try them again. But come spring when I see the plants at the store, I just have to try one more time. I think I have finally got rid of the moles and am now trying to grow the grass back. They were really doing a number on my yard. And they aren't the smartest creatures. I would see their burrows run right into the brick wall (well sidewalk) I refuse to let anything rain on my parade today. It is so mild out, I have had my house open. That may change today but for now, I love it.

New Work Mates, Part 2

Well, I have tried to give my new work mate some space, but it isn't working yet. I am not the only one to notice things. She still expects us to do things HER way, no matter what. Because that is the way she did it at her other job. However, she is not trying to conform to the way we do things. I have been doing things this way for 12 years and everyone but her does it the same way. Old habits die hard! I guess time will tell or it will become a showdown between her and the rest of the employees. It is a shame because we are there to do our jobs and things like this make it difficult. I can't be constantly looking over my shoulder. And I must add, I am not the only one who feels this way. Plus, and the most important thing to me is, she has absolutly NO sense of humour. She is way too serious. No one can get her to loosen up.

New Work Mates

Why is it when a new person starts a job with you, they suddenly feel they know more about things than you do? I work in a library. We have 30 branches. Recently a woman from another branch was hired to be the office manager's new assistant. She seems like a very nice person. However, she likes to compare the way we do things with the way the other branch does things. Their branch was bigger and each branch does some things differently. She seems to want to change things to suit the branch she came from. "At so and so we did it this way" A small thing sure, but it is annoying! Why can't some people just try to get used to the new job environment and get to know the employees before they make such broad statements.