Deja Vu

February of 1989 or 1990 a student approached me before the bell for last hour to begin which would have been about 2:30. “Ms. K., I feel like I have to throw up.” I told her to go to the bathroom if she was going to be sick thinking why is she wasting time telling me and spreading her germs around me.

That evening on the way home from a basketball game my stomach started cramping. Sparing the details of 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., I will just say that it wasn’t pretty. At 5:00 a.m. I thought someone should know I was dying so I called my parents who were only four states away. They talked to me for a few minutes and talking with them calmed me down so that at the end of the conversation I apologized for waking them up so early. My mom replied, “That’s ok. I had to get up to answer the phone anyway.” Thanks, Mom, for making me feel better.

Why tell this story? At 2:30 today a co-worker came to my desk to ask where our work team leader was. She was sweating and I asked if she was ok. “I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

I hope it’s not déjà vu all over again!

Political Statement on a Bumper

Best bumper sticker seen on vacation:

I'll keep my dollars and you can have the change.

Post-Vacation

Lunches after vacation are good, very good. Yesterday was a Chick-Fil-A sandwich and today was a philly cheesesteak from Penn Station. Both were purchased on the drive back and kept in the cooler.

But the very, very best is breakfast: my mom's coffeecake!!!

Thankful Thursday

It's been awhile, but here goes this week's version:

1. Obviously I'm so thankful for getting to see family the last week and a half. I missed only 4 of 18 family members.
2. Obviously safety for almost 2000 miles. I suppose I should have checked the mileage before writing this.
3. Vacation was a good mix of family and touristy things.
4. A job to come back to.
5. Apparently few mistakes to correct from others covering my daily work.
6. Having to go to a different facility twice today for meetings I thought I'd lost my work badge. It could have been in three different parking lots, the gas station, my desk, or oh no, my car (which is not completely unloaded). I don't want to have to buy a new one. Thankfully I dug deeper between the driver's seat and the console, and there it was.
7. I'm thankful Renae and I are still friends after 11 days together.

Thursday

I'm baaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkk!!!

Thankfully I could get to work later this morning allowing me to sleep longer although it means I'll work later tonight. I've come back to one of the busiest days I've had in awhile--3 meetings plus Thursdays are just busier.

In fact, I have 15 minutes to get to another facility for my next meeting. . .

Vacation Day 9

This is vacation??? Today included 3 trips to Wal-Mart, 2 trips to Lowe's, a trip to Publix (a wwwoooonnnnnddddderful grocery store or so I was told 10 years ago), a trip to Big Bob Gibson's for lunch, a trip to Old Time Pottery, putting up 12 trellises along a fence, deadheading several daisy bushes, and replanting a lily.

Obviously some of those were more pleasant than others, but no wonder I'm tired tonight!!!

Vacation Day Four

Yesterday was a true vacation day except for having to get up at 6:45 to take Renae to work. However, following breakfast at IHOP and dropping her off I went back to the hotel and promptly fell asleep until 10:30!!! I had to get up to get ready for lunch as I was meeting a lady who I work with who is based here. We had a nice time and then I returned to the hotel to sit by the pool and read for the afternoon. Then it was get Renae, shop, eat, and visit with Molly and the three oldest children.