August 26, 2010

I had my initial appt with Dr Phillips today about the adenoma on my parathyroid gland. It appears that I may actually have a cyst rather than an adenoma. So, the next steps are more testing and an ultrasound. So, I feel like this is a very good thing that will not require surgery like some of us were thinking.

August 25, 2010

Really tired today. This thing with the inner ear is getting real old real fast.

We are having an issue with the notaries in the office. Most of our notaries happen to be secretaries, one is a case aide. I am going to ask that new notaries come from the supervisory ranks. Right now, 3 of the 4 notaries do not want to renew their commissions. Case workers, for the most part, are not communicating very well or not at all. And the notaries have had enough.

There is an insurrection going on. And it ain’t pretty.

August 18, 2010

I keep leaving my flash drive at the office on Friday’s. This causes me to miss updating my blog. It also leads to me missing my journal which I like writing in. Often.

August 13, 2010

What a tangled web we weave. Over the last several weeks we have been treated to a “parade” of manliness here at the office due to a client making a credible threat on some of our personnel. Anyway, last week there was this one guy that was so good looking that all the women slowly gravitated to the cubicle where he was working. ALL DAY LONG. Nearly every woman in the office was over there flirting. Well, the topic came up at lunch today and the officer that was on duty today was asking who that was. So, I went and got his name and let it be known that the women would like this one officer to come back. Hopefully, I don’t get in trouble.

August 12, 2010

I have made a little more progress on the next pincushion. It felt good to work with my hands. The pattern isn’t turning out quite like I had planned but that’s OK. I am engaged in a learning/discovering process and will have ups and downs.

August 11, 2010

OK, I did not get any sewing done last week and that is because my arm was still being fussy after the biopsy. Now I am starting to ‘jones’ again so will probably get some done this week.

August 6, 2010

My elbow still hurts from the biopsy. Not so bad but still not willing to sew right now.

August 5, 2010

So, how do you make yourself work when you really don’t want to? I kind of had fun staying home yesterday to get the garage door fixed. A little boring after I watched the dvr shows but still fun. The sad thing here is that I really don’t love this job anymore. I like it and it is a good job and a job worth doing. BUT, nevertheless, I no longer love this job. Some days I sit here and read or sew. And it isn’t because I don’t have anything to do. I have plenty to do. So, now what? How do I resolve this? And I haven’t won the lottery yet so I can’t just quite and open a fabric store.

August 3, 2010

I feel like I am spinning my wheels again. Kind of like a zero. Nothing getting done, nothing to do, nothing inspiring, nothing motivating, nothing fulfilled, nothing granted, nothing assessed, nothing gained …… And now I am looking at the news and there are several shootings in the news. I think it isn’t just me that’s having a down day.

August 2, 2010

OK, I saw Dr G today and he took the stitches out. The bump turns out to be a neurofibromatosis. He offered to sew it back in if I like but I really don’t want it back.

July 30, 2010

I am a bit melancholy today. I have been reading on FB about a classmate of mine from high school that is dying. she is one of the people that I was able to reconnect with through FB and I am quite sad that she is leaving now.

Evidently, a year ago she had a major heart attack that required a long recovery. Now she is in renal failure and it is believed to be a result of the HA from last year. Anyway, she will not be recovering. She is in the hospital and on a rather strong morphine drip. Her family wants to take her home for hospice care but she may not make it there.

July 27, 2010

Walked, 2000 steps on purpose at work. It is time to start doing that again. And the dogs are about ready to explode so we will start walking them soon. We had stopped for a couple of weeks due to the weather being so hot.

I will try and work on the pincushion tonight. I did get a small teacup pincushion from the Pincushion Fairy. I suspect that one of my swap buddies is Meg who is having several issues but chiefly a fibromyalgia flare up that is getting in the way of her sewing.

July 26, 2010

OK, so that is one week without sewing. But I was really busy so that is not too bad. Which brings up an interesting question. Will being busy bring me happiness? Yes and No. Busyness tends to keep one occupied so in some respect unaware of the emotional state of the self. However, in the practice of awareness one will realize if the work on hand is bringing about happiness. I’m not sure I stated that particularly well but I got it out.