What's up? | Pad Patter 10.20

I'm so sorry about your students, Jan. And your son leaving can't be easy. No wonder you're not feeling chatty.

I'm kinda having a blah Monday. My DD and GS and I had such a fun weekend and today is "Monday Letdown Day".

 

Jan - so sorry to hear of the accident with your students, what a terrible thing. Hope they both pull through.

It's raining heavily today so other than walking Taz, I'm staying indoors. I'm doing desk work, watching Bold & Beautiful in the background (was 5 episodes behind) and going back and forth online. I like watching B&B and General Hospital on my laptop while I do my desk work on my PC. Soaps don't require full attention and I don't need to listen to all conversations to know what's going on so its easy for me to keep up while I work. Later, I'll make some keto friendly tuna/cheese melt muffin cups that I'll freeze for lunches and snacks. I'll bring a few for Bailey and I tomorrow as I'll be taking her over to her new care home tomorrow and will spend the day with her.

So, not much going on and I'm glad to have a quiet day.

 

It's been hellacious recently, thanks for asking.

My grandfather passed away last Friday which was not unexpected but still devastating. We were on "death watch" all week which was also awful. At the same time, my daughter got the plague and missed 3 days of school so coordinating my work schedule with watching her was interesting. Fall Break was Thursday, Friday, and Monday & the kids and I had tons of plans so we ran around all weekend. We found out Friday night that my son is likely allergic to hay as he had what seemed to be an asthma attack at the pumpkin patch. Both kids were up all night coughing; I went to sleep around 4 am after being up with both of them.

Someone passed away at the church where I work so I am working on those arrangements all this week which doesn't feel great since I'm still mourning my grandfather. I'm (mostly) alone in the office the next two days, and then my parents are leaving for a month-long vacation Wednesday.

Things could be worse... but they could also be a whole lot better.

On the upside, I got to meet a scrap friend of mine Sunday and, more importantly, my daughter & her son got to meet for the first time after being penpals & Roblox buddies for the last 18 months, we have Table Group (church group) tomorrow which is always good, and I am about to start reading the fifth Outlander book & Jamie always makes me feel better.

 

Hi Cheryl! I edit papers for scientific and medical journals. Lots of my clients are scientists from China and other Asian countries who do amazing research but need a little help polishing their English. It's a rewarding job because I get to meet and help scientists from around the world, but I have to be very careful about my posture and ergonomics because I spend A LOT of time at the keyboard. Depending on the the manuscript, it can take anywhere from 2 hours to 2 days to get it into good shape!

 

Started back to the Early Voting work. It is slow but money is always good. Looking forward to the Halloween Bash, always a fun time, although I will be out most of Saturday.

I am not big into Halloween but I love this siggie, so here we go!

 

Sorry I'm just seeing this now. I've been out of town and we're getting ready for a big renovation, so I've been away!

I think I've finished something like 24 digi albums, but I've about 18 in progress. I'll never catch up!