33 Years and Counting, Plus a Weekly Update

Today’s VLOG is much of what you are used to from me: a bit of a chat, doing things around the house, having moments with the dogs at home, but in ADDITION this week, George and I have some OUTINGS. It’s our anniversary week! So a few special touches to the video to include that in. We also have some moments on Sunday where we are trying to recoup from a bad experience we had on Sunday morning with a member of our crew. :-O. You can watch it HERE.

A little life update since my schedule is bonkers and I can’t just come and write my feelings out in the mornings anymore like I used to do daily. Here’s a few bullet points.

• I’m training my replacement and I think it’s going well.
• I’m having a little adjustment issue though as I normally eat at my desk at the point in which I’m hungry but by then I’m in the middle of training/talking and it seems inappropriate to just say excuse me while I bite into something/anything to keep my tummy from growling and to keep me from eating my pencil, pen, mouse or keyboard, b/c at this point I’ll eat anything, lol lol lol (I’ve taken a bite of two blueberries, train train train, take a bite of a strawberry….this trend is not working for me. lol).
• I’m not hungry until after I get to work so to force myself to eat when I’m not hungry doesn’t seem to be doing right either, but I have to figure something out for eating as I can’t do this for forty more days.
• I also usually stop during the day to check messages, get coffee, check the news and weather (like everyone else in the building does, but probably doesn’t admit) and feel like that would be inappropriate to do while training, lol—I miss that but have to remind myself to just be patient and this will all be over soon.
• I love having the heater on and she is hot natured and doesn’t. So I’ve given up my heater but at least having two of us in the office I’ve not been cold but about 3 times and I just put on my sweater and have started wearing winter clothes to work even though it was 80 outside. That works.
• I like eating lunch early at 11, and she likes eating lunch late around 1:30 – and me with no breakfast yet, has been a challenge for me. So I think we’ve kinda been meeting in the middle. Mainly as I keep asking “are you ready for lunch yet?” lol. One day, after a “not yet” I said “I’m sorry, I have to eat my sandwich though, I’m hungry”. So I did my little “take a bite talk/train for ten minutes, take another bite, talk/train for ten minutes, lol”
• So just little adjustments as I’m not used to having someone at my side all day to consider, but I am very happy with her and the training itself is going well I think.
• Just one more week of me being in the seat and her observing, and then we’ll switch seats and she can “drive”.
• Normally training someone is only for 1 or 2 weeks and this is what – 3 months? lol. So a little bit of an adjustment having someone by my side for that many hours for so long in a day. I don’t think I have ever had anyone at my side like that since I had a child at home for the six weeks after birthing, lol. This cracks me up when I think about it in that light, lol.
• Anyone reading this needs to know I’m not complaining, but this is just me observing me in my changed situation and how I’m dealing with the changes or coping. It is not disparaging to anyone – it’s just how it is. lol. So if you are taking this in a different light than how it is written then I’m glad I could set you straight, right away.
• I’m also struggling with some other schedule changes! And trying to figure life out a bit in other areas.
• Also after the intensity of talking for 8 hours straight, I’m exhausted and have zero creativity or brain activity when I get home. So likely the channel will suffer.
• I also got my hair cut and I’m not loving it.
• I also got my toes done and that was a treat and relaxing but I almost fell asleep in the chair and was a lethargic vegetable basically coming home.
• Mom has decided NOW to start going back to church again. We’ll see what happens Sunday. She makes flip flop decisions all the time now (sell the car, don’t sell the car, getting a scooter, not getting a scooter). It just depends on what day it is. Hopefully the Sunday School class will have forgotten the comments she made about how the church spends their money, and that they pay the preachers too much. Oh my. She doesn’t even know what they make!

So that’s me this past week – just in training mode and trying to figure out the new eating schedule and being comfortable with the changes, but it’s all good. If you read all that and want to watch the video. It’s HERE. Have a good week everyone. Pray for me. I am feeling a lot squeezed right now.