Sun is shining here – supposed to be in the 80s this afternoon. Why do I have to be inside at work? Arghhh!!
I shared with my supervisor yesterday that I’m thinking seriously about retiring next year. He was shocked and disappointed, and said hopefully you mean late next year. I couldn’t break it to him yet that I’m thinking March.
I was so proud of myself last night. I got my hair trimmed, mowed the lawn, had a salad, put in laundry, walked 40 minutes and still got to bed by 10:00. Super Woman, that’s me.
Ella - hope the office move went ok. Are you settled in?
Jay Jay – Loved your story about driving in MA. I hate driving around cities in general, but Boston is unique for it’s challenges. Sounds like you had a terrific workout at Boot Camp - good for you!
Have a great day!!
Lyn
I am still in transition. Yesterday, I told the mover-guys NOT to touch my computer, monitor, printer, etc., as I have TWO (not one, but TWO) proposals that I MUST get out today, and yesterday was pretty much a lost one because I had TWO (not one, but TWO) meetings, both of which lasted for about an hour and a half each, and the second of which was simply a reiteration of what was said in the first meeting, except to different people (and I wasn't even the presenter!!!!), so I pretty much sat through that meeting PO'd because of all the work I had waiting to do and couldn't do, because I had to sit through the SAME rhetoric for yet ANOTHER hour and a half! So, I FLY into work this morning - early, even - all set to shut my office door and attack those proposals. I get to my floor, and my office door is open, and my COMPUTER (and everything else that goes with it) is sitting on the FLOOR! They have removed my computer desk!!!! I swear I went screetching up the hall like a banshee until a couple of guys who work in the finance department ran off to look for a table to put my computer & stuff back on for me. So, now I'm in here, door closed, eating my brekkie and drinking a much-needed cup of coffee before plunging into the abyss of proposal-writing. (I have most of both of them done; I just need to do a little rewriting, editing, and packaging). So....um...Lyn....nuh-uh...I'm FAR, FAR and FAR-FAR from settled in. My new office, however, owing to the fact that I have yet to inhabit it, looks truly nice - desk (that you can actually see the top of), visitor's chairs with a nice table between and a very nice brass lamp with a very chic shade...a couple of nice plants. This will all change, of course, once Hurricane Ella moves in.
She was just thrilled -- over the last few years as my son moved out and became independant she has felt like she was losing touch. So even when the grandbabies grow up into 27 year old young men (or ladies) they still have time to remember their dear grandma's.
Well, several reasons, actually...my eldest daughter (DD1???) had a partial hysterectomy yesterday, and I will drive down (@ an hour & a half)and spend the day with her today. I won't spend more time than that, frankly, because she is pretty well inundated with family members helping her. Her mo-in-law lives next door to her and is a registered nurse - has a master's degree in something-or-other having to do with medicine - and is the AUTHORITY on what my DD needs, etc., etc. And, since DD seems to have a particularly good relationship with the woman, it's not like she's being intrusive, or stepping on MY toes, you know? After all, DD is 38 years old - not a kid, and certainly has lived long enough, and far away enough to have grown independent of me. This is less true for her younger sisters, both of whom live in the same town that I do, but it IS true all the same, of her. AND her DH is very attentive, as are her sister-in-laws, father-in-law, and children, ages 12 and 16. When she was in hospital last month for tests, my other two DD's and I went down, and she had about 12 people in her hospital room, which wasn't optimum, to say the least. So, I'm going down (alone) today since I know her MIL, DH and in-laws will be at work, and the kids will be in school. I'll see what I can do, and be there if she needs me, and then leave before the rest arrive in the early evening hours. 
(DH has a GM Sahara; needs the space for transporting paintings when he has gallery showings). Okay, and having said ALL THAT, my point was that I'm NOT going to weigh myself before we go, because if the scale is less friendly than I'd like, I will be bummed out, 
on my own behalf, and afraid to weigh in, I am VERY proud of you!!!!! What a great job you're doing!!!! I just KNOW how much better you're feeling, and I'm so, so happy for you! Hah! A decorator for my office??? I wish!!!! Or not, actually. It's true that I spend seven hours a day there for the most part, and may well be working until I drop dead at ninety - or a hundred and ten - but my job (and my office) is SO not my life. It's okay. It's not the worst thing I could be doing, but if I could, I'd retire tomorrow, trust me. I would traipse around to antique dealers and flea markets and auctions and what-have-you looking for bargains, and then restore & resell them - preferably with coordinating pieces: I LOVE choosing a color scheme and then putting together just the right rug and drapes and accents and furnishings to make it all look perfect. And I would do a little sculpting, a lot of reading, a little gardening.... ah, well. 
Have a great weekend, my dear friend..
Its my sister-in-law's birthday today too. My late husband was born in 1945 --- must have been a good year for great people!!!
We are here in PA. right now and will be here for at least a week. I think we will probably head back to MO around the 29th. then spend a week there. Here is a picture that I took getting ready to go over the Mississippi river in St. Louis, MO. I have a few other pictures of the river that I will try to upload too. These are the bridges that go over the river. The other picture is the Mississippi as we are going across the bridges. I have a couple more pictures that I took of a HUGE Cross that is along the highway in Illinois. I'll try to post those later this evening. I forgot how slow DIAL UP is!!! 
He weighed in at 9lbs, 14 oz., and I lost just about 10 pounds having him. Go figure.