And yet, more cleaning

 It is weird I am not manic this is what normal people must do "Oh the floor is awful I need to sweep and mop"  

So I did that.  This is what the mop water looked like when I finished.  

The floor looks great.  The tape on the floor under my foot?  Ron and I were bickering one day over the placement of my favorite chair and he said "How about this?" and moved the chair where he liked.  I was OK with it.  "OK" he said "Let's mark it" and he got the duct tape.  We had a deal if it was between the tape and the wall he could move it back.  It worked very well and it is a good rule of thumb anyway.  I moved that chair into the Bible room so I could have a more comfortable God Time.  

At some point I plan to get another "Pello" chair for the front room but for now I put my bags there.  Not a lot of room up here.  

I also cleaned the toilet.  I have hard water and hate scrubbing those minerals!  Last time I overdid it scrubbing.  

I don't know if it's just me but a lot of times I have the ability to tune out pain so I didn't realize I had hurt the muscles in my hand scrubbing so hard until the next week when I could barely lift a glass of water to my mouth.  I had a heck of a time doing my job!  Another time at work I did the same thing to the left hand carrying a portable printer in my left hand all night.  

So I was careful to baby my hand.  

Tomorrow's only five and a half hours.  I am looking forward to that.  What they are doing is cutting my hours in the early week and then adding it on and then some at the end of the week.  It makes sense. 

I just hate getting up at 3 AM Monday to get ready for work; but every time I take the bus to work I save $19 and reach people I would normally never have met.  That is worth it to me but getting to sleep in an extra half hour?  Getting home an hour early?  I will take it!  

And I'm caught up on the laundry and I put everything up.  I even washed the bedding in a rare moment when the cats left it unguarded.  

I might try taking a nap now.   

Sunday morning

 I woke up a couple times last night, kept the phone on because Dad is sick.  

No calls, no text, that's good.  

I asked, twice, different text messages could I have some stuff delivered for them and nothing.  But she said thank you for sending her my schedule.  The week of the 21st is going to suck, I have to work Sunday until 8 PM and then 9 AM the next day?!  

Tomorrow is nice, though, I start at 9:30 and get off at 3.  It can be a bit hectic.  But she should be off as well.  

Mom finally got back to me and said I could send a few things.  So I got some stuff like the vapor steam tablets you put in the shower, the really good Mexican cough drops (the green bag Broncolin ones), lavender bath salts for Mom.  

Oh I didn't place the order, glad I checked!  

Kind of a confusing checkout.  

I'm going to clean the floor which is beyond ick.  It's swept now, a little bit of a headache and allergies are bad.  The Claratin does a good job on the overall but not the eyes.  There are allergy eye drops but I am weird about putting things in my eye, having worked with "The Blind" for 31 years.  2 years in high school before I met Ron and then 29 years with him.   Cherish your eyes, he'd say.  It's terrible to be blind.  

I'm going to take a nap.  Well that didn't work so I'm up again.  

That's it for now.  

Picking up, a narrative

 I thought I'd do a narrative on cleaning up the house this afternoon: 

• Clean litter box, toss.  
• Collect trash and dispose.  
• Don't forget the bathroom garbage, and a replacement bag.
• Welp, forgot the bedroom trash can.  Get that.  
• Collect recycle (all rooms) and dispose
• Decide not to move Biscuit to wash bedding.  
• Check weather as it looks like rain tomorrow.  
• Open up phone and read message, put away without checking the weather.  
• Open it up again and check the weather, put phone in pocket.  
• Get that soda I had been thinking about for a while (diet).  
• Get on Facebook for a minute.  
• Think "Oh Crap could I have ADD?"  
• Clean out fridge - not too bad.  
• Look around kitchen in despair.  
• Spotty!  
• Soak cycle done on washer, start wash cycle.  
• Move candy to Bible room and organize Handout stuff.  
• Make mental inventory of Bible room supplies and organize.  
• Find tracts online for sponsor and send her a link.  
• Fall down a rabbit hole of tracts and find 3 contenders.  
• Go back to kitchen, sigh.  
• Oh maybe the mail came.  
• Check the mail.  
• Oh I need to weed the garden bed... 
• Start at one end of the kitchen (it's a u shape not very big with the sink in the middle)
• Clean it off, toss a few things, put other things on stove.  
• Clean surface (takes a couple of tries)
• Put desired items back.  
• Move to the other side of stove, clear a space, clean, put desired items back.  
• Encounter canned food on counter and realize I have to clean out the cabinet under the counter to make space for canned food.  
• Start on that.  
• 6 PM, time to call Mom and Dad.  

More later...

I didn't do a formal Handout today

 But I did put a sign on my cart, and wore the Free Bibles hat.  One woman riding in a truck was interested but the man driving didn't stop.  My first customer was a guy driving a SUV, very bad teeth, very thin, wearing braces as an adult man.  I figure he just got to the US.  He wanted an English (his English was pretty good) and a Spanish so I gave him one of each.  

When I got to the grocery store I moved the Bible bag when I was putting my groceries in the cart, and when I put the bag back on the cart I immediately turned to pay.  The bag tipped over and a New Testament slid out, teasing the cashier into asking questions.  God does all the work on this stuff!  I thought it was great and gave it to her of course.  I like the Abundant Life NLT New Testament anyway it is an easy to read translation and it has a ton of helps.  

That's all I had energy for so that's all I did.  I shouldn't be doing it in "My" strength anyway but "His".  I got lower carb stuff if you discount the milk.  I didn't get any snack foods, cereal, or pancake mix.  

I only got one bag of pinata mix because that's all they had.  I like to have a reserve bag but I'll take what I get.  I thought it was cute, when I was waiting to go home the "wrong way" bus waved and honked as he went by.  

I am very tired even after a nap; I am debating if I want to do some housework tonight and then take it easier tomorrow.  I would like to do that.  Do I have the energy?  I don't know.  

I am taking iron pills in case I am anemic even though I haven't had a cycle in a while.  

Dad is pretty sick and Mom is giving him Nyquil which I am pretty sure is out for a heart patient, but I didn't tell her that.  He said he doesn't have a fever so I am guessing bad allergies.  He was supposed to see a doctor today.  I know tree pollen is really bad here which is one reason I may be so tired.  I will need to use the Neti pot again.  

There is something blooming here, sweet and somewhat grassy smelling.  I don't know what it is but it was blooming the day Ron died and it's not a good association.  I have to remind myself.  Maybe lilacs?  

That's it for now; more later.  

Feliz Viernes

 It has been crazy at work.  I am earning my keep.  I ate on my break so I'm not hungry on my lunch.  

I am going to do up some cards for tomorrow.  

Challenging ride to work

 Manic individuals.  Homeless.  No one paid the fare but me.  Some homeless chick kept staring at me all the way to her stop.  I got a very clear NO on engaging her in any way.

I get to Walmart I am standing up by the door.  The bus driver opens it.  A woman starts to get on and he holds up a hand, she gets on anyway, face to face with me.  By now I am FED UP and don't budge so she "has" to get off, cussing at me.  

I say "People get OFF here, too" as I walk off.  I thought that was pretty low key.

The store was packed everyone wants to drop that paycheck now.  Ugh.  And I haven't even clocked in,!  

I made it to Friday

 Tonight I work until 10 so a post is unlikely tonight.  

I don't have an update on the abused cats.  My cats are OK I think they mainly hang out in the house/yard being older and fixed.  #6 seems to have a puppy - every several years he gets a dog for about 5-6 months and then gets rid of it.  It is sad for the dog.  

Do I just live among buttheads or what?  

Uneventful ride to work, new drivers which was good.  I had leftover candy which I gave (very happily received) to the bank when I passed by later.  Work started out with a "nice" boss then moved to "Her" at 2, but I was on the zone at 2 (another department) and then had my lunch at 3 as approved by the nice one.  So I only had her for 3 hours.  In that time I did everything she asked.  

I did find out one of my coworkers is a backstabber - she dumped work on my cart and then said "I don't care" when I said I would get in trouble if she did that.  I need to reread Dale Carnagie before I talk to her again.  Put it in her own best interest somehow.  But I took photos of my work and my cart before I left thank you very much for reminding me.  I am sure she dumped it all in my area when I left.  

I did some shopping after work, I got some protein powder - I like to put that in milk for breakfast, some nuts and seeds to make my version of trail mix, etc.  I also got another 2 pound block of extra sharp cheddar.  

Ace got me an hour later.  I work until 10 PM tonight so that's going to be another long day but then I am off for 2 days.  I am hoping to do a Bible Handout if God lets me.  

I wore my new Mukluk compression socks (the cotton blend ones) and they were very comfy I was impressed.  I was on my feet for a very long time - a total of 12 hours.  

I need to take a shower and do my God Time.  

I was thinking in the shower about boundaries and loving my neighbor.  T, the coworker I mentioned, is lazy.  She will do the minimum and get an attitude when asked to actually work, but that seems standard with a lot of the young ones.  

The Bible says I have to love my neighbor and help them out.  But I don't believe He wants me to enable someone to shirk their duties, either.  The boss actually asked me to do some of T's work and I did it, quickly and well, but I did not do any more even though it looked like a mess.  She has to stand or fall on her own; the lady who normally helps her is out of town so this is the chance to show what you can do.  Or not.  

I have to seek God's will on that because I want to gossip - bad bad bad.  I don't want to do a thing to help her out.  That is also bad.  But she needs to stand on her own feet and I don't feel it is God's will for me to enable her to slack off.  The boss needs to see she is not a good worker and take appropriate action.  

There was another one like that who was unfortunately friends with her and T learned some very bad habits.  But my friend says she was a good worker when she first came so maybe she can be redeemed as an employee.  

Speaking of redeemed I did up my candy for the day.  I have about 10 bags.  My boss likes the green fruit chews, and the purple ones, so I made her her own bag.  I will either give it to her or put it where she will find it.  I don't need to put it in her hand.  

I actually feel bad for her.  Her job is very difficult.  

Onto a totally different subject I could not find the cheapo store brand vanilla whey so I got some cafe au lait last night.  It is very good I will enjoy these shakes.  The shake mix has a little caffeine in it which may or may not be a good thing.  I am way over the limit on caffeine every day.  

I also got the cats canned food (they like the store brand mixed grill in fact that is what I used to trap Cleo so I could spay her), some Temptations catnip treats (they all like that), and some Iams Urinary which they all eat.  I figure nearly every male cat I've had gets FLUTD I might as well feed Spotty (5 yo male) the food now before he has a chance to get sick.  And on my budget I would have to put him down.  They all seem very healthy though.  

And Cleo seems fine on the special food, she is so big I know neighbors are feeding her, too.  She has a very sweet and ingratiating meow I enjoy, when she's begging, and if she asks me for something she's getting it!  

They (Cleo, Biscuit) like a little splash of milk in their milk bowl when I am making a whey shake or a bowl of cereal.  I do give them that and they don't get sick.  

Spotty is just a dry (food) man and a few treats a day, he's good.  He doesn't even eat wet food.  

Biscuit sleeps on me every night it is very cute but a little hard to move around, get up for the bathroom, etc. I don't mind.  One day he'll be gone and the memories are all I'll have.  

Based on what I saw with the neighbor the other day (it is not #2, #6, or the guy across the street) he will probably be replaced by another abused cat in short order.  I might also look into the Seniors for Seniors program after I turn 50 - the shelter matches senior pets with older adults who can't afford one, and provides free vet care and sometimes food.  I love older cats.  

The sky is overcast and it is forecast to get up to the 70's today.  It is just at the line where I don't bring chocolate but I had a few leftover bags with it in my tote bag so we'll see  

That's it for now, more when I get to work.