USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Ringel05]

Thinking about Mr. and Mrs. Ringel on their moving day today. Hoping all has gone smoothly. I am guessing they'll probably overnight here in Albuquerque.

Nope, that plan fell through. Have to remain as fluid as possible......... Plan d-e-f-g-h............

 

[Sherry]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Why should you not feel innocent about mushrooms?

Save, I don't care what they say...you're a fungi.

 

[Ringel05]

I have to climb up on my soap box this afternoon. Last night at around 9:00 pm I took a friend of mine down to the
Emergency Room because she had fallen in the shower and broke her arm. We got to the Emergency Room about 9:30 pm. We didn't get away from the Emergency Room until 3:00 am. The problem was the waiting room was completely full of people. There were old folks there, young mothers with babies, and everything in between. None of them, and I repeat, none of them appeared to be ill or in any kind of medical distress. The atmosphere was that of a carnival. The kids were running all over playing and doing the things that unsupervised young kids do to pass the time. My friend was finally seen and were got her the treatment she required but she could have been seen much earlier if the Emergency Room was not full of people who did not require that level of medical care.

The biggest problem these days, well for the last couple of decades is medicare/medicaid people use the ER as a doc in the box and those under 35 years of age go to see a doctor (often in the ER) for a simple splinter removal. Any little sign that they might be getting something and off to the ER they go if they can't see their regular doctor right away. It's one of the reasons medical costs have skyrocketed.

 

[Ringel05]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Texas tomorrow....... The movers will arrive on Saturday, more fun.........

 

[Sherry]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Cool! How did you do that, you tricky chicky?

It's been so long that I don't remember.

 

[Ringel05]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Cool! How did you do that, you tricky chicky?

It's been so long that I don't remember.

That's how you can claim innocence........

 

[ChrisL]

Looks like we will break into the 70s about May.

BBD found a soap box? Wonder where he was keeping that?

Sherry is thinking about "mushrooms"?

Did Ringel end up in Texas?

How bad does your NCAA bracket challenge look?

Texas tomorrow....... The movers will arrive on Saturday, more fun.........

Well, at least you seem to be somewhat organized. Whenever I've moved, I just throw things in boxes and then when I get to my destination, I'm completely lost. I'm like, where's my dishes and where is my silverware. Good Lord! Where are my clothes?

 

[Foxfyre]

Okay........ We're not getting out of here tonight, the movers just finished about a half hour ago and we still have stuff that wouldn't fit in the moving van so tomorrow morning we get up early, I finish loading the truck and car, put what we can't take in the garage and come back to pick it up in a week or two. Cleared it with the landlord so we're good there. I'd get a small trailer but we have to be in El Paso before 6pm to sign the lease and pick up the keys and the Uhaul place doesn't open here till 9am.

Whoa that's cutting it really close.

 

[Foxfyre]

Well maybe not THAT close if you don't have any delays and eat while driving. Anyway I'll wish the R's god speed and no problems tomorrow. And I'm headed out for the night.

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

And we're still keeping vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Sunshine,
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
TK, and TK's grandma,
Spoonie, Ringel, 007, Hombre, Sheila, Alan, & GW's sore backs,
Sherry’s Mom,
Becki and Becki’s hubby,
Sheila and son Andrew,
Noomi’s Auntie Marj,
The Ringels in difficult transition,
Boedicca's mom for healing and relief from pain,
Mrs. BBD's knee,
Save and Mrs. L in adversity,
Chris in transition,
Mrs. O and SFCOllie and Colonel,
GW's daughter, her friend Sachendra, and Sachendra's husband Bob and son Gary.
Ernie's friend and colleague Max,
Noomi!!!
Ernie for wellness, rest, and extra strength,
Ringel for wellness, rest, and extra strength,
Those in the dangerous cold zones,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
Safe travels for those traveling,
All who are dealing with colds and flu,
And all others we love and hold in concern.

And the light is on awaiting the return of Sheila and Becki and all the others who have been MIA lately. We hope everyone is okay.

P.S. Sometimes in the editing of the vigil list or when I have switched computers, somebody gets dropped that is supposed to be on it. This will always be inadvertent and if ya'll would call it to my attention, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Nosmo King]

Thanks for the prayer! I am dealing with a cold. It started Monday afternoon. I took off from work early Tuesday and I went down to the office this morning. I was promptly sent back home.

I stayed up last night coughing. This morning, my throat is as red as The Daily Worker and twice as sore.

Needless to say, nothing has been done in the bedroom renovation since Sunday. Daisy the Mutt and I have been sharing the twin size mattress in the sleeper sofa. It has been less than comfortable.

 

[Ava]

Interviewing for a job is the worst. It's harder work than actually doing any job.
I'm not looking for a job but I had somebody reach out to me for one about a month ago, so I did a phone interview with them. By the end of the interview I knew I wasn't the person that they really needed and were looking for, so I told them so. Bonus points for my candor and honesty, maybe they'll contact me again if they have something I am a better fit for.

Even though I'm not looking, I know that long term I probably need a new job. The company I work for just recently got bought out by another company. It's probably going to take about two years+ to merge all of our systems and I am currently one of the IT resources merging our financial systems and I've been involved in early discusions about merging our supply chains. I'm guessing it's two to three years until they close our corp office and I don't want to be "the last man standing", but I've got time. They need us IT folk to handle the system merges.

Another thing I hate is when they want you to fill out an application. Good GOD! Some of them are like 5 pages long. It's as if they want to know your entire life's history. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Sometimes, the ones you fill out online are the worst.

ChrisL, we had a 4 page application form, each of the 45 employees had to finish before they were hired. The main reason for it was to see IF a potential employee would complete it. That told us about many things about the applicant and their attitude and that they really wanted to work and the chances of them working according to the job description to which they were applying, were increased, rather than decreased had they not completed it.

Those that didn't complete it, didn't get a job. Red flag....trouble ahead. lol

Yes, we also had a long application form for the same reason and it is amazing how many people were not literate enough to complete it. And because our work required a lot of technical writing, we also had applicants write a 50 to 100-word-essay on why they wanted the job. This was to verify that they had the necessary writing skills to do it so they had to do it with us, and not just bring it in (in which case somebody else could have written it for them.) Sadly, many could not write a coherent 50 to100-word essay on why they wanted the job.

True, on the literacy factor. Also if they didn't complete the form it was because they felt it was too long. That told me about their working attitude. Their way or the highway.

These application processes are often psychological. One HAS to know of the attitude of the applicant. If it is a positive one, it usually means they are more than willing to learn the job, being offered. It also told me, who was over-qualified or under-qualified. If I hired the accountant who was applying for the desk clerk job, as an example, I knew, generally speaking, he or she would be leaving as soon as they found what they were really qualified for.

Yup. However, the smart ones--like me (cough)--would underplay their qualifications when we needed a job. I married a guy who got transferred a lot. So I had to start over after each move. And I often would start out in a job I didn't really want or intend to stay in because it is so much easier to get hired if you are already working. I sometimes felt a little guilty about that because I was taking a job somebody else might have wanted as a permanent job.

But I didn't lie. If they asked me my long term plans, I would just tell them something non commital. But I did make sure I earned my salary and more from day one.

Since our business was in a tourist town, in CA, I always asked the applicant how long they have lived here. Many people new to the area will take any kind of work they can get, so if the accountant was new to the area and didn't lie, they didn't get the desk-clerk position. Phone calls to former places of employment helped make my decision.

As you know it takes time and money to train any new employee and my keen intuitive sense about applicants ( and people in general ) saved us a lot of time and money.

 

[Ava]

Well as Dolly Parton quipped recently, she doesn't wear sweats. It's gonna be tight pants or no pants. But I confess I love my sweats. But I do want them to fit.

I wear sweat pants as my comfy clothes for cleaning and for jammies.

I wear sweats for cleaning, too. But not for jammies, as I don't wear those. Sometimes if it is good and cold in my bedroom, I wear the tops to a pajama set.

 

[Ava]

Giving up pop will melt those pounds away. I gave it up years ago but I will use a diet pop if I am having a cocktail. lol.

Thank goodness this weather seems to have broken b/c now I can run outside again.

You know what's funny? When you see someone ordering all sorts of unhealthy and fattening food from McDonald's or something, and then they order a diet Coke.

When she was still in high school our daughter worked for awhile as a waitress for the Village Inn a few blocks west of our house. And she was always amazed at how many people would order a diet coke float.

Lol. It must soothe their guilt or something.

I do love me some iced-cream though. Vanilla. Noms!

It's all in portion control, I think. Just a little bit of anything is fine. It's when your portion sizes are too big that you really run into trouble, IMO.

True. That is one reason I weigh myself first thing every morning, and at the same time each day, which is before any food or liquid is consumed. This way, if my weight is up one pound even, ( as today ) I will lose it by tomorrow, for I know which foods to have and which foods not to have and in what amounts. My regimen works for me.

 

[mdk]

Happy Friday everyone! I just got back from a nice long session at the gym and now I am ready for lunch. It is another early bird day for me. lol

 

[ChrisL]

Well as Dolly Parton quipped recently, she doesn't wear sweats. It's gonna be tight pants or no pants. But I confess I love my sweats. But I do want them to fit.

I wear sweat pants as my comfy clothes for cleaning and for jammies.

I wear sweats for cleaning, too. But not for jammies, as I don't wear those. Sometimes if it is good and cold in my bedroom, I wear the tops to a pajama set.

Believe me, if you lived here, you would wear jammies to bed. We get temperatures in the winter time below zero.

 

[Ava]

Well as Dolly Parton quipped recently, she doesn't wear sweats. It's gonna be tight pants or no pants. But I confess I love my sweats. But I do want them to fit.

I wear sweat pants as my comfy clothes for cleaning and for jammies.

I wear sweats for cleaning, too. But not for jammies, as I don't wear those. Sometimes if it is good and cold in my bedroom, I wear the tops to a pajama set.

Believe me, if you lived here, you would wear jammies to bed. We get temperatures in the winter time below zero.

Oh, I have lived in those climates. Frigid. I like my bedroom to be about 50 degrees The thermostat used to be set at 50, and I like to use a warming blanket year around. The less clothing I have on, the better I sleep.

 

[ChrisL]

Well as Dolly Parton quipped recently, she doesn't wear sweats. It's gonna be tight pants or no pants. But I confess I love my sweats. But I do want them to fit.

I wear sweat pants as my comfy clothes for cleaning and for jammies.

I wear sweats for cleaning, too. But not for jammies, as I don't wear those. Sometimes if it is good and cold in my bedroom, I wear the tops to a pajama set.

Believe me, if you lived here, you would wear jammies to bed. We get temperatures in the winter time below zero.

Oh, I have lived in those climates. Frigid. I like my bedroom to be about 50 degrees The thermostat used to be set at 50, and I like to use a warming blanket year around. The less clothing I have on, the better I sleep.

Okay.

 

[ChrisL]

I don't ever turn my heat on upstairs. I only use the heat downstairs because it is so damned expensive. I find that sleeping with a sweatshirt, socks and sweatpants under my sheet and one comforter, I'm usually comfortable that way. Occasionally I will get hot, but not usually.

I used to have an electric blanket, but I didn't like it because it gets way to hot for me. If you get hot with your sweat suit on, you can just take it off or take off just the pants and socks and be comfortable again.

In the summertime, that's another story entirely. I don't like to sleep with an air conditioner but just a fan, so I don't sleep in sweats in the summertime.

 

[Foxfyre]

I have to climb up on my soap box this afternoon. Last night at around 9:00 pm I took a friend of mine down to the
Emergency Room because she had fallen in the shower and broke her arm. We got to the Emergency Room about 9:30 pm. We didn't get away from the Emergency Room until 3:00 am. The problem was the waiting room was completely full of people. There were old folks there, young mothers with babies, and everything in between. None of them, and I repeat, none of them appeared to be ill or in any kind of medical distress. The atmosphere was that of a carnival. The kids were running all over playing and doing the things that unsupervised young kids do to pass the time. My friend was finally seen and were got her the treatment she required but she could have been seen much earlier if the Emergency Room was not full of people who did not require that level of medical care.

The biggest problem these days, well for the last couple of decades is medicare/medicaid people use the ER as a doc in the box and those under 35 years of age go to see a doctor (often in the ER) for a simple splinter removal. Any little sign that they might be getting something and off to the ER they go if they can't see their regular doctor right away. It's one of the reasons medical costs have skyrocketed.

In truth, the reason my aunt and uncle or any of us go to urgent care or the ER is their doctor TELLS them to. When your doctor can't give you an appointment for days or weeks away and you need medical attention NOW, there isn't any other recourse. It's better now that their doc has separated herself from all government and insurance programs and does strictly private practice. She charges a hefty fee up front - something like $1,500/year - but her patients do have access and can call her at any time and can get speedy appointments. Any tests she orders or specialists she refers her patients to can be covered by insurance though.

 

[Foxfyre]

And good morning, what's left of it, everybody. I slept in to compensate for a couple of earlier bad nights that didn't offer enough sleep so feel pretty good now.

Sending Nosmo healing vibes for his cold--it sucks to get those now when the weather is getting nicer. If we have to have them we should schedule them when we don't want to go out.

And thoughts remains with the Ringels as they travel today on their current big adventure. Talking about packing for a move, Hombre and I have almost certainly done that more than any of you--Hombre and I are living in our 19th home. So we have organization, packing and moving down to a fine science and know all the tricks of the trade. And it still sucks and it never gets easier.