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Mr. P is out and about on his trike having a good ole time.
He says if I don't receive a call from my calls today he's going back tomorrow to the office again.
This is ridiculous.
It will 3 weeks from tomorrow that he went in for an emergency appointment , was told he will get call soon for outpatient surgery.
We still have Aug. 17th appt. with him at the Benson office. Which was the original one to begin with.
What's he going to do, say the same thing again? Because he does that surgery in Tucson.
Mr. P is out and about on his trike having a good ole time.
He says if I don't receive a call from my calls today he's going back tomorrow to the office again.
This is ridiculous.
It will 3 weeks from tomorrow that he went in for an emergency appointment , was told he will get call soon for outpatient surgery.
We still have Aug. 17th appt. with him at the Benson office. Which was the original one to begin with.
What's he going to do, say the same thing again? Because he does that surgery in Tucson.
If you are on good terms with your local doctor, maybe he/she could light a fire under them?
YES!
We finally got a call from Docs office, they said the heart doc has a new nurse assistant and things are a little backed up.
They will be calling soon as they get an opening.
At least we aren't in limbo about it any longer.
Whew!
I work on those systems, and teach up-n-coming, wanna-be aircraft mechanics about them, too. But the cabins are closely packed and just that proximity can transfer any contagious vectors. Also, touching things that others with illnesses have touched will cause you to get sick. Have you ever heard about the "cruise ship sickness"? Any of a group of noro viruses that are transmitted by contact. Best solution, wash your hands and try to avoid touching your nose, eyes, and mouth in such conditions of close contact with others.I can confirm that they do not recirculate the air in airplanes. Actually, many planes have a nitrogen-oxygen separator that provides inert nitrogen to the fuel tanks (less potential of explosion or fire) with the separated oxygen used to supplement that provided to the cabin by pressurization alone. Alas, close proximity with other people and/or lack of appropriate hygienic practices do contribute to the spread of various germs.Yep, Foxy, we are back from Hawaii. Had a wonderful time. Did lots of fun stuff. Spent a lot of money! Saw things I've never seen before. Took a swim on the famous Waikiki Beach!!! Now for the bad news... I must be the most unlucky person in the whole world!!! Plane got to O'Hare Airport at 0500 as planned, took the bus to Rockford and picked up the truck from the parking lot and drove home. Wasn't feeling too well. Got home at about 0830 on Wednesday morning. Well, at 0300 on Thursday I woke up and found it very difficult to breathe. Went to the hospital emergency room to find out that somehow I had pneumonia!!! Who goes to Hawaii in July, when it's 85 dregrees with a nice mild breeze and comes home with pneumonia? I was admitted into the hospital and not let out until Friday afternoon. Feeling better now and nearly finished taking the antibiotics and steroids. It's the strangest thing I have ever heard of. Still a bit weak but feeling better everyday. It's an odd thing I tell you. Really really odd!
The one time I flew any distance (it was to Hawaii, too), I came home sick. I thought I was just jet-lagged, so I slept, but then I spiked a fever! It was the damnedest thing. I did recover without a doctor visit. Of course, I was 18, too.
I think sometimes those long flights on airplanes that just keep circulating the same air are conducive to concentrating whatever bugs the passengers are spreading.
And how are you doing now ricechickie after your own recent bout in the hospital? On a normal diet yet?
That's good to know. I just assumed that all those folks coughing or breathing germs into the air for hours and hours was why so many folks do get sick after flying.
I fly hang gliders long ago. I'm not sure I'd do it now. Of course, I used to ride motorcycles, once coast-to-coast.I've done the hang gliding thing, sans power, long ago...Sand City on the other side of the bay from Monterey, and a couple of places along the Big Sur coast. Quit a quick, but lots of work to get there for a few minutes of "hang time". I actually built an Icarus, long ago and far away, and flew it off the Big Sur...quite a rush, I'll admit!I've always wanted to buzz around on a kite...hanglider sorta thing with a fan on the back to keep me going for as long as I could. Over fields of flowers, rivers, streams, above tall trees like my avie...what a raven would see during a leisurely flight. THAT would be awesome.It's the perfectly good ones that provide enough room between you and the ground!I never considered it prudent or logical to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
Skydiving is first, the most fun you can have with your trousers on and second, The ruination of roller coasters forever. No coaster can compare.
Skydiving will open your sinuses!
Albuquerque elevation ranges from 4900 feet on the river banks in the south valley to roughly 6500 feet in the highest residential area in the northeast heights close to the mountain. The Sandia mountains form the eastern boundary of the city. We have folks who launch their unpowered hang gliders from Sandia Crest, the highest point of the mountain at 10,600+ feet, sail around on the strong thermal currents close to the mountain for awhile and eventually land in the valley below somewhere.
As a personal aside, it looks like it would be glorious, but I don't know how many strong people it would take to push me over that cliff.(Or out of that airplane for that matter.)
Bells and pepper spray = dinner bells and seasoning.We've had reports of a black bear prowling the neighborhood here near the Luxurious Pimplebutt Estate. Black bears are common in the woods, but not so much in and around town. I'm sure this one is one of the picnic basket swiping variety. Those who have encountered the pesky bear say it has found something of a smorgasbord at bird feeders. The black oil sunflower seeds are a favorite and the bear has been known to chug-a-lug the sugar water from hummingbird feeders.
Black bears are fairly benign, easily distracted and intimidated. Folks here have been advised to bang pots and pans together in order to chase it back into the wild. I've heard that way out west were black bears, brown bears and grizzly bears are common hikers are advised to carry small bells and pepper spray with them as they venture into bear country. When grizzly bears are present bear experts can tell by the scat found near trails. When there are grizzly bears about the scat found has bits of bell in it and smells of pepper spray.
Meanwhile I have Daisy the Mutt standing watch.
Looks like home! That's Denali in the background.And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana!!!! (Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant.)
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Sherry and daughter and family,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
ricechickie and BBD for continued wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.
And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, and all others we hope will return.
Sunset over Willow Lake, Alaska
Looks like home! That's Denali in the background.And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana!!!! (Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant.)
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Sherry and daughter and family,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
ricechickie and BBD for continued wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.
And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, and all others we hope will return.
Sunset over Willow Lake, Alaska
That's why I selected it for the sign off photo last night.
I have a similar view from my Willow place, no lake, though.Looks like home! That's Denali in the background.And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana!!!! (Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant.)
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Sherry and daughter and family,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
ricechickie and BBD for continued wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.
And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, and all others we hope will return.
Sunset over Willow Lake, Alaska
I have a similar view from my Willow place, no lake, though.Looks like home! That's Denali in the background.And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana!!!! (Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant.)
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Sherry and daughter and family,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
ricechickie and BBD for continued wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.
And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, and all others we hope will return.
Sunset over Willow Lake, Alaska
Back from the postal test. I passed, but apparently it is based on your overall score. They list people from highest to lowest and then they pick. It is wait and see time. Been a very good week so far, looking forward to the next few days and see what gets done or unfolds.
Yup! About 5-6 miles. They use it as a float plane base in the summer and use skis on the planes in the winter. That picture looks like late fall, before it freezes, but it's cold at night and "warm" during the day. Hunting season would be my guess.I have a similar view from my Willow place, no lake, though.Looks like home! That's Denali in the background.And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana!!!! (Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant.)
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Sherry and daughter and family,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
ricechickie and BBD for continued wellness,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.
And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, and all others we hope will return.
Sunset over Willow Lake, Alaska
But Willow Lake is fairly near your place, yes?
I'm not sure about the USPO, but I can vouch that Homeland Security up here in AK is pretty loaded with good ole boys at the higher levels. When they first started setting things up, I applied for the Asst Director's job for the State of AK. In addition to top-notch training and experience, I had great scores on all their tests. For over a year, they called every couple of weeks to see whether I had changed my mind about the $35,000-yr trainer's job they offered me instead. The Asst Director's job had already been parceled out to someone's political buddy. I've never regretted not taking that piddly job.Back from the postal test. I passed, but apparently it is based on your overall score. They list people from highest to lowest and then they pick. It is wait and see time. Been a very good week so far, looking forward to the next few days and see what gets done or unfolds.
When we first moved back to New Mexico, Hombre, a senior master all lines adjuster with all kinds of management experience plus being a licensed insurance agent in two states, applied to head the New Mexico insurance commission, a salaried state position. He went to Santa Fe and took the test and scored the highest percentile ever scored on that test, far surpassing all the others, plus his experience and credentials were the best. He didn't get the job. At that time nepotism and cronyism were rampant and if you didn't 'know somebody' and have some connections, you didn't get hired.
Hopefully the U.S. Post Office is large enough that more objectivity will be applied.
