soon, soon and a screw up

i uploaded pixtures to what I thought was a new page/post ...

alas -- i added them to yesterdays ... 

shit happens

the moon glow at 3:15ish this morning was pretty 

my orchid has buds!

rise and shine and go to work time

this morning was a pile of projects, two loads of laundry and as always a nice warm shower ... with fresh from the dryer clothes to wear -- might be my only pleasure in life this week.

this probably doesn't apply to my life -- but dang, I'm pretty close to toasted, fried, burned up and out ... it's been a long 5 months .. yes, this shit starts in November and it's non stop until the end of May.

I'm going into damage control mode tomorrow and whipping out the extension forms and emails .. we've been pretty diligent about sticking to our April 1st drop dead deadline.  If we didn't have it by April 1st - it wasn't getting done.  I'm amazed at the shit that got dropped off in the last 48 hours and the "gasp" ... "it won't get done, but we have until Monday".. really .. and really

I really underestimated the time it would take with the extra reporting requirements -- the stimulus and ATC -- it's not a lot of work, but a lot of clicking -- more proofing .. more calling for data, because clients don't always READ the instructions in our packets.  or didn't get our packets or didn't open our packets ... 

I mailed my own extension checks yesterday.  

all in a day, eh ... 

I'm tired

chemo #8 was yesterday, the patient is tired

 

and the end of the week ... was

sunday morning sunrise 

I started at 3:30 and was headed to town at 6 ...

I slept in ( 4:30 ) this morning and came directly to the office 

elder #1 seemed to be perkier ..

3 days post chemo and he struggles -- perks up and it starts all over again 

he had chemo and infusion therapy on Thursday -- this combo wreaks havoc on him

plain chemo not as bad

and then Friday afternoon this pix came in a text

pretty darn cool eh!

and then yesterday they shared pix on wastebook

vacation in Boseman MT

exciting stuff !!!

 

Rough Week

yeah -- the picture below is the reason for the above picture -- I never dreamed I would be working at 3:00 am or 4:00 am on a regular basis ... I heard #1 moving around this morning and we were chatting at 5:15 about the state of affairs on Daisy Lane -- 5:15am

I must admit -- my head hits the pillow by 9:00pm

most of the projects remaining are messy, difficult, messy, weird just plain ugly

it has been the year of income, lots of income -- 11, 1M$ returns this month alone, that is a lot for my clients/practices, rural minnesota

my coffee and I are going to finish a project or two and hit the pillow

hoping for another lovely day tomorrow 

a day with no people and no phones 

lots to do

 

April 7th

today is my Grandfather's Birthday -- 4/7/1907  -- # 115 and he's been gone 37 of them, I was 25 when he died -- seems like yesterday -- and then again 

in the chaos of almost deadline day 

Dad calls this morning -- the chemo schedule changed and we needed to get him there by 12:15 -- lots of scheduling changes lately -- protocols, schedules, planning and plotting

things are going okay for an 85 & 11 month year old guy with cancer .. but some of us don't have scheduling flexibility --- I made arrangements with a client to hang out in their conference room for a couple of hours -- well, the schedule changed and Jean is working in Mankato so she can pick him up -- I dumped ( literally) him and his backpack of gear ( tablet, charges, puzzle books, headphones and snacks ) at the door -- in the freaking snow

it will all work out -- next step is one more chemo and then comes the radiation, maybe ... still uncertain on radiation -- it's safety 

all those lovely restaurants in Mankato -- and I chose Arby's ... I had a jamoca shake for lunch ... Kate and Regis held down the fort while I was gone 

it's a shit show

 I wish I could balance life like this

the peaks and valleys are exhausting 

coffee isn't working any longer

it's getting to me

i googled losing my mind and well, this seemed the most appropriate -- some weird stuff appeared 

'cause google does that

then i had this dude in my picture stash

overcoming adversity 

we all need to do that better

 and I'm going to work on getting my focus back

i can i will and it will all work out

breakfast of champions

this pic (Amy Finsted) was on wastebook this afternoon (?) 

what a cool shot of Minneapolis on an inbound flight 

I had saved a pix of my " monster cookie cheesecake" that I had for breakfast, but I deleted it while editing and can't find it ... it's a rough life I lead

the cheese cake was tasty

two more 4:00 am starts -- I'm fading fast ....

 

 

April Fools Day

no freeking joke

I work too much.

the end.