It has been a long time since I have rambled. No one besides Kathy is hearing me anyway, but I will attempt to catch up.
I have way too many things going on in my life right now to do anything fun. Work is getting in the way of having a fun life. One of my co-workers is out on medical leave. We only have basically 5 core staff, not including our boss. We have a couple of people who fill in in a pinch. Well, we are in a PINCH big time. Four of us cannot cover 27/7/365....The annoying part is that they have really seen this coming and done nothing to really be ready for it. She has cancer and most likely will be out either for a long time or never be back. It is very sad, she has a sad life and it is complicated with stress that no doubt let to her cancer's return. We are all scrambling around trying to figure out new schedules and changing our lives around to try and "fix" the issues. Had they posted the position in anticipation, it may have helped. They always seem to work from behind instead of forward thinking. Annoying!!!
There have been other work things going on but way more complicated and frustrating than needs to be mentioned here.
Dan took Ryan to the dentist for us last night so we could go on a motorcycle ride with the group from church. It was fun, a bit cold since it decided to rain a bit, but all in all we had a good time. Dan then fed Ryan supper too. He is getting much better to have around.
I bought a new phone today. I am text messaging more and decided the qwerty board was a necessity. I have a Blackberry now. It has a HUGE learning curve. I don't know, that string and a tin can was certainly less complicated.....
We are going to Michele and Tim's tomorrow. We need to get away!! Ryan is staying with the neighbors so we are actually going somewhere childless. I am not really thrilled with not taking him, but Jim feels we need some time away from him.
Ryan has been struggling big time in school. I am so worried about middle school. I sure hope the special ed department at that level is as good as what we have had so far. I do wonder if we need to further investigate Asbergers or something. I am not convinced he is only ADD. He does not do very well with any change in routine, last night when we got home, even though Dan had helped him with his homework, he was just bonkers. He so needs structure and routine and I am so tired......
One good in all of this, there should be a change in my work shift and I should be going to days when we get someone hired to replace me and the other night person who is leaving for another position.
OK, gone on way too long......and I am getting tired and want to go to bed already. Love this few hours up before feeling like crashing lifestyle. But, it may be over soon.
Christine
