Rod leaned on the counter pleading. “It’s Mom’s 86th birthday. I have to be there tonight.â€
The clerk listened, nodded, repeated: next flight is 2:30 a.m. You will have to wait until then.
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After looking several times at the picture provided to us by those photogenic Trifecta editors, I noticed way in the dark background a young man leaning on the counter. Hmmm, what is HIS story? Thus these 33 words. I imagine there is much more to tell.
🙂
So . . . I’ve been “swimming” with the Ladybug since last August? September? I dunno, somewhere in there. And, I’ve just sorta been in a slump if you will. Tuesday Coach Will says . . . you need to mix it up there, moosie! Try zoomers tomorrow.
me? ACK!!! I can’t do that!
Ladybug? Sure you can, Mama – just . . .
BUTTER
Yeah, that was me – cutting through the water like a hot knife through butter . . . zooming from one end to the other . . . and back again. Surprisingly difficult! My ankles felt like fire – like they were trying to disconnect from my legs – but the POWER in the water! Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about!
You all knew that I am NOT a swimmer, right? Right – I don’t like to put my face in the water (brain eating amoebas and all that – and, oh yeah – water up the nose and the like) – you have to put your face in the water in order to swim!
Nevertheless . . . I am also not one to back down to a challenge – so, zoom I did – and cut my lap time in more than half! Shocked! Fun! (all without putting my face in the water, too – used a kickboard – of course, there WAS a lot of water going up my nose! Sputter, sputter, cough!
JELLY
That, my friends, is what my legs felt like after I got out of the pool . . . and for most of the morning after I got to work – rubbery, slippery, jelly.
It got better through the day – but I am a bit sore tonight.
Sooooooooooooooo in the infamous words of the Ladybug. . . .
it’s all COACH WILL’s fault!
heh
So, I’m in my last couple of weeks as the interim ed. In some senses, it’s seemed very short – could be that extra stint in the hospital has something to do with that. That, and the recuperation time after the surgery that required some half days.
😉
But, in other ways it has seemed like a very long three months. Could be the quirks and foibles of managing a diverse group of staff has something to do with that.
I am blessed because they are a great staff. They work hard for little pay (in comparison to big business) and they do it willingly because their hearts are with the clients. It’s a tough job that they do. I tell them often (but probably not nearly enough) that I am thankful for what they do.
Today the bookkeeper teased me when I complained about my left eye. It is probably just a bit of hay fever – but it has been itching like crazy for the past few weeks. My left eyebrow also had a bit of the twitchies a couple of weeks ago. We were standing together before leaving the building tonight when I mentioned these things and the bookkeeper just looked at me, grinned, and then told the rest . . . “there is something about people in ‘that office’. They all have SOMEthing go wrong with their eyes – they twitch – they . . . ” and she was off.
Is there something to it? Nah, probably not. But it gave us all a good laugh as we closed out what had been a somewhat tense day – and that’s not a bad thing, is it?
this was sent to me by a cousin who still lives in the Columbus area . . .
the email said something like . . .
even the snowmen are tired of the Ohio weather.
bwahahahaha!
Well, not in ALASKA, of course . . . no, my friends. It snowed TWENTY INCHES in Columbus, Ohio. This is important because . . . that is where we are headed next Sunday!
Oh, the smirks and laughter we are experiencing. Oh, the pain of it all. Seriously – we are melting at a rapid rate here in ALASKA, while out there in the midwest it SNOWED TWENTY INCHES.
Never fear – we DO know how to drive in the white stuff (unlike some Ohioans we’ve seen on the tv) and, we’ll make sure that the rental car has all sorts of insurance – for our protection, of course.
Not to mention that it will probably ALL be gone by the time we arrive next Sunday noonish.
We are taking our oldest granddaughter with us. She and I were supposed to go to Washington, D.C. for spring break – and the trip was cancelled. So, with the same amount of money I had spent and gotten refunded we are able to all go – grandpa, the Girl and me. It will cover the airfare, hotel AND car rental. (are we thinking the DC trip is a tad overpriced? No, that actually covers all DC transportation, lodging, food, and admissions – so it’s all equal, I guess)
Juneau was great – I walked a LOT – up and down the big hill from the hotel to the Capitol building and to the office where our meetings were being held. Visited with one of my legislators and spoke to the staff of the other two. Unfortunately, it would seem they are pretty set in their way and the hoped for funds will not be coming through. That is sad – as it affects 20 dv agencies. I can’t imagine status quo – most likely people around the state are going to be let go. Or our insurance coverage rates will go up. Or . . . too much to think about.
But, I did enjoy the trip – right up to coming home when the planes were being grounded for this or that – I left Juneau 2 hours late – missed my flight in Anchorage – got another flight – left an hour later than it was supposed to leave – then they forgot to put my bag on that flight. So it sat in Anchorage for a couple more hours before they could get it down here.
All in a day’s work in Alaska.
unlike Ohio . . .
where they had TWENTY INCHES OF SNOW!
bwahahahahahahaha