Kevin's Watch

SoulBiter wrote:My daughter called me a couple of days ago about 7PM... middle of the week...not a normal time so we knew something was up.

After a few niceties she got down the brass tacks. She and her husband had their lease go up about 30% if they wanted to renew. They couldnt afford it and chose to look instead. After declining and looking, they tried to go back and sign the lease but it was already sold to someone else.

All that being said, my Son in law will be in Chiropractic school for at least 8 more months.... so he has to stay near school. No question.

So now my daughter, my Granddaughter Chloe, and my new Grandson on the way (will be less than a week old when they come up), will be coming to Ohio from Georgia to live with us for about 8 months while my SIL finishes school.

We are both very excited to have them here even under less than ideal conditions.

How wonderful!!!!! I’d LOVE to have my kids and grandies come stay!! My eldest is in another state and where they were renting decided to sell and with COVID it has been sooo hard finding a new place.

They’ve moved in with my other boy in Geelong for a short time - but I would love them to come home here with us - but no good for Alex’s work.

ENJOY!!!!!

Rough one SB, but sounds like a bit of a silver lining for you nonetheless.

Good luck to everybody.

Me, damn this has been a hectic week.

Massive (2-year) project went live like a swan...all elegant on top, mad scrabbling below the waterline. Still, it's afloat and no major casualties.

Now I'm in the second day of meetings with (external) developers on another huge (3 years so far) (internal) project that they badly underquoted us on through lack of paying close attention to the spec, so obviously they're desperate to claw anything they can back and end it, and we're pointing out that there are still massive flaws in the system.

Lot's of fun all round as you can imagine.

--A

"Go lives" can be the suc! So I certainly understand your stree. Our company has the horrible pattern of wanting to do multiple go-lives at a time, while also (anticipating - that means go live early) the projects.

Its quite stressful. Just a short time before retirement for my wife and I, although we do not have a solid date set yet. But I feel it in the wind. LOL

Skyweir wrote:

SoulBiter wrote:My daughter called me a couple of days ago about 7PM... middle of the week...not a normal time so we knew something was up.

After a few niceties she got down the brass tacks. She and her husband had their lease go up about 30% if they wanted to renew. They couldnt afford it and chose to look instead. After declining and looking, they tried to go back and sign the lease but it was already sold to someone else.

All that being said, my Son in law will be in Chiropractic school for at least 8 more months.... so he has to stay near school. No question.

So now my daughter, my Granddaughter Chloe, and my new Grandson on the way (will be less than a week old when they come up), will be coming to Ohio from Georgia to live with us for about 8 months while my SIL finishes school.

We are both very excited to have them here even under less than ideal conditions.

How wonderful!!!!! I’d LOVE to have my kids and grandies come stay!! My eldest is in another state and where they were renting decided to sell and with COVID it has been sooo hard finding a new place.

They’ve moved in with my other boy in Geelong for a short time - but I would love them to come home here with us - but no good for Alex’s work.

ENJOY!!!!!

We are actually pretty excited to spend time with her and the Grandchildren. Hoping for a snowy Christmas this year. Being from Georgia, none of them have had Snow on Christmas before. I think that would be a great memory for all of them. Also cant wait for the holiday baking to start now that we have more family to share that time with!

Wow sounds fabulous!!

Plus a white xmas IS special … I haven’t had one of those since we moved here in 1971 lol

I think I've had snow on Christmas once in my life. It's a summer holiday for us.

Anyway, yeah, all good for the most part. Need a holiday but can't find time to put in for leave.

--A

ugh I think I caught your lurgy Av … head cold heaven atm .. sore throat, coughing painfully lol I think it was probably my “very big, bad, terrible, no good but lots of fun weekend”

Skyweir wrote: “very big, bad, terrible, no good but lots of fun weekend”

Well its understandable. Rumor has it that time with AV is all of the above.

Stands to reason, as HE complained of it first lol

Tis the mark of knowing how to have a good time

Today I feel slightly worse.

Bad timing as there is so much to do before the fire season starts in a few weeks: burning off, disposing of dead limb falls, weeding & feeding, and the biggest job my 1km hedge out front to attend to. Needs aggressive cut back but especially its height - it’s sitting at about 12-15’ heigh … and that’s too high!

Great privacy screen. And I have my summerhouse to build.

In sum - I need this head cold gone lol

Awww, checkin' in on this thread has been delightful!

SB's daughter and grandkids having a long-term visit... cool, though with its challenges.

Love the swan comparison, Av!
"elegant above the waterline, but mad scrabbling below the surface"

skyweir wrote:Great privacy screen. And I have my summerhouse to build.

This puts lovely images into my head! Yessss!
sorry you're sick!
Sincerely,
-a person who always forgets how much she hates being sick until she gets sick again.

Now, what about me... I.. have spent most of this summer socializing.
It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say I "moved my whole social life to Discord in 2020," but not much of one.
I really love involving myself in weird contexts, and talking to weird people.
(prepared for this by y'all, I guess! ooof... should I say that?!?)

Actually, I notice that I'm VERY drawn to talking online with people who've with mental health stuff and/or serious trauma in their past. Where's lorin when I need her? (She once mentioned she'd joined an online mental health forum, iirc.) In some version of the world, she would be my mentor. In any case, I was greatly helped (like unfathomably-enormously-helped) by things she wrote here.

Anyway, now that things have opened up, I'm also having new & sweet interactions with neighbors. (I have a really charmed life.) And OHHH, the church that we left 9 years ago kind of wants us back, and we are spending time with some of those folks.
So, wow, lots of social interactions on- and off-line.

It's kind of enviable, except I don't really feel like doing "responsible person stuff" like housework. (So the house is going to pot.)
Also, I embarked on a few writing projects, and now I'm experiencing a "hiccup" in which I don't write anything... so I have some anxieties pulsing around in the background where I grieve the way I'm "not getting anything done" with those.

I also have "responsible person stuff" I've been avoiding handling in the area of tutoring/teaching.
Starting a new P/T teaching thing this fall, and... wow, kids are going back to school so that means SOON!

All for now... I have likely written so much that this post will be impossible to respond to. (j/k)


EDIT: Added more punctuation and "Sincerely" to my greeting to Sky.
Added "or serious trauma" in a later paragraph.

Sounds like you’re winning at rl and that is awesome.

It’s great that you enjoy being an ear and a support person for peeps that struggle. We all need that at some point in our lives. Kudos to you! The world needs more folk that care about others

So it’s a DISCORD mental well-being support group?

I might join lol just to get me some Linna time

Today I am much stronger - but not enough to get stuck into physically demanding jobs.

My hubs is taking good care of me - which is wonderful - he’s a real keeper running me baths, cooking and cleaning … and I gotta say I’m sooo happy I’m sick during lock-down - no fear of any visitors, the kids popping in unexpectedly (which in truth I love - but it’s always a little more work than I’m currently up for), massages and baking delights for me (tbh I have zero interest in food atm but what a great human and guy?!?) Very lucky to have partnered with such a compassionate, caring human.

We do have a princess parrot in care atm - her mum is in hospital again, dear old thing she is. We take her outside to enjoy the sunshine of the nicer days but she’s a good girl and only throws her seed when she’s feeling ignored lol

Linna is on our discord too...

Sorry to hear you sick, glad you feeling better already. I take no responsibility, being 10,000km away.

Otherwise, mostly good. Have put in for leave week after next, so hopefully will have a nice rest.

--A

Yay you! Recreational leave is a thing worth celebrating- well any break from work.

Had to take 3 days off from work and get tested for Covid again, because I have strep throat. Miserable.

I feel ya also had to be tested bleh … but even though I haven’t been sufficiently recovered to tackle work - I am improving.

Just returned from receiving my 3rd dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Hoping for not as severe response as my second dose. But, if I had a diminished response to the first two doses due to being immunocompromised, perhaps a more severe response will signal better integration.

With the kids coming up my wife and I caved and got the J&J last week. No horrible side effects. Swollen lymph nodes that tell me my body reacted properly and also might indicate I have had previous Covid exposure.

My wife had a bad headache for a couple of days, and that was about it for her.

I was not as concerned about getting it and passing it to them, but rather getting it and being laid up when they will depend on us.