I am at work again. I just had to go into the forbidden zone. Two sections of this complex are in lockdown. Doesn't mean you are not allowed in but you are not allowed unless it is important or someone is desperate enough to ignore the rules and send you in anyway. Apparently, they are that desperate.
Problem was that two new phones were not working. I have no idea why or what has been done to set them up but they think I can fix it, so they sent me in. Full gown, gloves, hat, facemask, eye covers, and sprayed with weed killer before you enter. And I had to go to two separate rooms, so had to change after each one so as not to contaminate the next one. Lots of people asking why I am there and agreeing with me that this was not an emergency but what am I supposed to do. So I waded in, fighting viruses all around me. Having to dodge wayward patients who are just happy to see someone and want you to stay. I would not have been surprised to see someone eating brains. It is like a war zone, or something akin to an apocalypse. And you will all be proud to know that I typed in apocalypse correctly the first time and did not need spell check to fix it.
So now I am free, able to write in this here blog another time. Maybe not tomorrow when I get the zombie disease or something close to it but for now, fifteen minutes after I have left there, I am free to continue with my therapy. Although, I do now have a headache. No way could it be related.
We went to a market last week. Big mistake or bad planning, not sure which. I decided we would take the dogs as they never get out of the house. Being their first time going anywhere in months, they were a bit excited. Hard to handle and when I say hard to handle, think 50 pounds of dog muscle pulling you along at breakneck speed. That dog is strong. Juanita couldn't handle it and she would not let me take the big dog because I am crippled so she spent the time yelling at the dogs and anyone else who was in her line of sight. It got too bad, so I took the big dog but she didn't have a lot more luck with the little dog as he is in constant motion trying to see everything. So we spent the time yelling at, chasing and generally regretting having the dogs with us.
It was a good idea, but the dogs are not disciplined enough to have both at the same time so I doubt if we will be doing it again. And I plan on going to another market this week or next so we will have to decide if we take one dog or none at all. I can only imagine the issue when we try to take only one dog. That will be a scene that no one wants to be a part of, so it will probably be no dogs. But the dogs had such a good time and this is something they would love doing everyday if they could. We will have to wait and see.
The market itself was ok. Nothing really fancy about it and most of it was food stalls, or we think it was all food stalls as there are a number of buildings with things in them but we were not allowed to enter with the dogs in tow so we had to skip them. Not very big but they had a lot of kids roaming around signing and dancing and a center stage area where there was some singing and dancing going on. Might have been a good time but we will have to go back to find out if it was or not.
We tried to get coffee when we got there, but could not go into the coffee area with the dogs. We found a table on the outside so I left everyone there so I could go get something. The first place I went to required cash. I don't carry cash anymore, so I went to the next one. They had a half hour wait for things so I decided not to wait in that line. I could have gone further along but I decided to get some cash at the ATM. $3.50 to take cash out of the machine. I can see how they get away with it as it is the only machine there and lots of the places only take cash but I was close to deciding we didn't need coffee. But I got some cash anyway, most of which I still have in my wallet.
Went back the first place I had stopped at, got some coffee and a waffle for the kids to split. It had strawberries and chocolate on it, or what passes for chocolate as it was actually Nutella. I didn't get the cream, $2.50 extra, or the ice cream, in a weird twist only $2.00 extra, because by the time I got it back to the where we were sitting, it would have melted and no one likes melty ice cream or cream. Maybe that's just me, but I'll go with no one likes that. Did catch a break though as they only had one cup of coffee left, I have no idea how that works, so I told them to split it between two cups and we would just drink it weak. They didn't charge me for it so I go out for only $6.00 for the waffle and strawberries. A bargain at anytime.
Later on, we got some fresh made donuts. And when I say fresh made, they take them out of the fryer and hand them to you. Someone needs to explain to them that the fryer makes them hot but they were selling a lot of them so no one seemed to care about the burns they were getting from handling freshly cooked donuts. And they were selling a lot of them. They were cooking two dozen at a time but as soon as one lot came out, it was gone before the next lot had even started to cook. Took about ten minutes to get my order of six. Good donuts, a bit greasy, but good none the less. They had cinnamon sugar on them and it made quite a mess but we ate them all while sitting on a bench.
William went off to buy a knife. Don't know how it happened, but Adam sent him a message about something and William went off to buy some knife for him. William said he wanted one but we did not buy it. He was disappointed.
Maeghan bought something, I don't seem to recall what, but it was silly and she bought it with her own money so now she has more things to find a place to put. Her room had overflowed into the dining room now and most of the cabinets and table are covered with her stuff. Mostly those little dolls, not sure what they are called. She keeps them in the boxes and tells us they will be valuable some day. I have my doubts. Think beanie babies. She has about 50 of them now, if not more. All from different shows and movies. I wish I could think of what they are called but I can't and cannot be bothered to look it up so maybe I will recall before I end this and add it then or I will just leave you hanging.
It has gotten very, very quiet here. I am afraid to walk out the door and see what is going on. They could have evacuated and forgot I was in here so now I am left with all the zombies. I hope not. I am getting more and more of a headache but I think it is because I am looking down at this screen and need to look up every once and a while. I'll keep typing until they come and get me, so wish me luck and hope the apocalypse has not started.
Now I remember why I am getting the headache. This mask they make me wear pulls on my neck and the back of my head. It is too small so I get a lot of pressure from it. It gives me headaches. I have taken it off so now I am breathing the zombie air. I expect to lose the ability to type at any moment. Just hope I remain conscience enough to press submit before I go.
I was hoping to have a few days off. Now, my days off are filled with driving to far away places to do menial tasks. Guess it is supposed to pay the bills. It doesn't. I think I have Monday off, so that means they still have a few hours to discover that and find something else for me to do. I am tired of working. It's been too long doing this and I need another job where I can just sit and code or something. Having to do a different job each day, not knowing what to expect or what it is I will be doing is a drain on my relatively festive behavior. I am an entertainer without anyone to entertain. I think I might go entertain the zombies. A lot of them don't speak English, so it might present a problem. But since I barely speak English, this could work out well. I am certainly not going back into the war zone though. That's enough risk taking for one day.
Did I mention I fell off a ladder the other day. Not a ladder but the back of a chair. I had to climb up to reach a router or something and lost my balance stepping off of it and fell about six feet to the floor. I think I might have broken something, but since I have a lot of broken things, it is hard to tell if I have a new one or not. I was talking on the phone at the time and the guy on the other end asked if I was ok. I said no, so he asked me to have another look. I was glad to do it.
While I was falling, I was thinking if I could really get hurt this time. As you all know, I am a born athlete, it's true, so I managed to avoid most of the calamity that could have happened but on the way down, I kept thinking, maybe I will not be able to catch myself or land in an unawkward position this time. I thought this might be it. I might land on my head or break my back or something and then I would just be waiting for the end in a hospital bed for the rest of my life. Depressing thoughts on the way down. But I stuck the landing and managed to land of one foot and fall onto the other leg so not too much damage, or not too much so far. I might have done something that is secretly waiting to flare up and take me down, but for now, I am fine. If only this nagging headache would go away.
William has all but quit school. Can't say I blame him but he seems to have a rosy picture of what his life will be like without school that is going to come crashing down on him fairly soon. He thinks everything will be great and he will have lots of money and all the free time in the world to stay at home and play games. Can't persuade him otherwise, I can only try to be there when he falls. He will have to be very lucky to find a good job. There are lots of jobs out there but none with a career, unless he can get into construction or something that he might not hate as much as everyone else does. I tell him it is hard and it will get much much harder so staying in school for as long as possible is preferable but I can't make him go. I am old and diseased and can no long influence him in any way. He is on his own and I can just try to help where I can.
Maeghan has finished her school. They have some kind of art showing next week but she no longer goes to class. Not sure if the class she took was worth it but she seemed to enjoy it so it was good for her. I think she is going out today to sign up for the next semester at the local campus. She has found out that it will take an hour for her to get there, almost the same amount of time it takes to go into the city but I keep telling her being closer to home will be better as we can save her some time by picking her up a lot quicker if she wants us to. The campus if across town from us and it takes two busses and a long walk to get to it from our house. I don't know why there is not a direct bus to it. Might be we have not found it yet but the Translink site tells her it takes an hour no matter how she gets there. It is only a 15 minute drive but much longer on the bus. If she decides to sign up today, it will be good. Getting too dark too early for her to keep going into town and we have to drive an hour to pick her up there. It's better all around if she stays local.
I guess I have to go now. This headache is horrendous. Makes me want to fall down and sleep. Maybe that is just the getting up at 02:00 every morning. I have no idea why, but that is when I am waking up lately. I sit in bed and try to go back to sleep but eventually end up getting up around 3:00 or 3:30. I then make me some breakfast and sit and fall asleep watching TV, right around the time I am supposed to be getting up for work so I don't really get to sleep anymore. A good thing about it is it is my alone time. I can make what I want, watch what I want and don't have to worry about anyone else interrupting me or wanting me to do something for them. So, I don't really mind the early mornings but it does mean I start to fall asleep around 8:00 at night and as much as I try to stay awake, I eventually end up in bed around 9:00. If I am working, I get home from work, lay in bed and about half the time, fall asleep and don't wake up, so I don't get to see to talk to anyone before bed or in the morning or when I get home. Only on the weekends or when I don't have work. It's not bad but it is not good either. I do enjoy the mornings on my own though, until everyone else gets up and wants me to fix them breakfast. I rarely do it anymore but I know they are all waiting for me to make them something. I feel guilty all the time, but I am well fed, so it evens out.
I typed some things in and hit a key and all of it disappeared. Not sure what it was I had typed but I think there was a whole paragraph that just disappeared. Very strange but I think that means it is time to end this and start preparing to go home. Maybe I can sneak out early, before the 2:00 rush to add all kinds of things to me that need to be done today so I end up working until 5:00 when I was prepared to go at 3:00. Leaving at 2:00 seems to be a good option today.
As I am reaching for the submit key, I hear feet shuffling outside my door. It's either the zombies or more work. I guess you have to wait until you see another entry to find out which it was.
So until next time,
Later
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