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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 04, 2024, 02:42:00 pm ---Maybe the bank is planning to turn its one-and-a-half locations into apartments, like in this New Yorker article.
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Careful when you step out your front door. You might be in the middle of the drive-through.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 04, 2024, 02:08:25 pm ---Wow, Chuck! What an ordeal! The nerve of those C-suite people turning desk workers into schleppers and stevedores!! If I were a commercial entity and found out my documents were being treated that way, I'd change banks! Enjoy your staycation and heal up!!
My windows need cleaning too. I would love to be able to see all the spring flowers clearly from inside.
Isn't it funny how modern cars always need to have four new tires, never just one or two?? ::)
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 04, 2024, 02:14:54 pm ---That's outrageous that they expected you to use your own vehicle (use your own fuel?) to transport those files/that company property.
As for reconfiguring space, I understand my late employer has been doing that, too (except that the company owns its own building). My former colleague has been classified as permanently working remotely--no cube in the office for her!
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Yes, I used my own gas and car for this, but I'll be covered financially for that. I can (and will) file an expense report, I'll get reimbursed for my tolls, and get a set amount of money per mile I drove, so in the end, I'll end up with an extra credit for about $150.00 or so back into my account.
As for the tires, I'm replacing all 4 because they are the same tires that were on the car when I first got it in 2019. As of March of 2020, we were all under quarantine, and not driving. So the tires were not really used.
They're not threadbare or anything, but the treads are pretty worn, so I want to get a full new set on the car before winter comes again. We're already in month 5 of the year.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on May 04, 2024, 06:59:28 pm ---We're already in month 5 of the year.
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Correction: We are only in month 5 of the year. Summer hasn't even started. Don't start throwing around the w-word!
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!
Today has been draining.
Tonight is the end of season bowling dinner. I had intended on going, but the best laid plans......
I didn't post about it earlier, but on Saturday (day before Mother's Day) my mom wasn't feeling well. She went to an urgent care, and was sent to the ER at the hospital. Her blood pressure was very high, and further tests determined issues with her glucose (she's not diabetic) and kidneys.
She stayed in the hospital, and yesterday my dad updated me that she was doing well.
Today while I was working, I got a call from my dad. He said she was "hooked to machines" but didn't elaborate, and he sounded very upset and agitated.
I hung up, got very nervous, and emailed my team at work, and told them I needed to shut down the rest of the day, and I dashed off to the hospital. I got to the hospital, and called my dad. I asked where he was so I could find him, he replied "home".
???
I told him I would go see mom, and he could come back after his post. I found mom tired, but in good spirits, alert and coherent, and joking with the hospital staff. She did have an oxygen mask on.
Apparently dad had left for the bathroom, and when he returned, she had the mask on, which completely upset him, and that was the machine she was hooked to.
I met and spoke with the nurses and doctors, they told me that she's being treated for a kidney issue, and with the oxygen. Her glucose and blood pressure have returned to normal, and according to them, things are progressing well.
Mom decided to amuse herself by turning her head slowly to the right, as she discovered that if she did that, her mask makes fart noises.
I got home about 5:45, after dad got in about 5:30.
Needless to say, I'm mentally exhausted, on top of waking earlier than intended, so I'm not going to the bowling dinner tonight.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on May 14, 2024, 06:22:52 pm ---Mom decided to amuse herself by turning her head slowly to the right, as she discovered that if she did that, her mask makes fart noises.
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:laugh:
I'm glad to know things are progressing well.
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