Dear Friends,
Thank you for all your well-wishes in recent weeks. It has been a rough time for the PM, yours truly, and all kind thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.
This year has been a rough year and I'm glad next year starts off with some changes. The job I am leaving has been good in a number of ways over the years, but anything can go sour, and so did this. I feel blessed that I found a job in the same field and two of my co-workers have also accepted positions there. I feel especially blessed that on the day a client killed himself (which could have been a train wreck for my career), some of the most high ups at the government agency which funds us decided to entrust me to continue working with my clients. She has given permission for them to transfer to my new job as well.
The thing about my client is especially hard; when you work in mental health, you know this could happen to someone you work with and prepare for it. I do not take any responsibility for the action, and the investigation shows I did everything I should have. However, having come uncomfortably close to suicide myself once or twice, it does have an emotional impact for me that it probably does not for other people.
Combined with the death of my father, the fatigue from my fibromyalgia and sleep apnea and the 'eustresses' of two marriages in my family, this second half of the year has been tumultuous. Part of the reason I have not been posting as much here.
Hopefully things will settle down in the new year and we will be dreaming up fun activities for all friends and associates of the Realm in 2014.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Topsy Turvey emotions!
The Mommeh has been having mood swings a lot lately! They happened according to these events, in this order:
Good news is that she has another fund-raising position doing exactly the same kind of work.
Bad news is that one of her clients dies in a sad way.
Good news is that she is told she gets to move her clients with her and gets to continue working with them.
Good news is that she is cleared of any wrong-doing in the death.
Believe me, she understands that the three good things do not really make up for the bad one in some ways. But she appreciates the confidence shown in her and we are both happy that the Realm will not suffer much financially.
Mommeh has several days off between the two places and she thinks she will do a lot of things around the annex. We will see!
We hope all our Christian friends have a Merry Christmas.
Good news is that she has another fund-raising position doing exactly the same kind of work.
Bad news is that one of her clients dies in a sad way.
Good news is that she is told she gets to move her clients with her and gets to continue working with them.
Good news is that she is cleared of any wrong-doing in the death.
Believe me, she understands that the three good things do not really make up for the bad one in some ways. But she appreciates the confidence shown in her and we are both happy that the Realm will not suffer much financially.
Mommeh has several days off between the two places and she thinks she will do a lot of things around the annex. We will see!
We hope all our Christian friends have a Merry Christmas.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Snow!
Since the PM tends to stay home a bit more when it snows, I always look forward to it. I know others do not agree and I do not like it when she has to go out in the icky stuff! I understand stoopid humans can behave even more stoopidly in the snow. Hard to believe, but there it is.
We hope all of you are staying warm and dry! If you know of some yardcats that are getting cold, Pinterest has interesting suggestions for making homes out of Rubbermaid crates for them.......just a thought. We wish we had known about this when we were still on Capitol Drive and had yardcats......
We hope all of you are staying warm and dry! If you know of some yardcats that are getting cold, Pinterest has interesting suggestions for making homes out of Rubbermaid crates for them.......just a thought. We wish we had known about this when we were still on Capitol Drive and had yardcats......
Saturday, December 7, 2013
More Sadness
As you know, the PM is the primary fundraiser for the kingdom. She found out this week that, due to bad behavior on her boss' part, her agency is losing the contract which pays for her job. So this job ends at the end of the month. She has been very sad because she has so much loved this job, her clients and her co-workers. She is also angry and scared about having to look for another fundraising opportunity.
Please keep us all in your prayers and wishes during this time and understand if we are not around quite as much.
Please keep us all in your prayers and wishes during this time and understand if we are not around quite as much.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Quiet time
We have been having a quiet fall since the PM's Daddah died. She has been tired from the trip and there have been complications at fundraising. So we are all trying to rest and help her feel better.
The PM was able to sit shiva one night when some lovely friends of hers offered to host it; our current annex is too small to hold enough humans to have the service. She was very happy to do this and we are all grateful to her friends who hosted it.
We lit a different menorah this year as things seem more solemn this year. Normally we light the royal menorah, which is a purple tabby cat with a pink polka-dot bow tie. This year, we lit a brass one which goes with some brass cranes the PM brought back from her Daddah's house. Here is a picture:
The PM was able to sit shiva one night when some lovely friends of hers offered to host it; our current annex is too small to hold enough humans to have the service. She was very happy to do this and we are all grateful to her friends who hosted it.
We lit a different menorah this year as things seem more solemn this year. Normally we light the royal menorah, which is a purple tabby cat with a pink polka-dot bow tie. This year, we lit a brass one which goes with some brass cranes the PM brought back from her Daddah's house. Here is a picture:
Those are also Shabbat candles burning with them. We took this picture on Friday night.
TTYL, Happy Hannukah, everyone!
Sunday, November 10, 2013
So Sad
The PM got a very sad phone call this morning; her Daddy died. She had to leave almost immediately to drive all the way across country to be with the rest of her family when they pay him the final tributes daddies receive.
Her father had been in the hospital since October 23 and she had been working with her brothers on helping to plan a nice, peaceful retirement for him at the age of 84. However, Friday afternoon, he took a turn for the worse and was moved to ICU. I guess that is something very serious. I am afraid I do not understand all this kind of human stuff.
The PM has a very good friend from work who will come to check on me while PM is gone. Her name is Missy Sue and she actually asked if I would like to stay with her and her two kitties while the PM is gone. Luckily the PM knew better than to try as I have stayed alone in the past very well. Mommeh just wanted someone to check on me because she does not know how long she will be gone on this trip.
I am thinking of her a lot. I sent Ringo with her to watch out and protect her.
Her father had been in the hospital since October 23 and she had been working with her brothers on helping to plan a nice, peaceful retirement for him at the age of 84. However, Friday afternoon, he took a turn for the worse and was moved to ICU. I guess that is something very serious. I am afraid I do not understand all this kind of human stuff.
The PM has a very good friend from work who will come to check on me while PM is gone. Her name is Missy Sue and she actually asked if I would like to stay with her and her two kitties while the PM is gone. Luckily the PM knew better than to try as I have stayed alone in the past very well. Mommeh just wanted someone to check on me because she does not know how long she will be gone on this trip.
I am thinking of her a lot. I sent Ringo with her to watch out and protect her.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Gotchas, minks, butterflies and books of life
The PM and I had another big milestone recently; August 22nd was our 15th Gotcha Day! After the grand festivities of my jubilation, we celebrated this day somewhat more quietly. We had haddock, which I must admit was very tasty.
I have not been outside again since the last time I caught a bunny. I read the PM's feelings very well and I know she worries about what she has been told can happen when I take on rabbits. But, the Royal Patience wears thin at times and I do wish I could get out for a brief time.
The PM took the past week off from work. She usually takes a couple days off this time of year to celebrate our holidays: Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh HaShanah is the birthday of the world! What a fun thing to celebrate! Some people will actually have a birthday cake and sing 'Happy Birthday'.
The PM has not taken off time just to relax in about a year and a half. She really needed it. She has had a rough year what with dentists, car troubles and other misadventures. As she was able to relax, she found herself sleeping much better and much of her pain going away. I had been trying to tell her that some of that pain was tension, but she didn't see her way to doing much about it before now. And, of course, when she sleeps better, I sleep better.
Of course, she was at synagogue on Wednesday night and Thursday. She enjoyed seeing everyone again and catching up with them.
On the first Saturday of her vacation, she swam, napped and rested. Wednesday, she got a haircut and went swimming. Today she rested and then came to the coffee shop where she used to hang out all the time. The rest of the time, she and Ringo were out having adventures!
One thing they wanted to do to celebrate Gotcha Day was to bring me a mink stole. They actually went to Mink Creek looking for one. But there were no minks there, alive or prepared. They felt very gypped. Of course, my royal training helped me to be gracious in my own disappointment as I think a mink stole would have been very flattering and warm in our winter times.
They almost brought me a damselfly lavaliere. The PM and Ringo thought they found one, but when the PM went to collect it, it was gone. The poor thing was bent in the middle a bit and resting on the ground instead of flying. We hope it was not in a lot of pain.
The big birds, like the cranes and hawks, have been hiding. The PM remembers them doing this about the same time last year, and knows that she will see more when migration starts. However, she is seeing a lot more of the smaller birds like goldfinches and woodpeckers. Did you know that woodpeckers are thriving as they enjoy eating those nasty little emerald ash borers? At least one good thing comes out of the bug's presence!
They also say that some of the butterflies have been huge this year! The PM is finally getting adept enough with her camera to get a picture of some of them now and then. There is a tiny blue one she loves and a big swallowtail she got some nice pictures of. She finds it bittersweet to see how tattered their wings can get, yet they keep flying.
The PM just tried to upload some pics, but it is not working. She will try to add some more later.
And our wish for all creatures this year is that they are sealed in the book of life for a good and sweet year.
I have not been outside again since the last time I caught a bunny. I read the PM's feelings very well and I know she worries about what she has been told can happen when I take on rabbits. But, the Royal Patience wears thin at times and I do wish I could get out for a brief time.
The PM took the past week off from work. She usually takes a couple days off this time of year to celebrate our holidays: Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh HaShanah is the birthday of the world! What a fun thing to celebrate! Some people will actually have a birthday cake and sing 'Happy Birthday'.
The PM has not taken off time just to relax in about a year and a half. She really needed it. She has had a rough year what with dentists, car troubles and other misadventures. As she was able to relax, she found herself sleeping much better and much of her pain going away. I had been trying to tell her that some of that pain was tension, but she didn't see her way to doing much about it before now. And, of course, when she sleeps better, I sleep better.
Of course, she was at synagogue on Wednesday night and Thursday. She enjoyed seeing everyone again and catching up with them.
On the first Saturday of her vacation, she swam, napped and rested. Wednesday, she got a haircut and went swimming. Today she rested and then came to the coffee shop where she used to hang out all the time. The rest of the time, she and Ringo were out having adventures!
One thing they wanted to do to celebrate Gotcha Day was to bring me a mink stole. They actually went to Mink Creek looking for one. But there were no minks there, alive or prepared. They felt very gypped. Of course, my royal training helped me to be gracious in my own disappointment as I think a mink stole would have been very flattering and warm in our winter times.
They almost brought me a damselfly lavaliere. The PM and Ringo thought they found one, but when the PM went to collect it, it was gone. The poor thing was bent in the middle a bit and resting on the ground instead of flying. We hope it was not in a lot of pain.
The big birds, like the cranes and hawks, have been hiding. The PM remembers them doing this about the same time last year, and knows that she will see more when migration starts. However, she is seeing a lot more of the smaller birds like goldfinches and woodpeckers. Did you know that woodpeckers are thriving as they enjoy eating those nasty little emerald ash borers? At least one good thing comes out of the bug's presence!
They also say that some of the butterflies have been huge this year! The PM is finally getting adept enough with her camera to get a picture of some of them now and then. There is a tiny blue one she loves and a big swallowtail she got some nice pictures of. She finds it bittersweet to see how tattered their wings can get, yet they keep flying.
The PM just tried to upload some pics, but it is not working. She will try to add some more later.
And our wish for all creatures this year is that they are sealed in the book of life for a good and sweet year.
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