Between fathers and jobs passing, as well as adjusting to new jobs, all of the Royal Court have joined me in hibernating this cold, cold and snowy winter!
The PM enjoys her new fundraising endeavor. It is with a smaller group in her unit. In addition, they have many other programs, including a senior program and some youth program and that livens things up!
It has been so cold I don't even like to go to the closed screen door for whiffies when the PM comes and goes! I hate to see her go out in this kind of weather. Eventually, the PM will have the option of working from home up to 10 hours per week and I think she may like this; she states she prefers to go into the office as I can try to interfere when she is not worshipping me.... Hmmmph!
Anyway, we miss you all and hope to be back on a regular basis really soon. We have discovered information about the Mitten Clan that we hope all allies will find interesting!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Settling Down
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.
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 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.
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