triumphgal

June 6, 2024

I picked up Mom at 8:30 and off to the Urgent and Primary Care Clinic we went as she doesn’t have a Dr yet. We were 4th in at 9 and finally saw a Nurse practitioner just after 10:30. It all came down to just wear compression socks every day. I am not sure there isn’t more going on as her feet are elephantine. We stopped at Canadian Tire after and I ran in and bought her a new walker as hers was showing wear. We figured if I got a new ride, she should too.

I made it to Rotary lunch in time and sat with the owners of Hyundai. Bob set me up to go see one of his guys after the meeting to learn more about my car now that I have had it for a week. The thing I was missing most was my Apple Car play. It turns out that my fancy car doesn’t have it bluetoothed as it interferes with the navigation system. The salesman was as shocked as I was that my old one did have it, but the new one didn’t. He did do research though and sent me a link in Amazon to order a dongle system so I don’t have to have a cord in the mix. I ordered it and look forward to trying it on Monday.

I dropped Mom’s old walker at the Mission Thrift store as I am sure there is someone out there who could use it and headed back to the office. I did get a good deal of work done although much of it was Music Fest and Fisher Peak ‘free’ work.

By 6:30 I was at Encore to join the crew to play Trivia. We had fun and came in second by only one point. I was crushed not to have answered Foghat to the one hit wonder question.

When I got home I attached my dash cam to the windshield with the 3m tape I bought today, hoping it will stay put this time. While doing it, I managed to snap off my nail gel, but fortunately, not the nail. I will try to get them done tomorrow.

I so love this tracking picture from Rae-Anne’s phone.

June 5, 2024

I woke up just after 5:30 am and figured I may as well get up as I had a client that booked me for 10 in office to assist with her books and reconciling. I was at the office before 9 and worked on MusicFest stuff before she was to arrive… and she didn’t. She finally called at 11:30 as I was about to leave. I had promised Mom that I would pick up her pills in blister packs for the next 4 weeks and grab some healthy lunch while I was at it. I was looking forward to it taking about an hour and then I would get back to the office and my client would show up.

Of course that is not how it went…

First, one of the pills in her pack has no refills and the rest have 4 and I need to pick up the next batch before leaving for MusicFest, so I headed to the Urgent Care Clinic to get a phone appointment made so I could deal with it

Second, I showed up at Mom’s and her feet and legs are very swollen and I feel that she is not a hundred percent with cognitive either. She said it’s been going on for over a week. Sigh. I called the clinic and they told me that I can’t make an in person appointment, that I have to bring her in and wait… sigh. I made a plan to call her at 7:30 to wake her up and then pick her up at 8:30 so that we can be there to get in line for the 9 am opening.

We had a good talk as I made a Cobb salad for lunch and le her know that she has to let me know about medical stuff, not reply ‘Fine’ when I ask how she is doing. She said she thinks I am too busy. We had a heart to heart as I spelled out that I am the same busy as I was last year when I spent time every day at the hospital with her. I had to remind her that just because the lady across the hall had her daughter come visit her every day, that is not our relationship. I had to be a bit assertive to remind her that her social needs are being met there, that we have never had that kind of relationship and that I will always be there when she truly needs me. I think she understood, but I also think she is not truly all there at the moment. I will ask them to do a UTI test tomorrow as well. I had bought her test strips and found out she has never used them even though I asked her to do it weekly. I got her to do it while I was there and it shows borderline positive midday. I hate when I come across Momming her; I want to just have peace and love, but the roles are reversed now.

I stopped at Hyundai on the way to the office to be sure I got the proper mud flaps as every little splash shows up from my All Terrains. Had a good laugh with the sales staff when I said ‘Never sell me a car’ as the last two who did are no longer there. Not even a week later! They are going to see what will work with my new cars trim.

Back at the office, I let my client know I was back and she eventually showed up and after an hour left happy. (That sounds naughty)

When I was finally done with the day I wrapped up and headed home to work on my puzzle and watch the Circle.

Lukas and Roger stopped by as I let Lukas know that I had $US20.25 and he is leaving on his band trip to Disneyland tonight. They are taking a bus to Spokane and flying out of there. I am so happy for him. It is a very expensive trip, but he has done an amazing job fundraising.

While they were here, Roger and I had a shot of good scotch in honour of his Dad whose birthday was last week while he was away. Got to keep up the traditions and honours.

June 4, 2024

I got a lot done today before coming home and spending an hour or so working over my monologue for my Cranbrook Community Theatre audition at 7:15. I feel that it went well and I am keeping my expectations low as there are many in my age range trying for only a few roles. It did feel good and I was happy that I did it.

Came home and started the puzzle I got from the Grey’s on my birthday. It isn’t big and I am not looking at the picture. It’s fun.

June 3, 2024

The day was not exactly with the words.

The evening, however, has been a blast! I finished my Diamond Dot and the Brick Headz that arrived today. I forgot I had them on a waitlist order. All the while I was watching Season 3 of The Circle.

I was on such a roll that at quarter to 9 I started The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter and by quarter to 11, I was done. I love it. It came with super cute figures, storable jet pack and saber and even fires whatever the unit fires, well, in plastic, lol. Definitely has left me with a smile on my face and I am so glad I picked it up while I was away.

This new hobby definitely brings me joy, I am in the best mood that I have been in all day!

Night All!

June 2, 2024

I slept much better last night, and feel caught up and on a regular schedule again. I had every intention of doing yard work today, but when I finally got dressed to go out it started to rain. I did take time between cloudbursts to install my dashcam in the new car, spent a little time further personalizing the dash, and helped Tracey install my pink and black seat covers in her car.

The rest of the time, I pretty much binged The Circle (am currently on season 3), did my Diamond Dot, and chilled out. June has a lot in it as I get ready for MusicFest and catch up some files to get them out of the way.

It was a pleasant weekend.

June 1, 2024

had to set an alarm as i had an abc zoom at 10.

was glad to connect with those that were there.

zoned out for the rest of the day watching Bridgerton

played 3 rounds of outsmarted with mark and got trounced.

too tired to be social

going to find something mindless to watch and go to sleep.

June 1, 2024

What a night! Tonight was our fundraiser for Fisher Peak Performing Artists Society at Key City Theatre. I was there for 2 pm setup, left to go pick up some delicious home made pretzels from Jeff Crozier and came home to change into a pretty dress and my Dr Bonnie Henry Fluevogs before picking up Ashlée who would sell merch and memberships for us. Back at the Theatre, I paced and tried to calm my nerves as I was to emcee for the night.

I had done my homework and had interesting facts for all the songs or artists being covered. There were 26 musicians from solo to duo to full bands filling 10 slots. The first half was 90 minutes and the second about an hour. It went dang smooth considering we had never done that much in one evening. Mark Rosini, the stage manager and keyboard/guitar in Pretty for the People did a great job with the volunteer crew. Matt on sound and Suzanne on lights were great and all the artists brought their A game. I had a blast, managed to fill the space with fun and humour for the changeovers and there were great comments afterward. My shoes and dress were a hit, lol.

The artists covered were in no particular order:

Rush, Anne Murray, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, Tom Cochrane, Jeff Healey, David Francey, Shania Twain, Céline Dion, Serena Ryder, Alanis Morisette, Alannah Myles, Tragically Hip, The Band, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Blue Rodeo, Stan Rogers, Bare Naked Ladies, Stephen Fearing, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Murray Maclachlan, The Guess Who, and Ian Tyson.

After the big cleanup, many met up at the Prinn’s for an afterglow party. I am exhausted and had to take my leave. A good time was had by all and I hope we raised some money to help us keep the live music coming.

May 30, 2024

I did a fair amount of work today and then went to Rotary lunch where I was impressed by two young ladies who are doing amazing things in the world. One, Christina, was a Rotary exchange student from Brazil 8 years ago and now is a Dr of Psychiatry, hoping to complete her internship and practice in Miami. The other is Jelina, the daughter of a Rotarian who up and moved to South Korea where she is in full immersion schooling and will stay to take her Bachelor of Arts in acting… in the language she is learning there. Such bravery in both their stories!

I dropped my car at the dealership having cleared it out last night and they swapped my tires and roof rack with plans to have me ack for the Kootenay edition decals and bug deflector in the near future. I stopped in yesterday to the dealership for new wiper blades and found it was a good time to upgrade to the 2024 Hyundai Tucson hybrid N-line. I love this car. It has all the things I loved about my 2022 Tucson that I bought in 2021 and more. The automated tailgate, panoramic roof and upgraded interior are just three of the things, nevermind that I have always wanted a Hybrid! I am so happy with it and look forward to many adventures.

This evening I joined the Crozier family for Trivia night and we finished middle of the pack but had some fun.

It was a good day.

May 29, 2024

And all details will be revealed tomorrow.

Had a great evening playing Outsmarted with Mark . He continues to kick my butt, but I don’t care as we have fun.

May 28, 2024

Today was a lot again. I am very good at my job, however, sometimes the challenges that are out of my control ate up my time. I know I am getting paid the same, but there is a different type of brain drain involved. I had hoped to play with Mark again, but was top tired out by the time I got home after 730. I have been sitting in my chair drinking Bourbon Bottle Red and watching Season 2 of The Circle. Now I shall go hit the hay.

I did manage to get things written up for Friday night’s emcee gig and dealt with a lot of VIMF stuff as well.

May 27, 2024

Today was a lot. I had to solve some heavy duty issues that others had created. By the time I headed home around 7:30, I felt as though I had put two days of thinking into one day.

It was wonderful to drive the jeep today.

I am too tired to think and am unwinding with diamond dot.

May 26, 2024

I slept in, relaxed a little and then got the Willys started and out of storage. Drove it to the office where I finished scheduling for MusicFest. That is a huge weight off and now I wait as the changes will roll in.

I went for a good long drive around town and then laughed when I parked as it is so much narrower than my car and is offside in the carport.

I made some food and then settled in to put the Light my Bricks kits in my two dioramas. I do love them

Next, I built the MTV award that Rae-Anne got me for Mother’s Day. I like it and enjoyed the build.

May 26, 2024

I slept in, got ready and went to my dentist to get my night guard fitted.

After that I headed to the office to spend many hours working on MusicFest scheduling. I got 2/3rds of it done and decided to come home. I made a delicious dinner and talked Mark into trying Outsmarted. Three games later we just FaceTime chatted for a bit. I do worry about him.

May 25, 2024

I did work

I picked up Roger and Rae-Anne at 7:30 and we headed to Encore. Rae had to work, Roger and I hung out with Ferdy and watched the show.

It was loud and fun and I was whisked back to high school.

Thank God for my Loops

May 23, 2024

I jumped all over the place today, filling the needs of many. Worked with the auditor for a client, attended the lunch for Rotary with the Bat lady telling us all about them, did a ton of data entry, and attended the Chamber due at Gipman Kitchens and Cabinets where Lukas got his first job recently.

I really enjoyed the chats at the Chamber after hours. The setting was impressive and as usual, the food from Ella’s was amazing. I gave Lukas a ride home after and as I was driving away Roger called to invite me to join them at trivia night at Encore as they needed a ‘ringer’ for the music part. Dee-Anne, Rae, Roger, Jesse, Nesta, Ryan and I kicked it and won! It was a lot of fun! I may join in as a host when needed and look forward to it.

I received my last, for now, Lego order today. It is getting hard to know which I will do first.

The best part of today was actually being reminded of how well I do what I do. The woman here to do the audit seemed happy with my work. I wish I didn’t always need external validation.

May 22, 2024

My alarm was set for 5:30, yet for some reason I awoke 15 minutes before. It was in the shower and grab a quick coffee before heading to the radio station for 6:30 am. Mark, the state manager for the Tribute concert, and I were to have an interview with Dennis Walker on 2-Day FM. Unfortunately, Mark was a no show and I had to wing it as to the lineup for the show. I thought he would talk about the performers and I would talk about the reason why we are fundraising. Dennis is very good at the preamble and then once on air is good at stealing natural conversation. We had a good chuckle at the difference in our lifestyles. He gets up at 330 and I don’t often go to bed before midnight. I was surprised how light out it was when I woke up!

After the interview I headed to the office where I got a good 10 billable hours in and took some decent breaks along the way. I feel good to be prepared for a client’s auditors arriving tomorrow to do the initial work on their yearend.

I finally came home and watched The Season 25 Finale of The Voice, grateful to have not heard all day who had won. I was not surprised by the results. Now I am watching the Season 46 Finale of Survivor. It is that time of the year when things come to an end. I shall pick a monologue soon and start prepping for my audition. I think I would like to the in The Cemetery Club next Spring.

Now I should really get some sleep!

May 21, 2024

It was a payroll, ROE, tax reconciling kind of day. I popped out for a couple hours in the afternoon to drop some bucks and get my teeth whitened at the dentist. My teeth have never really been white, and they aren’t really white now, but definitely less cream coloured. I didn’t have pain but do have a bit of a headache from the position of my neck and jaw for so long. I will see if it was worth it over the next couple weeks and as I use the night time treatment as needed.The weather has been cool and a bit miserable. I suppose we will be complaining about the heat and drought soon enough.

I received my $7.86 deposit from the LifeLabs Class action for data breach. Wow, seems like the lawyers are the only ones who gained out of this.

I watched the series finale of The Good Doctor tonight. I will miss it and the interesting characters. Funny how TV characters seem like they are part of real life.

I am currently watching the finale of The Voice, but it will finish too late so I will have to try not to hear who won until after my 6:30 am appt at the radio station for some live promo time for the Canadian Artists Tribute fundraiser on the 31st.

May 20, 2024

I woke up before my alarm usually goes off, but felt rested and unstressed. I was going to worry about getting the jeep running today but the weather just isn’t making it worth it. At one point it was hailing out so loud that I had to turn up the TV. I ended up finishing season 4 of For all Mankind and have had The Ugliest House in America on while I crafted. I did install the lighting kit in my Endor diorama, but they aren’t coming on and I am too tired to deal with it now… stay tuned.

I did run a payroll from home to take some of the load off tomorrow as I have a dentist appointment in the afternoon.

May 19, 2024

I have managed a few chores in between episodes of the title show. I am now in Season 4. I am glad to hear there is a season 5 and apparently there is a spinoff Star City.

I did clear all the things from on and around the jeep and tried to start it, but there wasn’t enough battery to turn it over. My bad for forgetting to disconnect it for the winter. The fam is out at the cabin so I couldn’t borrow a charger. I will try to jump it with my car tomorrow if the sky stops leaking sporadically.

I did make a lovely salmon dinner and have been doing diamond work while watching the show.

Dear Diana surprised me with a knock on the door midday. She gave me two adorable ornaments for my collection that she said were supposed to be with my birthday gifts. She really did spoil me.

I love my post lights!!

And the others around the yard that will show up much better when I weed