This month’s blog title is courtesy of Laurie Evans, who is stuck with me here at work on a daily basis. We ask each other a lot of open ended questions, one of which is the title of this month’s blog. Our workplace is a bit of a heating and cooling conundrum. While we’ve never figured out why the baseboard heaters and overhead air conditioning run simultaneously year-round, most days on average I am freezing cold in this building. Today for instance it will be almost 90 degrees outside and I’m wearing a North Face fleece jacket and scarf at my desk. A scarf is a necessary accessory for me at work from Labor Day through Memorial Day. On the subject of heating and cooling, this is also the time of year where my car heating and cooling system is a bit confused. Heater on in the morning…A/C on for the drive home. Between that and the days getting shorter, it’s no wonder if any of us is feeling a bit out of sorts!
Updates from last month…
After a 3-week stint in ‘das boot’ my foot seems to be healed up. I’m still not certain what I did, or what the injury was…but at least it’s currently not an issue. I followed up my time in the boot by coming down with a wonderful head-cold just in time for the 3 day Labor day weekend. Boo! After suffering for a few days I walked over to the pharmacy here at work and the pharmacist introduced me to some kind of miracle decongestant nasal spray. I also realized I had been taking Sudafed at a dosage fit for a 6-12 year old. Oops. A week later I’m on the mend. I would like to credit this cold to my wonderful mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law…although I’m suspicious of a certain small person from Boston bringing it here to UT in the first place. 😉
This month we have not seen a reappearance of the neighborhood raccoon. That being said, the goldfish have had a pretty relaxed pond life as of lately. On the downside the pond pump died and although under warranty, I have to communicate with some company in Virginia to get it fixed/replaced. Although I will take care of the process this fall, I think I will also prepare a storage tote in order for the fish to be moved to their inside home for the winter.
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for my parents. After struggling with dental issues for the better part of this year, my dad finally got everything cleared to get dentures to replace his top teeth. Everyone in the house was a bit stressed out, and to make things better my mom accidentally tipped a chopper box over the evening before. Although the picture looks bad, once tipped upright, the only damage was some broken 2×4’s and some bent sheet metal. Luckily unbeknownst to my parents, my brother had taken a couple days off from work to help out on the farm while my dad was a bit laid up, so he got to help shovel out a chopper box and get it tipped back upright again. Dad’s dental procedure went without major complications. They sent him home with his ‘starter dentures’ that will be adjusted over the next week before he gets the final set made. After almost 7 months he found out today he is able to whistle again. Weee! The simple joys of life. 🙂
