It’s Monday morning and I get up at six in the morning for absolutely no reason. I did a bunch of work yesterday at my parent’s house and I’m feeling the aches. I was able to get rid of a few things like a couple of paintings we no longer need. I noticed I still have an old boo box in my old closet along with cassette tapes and a box of cd’s. I also have a couple of cd holders. I no longer need these items and don’t want to bring them to my own house, so I put them on facebook marketplace and was able to get a couple of hits right away. Some of the paintings went and the music went as well. Overall it was a good selling day. As for the fish tank, the guy who was to go there to take a look never got back to me. So that one is a no go. I had to go up to the attic and notice there is more junk up in there. An old car radio a couple of record players. A few records, bed frames. And lots and lots of books. My father has a thing for books, especially from readers digest. Most of the books are about how to do things. Manuals per say. Others are regarding how to make money quick. I too want to get rid of these items but they are in heavy boxes and it is hot up in there. However, in the basement, I’ve gotten a bunch of things cleared out. In the farthest corner of the room there were a bunch of boxes filled with random things. Such as clothes, old lights, electrical kitchen appliances and so much more. The things that seem to be good I have added to the marketplace for a very low price hopefully someone will need these and pick them up. As for today, I will need to contact the person from meals on wheels to pick up lunches and dinners for my parents for the week. I will be doing this during my lunch hour. As for my little one, school for this year is almost over. She has been doing exceptionally well. All thanks to grandma really. I am always at work or taking care of items for my parents that I don’t have much time for much else. Grandma has been doing the majority of the tutoring and making sure she does her homework and gets everything in order. Today is my last day in the IT world. I am feeling very exited and nervous at the same time. I want to make sure that I do a good job in my new job. For lunch I went to the church and picked up meals for my parents and brought it over to their house. Then the roofer came over in order to get the down payment and to sign the contract. I made a booboo. I signed the contract. I should have my dad sign it as it is for his house and not for me. I will need to request for us to redo the paperwork. Tomorrow the team will go to the house and get started on fixing the roof as well as the inside wall that has some water damage. I will need to get over there nice and early so I can open the door as my parents sleep until mid morning. I’m usually up at that time anyway so it’s no big deal to be there early.
It’s Tuesday and I am up early so early that my husband isn’t even up yet. It’s a shame because I took off today from work as I need to get to my parents house. They have doctors appointments that I need to take them to plus the roofing people will be coming over this afternoon to get some of the roof replaced. There is a small leak in the house and we can’t figure out where it is coming from, so the whole section needs to be removed and replaced. Meanwhile I will try and be outside and rake up some of the leaves and do some yard cleanup. I’ve already cleaned the bathrooms, the kitchen and vacuumed the house over the weekend so it is time to get outside and do some of that cleanup. The garage also needs a cleanup but that garage overwhelms me. There is so much stuff in there that I don’t even know where to start.
I’ve gone to the store and bought some drinks and then went to the doughnut store and bought a dozen for them to eat. When I got to the house, they were already there and working on the house. I went in through the back and noticed my folks were still in bed. I was at the house all day as it took a long time to get the roof done.
In the evening as we’re having dinner I chewed on something really hard. I looked at it and it was my tooth!! One of the teeth that I’ve had a root canal on came right off. I took it out of my mouth, ewww, and put it in a tissue. I’ll have to call the dentist tomorrow and set up an appointment to get this fixed.
It’s Wednesday and I called out sick from work. Wasn’t feeling so well. After a while I got bored and went over to my parents house as they had a team at the house fixing the wall. The guys removed some of the sheetrock and replaced some of it as well. They also primed it and painted the wall. This also took all day. This team was much nicer than the team from yesterday. I brought them doughnuts as well. And in the afternoon, I got them pizza for lunch. I also offered them all of the water and soda they could drink. I had a cooler inside the house filled with drinks for them as the house is hot. My parents never have the air conditioner on as they are always cold. My father is always wearing a coat. While everyone is wearing t-shirts and shorts, there he is in a winter coat. In the afternoon, I get a burst of energy and get to the basement and start to clear out some things. There are a lot of posters and wall hangings that are just sitting there. So I cleaned off the dust took pictures of them and will see if the brothers want any of these. If not, they are going to be for sale. I hope somebody wants them, I hate to place these types of things in the trash. They’ll just go to the landfill and they will never decompose. I then noticed there are a lot of leftover pieces of carpeting from years ago. They smell like mold, so I took them all out to the trash. I then went to the attic and noticed that I still have a lot of stuff up there. Books and notebooks from high school and college. No idea why I’m holding on to this stuff. I brought a bunch of the boxes down to my old bedroom and looked through all of the items. I really don’t what why I was holding on to this stuff. It all went to the curb. I did however found a lamp that I made in shop class when I was in either junior or senior high. Not sure exactly when. But the darn thig still works. It’s a wood peace sign that is fluorescent. That relic went to the curb too but I made sure to take a snapshot of it for sentimental purposes.
I also took out an old mattress and found a box filled with paper plates and plastic forks and knives. The best thing I found was a small cooler filled with writing utensils. This cooler is filled with pencils, highlighters, pens, erasers. Why are all of these things being held on to in the attic? My people are so odd. Little by little, I’ll be tossing out things from the house and soon it will be clear from all of the leftover garbage that is not needed.
It’s Thursday morning and I have to get up nice and early as I have a dentist appointment at eight this morning. I also have a meeting at nine in the morning with the boss. I send the boss a message that I am at the dentist and may be a tiny bit late to our meeting. As for the tooth, it was a seriously easy process. All the doctor needed to do was to cement the tooth back on and not chew anything for about an hour. Easy peasy! I tried to race home but I was stuck behind a truck, so we drove nice and slow down the roadway. And on top of that, there is roadwork being done on my road. So more slowdowns. Eventually I get in the house, but I still need to get to the laundry room to remove my clothes, you never know if someone who was at the dentist has covid. So I change and then log to the morning meeting about ten minutes after it started. This meeting is for knowledge transfer. I will be moving into a new department next week and the team finally hired someone to replace me. We now have to quickly transfer all of the information that is in my brain into this person’s brain. Not going to be an easy task. Plus this new person is in India, they are many hours ahead of the US. The poor lady was online with me at ten. For some reason I thought it was the morning hours. It was noon over on our end and I told her that I would take a quick lunch break so I could eat something and we’d reconvene in a little while. That’s when she told me that it was ten in the evening over there. I then felt really bad for her. She is doing all of this learning at ten o’clock at night. Poor woman must be exhausted. I though we would continue in the afternoon but no she will be sleeping at that time.
It’s Friday and I wake up all sorts of groggy. I’m feeling very tired and droopy. My alarm goes off and I hit the snooze button and kept on sleeping. I eventually get out of bed and go ahead and make my morning coffee and english muffin. I have a very long meeting this morning with the person who is replacing me. The meeting starts at nine and it eventually ends at one in the afternoon. We took a fifteen minute break in between but holly molly what a long meeting!! I had to talk the entire time. This is exhausting for me. Meanwhile, I keep on having to excuse myself to go to the bathroom. My belly keeps on aching and I’m drinking so much water that I gotta go every half hour or so. Not good while in meetings that are being recorded. During my lunch hour I go over to my little ones school and pick up work for her and drop off some canvas paper that we donated to the art teacher. We’ve had this canvas for many years as my husband was going to use it for his art projects. He’s since decided that he’s no longer interested in doing this. So instead of tossing it out, I called the school and asked if they would have any use for it. I’m glad it’s going to get utilized and not going into a landfill. Today is my last day in the IT department. I worked hard today to ensure that all loose ends are all tied up. I’m thankful that I worked with a great team and had a very understanding boss. I will continue to work at the same company but a different department. I don’t think I’ll have any contact with the IT department in the future but you never know. There may be a project that may need IT’s help and I will know the individuals who can help with such projects. I am looking forward to my new endeavor in the marketing department. I am also very nervous about starting a new job with a new boss and new coworkers. The thing that makes me feel better is that I continue to work for the same company and already know people and don’t have to start all over again. I do know a couple of people in the new department and I like them as individuals and have worked with them before. We worked well together. Not sure what I’m so worried about, but my anxiety is working at it’s best. Looking forward to Monday morning.
Today is Saturday and I sleep in until ten thirty. I have been so tired lately that I slept so much this morning. Not to worry though, the rest of the house is also resting and will continue to rest up until eleven or so. Everyone is so exhausted from we weeks activities that we all need our rest today. For today I am planning on getting out to the yard and getting some weedwacking done. I started last weekend but haven’t had the chance to complete it yet, so when I get the courage, and the patience, I’ll get out there and take care of the yard. As for now, I am sipping on my cup of coffee and am working on figuring out what to have for breakfast. At this point it’s more like brunch since it is so late in the day. In the afternoon I take care of washing out the garbage pails. They are so so dirty and stink. I spray on some beach and scrub the garbage pails with a broom and clean them all out. After that I take a break and walk around the yard and take a look at the pretty flowers that are growing in the front and back yard.
After my break I have something to eat, a tuna fish salad and some nice and cold water with ice. I eat my late lunch outside with the bugs as there were many out there on the garden table. After lunch, I get the weekwacker out and get to work. I clear out the weeds that are around the house and then get the ones that are around my little ones play area. After that, I am in the woods clearing out the tall grasses that bring ticks to the yard. It then gets dark out and I look at the weather and it’s calling for rain in the evening. I finish my weedwacking and then put all of my tools away. It’s time to get indoor and do some self care. Put a mask on the skin of my face and color my hair.
I need to get ready for my new position on Monday morning. As of yet, I don’t have any meetings set up but I want to be prepared. I’m also going to be fixing my nails and giving myself a manicure. The family has gone out for the afternoon and I stayed behind to get all of my things done. Meanwhile I’ve been listening to an audiobook called When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole. It’s a thriller but I’m not following it too well since the weedwacking machine is on, I can’t hear half the story, but nevertheless, it keeps me company as I am working outdoors. After doing all of that work I get inside and take a shower and wash my hair with shampoo a few times in order to get it ready for processing. After my shower I dried out my hair and then got the hair color ready to put it on my hair. It’s the same color, a dark brown. My hair is very long and I need two boxes of color in order to take care of the full head. I place the dye on my hair and leave it on for about an hour.
I then wash the dye out and spray a hair detangler. My hair is so filled with knots that even the detangler didn’t help too much. I brushed the hair out and a whole bunch broke off and was on the brush itself. It’s now really late and I’d like to get to bed but my hair is still wet and I don’t want to go to bed with it like this. Going to sleep with a wet head is very bad for your hair. I also don’t want to blow dry it tonight. My arms are hurting from doing all of the yard work today and I just don’t wanna do it.
I’m having trouble sleeping so I am listening to Brene Brown and a bunch of interviews she’s had with multiple people. Until I eventually start to get tired. I love listening to Brene, she brings me a calm peace as she talks about shame and vulnerability. I then get to listen to Orpah and her Super Soul Sunday with Iyanla Vanzant. Listening to Oprah also makes my soul calm. She is simply the best. I was up for so long that my hair dried out before going to bed. My forehead has a bit of color residue left over, but I am not a professional and that happens. After a few showers, the color will come off. I’m not worried.
Now that my hair is all dry, it’s time to get into bed and try to get myself some shut eye. It’s fathers day tomorrow and I don’t have any plans for the hubby. The only plan I have it to go over to my parents house and get rid of that humongous fish tank that is in the basement. The person who is interested in the tank would like to come by and take a look at it in the afternoon. We’ve been going back and forth on the time to meet for over a week. I give up and tell him to message me half hour before going over. This is so I have enough time to get over there and open the door for the guy to see the tank and hopefully take it out of my hands.
Its Sunday and it is Father’s day. I woke up way too early and can’t get back to sleep. I make my morning coffee and make some toast and eat my breakfast at five in the morning. I then get back into bed and am listening to my audiobook The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. It sounds like its a book from the 80’s. It keeps telling me to tend to my joy and to be a giver and not a taker and of course the law of attraction. It’s filled with powerful affirmations. However, the audiobook has many voices and quotes and some people are practically shouting at you. Meanwhile, I am looking for another book to listen to that is far away from this subject as possible. I’m not feeling anything this morning, it must be that it’s way too early. For breakfast, I get out and get the family doughnuts and bagels. We all eat and then have a seat. I couldn’t sit still so I went outside and picked flowers and placed them in the house. Then my daughter wanted her nails done. So we get out all of the nail polish and polish her hands and toes with all of the colors of the rainbow. In the afternoon, the family went out for ice cream and I stayed home as I wanted to get yardwork done. I transplanted a bunch of iris’ from one area of the yard to another and did the same for some daylilies and other plants that I have in the yard. As I was planting away, the soul of my sneaker gave up on me and it unglued. It’s funny because when I do yard work, I put on my garden boots, but today I decided that sneakers would do and what do you know, they can’t handle the work. After doing all of the planting, I turn on the hose to water all of my plants and the dang hose breaks and I get all wet and dirty. I try to water the plants with the broken hose but it’s no use. Plus, I’m getting more water than the plants. I turn off the water and grab another hose. This one looks promising as we’ve had it for a long time and it’s worked well for all of these years. I drag the hose from the back yard and place it onto the spigot in the front so I may finally water the plants. I stretch the hose to farthest parts of where I was planting and there we go again. This hose breaks too. I get yet another shower. What is happening to today everything is breaking on me. Now I will need to get the hand bucket so I can water the plants. I had to take a couple of trips in order to be able to water all of the plants that I transplanted. It doesn’t look like much but I was out there for hours taking care of the plants. Now that I’m all wet and dirty I’m ready to get inside and take a shower. The family is still out as I get in the shower. I take my sweet time getting all of the dirt off my hands and feet. I did my nails this morning so tomorrow they would look nice. After all of this work they now look terrible. I will need to redo them tonight. As soon as I’m out of the shower there is a banging on the door. I put on my towel and run to the door and there is more and more banging. I open the door and it’s my husband. He doesn’t have house keys and has no patience to wait. It sounds like he’s banging the house down. I then get dressed and am online doing some shopping as they are watching a movie. They already ate so I go ahead and make myself a sandwich wrap with salami and turkey. Shortly after it’s nine o’clock and time for bed. Oh well guess I won’t be fixing my nails after all. It’s way too late to take of these now. They’ll have to go as is. I’ve already picked out a couple of outfits for me to wear on my first day on the job. I will see which one suits me best in the morning. One of them is a pink shirt the other is a black and white stripped shirt. I will probably be wearing shorts as it is hot. But just in case I have any meetings I will be ready with a shirt that has a little bit of a sleeve. I am a bit nervous for tomorrow. I have no idea what is in store. I don’t have any meeting or anything set up so I have no idea what I’m doing tomorrow. I’ll simply have to log on a bit before nine and see where the day takes me.
Until next time.
Stay Safe!
Best,
Isabel
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