Frog and Goat

Yesterday started a little earlier than I had planned. I’m in a training this week and planned on sleeping a little later. The phone rang early and it was my mother. My grandmother died early Monday morning. This last year has not been a good year for her and I believe she’s in a much better place now. I was torn about whether or not I should write about her death here. I decided to go ahead with it because she was interested in technology. The better-half and I would take the laptop over and show her pictures of different things we were working on and for her 90th birthday soiree my mother and I made a slide show that really went over well. My grandmother liked it and everyone at the party got a chuckle. It seems fitting to write about her death here in that context. She may have thought it was cool to be on the internet.

And, this choice of photos? From the slide show. It got a lot of laughs, especially from her.

I know this is not shocking news, but isn’t Donald Trump one smarmy MF? I don’t watch his show and I don’t watch Martha’s riff on his show. In fact, I don’t watch reality TV…I know the world is filled with morons, I don’t need to watch them on TV.

What I can’t stand is the fact that Donald was all hype and good will back in the summer when Martha’s riff on his show was announced. Now that those ratings are in the toilet he’s slamming her to anyone who will listen. I bet he has lots of really close friends. Or Not. I have a brilliant idea Donald, why don’t you go back to 1983 and stay there? The hair, the young wife, the so-called empire–whatever, dude.

I’ve been assigned two courses where I’m the primary developer and both courses are officially On Hold. I hope I don’t get a reputation as The Course Killer. I’m currently reading eight courses to decide if any parts can be moved to an electronic format. All of them are currently viable classroom classes so they won’t get the automatic kiss of death from me. I did make a note yesterday that one “seems like a weak course”. I wonder what the appropriate dress is for a course funeral?

I just finished paying a couple of bills and licked the envelopes shut.* I’m getting over a cold and I just licked the envelopes. Those envelopes are now slathered in germs. I know germs only live so long in the world, but it made me think about what other people may use to seal envelopes and I was a little grossed out.

*Yes, we still pay some bills the old fashioned way.

This has been one long week. Remember back in school Thursday nights brought in some of the best parties? I could use that about now. Instead we’re going to run a couple of errands and then have dinner at a place that has turned their October menu over to Oktoberfest. The better-half went there last week and has just stopped talking about the sauerbraten. I wonder what will be his fancy tonight.

Tomorrow night the better-half is going out with some friends so it will be me, the couch, the remote and a bowl of popcorn. I’m hoping for a spooky movie. Something from the era when movies were shot in black & white, sound and music effects were what’s creepy and gore shots were non-existent.

I sit next to Typhoid Mary. I’ve worked here since March and this person is sick at the drop of a hat–seriously she’s been sick at least three times since March. And, she’s one of those people who apparently doesn’t take anything OTC because she sniffles and sighs all day long. Oh the sighing. The sighing is about to kill me.

As a bit of self-disclosure, I have allergies that are with me all year long. I’m a little more allergic at different times but for the most part I can count on having to blow my nose frequently. The crazy and wacky thing I do though is I take something for the runny nose and the whole breathing thing. I don’t sniffle and sigh all day. Did I mention the sighing?

Go home already.