T.G.I.F

(Wow! I can say that again and really mean it!)

Friday morning I slept through the alarm (for 40 minutes!) So, I repeated everything I did on Thursday morning, except for writing the Blog post (I figured I could do that at lunchtime). I got to work just five minutes late and the only thing I forgot today was a roll of crackers (for when I have soup at work).

Work was a little more frantic that the first day as I tried to develop a system for doing Michelle’s job handling computer/hardware requests. She has one, but never explained it to me and I couldn’t quite figure it out. But, it was lunchtime before I had my own.

My old friend (another Michelle), from my Facilities days, stopped in to see my boss, saw me and asked me where I’d been and why was I wearing that silly thing. So, I had to go over the whole story. She seemed genuinely concerned and gave me a big hug when I finished, whispering, “Please take care of yourself!” I’m not sure how my boss felt, having to wait for her while we talked, but it made me feel good.

I brought soup (although no crackers) for lunch but changed my mind at the last minute. I went to the Newburgh Grille and had a mini Greek salad. It was good and I ate almost all of it!

Back at work, I was trying to order stuff, but kept getting interrupted by my boss with questions that I needed to research. It took a while to find the answers, but I got them all sorted out before quitting time and he thanked me.

I wasn’t as tired or sore when I got home. My daughter Melissa called just after I got there and I sat on the couch, with my brace on, while we talked for a long, long time.

Finally I said I had to eat something so I could take my evening pills, so we hung up.

I made some Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup and ate that (with crackers), took my pills and took off my brace. I watched an apparently forgettable program and then went to bed around 10:00 PM.