We were going to have pancakes
today for breakfast. Then, when I walked in the house last night and saw that
the dishes hadn’t been done, pancakes for breakfast flew out the window.
Because the dishes were not washed last night, I had to wash the bucket and
other things necessary for milking and straining the milk this morning. That’s
not too bad, it just takes a couple of minutes. However, when I went outside, I
noticed that the crate George and Fred should have been in had its door wide
open. Really? Children don’t know by now that George and Fred should be in the
crate at night? So, the combination of my having gotten up 18 minutes late and
having to wash a bucket and seeing that the kids spent the night with the does
and the fact that there weren’t many scraps made for a not too good experience
with milking this morning because I was crabby and the girls wanted out because
there wasn’t anything to keep them occupied with in the food department.
Yesterday was alright. Adam came
over. While he was here, I read marketing posts because they’re short and easy
to get through even when someone is talking to you. I also made chocolate
zucchini bread because it’s easy to talk while baking. To be perfectly honest
though, some of the conversation was annoying because we were talking about
goats and he was telling me that goats aren’t that strong and that dogs are
stronger and if he were taking them out (which Laura was while he was here) he
would manhandle them because they’re not that strong and they have horns. Hmmm.
Well, obviously, he doesn’t know a whole lot about goats but he wasn’t
listening to anything I said so I just got out of the conversation.
I had a LOT of reading to do
yesterday and got about half of it done. I’ll have to do the rest sometime
today because I don’t want to add that to next week’s work. In the afternoon,
Jonathan called and I talked to him and Elizabeth for about 15 minutes before it
was time for me to leave to go get the boys for soccer practice. Cedric and
Seth love soccer currently. I took Joseph too, thinking he could play at the
park but there wasn’t anyone there he knew so it wasn’t much fun and I told him
next week I’ll have him go home on the bus with Amena. He didn’t like that idea
and said that we could just wait for someone he knows to come. Well, quite
frankly, not going to happen. I can read if I don’t have a 6-year-old
complaining about the fact there isn’t anyone to play with and I'm not willing
to wait every week to see if someone
will come he knows. Therefore, home with Amena he will go.
After soccer practice, I could have
gotten more reading done but I was so tired I laid down on my bed and fell
asleep for about an hour. Then it was time to get supper ready for children who
would were home which consisted of Laura, Amena, Cedric, Seth and Joseph. They
had leftover sausage/kielbasa, potato salad and green salad. Pretty exciting.
While I was warming the sausage up,
Paul called. I had been wondering why he hadn’t yet because he usually does
when he leaves work on Friday. It turns out that he didn’t get out until about
6:35 and had a cuckoo crazy day. The morning was alright, he said. There was a
meeting that went well and he got some phone calls done. He had his lunch which
included some ice-cream he’d taken and that was good. The afternoon progressed
and he wondered what exactly was going on because Steve hadn’t been willing to
talk to him all day and while Jay had been in the morning, he wasn’t in the
afternoon. Then, Steve went in to talk to the new accountant and all he heard
before the door was shut is, “Blair used to own the company but now. . .” So,
what could be going on? He didn’t know because no one had said anything to him.
It turns out, Steve didn’t like the fact that Paul had brought Adam to work.
Steve would say, “Don’t bring Adam back.” Blair said, “Bring Adam in.” Then, he
didn’t like the fact that Paul had brought Laura to work. Steve would say, “We
don’t need Laura, don’t bring her in.” Blair said, “We need Laura. Bring her
in.” Steve said, “We don’t need Laura, don’t bring her in.” Blair told Laura to
only come in three days a week. It appears that Steve has been playing Blair
and Paul off each other for some time, about as long as Paul has been there.
Paul will ask why these systems didn’t go out. Steve will say because Blair
didn’t order the parts. Paul goes to Blair and wants to know what the heck is
going on. It’s a cycle. Steve is going to ruin the company if he continues.
Paul is going to quit if he continues. Blair told Paul yesterday that they’ll
have to walk on eggshells. Paul said, “No, we won’t.” Paul learned about Steve
having spoken to Blair and Blair’s mentor, I don’t remember his name, at 4:00
and said from that point on, the day was pretty crappy. Well, that’s not really
what he said, but you get the idea.
Supper got on the table and
children were eating and Paul got home and we left. Paul was still pretty
worked up about the day so it’s nice that we could go out and unwind. He said
that he’s of a mind to tell Blair that he cannot continue working if things
remain the same. I agree. It seems to me that Paul is doing his job and doing
it well. It appears that Steve has some issues. Laura says he blows up often
and that just isn’t appropriate for a work place environment.
Anyway, we went to a Thai
restaurant we’ve been to a few times that has really good food and is really
clean. I don’t remember what Paul had but there were lots of cashews in it. I
had a bamboo and pork combination plate that was very good and we had a Pad Thai
to share which was also very good. After that, we went to Market Basket to see
if there were any markdowns and then to TJMaxx for the same reason. They have
some jalapeño ketchup there that is really good. I don’t generally care for
ketchup but this stuff I like. Other than that there wasn’t much so we left. I
said that we should give Jonathan a ride to work even though he didn’t need to
be to work until 11:00 and it was only a few minutes past 9:30. We did go to
see if he’d like one and it took knocking on the window five times before
getting a response. He actually is working about a fifteen minute walk from
where they’re staying so a ride wasn’t needed. Paul did offer Elizabeth a job.
He needs someone to call all the Spanish-speaking salons and Elizabeth would be
perfect for that. It would only be two or three days a week, but that would be
perfect for Elizabeth. So, we left and came home and when we got here, Jonathan
sent me a text message saying that they’d talked about it and Elizabeth would
like to give it a try.
I checked my email and took a quick
look at Facebook once we got home and then went to bed because I was tired. I
struggled through a couple of chapters of really good reading in Helaman (lots
of war and stuff, you know?) and turned the light off. I was so tired. Once the
light was off, I couldn’t sleep. Paul came in and I thought, ‘This is good,
maybe he’ll be in a talkative mood.’ No such luck. He got in bed and was asleep
within about two minutes. I got up and put some clothes in the drier and then
went back to bed. Apparently, I fell asleep because I woke up at 4:20 something
and needed to use the bathroom. Joseph came and got in bed shortly after that.
Then I woke up again at 6:18 and got up to take the dogs for their walk and
milk. After I had washed the bucket for milking, I got the dishes somewhat
organized and started filling the sink so Cedric could wash and went up and
told him to get down and get them done. That was almost two hours ago and they
still are not done.
This morning the boys have soccer
pictures at the recreational field and there are a lot of activities going on.
I’ve volunteered for the frog jumping contest which should be at 1:30. If it
rains, which it looks like it could at any moment, it will all be tomorrow in which
case we will not be there for any of it.
Right now, I need to get something
going for breakfast. At this point, I’d say it’s going to be a cereal day with
no rolled oats as an option.
Have a spectacular day!
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