Under my Hat

It's another day.. with Dad still here.. He's been here for a week today... and I have no clue when he is going to leave... I don't think he does either. I do love him, but it's getting monotonous. I have 4 rooms with lights I can turn off with my Alexa app. This will save him from having to get up... from his living room couch (that still bothers me that he won't use any of the beds.) The other morning I hear him say.. "Alexa, living room off" about 5 or 6 times.... when I go to see what's up, he's trying to turn off the overhead light instead of the lamp in the wifi plug.. I explain to him it's the other light and turn off the overhead light... then I say "Alexa, living room on" ... nothing happens...  again I try to coax my electronic assistant to turn it on... with still no results.. after 3 more attempts, I go check out the plug on the lamp..   It's still plugged in... then an idea hits me.. Evidently Dad got up and walked a...

There are times in our lives when we just coast... not making an effort to get anywhere or do anything... I feel like I'm at that point now at times, but then I also feel like I am making an effort... just to keep from sinking... I am in the best shape financially that I've been in for a long time... but there are always so many things to do. Work is still the same... I'm covering well more than what I'm paid.. with little overtime. I did get to drive to Delaware last week and at least get away from the center for awhile. I am currently haggling with insurance companies about my vehicle after getting hit in the rear. It's so simple of an open and shut case... but I am trying to put out of my mind the particulars and let my insurance company handle it... I just see them raising my rates even though it wasn't my fault.... just because evidently she didn't have insurance. I have to figure out the logistics of body shop repair and getting a rental.. but that wi...

I'm up... and should be almost ready to leave for work... but due to an appointment with the Endocrinologist, I won't be leaving for at least another hour... I think our body clocks get used to something over time... and when we alter from our norm, we get screwed up on a deeper level. I am just now getting used to the time change that happened a couple of weeks ago... or was it last week. I seem to have lost my bearings as most days seem to run together now. It's like I just stay behind on everything I have to do... but it's my own fault. I have immersed myself so much into playing World of Warcraft that I have shut out a lot of things. I know it's not healthy, but I think maybe it is a retreat mechanism. Work is first and foremost the largest drain on me at the moment... and even though I could be working from home, I know I won't get paid for it.. so it doesn't motivate me.. even if I could get a little extra time added to my time off... I already spend...

So... it's been over a month... I just haven't been feeling the need to write things down, although many things have been happening... nothing major in the respect of my improving my socialization skills, though. I'm just as anti-social now as ever, although I have a few friends that drag me out of my humble abode from time-to-time. The program I work for... has requested their budget for fiscal year 2019 (starting Oct. 1, 2019) to no longer fund the Forest Service... which if granted would mean I am no longer teaching at that point. It is a possibility that I might be looking for employment for a bit. Luckily I get put at the top of the lists for other job prospects. It might not be such a bad thing...   In the meantime, our center is the pilot program for a few projects... one of which will be the implementation of the Microsoft Imagine Academy. I just see it as adding more work onto my already full plate of responsibilities. I see so much dissension in our society a...