A Therapuetic Whine

I don't know if it is something specific, or just all the little things, but I have been feeling a bit down.

None of our kids will be home for Thanksgiving.

My beautiful butterfly koi was killed by a great blue heron yesterday. (Seems like every year at Thanksgiving one of God's creatures decides to help himself to a feast of my koi).

My knee is still bothering me a bit.

The weather is dreary.

The economy sucks and seems to be getting worse every day.

I do not have as much work lined up as I would like.

I had received an "Intent to Award" for a large job; attended a subcontactor meeting and sent submittals and was then notified that they "misread" my bid and signed with the another contractor - before even discussing it with me.

I have not decided on a plan for obtaining more work, and several families depend on us.

I have been incredibly disorganized at work (there are many piles distracting me).

Our business liability insurance carrier has decided they no longer want to write policies for roofing contractors, and I have been waiting for several weeks for my agent to obtain new quotes. My current policy expires in a little over two weeks.

Did I mention the economy sucks?

Okay - enough whining, time to get to work. At least tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I will be taking a 4 day hiatus from work and from the depressing news about all the problems out there.

Goddess of Speed

It never rains but it pours.

Gene is laid up with a broken hip and he is quite restless. We got the Packard home a few weeks ago, but he is not able to do anything on it, as he is still on crutches. Last night he decided to get out his prized "Goddess of Speed" hood ornament and view it on the hood. Guess what we cannot find? Yes, that is correct, we have lost the Goddess.

Very much a bummer.

Trivia

Today on the radio they had a trivia question....What are the only two words in the English language that have three double letters in a row?

I knew one of the words was bookkeeper, but could not think of the other word. Beekeeper? No. I kept trying to imagine what the other word could be. Imagine my surprise when I learned what the other word was - BOOKKEEPING!!!!

That's what I get for overthinking it.

Boredom and Pain

Weekend before last we went wine tasting in the Upper Rogue because they were supposedly holding events at four locations. We were misinformed. Then we decided to go to the casino. This did not work out as the aisle are too narrow and there were too many people around for Gene to feel comfortable.

Last Saturday he went to a Duck game at Autzen Stadium. While he enjoyed it, the long ride, sitting on bench seats and the long ride back took their toll and he paid the piper on Sunday.

So we are still looking for ways to fill our weekends. Gene has a low tolerance for boredom and likes to be productive every day, so there we are.....