I Survived!

Well, this week is almost over. State convention is over and I'm back home. It's good to be back home. Tomorrow will be very busy. I will put the entire paper together, that is the plan, anyway. It is so beautiful up around Bloomfield, Farmington and that whole area. The colors are still changing (it's late this year), and the rock formations and mountains are pretty, too. They're a lot different than the Sandias, but it is beautiful up there. I have been to Farmington before, but not Bloomfield. Had a good time, Carolyn and I spent the afternoon on Wednesday driving around Farmington, Aztec, Kirtland. We had a nice time visiting with each other. We don't get to do that much in the office.

Richie was glad to see me when Pat, Melissa and Richie came to pick me up at work. Eddie said he didn't seem to miss me, but he was glad to see me. It's good to be home. I'll be glad to sleep in my own bed tonight. I had a nice comfortable bed at the Best Western in Bloomfield. It's a very new place, so it was nice. They had high-speed wireless Internet access, so I was able to keep in touch. I did get a call through to home on my cell phone Wednesday before we went to supper.

Had a lot to do this afternoon when we got back to the office. I just finished writing my story on the men's meeting. Jn will take it, along with Jy's story on the women's meeting and write one big story on all three meetings. He was at the Pastors' Conference. I had started it last night after we got back to the motel, while I was watching the end of the World Series.

Back to the normal routine! TTFN

Weekend

Well, another weekend is here. We all got up Saturday morning and went to play nine holes of golf. R was kind of fussy through it all, but he wasn't too much of a pest. M and I ended up with the same score. We don't usually do that! It was cloudy and cool. Started raining after we left the golf course and rained all afternoon. I love rainy days!

Been in kind of a rut lately. Come home, get something to eat, sit down and start watching all of our programs. (We have to tape off several during the week and catch up on them when we have a little time.) Play games on the computer while we're watching TV and then go to bed, get up in the morning and start all over.

Work has been busy. This coming week is a short week because we go to press on Friday, leave for Bloomfield on Monday (the 24th). Will be back on Thursday, it ends Wednesday night. Don't expect any big controversies, there usually aren't. The committee hasn't found anybody yet, they are looking through resumes again.

It's after midnight, guess I should go to bed and get some sleep. We had just turned the lights out and E came home. He packed up some stuff and took R to spend the night at S's. He said S wanted to go to the flea market. He doesn't have to work tomorrow.

Will try to get some laundry done tomorrow, maybe some ironing. Went to Dion's after golf this morning, then out to Sam's Club and got a few things. Gas there is about 20 cents cheaper than close to home. It cost almost $50 to fill up the van the other day at $2.69 a gallon. It's ridiculous! I hope it doesn't go up too much higher. We plan on using the fireplace and more throws this winter and not turn the heater up as high.

Well, I've rambled on enough, better go get some sleep. TTFN

Change Is Comin'!

Well, I haven't posted in a while. I have been busy, but I got tired of all the negativity and complaining. I also decided not to check my work e-mail on the weekend. I can take care of that when I get there on Monday.

Lately, I have discovered the importance of laughter. It is important to have some humor in life, instead of being so serious and critical all the time. (Sometimes it takes me a while to realize the obvious and take action.)

Got a box of Dixon's apples mailed off to P's family, sent them to P & D's (had their address).

Watching West Wing, have R corraled in the hallway so he won't pester us, he is tired and fighting going to sleep, I think, but he is wound up and ornery. This was supposed to be E's day off, but he got called this afternoon to go in and work until closing. The up side is he gets more hours, more money. He worked after hours one night last week tearing down the carousel in front of Penny's. He go $50 for that. Every little bit helps. I think E is in favor of raising the minimum wage. It's a bill similar to the one they passed in Santa Fe, which seems to be working fine.

An article in today's paper shows a poll that says Chavez has 42.6 percent of the vote. Election is Tuesday, it will be interesting to see how the results come out. I thought Griego would have more than 18.8 percent, Winter has the same amount. P and I agree that Chavez's ex-wife held him back. Now he is free to do the job that is needed. Unfortunately, being mayor of a town this size is a 24/7 job, she didn't like that. He has been a very visible mayor, especially after having a couple that didn't want to be in the public eye. And I think he has been even more visible since his divorce. As one of his commercials says, "After being elected mayor, he became mayor.

One of his accomplishments is Tingley Beach. It was set for a dedication when we had those two hard rainstorms, it was pushed back a week. Just one of his projects he has seen through. I think that is one of the main things that will get him re-elected. He gets things done.

R is being awfully quiet. He's not fussing, but I will bring him in the living room with us. I think he has settled down and won't be as ornery.

I'm going to try to be more positive.