Ten Thursday Thoughts

Ten Thursday Thoughts

1. Is it Thursday already?

2. I ask that because my days are ALL jacked up after 2 days off because of Irma. For some reason I keep thinking today is Tuesday.

3. The last couple of days were spent contemplating as to how to cancel a work related trip I had to Florida.

4. I was supposed to go to a conference. I wasn't presenting, but just going.

5. I didn't really want to go, but you know... got to do stuff just so I can place it on my end of the year review.

6. It was O_O watching the news and seeing Hurricane Irma make landfall at the city where the conference was to be  held.

7. The resort has no power. They won't be getting power for awhile, looks like. Not until a couple of Saturdays from now. Wow.

8. We finally figured out how to cancel the trip today. Funny how nobody seems to know how to do this type of stuff immediately.

9. One of my coworkers was worried about us getting charged anyway.

10. I told her I will tell them, "Send the bill to Mrs. Irma H. Cane." 

 She will gladly pay it!

Then and Now

Then (3 weeks ago)

Now...

That Doggone Irma!

Man...

That doggone Irma got me all jacked up.

First of all, the workplace was shut down for Monday and Tuesday. So you know, I was all good with that... some free time off! Yes!

I should've known there would be a slight problem when I was watching the news and the WHOLE state of Georgia was covered with one giant swirl...



And yes, I'm still on that bootleg, with the flat screen TV on top of the tube TV. My sister bought that tube television for me at the thrift store for $35. I will not get rid of it. It is a sentimental thing, you see.



As you can tell, I was relaxing HARD, laid out on the couch wrapped in my favorite micro suede blanket, my feet clad in a new pair of black socks. I had on a pair of leggings and a tank top. I was feeling GREAT!

Then BOOM!

I knew that sound. It was an explosion. It was the transformer blowing.

It was around 3:30 pm.

Lights out.

No lights.

I found the three lone candles I had. They were conveniently up on the mantle. Let's just say my house smelled STRONGLY of peaches, flower, and cinnamon. My scent cells in my nose are OVERLOADED. But I had some light.

I tell you that after this, I'm finding a survival or camping store and I'm buying a kit... some lanterns and ish like that.

I feel like I'm in an episode of The Color Purple.

I'm expecting Celie to walk in at any moment and holler "Ya'll want somethin' to eat??"

LOL

Georgia Power put up some crazy message talking about it could be days or weeks before power is restored. Georgia Power, I live in a gentrified area, and if you don't stop talking that foolishness, you know these white folks gonna crash the lobby of your downtown building with torches and pitchforks. That power better be on TONIGHT.

If not, oh well. We need to think about people who lost everything due to the storm. Or have a house full of water and got to figure it out. A power outage is temporary at best, and it reminds me how much I rely on it. And that will be the lesson learned. 

But these are high class problems, you know.  I left the Lucy the Lexus in the garage (since it is stuck in there due to the power outage) and cranked up Pam the Protege and went on down to the hospital and spent the day with Scoot Booty. That little dude has gained a whole pound since he was born 3 weeks ago! Go Scoot Booty!

Irma is gone, spinning out in Tennessee somewhere.

I don't think we can take anymore hurricanes. So let's just hope and pray for a long long break from them! 

Ten Tuesday Thoughts

So here we are...

Ten Tuesday Thoughts... or more.

We will see.

1. I was so thankful for the 3-day weekend. We just don't get enough of those.

2. I use the holiday time to declutter. And boy oh boy did I have a lot of clutter. I come from a family of hoarders, so anytime I can get rid of a stray piece of paper, I am proud and happy.

3. I think our discussion panel at the Decatur Book Festival went very well.

It was around an hour  long. We each read for around one minute (my passage to read - I'd  decided it right before I left the house that morning).

4. I wish now that I would've rented a room at the local Marriott for the weekend and spent the entire 2 days there. Once I stood still enough to look at the sessions, I saw that there were some great sessions. I didn't attend any because I was more nervous about our session.  Sigh. Maybe next time!

5. So my new nephew Justin, aka Notorious J, aka Scoot Booty (my personal nickname for him) is doing well. He is the little Boss Preemie of the intermediate infant care section!

6. Scoot Booty is getting darker.

7. I went down Saturday evening to spend some alone time with him and give him his bottle. It was my first time feeding him.

He drank a full 15 out of 20 milliliters. I prayed over him and sang to him. It was the best 2 hours of my weekend, hands down. Go Scoot Booty!!

8. And Scoot Booty is a typical man: eat, get full, then go straight to sleep.

9.. Best thing I ate this weekend:

A pineapple habanero popsicle from King of Pops. Although they are a bit pricey, I like there popsicles because they are not too sweet and they're super juicy. It was good, but it snuck up on me afterwards. That habenero had my lips burning for a few minutes!

10.. There's a new hurricane coming, and her name is Irma! After seeing Harvey, people in Florida rushed to the store with the quickness. It is strange that we heard about Irma some 10 days out, whereas Harvey wasn't talked much about. Maybe I missed it. Never again.

11.. This day is too long. Sigh. I can't wait to get home.

12. I am doing something new for September: I am making up my "to-do" list for when I get home during the day as I think of things. (I hope that makes sense. My wording is off). I think that will be better for me, because by the time I get home, I have forgotten what I wanted to accomplish that evening.

That's it for my 10 + 2 Tuesday Thoughts!

Freestyle Fridays

Friday!

And this week has been so busy that  I haven't had time to post. Sigh.

I have a project that I am working on, and it is a fail as far as I am concerned right now, so I will just have to start over next week. And I am good with that. I am just BONE tired.

I have been like Callie Jo all week when I get home from work.

Laid out, stretched out and sleeping. I'm not sleeping all that well, but it is good enough. 

I have gone to see my new nephew little Justin about 2 or 3 times this week after work. He is doing well, and he has gained 4 ounces. That is a lot for a preemie. He's even taking breast milk mow, but mostly through a feeding tube. He is not on any IVs. So once he gets off that feeding tube, he is all good.

I am sad about the hurricane destruction and flooding in Texas. I know these natural disasters happen, and I pray for those involved. However, I am tired of all the armchair quarterbacking that we do. Unless I am IN the situation, or I've been through something like that, I feel like I have no right to judge how folks handle things. No right. That's just me. I think we are just trained in social media  to comment, analyze, and tare down every single thing.

I have no idea what it is like to have my house fill up with flood water, hit by a tornado, destroyed by fire, none of that. The best I can do is to have some empathy. Hope that makes sense.

I am looking forward to the weekend. I am on a panel for Atlanta Noir at the Decatur Book Festival. I haven't been to the festival in years. The last time I went was when Tayari Jones was there and was reading from her book The Untelling, and that was back in 2006, I believe.  I even wrote a blog post on it. It meant a lot because I took my brother, and it was the first reading he had ever attended. So it means much to me to actually be a participant some 11 years later.

So that is it for me. 

So I am excited about that. I don't think we will get to read. Maybe one page or so if we do. And that is cool. I am just happy to be a participant!

Song of the Week.  I don't really have one. But I have a song that I listen to often. And I came across the video. Oldgirl had better made a video QUICK since Jay-Z sampled her song.

"Late Nights and Heartbreaks" by Hannah Williams and the Affirmations. 



It ain't the highest quality video, but she worked it out, didn't she? LOL

That is is for ME. I am thoroughly ready for the 3-day weekend!

I will make the best of it. At least I hope to.  It might just be a lot of this:

And that is alright too. I will still have a great weekend.

And you do the same!