I'm a bit down this morning, so fair warning: skip if you need bright and cheery. I just don't have much of that in me today.
I'm on hold for doing anything that requires leaving the house until the benefits coordinator from work contacts me - hadn't heard anything about my short term disability insurance, and no money popped up in my bank account, so I called the company yesterday (their paperwork said I could call to check on it after 48 hours, but I gave it 4 days since a weekend was involved. "Oh, we didn't get this, and we didn't get that, your doctor didn't send his paperwork" I said "Hmmm, that's really odd - I hand carried the paperwork from my appointment with the MD straight to our benefits coordinator and she helped me fill out all of the paperwork and put everything together and faxed it to you. I've got my copy of the checklist right here and we checked and double checked everything before we sent it. I'll give her a call and see if she can help me straighten this out." Ugh... So I called the benefits coordinator guess we'll see what happens.
I have managed to get a few things done this monring - fed inside and outside cats, filled bird feeders, working on my 3rd load of laundry so far (some of Buddy's clothes to donate - a bag got put in his garage and I'm glad I looked in it before I tossed it in the trash can), swept the main floor area, and sorted some paperwork. That may have to suffice unless I somehow find a burst of energy later today.
The flowers from Buddy's funeral that were sent by us, our co-workers, and friends were brought to me, and are starting to fade a bit, so I should probably go look for some pretty containers to put the petals in for potpourri. Lots of roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums, plus smaller ones. I have some nice quilted embossed canning jars that I think I will use, as well as some other pretty containers. If the grandsons come out this weekend, I'll let them help; otherwise I will fix them up this coming week.
I'm hoping that Menard's has the dark red peonies available again this year - usually I take cuttings from the pink and white peonies that my grandmother had carried starts of from farm to farm over the many years of her life (they were tenant farmers) to grow starts for the cemeteries, but I think dark red would be appropriate given his (rather fanatic
) baseball club affiliation.
Otherwise, I'm just watching the bipolar February weather... high of 11*F today, then temps in the 40's on Saturday, followed by temps in the 50's from Sunday into mid next week. Makes me wonder what March has in store...
Hubby is thinking about switching jobs at the hospital already/again
The boss of a former department where he worked saw him in the hall again and asked him how it was going; when Hubby said 'Ehh..." former boss told him he could find him a spot in his department any time, so that might be changing as well. I don't think I even have enough energy to worry about it this time. Maybe I should go work in that department; I think you work alone most of the time...
Well, I've been up since 0600; reckon that's long enough that I can justify at least a short nap
Take care, all; have a safe and hopefully happy weekend!