Politics

Ahhh, politics. Don't you love it? Things are heating up and I find the debate very interesting. For the record, I am pretty conservative and wouldn't vote for Obama if you paid me to. I had already pretty well decided that I would vote for McCain even though there are many things I don't like about him. Now that he has chosen a virtual unknown for his running mate, things are getting very interesting. I will sit back and watch the fireworks from both sides. No matter who wins, this will be an election to remember.

A little of this and that

I went to Florida for work last week and had a wonderful time. Oops, that doesn't sound like work, does it? Well, I was paid for going and still had a wonderful time. I'll blog about the trip later. It wasn't so wonderful when I got home Monday. I walked into the hall bath and found water on the floor. I thought the toilet was leaking and called the plumber. The good news is my toilet is fine. The bad news is I had a slab leak. The plumber asked me what was behind the wall in the bathroom. I told him a bedroom closet. We went to check out the closet and the carpet in that bedroom was soaking wet. The plumber cut out part of my wall and discovered that the leak was not in the wall. He turned off my water and told me he would be out to fix it the next day. I ended up spending the night with friends. The leak is fixed. It was actually at floor level. My insurance company may not pay anything because they only pay if the leak is above the floor. So, after $1,070, my leak is fixed. At least the electric company will adjust my bill. I don't know how much yet, but every little bit helps.

Just some thoughts

I've been busy, but I thought I'd share some thoughts today. Friday was an interesting day. I had an adoption at 8:30 Friday morning. It was a cool adoption. This child makes the 8th child (4 biological and 4 adopted) at 8/08/08 at 8:30 AM. That was cool. Everyone was so happy. I love this part of my job. The part that isn't so cool is that after the adoption I met with two investigators that had asked me to go to a funeral with them. The funeral was for an infant that was found dead by police in the family's backyard after the mother went to the ER and said that she had a baby that was dead. This has been a big news story here. The autopsy revealed that the baby had been born alive. When we got to the graveside services, the only people present were us, four police officers and the funeral home director. About 10 minutes after the funeral was supposed to start, the grandmother arrived with her sister, a daughter and three children. She said the mother of the baby was on her way. She showed up about 15 minutes later with several other people. The service was held and then a few more family members showed up. By the time they left, there were 22 family members present, of which at least 6 were children. This is a difficult part of my job.
Friday afternoon, one of the workers told me he heard I had not applied for the supervisor position that is open for his unit. He had wanted me to apply. I explained to him the reasons why I decided not to apply, and while he understands that this is not position for me, he was upset that I hadn't applied. I have to look at what's best for me and this position is not best for me. There are more coming up in the next few months that I will apply for.
Saturday, I attended a wedding and got to spend the afternoon with my granddaughter as both mom and dad were in the wedding. We had so much fun and the photographer fell in love with Dharma. I'm looking forward to seeing all the photos he took of her. The bride asked me to make chicken enchiladas for the meal. I have never cooked for a large crowd before, but the enchiladas were a hit. There were no leftovers. So, no matter what anyone tells you to the contrary, I can cook...I just don't do it very often.
So, I've had a busy couple of days and they're not over yet. I will go to a friend's house later this afternoon for a birthday party/bbq. Those are always fun. Next week, I go to Florida with two girls for a pre-placement visit with the family that will adopt them. That means I get three days on the beach while the family gets to know the girls. That's a pretty cool part of my job! I'll let ya'll know how that goes later. ☺

Birthdays

My friend is having a birthday today. Not just any birthday, but the half century one. (Ok, I have older friends.) :) I just wanted to say happy birthday, Ron. You are a wonderful guy and I am so happy to have you for my friend. I hope you have a great day and many, many more great days. See you soon.

Tattoo

I have been talking to my son for awhile about getting a tattoo. I just didn't know what I wanted to get or where to put it. Well...I finally bit the bullet and did it. I think it looks great. Everyone who has seen it says it looks great. Of course, I went to the tattoo artist that my son uses. He is one of the best in town. Here's a link to the pic of it...It's on my left shoulder going down my back.

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