[Rhonda R]

Hi, Spyce,
Nice to hear from you again.

Yes, let’s see…… 62 more days till I go home again!

I think people like to work with my because I’m good at what I do. I listen to what the wants then get ahead of him/her and have it done before they ask. I have a good understanding of what benefits the company/client in my position so I can produce a good quality service/product. Knowledgeable and competent. Also try to get along with everyone and bring a positive vibe to the project. I’m not there to point fingers or cast blame, only get problems solved and tasks done. Always willing to stop and help someone. But that doesn’t always transfer well to a dating relationship as I definitely don’t give out the vibe at work that I need someone. The guys are usually coming to me to ask for help rather than me asking them for help. Although I do try to hand out the compliments and say I appreciate their input when I do ask for information.

There are five gentlemen out here from Alberta from the past R3 project to look over this project and make assessments. Three of them I had worked with on the R3 project. So I quickly suggested to Ron and Patti that we have an R3 dinner while they were here. Patti arranged this one, but it was fun to catch up with them again. Joep is single now…… Hmmmmmm. (big grin) And I had a good conversation with Jeff (one of the gentlemen I had not met before). He said he had heard all about me and how I had helped the R3 projects with all the daily status reports. We talked about kayaking, camping, wolf-dogs, etc. I was hoping he’d come by and ask me out for dinner tonight, but he didn’t. He, too, is single.

I’d definitely like to date 5-10 years younger and those are the men I usually contact. But Zoosk won’t change the age range of the matches they send me. Rather annoying. And they send 64-70. 🙁 And the gentlemen who are contacting me off Our Time are also older – upper 60s and 70s. (sigh) You’re right. While I’d love to build a friendship and be at a place to take it to the next level by the time I get home, most men don’t see me as being available. Randy has had contact with the US lead we worked for in Louisiana and the project in Africa is in the works and our project manager from Louisiana will be on it. Randy has been asked to go to that project and he will push for me to also be on that project and to work remotely from home, so we’ll see. Also will message Bob, the PM in Belgium and see how his project is coming along. Both those projects would let me be at home again. Ha Ha. Asked the guys last night if NOVA had anything going on in Alberta. Mike said No, and Ron would kill us if we pulled you off this project.

So….. so much for my boring life.
Hope all is well for you,
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

LOL H-E-L-P!!!! Went back to OurTime just looking for some new faces. Wonder why I even try! All the old guys keep messaging. I’m quite unimpressed with who’s out there. Zoosk keeps sending me these old men matches. Be off there next month. I am sooooo unimpressed with the selection of men out there. Quite discouraging.

On a different note….. got an email from the employment agency that I’m with that they got a notice of a title change for me, which I kind of expected, but she didn’t say if there were any other changes – dates, salary or anything else. Things are much better with Andrew gone. Darren has indicated several times they are happy with my work. Still wish I could transfer the success at work to success in my personal life!

Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
Yes, being at home is always refreshing and regenerating. I get back to Ontario and immediately feel like a black cloud of dread and depression sets over me. Energy is gone. I don’t have near the energy here as I do at home.

Isn’t that first snow beautiful?

Trav has signed up with a couple job agencies there. He’s checked out the zoo and tried to find the conservation area that’s on googlemaps. Didn’t find it, so it must not be very big. He’s talked with all the community colleges about tutoring. Said he’s got several applications out but has heard nothing yet. Talked for probably over an hour the other night. Mostly I listened. He’s interested in robotics and there’s a tech school there that has a robotics program so I encouraged him to go check it out. He still doesn’t have his passport. It got sent to AZ and I don’t know if they’ll forward that or not. Here he is 27 and still not sure what he wants to do with his life. He doesn’t like people and I’m sure much of that is from all the bullying he took growing up. He told me the other night he took a lot of bullying in 2nd grade and I can’t remember if he mentioned first grade or not. I wasn’t aware of the extent of bullying in 2nd grade that he dealt with. It was horrible and extensive in 5th thru 8th grade, then the high school administration treated him like dirt. So I can see why he doesn’t like people. I really hurt for him. I’m glad he still feels he can talk with me.

Barry’s being a sweetheart. He came by my desk the other morning just to say hi. I mentioned one of my headlights was out on my car, so he’s fixing it for me. He’s taken a few minutes of his day to go to the parking lot and take the bulb out (as I got the wrong ones first time). Picked up the right ones Friday afternoon so he’ll put them in Monday. But he offered and has really followed through with it. Really appreciated.

Its rained here most of the week since I’ve been back. Did get out or a walk today – ended up going 14 k instead of the 10 I was planning on. A little pretty, but boring compared to what I’m used to. Saw blue jays and a lot of squirrels.

No social life. Worked 11 hours Wed thru Friday. Will go in to work tomorrow. I took in cookies Friday as we had a team meeting then I put the rest in the kitchen. Picked up the container when I left and one of the gentlemen had taken the time to write a thank you note on a stickie and leave it on the container. I thought that was very thoughtful. Didn’t recognize the name, but still made me smile.

Hope you’re enjoying your weekend,
Smiles,
Rhonda

66 more days till I go home again!

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
Yes, loving being at home. Friday and Saturday were gorgeous. Sunny, high 60s. Today is rain and snow. First snow of the season. It was really pretty. Didn’t stick.

Yes, I’ll be open to leaving this job once things get rolling smoothly. I guess the new person coming to help me is tech savvy, so should easily be able to take over once I’ve got it up and running. Looks like there may be some possibilities coming up next year.

Yes, Sarah, was an unhappy, very insecure person. Its too bad. I don’t think anyone on the project really liked her except the manager that she brown-nosed like you wouldn’t believe. Oh well. Over done and I don’t have to deal with her any more.

Trav is interested in coming up to stay with me. Don’t know if I can get a visitor’s visa for him or not. Canada is giving priority to the Afghanistan “refugees” so no other visa’s or permanent residency applications are getting processed. I’m a little concerned he’ll come up and not get anything done. I would want him to either be taking on-line courses to get his gpa up or he’s talked about doing a science youtube channel. Not sure about that. I guess I’m a little worried he’ll just come up and be dependent on me. We’ll see. He’s been looking for something there. I’ll catch up again with him this week.

Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Thank you, Heidi,
Yes, that’s very true. I do feel my personal life/social life would be very different if I were home and working normal hours.

Nothing in the works for new jobs. There’s still not much out there. I really want to stay here now till I get things running smoothly. Should have that done by Christmas. Should be all organized and running smoothly and my hours down to 50 hours a week instead of these crazy 11 and 12 hour days. Already have 34 hours in this week. I hear I have help coming. LOL. But once I get things flowing smoothly and the process more efficient I won’t need the help. Then I can turn it over to someone else and feel ok about leaving for something else.

Its 8:00 and I still have to go pack. I’ll be to work by 6 tomorrow. Leave at noon and fly home to Calgary. Looking forward to some time at home. Have a full Friday but nothing solid planned for the rest of the weekend. I’m sure I’ll find something. Pick up my new lens Friday – which is good as my long lens fell off my camera this last weekend and crashed to the blacktop. Still works but the top ring is loose on one side. No real good pics this last weekend. It rained all weekend. Fall colors were really pretty but with it being cloudy and dark they didn’t pop. Saw some moose but they were laying down in the brush.

Smiles,
Rhonda

Oh. P.S. Randy got here this week. Worked with him on the last project I was on and he earned my respect. He told me I had been stabbed in the back pretty badly by one of our co-workers. I strongly suspected that as she had stabbed me in the back already once that I knew of, but Randy told me she had stabbed me in the back much more and much worse than I had realized. Nice to have him to work with again.

[Rhonda R]

Hi,
Quick update before I take off to Algonquin, Canada’s largest provincial park, tomorrow. Ha Ha. 53 hours this week in spite of taking tomorrow off. Looking forward to a weekend of camping and hoping for some moose and bear pics, as well as fall colors. But whatever happens, it will be fun.

I was reminded again this week how much I am blessed with good health. Both my girl friends in Calgary have major health issues, one has liver disease and the other just found out she has a ping-pong size tumor on her brain. Going in for surgery within the next couple weeks. The massage therapist I had an apt scheduled with cancelled as she got sick. I thank God I am healthy and strong.

Got a couple more compliments at work this week. I was having some problems with an import so asked Heather, the SmartCompletions database manager. A little later I got an email from her with a forwarded message from Erin, Hexagon’s SmartCompletions support person. I had worked with Erin some last year while on the LA project. That night when I got home Erin had messaged me on LinkedIN. Asked if I was working with NOVA and said they were very lucky to have me. Made me feel good.

Today was talking with Darren. Darren’s, not sure of his official title, but he’s my supervisor’s manager. Since Andrew’s replacement won’t be here for a couple more weeks, I’ve been working directly with Darren. We are completely revising our forms and procedures for turnover. I’ve been tasked with quite a bit of the re-work and redesigning the forms. They also want me to develop a tracking tool that tracks status on walkdowns, turnover binders, punchlists, system completions, mechanical completions and turnover of care, custody and control. I’m building an Access database to handle some of that as its too much into the weeds for SmartCompletions. Then will take exports from Access and SmartCompletions and merge all the data into a graph in PowerBI. Just got the punchlist transferred from an Excel spreadsheeet into SmartCompletions, so that was a big success. Just got permission from Darren to put some of the forms into SmartCompletions, so headers will be automatically filled out and they have a QR code to scan back in for much easier tracking. Don’t remember exactly how it came up, but Darren told me that my hard work has been noticed by several people (implied management) and appreciated. Today, the top project manager, top man on the project, said Hi to me in the hall and called me by name. I didn’t know he knew my name. So that felt good. Now just wish I could transfer all these successes from a work environment to my personal life!

So, scratch my head, Barry suggested we exchange phone numbers….. in case we have other social gatherings (like we did a couple months ago) and something changes (like it did when we had our R3 reunion). So he gave me his number and I texted him so he has mine. I thought it a little strange he’s talking about that now a couple months later. He’s funny. Never mentions a girl friend when he talks with me. Always talks like he’s single. And Adrian, one of the contractor’s QA leads, always stays and talks a bit when he brings books over. For the most part, I have a really good working relationship with almost everyone there. Now, just to transfer that success to my personal life!

It’s sleep time. Have a SUPER weekend!
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Spyce,
Yes, I know tech sometimes gives the wrong impression. It will say you’re on if the computer is on and logged in. So if someone stays logged in, it will say they’re on even if they aren’t around. I never trust that. I’m using it on a laptop. So when I went in to Zoosk he was the first one that came up when I went to my views. He really didn’t give a lot of info, so I don’t know very much at all. I’ve hesitated because there’s only one pic – that’s cropped into show most of his face and that’s it. Plus he says very little about himself. Just answered some of the standard questions but didn’t write anything. Usually I like to know a little more before I contact someone. I do contact a lot of men, but most of them don’t respond.

12 hour day at work today. I’m tired.

Have a super day tomorrow!
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Ok, I’m stumped. There’s one guy on Zoosk that shows up very regularly in my views, I mean like 2-3 or even 4 times a week over the past few weeks but he never writes. I feel like sending him a message “????”. He has one pic that is a closeup of his face. Charming smile, happy eyes. He didn’t write anything but did answer most of the standard questions. 57 Never married. Christian. But he smokes socially. I might be interested if he didn’t smoke. Any thoughts? I don’t know why he would keep viewing me and never write. MEN!!!!!!

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
Here it is after midnight and I’m not sleeping — again. Very typical. Probably sleep well maybe 30% of the nights. Today is an 8 hour work day. Have lots to get done plus taking Friday off to go camping at Algonquin. HOPING!!!! to get some bear and moose pics and some nice fall color pics.

Did get some sun around 2ish today. The nice weather from Friday evening didn’t last. Rained Saturday morning till 2ish. But the humidity was 83%. Even though it was only 60 F I was sweating and wet after just a quarter mile into my walk. Sunglasses were fogging up so bad I couldn’t see. Took the camera but disappointed in the pics. Really hoping new lenses help. This one is 3rd party and just doesn’t seem to focus quite right and pics aren’t as crisp and sharp as I think they should be. Going for walks here just isn’t the same. Almost depressing. Two more weeks and I’ll be home!!!!! Yeah!!!!

I would like to travel more. I will never forget the night Dustin got home from Ireland. His high school music teacher took the choir there for 8 days. Both my boys went through really rough times in Green River. Dustin was lacking confidence and wasn’t making very many friends. He is a big kid so the kids didn’t bother him, but the high school administration gave him hell. They didn’t get home till late, like after 10 pm, so I stayed up waiting for him. I knew instantly just watching him walk up the sidewalk he had changed. He wasn’t the same kid that left 8 days earlier. He had more confidence. And later that summer he went to Boston for 10 days for Lead American conference on robotics. He made friends there quickly. Again, a life-changing experience for him. Dustin has become a very confident, successful man. He’s got a good job that he’s done well with and is appreciated. He will be working remotely for the same company and same boss but as a contractor rather than an employee. This is actually giving him a good raise, so hoping it works out. His boss values him enough to keep him on. I think the same is true for Alex. She’s been working from home for over a year, so I think they are keeping her on as well. Alex doesn’t treat Dustin the same way she treats Trav. I do hope Trav can either find a good job or get his passport and come up here for a year. I’ll be praying hard. I gave them some space this weekend but will call them tomorrow evening on Skype.

I don’t get compliments all the time at work. I just notice and value it when I do get them. Things are better with Andrew gone. Randy starts Monday and we get two more people after Canadian Thanksgiving (Oct 11). And I think there is still one position vacant they are looking to fill. I should have things for my position organized, streamlined and running smoothly by Christmas and would still really, really like to be out of here by next spring – unless I end up paying Trav’s school loans, in which case I’ll have to stay since the money here is good.

Still really, really missing having someone to snuggle up with at night. 🙁 Social life is 0 to none.
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi,
Ok, I am not a Buddhist, but sometimes I think there are some parallels between the two religions and often Buddhist principles align with Christian principles and Christ’s teachings. Check this out

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-love-legendary-zen-buddhist-teacher-thich-nhat-hanh-on-mastering-the-art-of-interbeing?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Gives me insight in how to relate with Trav – as well as others.

Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
Yes, I agree. Alex has to allow being controlled. Although I do understand how hard it is to get out of it when you grow up with it. I don’t think they’ll have kids. I’m not sure Alex can have kids. I hope not. They have three little dogs they treat like kids.

Yes, I do hope Trav can get his passport and come visit me. They will have a much larger house in NY so hopefully he’ll have a bit more space and privacy. Just got a text they got in. Her parents have already bought a house there and they’ll be staying at their house till their own house closes. Her parents are still in Phoenix so they’ll have the house to themselves. I’ll give them some space for the weekend then call Dustin and Trav on Skype Sunday.

Yes, didn’t matter what I think about vaccines. Somehow Trudeau managed to get back in. Don’t know how. He’s a total idiot and desperately needs to be kicked out. So with him in I expect more vaccine regulations and mandates coming in, although I heard Ontario’s first attempt at a vaccine passport crashed and burned. I guess I have mixed feelings. I really don’t approve of how the government is handling the pandemic at all. Very, very poor. But they also have the responsibility for protecting the health of the country when they can. I think the vaccine has gotten very political and pharmaceutical companies are making out like bandits. I also think there are other vaccines available that work better than what the government allows. I still resent being forced. Still believe that keeping vitamin D and other vitamin levels and zinc up does just as much or more than the vaccine, but at least I don’t have to worry about not being able to go home now. The pandemic is just a political mess. So many discrepancies in the rules and how they’re enforced. Had a friend who’s daughter just flew to Ireland. The flight attendant wanted to refuse to let her on the plane even though she had proof of both vaccines plus a test. Attendant claimed it had to be one test when the airline web page said it could be either test. Her daughter had to fight about it and show her the web page but finally was allowed on the flight. How absolutely STUPID!!!! I’m so sick of all the garbage going on and the paranoia with this pandemic.

Would love to go to Switzerland. No. Haven’t had a chance to travel outside the US and Canada except one trip to the Caribbean. My boys have traveled more than I have. My turn’s coming. 🙂 Yes, New Zealand definitely is on my bucket list.

Got a compliment from one of the contractors today. This project has five main contractors and several other contractors with small bits of scope. Then on top of that, each contractor has multiple contracts. I can’t believe how hard NOVA has made this project to manage! So Carla, one of the Aecon QA leads returned some of the turnover binders I had given back to her with comments. She told me that she and Adrian, another Aecon QA lead were commenting to each other how glad they were to have me in this position. That I seemed to be on top of things and able to get things done. Really made me feel good to know that the contractors like to work with me and we can team together. I like building good working relationships.

Finally got some sunshine after the storms and rain. River very high. I guess two 24 ft yachts sunk in the marina. One of NOVAs managers got a call that his dock had broken and his boat was in his yard and almost gone so he had to run home and secure his boat. I heard some locals say they have never seen the river so high this time of year. But this evening the sun came out. So hope to get out a bit tomorrow after sleeping in. If I’m lucky I’ll get some hummingbird shots like another photographer got last weekend.

Have a SUPER weekend!
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
Thank you. Yes, I do feel bad about Trav’s situation and how Alex treats him. LOL. I doubt Trav would see it as a gift. I did try to just list and support rather than “fix”. Although I did give him my thoughts. I do try to love him and give him a safe place.

(sigh) Yes, I know that Trav needs to think through his relationship with God on his own. I also know this may be just a step on his journey, but hard for me to watch. I keep praying God won’t leave him go and will keep talking to him. I remember when he was in high school. He was proud to say he was a Christian and loved to go to his youth group. He was also such a charming, happy, fun kid who was outgoing and charmed everyone when he was young. So hard to see him at such odds with people now.

Alex’s mom is very controlling and very, very co-dependent. She has to control her kids and have them around all the time. Her dad was transferred to Rochester so Dustin and Alex are following her parents. They were wanting to get out of Phoenix anyway. I mean, seriously, Alex’s mom gives them NO SPACE. They can’t even come visit me for Christmas. They HAVE to spend EVERY Christmas with them. Pretty annoying.

I’m a bit worried about Trav’s passport. Second time it hasn’t come. I do hope he can find out what’s going on with that soon. I do want him to come up for Christmas. And if he wants to come up here to do some on-line schooling, I’d love to have him.

Norway? It’s SOOOOOOOOOO beautiful. And I love, love, love the mountains and north country. Really want to go to New Zealand, but its about 5 times more expensive than Norway. Norway is more rural and all mountains. My kind of country! 🙂

A 60 hour week. I’m tired. On the heels of a 57 hour week. Got my 2nd shot Tuesday. Got lucky. Walked into Super Store Pharmacy and they had a cancellation so got right in. Next day was horrible wind, tons or rain and super humid. We’re flooding here. Don’t know if it was weather or the shot but Wednesday I was achy and I know it was the weather gave me a major sinus headache. Feeling better today.

Have a SUPER day tomorrow,
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Spyce,
Yes, always nice to connect with someone with the same interests. Dennis is fun to talk with, but its always been 5 min or so.

You’ve been all over. Where on the coast are you? I don’t remember if you told me. If you did, I’ve forgotten. I love western Alberta and BC. And I find Canadians friendlier than US people. Oh…. check this out. https://fineartamerica.com/art/rhonda+robinson. These are older pics. Haven’t updated these for a long time. If I put a calendar out on Etsy this year I’ll let you know.

My boys are moving from Phoenix to Rochester, NY. They are on the road right now. I’m worried about my youngest. He told me a couple nights ago he’s decided God doesn’t exist. Broke my heart. And he’s unemployed and living with his brother and sister-n-law. Dustin and Trav get along fine, but Trav and Alex don’t get along at all. She’s dominant and controlling and doesn’t give him the space he needs. Also, like my mom treated me, always finds something wrong with what Trav does. He was to the point of not going with them, but he needs at least $20/hour to make it on his own and he couldn’t find anything that would pay that. Poor kid. He vented with me the other night. He was feeling some better when we got off, but I do worry about him. I’m almost tempted to go back to the States to help him out, but don’t think I can get there in time. MAYBE….. if he’s interested…. we’ll get a visitor visa for him and he can come stay with me for a year and do some on-line classes to get his grades up so he can get into grad school. Will have to talk with him more once they get to NY.

With Andrew gone, the rest of us are fixing up his mess. Also had another coordinator leave last week so working with less than 50% staffing. I’ve already put in 30 hours this week. Last week was 57 hours. It will be close to 60 this week. I was hoping to do only 6 hours this next Sunday, but it will be 8. Then I have to find time to pack and think about what to take for camping as I do have Friday the 1st off to go to Algonquin or the weekend. Then I fly home the following Thursday. No time to breathe for the next two weeks. Will be at least 50 hour weeks when I get back probably thru till Christmas and maybe beyond. Puts a major bind any social life. 🙁 LOL. But I’ll have the money to help Trav out and get my new lens and maybe a trip to Norway when I’m done here. 🙂

And its my bedtime. Have an AWESOME day tomorrow.
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
So glad you’re feeling better. Are you still working as a strength coach? I know you said you were doing that in FL but don’t remember if you said you were in that role there in CO. How was the apple picking a few weeks ago?

Canadian Thanksgiving is to celebrate and give thanks for the harvest. Alberta grows a LOT of canola. If you haven’t seen canola fields in July you are really missing a beautiful site. They are a brilliant yellow and stretch for hundreds of acres. Get that brilliant yellow against a blue-grey stormy sky with low sunlight coming underneath the clouds and it is gorgeous. I’ve missed the canola bloom the last couple years. Alberta also has a lot of wheat and other grains. Here in Ontario there is wheat, corn, beans and orchards.

Jesus had no fear and welcomed and hung out with everyone. Thinking about it, I don’t think He ever walked away from anyone. Not even the Pharisees and Sadducees. He lit into them pretty hard, but they were the ones that walked away from him. Hmmmmmm. I saw a one-man play a couple years ago about Jesus going to Geneserea to heal the mad man. He made the point that the ONLY reason Jesus went there was specifically to heal this mad man that everyone else was terrified of. Put the story in a different light. And I keep thinking of what Jesus said…. When you do it to one of the least of these, you’re doing it to me. And I try to treat people the way I would want to be treated. I could be in Roy’s shoes some day. But at the same time, maybe I don’t trust God enough, but some of these people make me very nervous and afraid. Did get some nice monarch pics last night, though.

This morning headed to Canatara Park. Was walking around the “lake” (more like a giant pond) and saw another gentleman with a camera so asked if he had seen anything. I did notice he had beautiful, kind eyes (and a wedding ring). But he told me he had seen hummingbirds and couple days ago and showed me some pics he had gotten. They were AWESOME. He also was kind enough to turn around the opposite direction he was going to walk back with me and show me where they were. LOL. Said, See that man over there (pointing across the “lake”)? He’s looking for hummingbirds. His name is Dennis. Then he laughed. He said, Say Hi Dennis when you get there. He won’t know how you know his name. Smirk. Ha Ha. I did go over to the spot. Dennis was coming out of the brush on the very small trail just as I got to where it took off the main path. So I said Hi, Dennis and smiled. He didn’t react or look puzzled. Same gentleman I had talked with last May there in Canatara. So we talked for 5 minutes or so. Super nice man. Haven’t figured out if he’s single or married yet. He’d talk “I” … I’m going home for a couple weeks. I picked up photography cuz I’m retired and needed something to do… and other “I” statements that made it sound like he was single, but then there were occasional “we” statements, too. No ring. He’s someone I wouldn’t mind getting to know more. I might have to start going out to Canatara more often in the evenings! 🙂 Dennis told me there are osprey and eagles out at Wawanash, a conservation area about 10 min from here. Moon comes up around 7 or 7:30 tonight and is almost full so think I’ll take the tripod and head out around 5ish or 6ish.

Tomorrow want to be at Walmart when they open at 7 and out to work by 8. Really should work at least 8 hours tomorrow. Really puts a dent in ones life to work 56-58 hours a week! Oh, Dennis did tell me I should see bear and moose when I go to Algonquin in a couple weeks. Hope he’s right.

Have a super evening and wonderful day tomorrow!
Smiles,
Rhonda

[Rhonda R]

Hi, Heidi,
No plans for Christmas. I’m hoping my youngest can come up, but he had to reapply for his passport. It got lost somewhere. He reported it lost and it should have showed up a couple weeks ago and still hasn’t. He’ll have to wait now till they get moved then maybe call them and find out what’s going on. Canadian Thanksgiving is the 2nd Monday of October. I’ll be home for that. Won’t go home in Nov as I’m taking the extra time at Christmas.

I think I can get a pretty good feel for a person from their eyes – at least have a sense if they are a positive or negative person, if they’re kind and thoughtful or not. I’ve seen a couple people with dark eyes and I don’t mean the color dark. There was just an anger and almost a hatred in them. I wanted to get away. I may not be super good at it but can get a general feeling for a person. And, oh, Heidi, there are some guys out on line that just make me shudder and cringe and I move on very quickly. That sounds like fun to look at friend’s pics and figure people out. Wish I had friends that I could do that with.

Yes, thank you. My friend is better. Not sure what was wrong with her, but she’s better today.

Oh, I think I may have to stay away from the river walk. Went out tonight and Roy was coming back as I was going out. 300lb toothless old man in a wheel chair. I’ve talked with him before and he always offers to buy me a coffee or a drink so tonight I let him. But he’s like a puppy. Can’t get rid of him. And he was getting too close and trying to touch me. Made me very uncomfortable. I know he’s lonely and wants someone to talk with, but yikes. Then there were a couple guys in the gazebo. One was a little too friendly. He was drinking when I came back. Kind of looked like they may have been homeless. Again, I was feeling uncomfortable. I just don’t feel comfortable here. I try to treat these people like Jesus would do, but …..

Oh… had something interesting happen a day or to ago….. We have a lot of snails around here. Kind of pretty. A goldish shell with dark strips. When it rains they come out and get on the paved walk around the perimeter of the site. I always stop and pick them up and move them off the walk as these big men don’t watch where they’re stepping and with their big work boots they just smash the poor little guys. I had stopped and put one off to the side of the walk and I heard a voice saying, “Oh, that’s very nice of you (or something to the effect that I was very nice for moving the snail of the walk)… Oh, I was just talking to a lady.” It was a gentleman in one of the smoke pits. He was talking on the phone yet interrupted his phone conversation to comment on me moving the snail out of the way. I didn’t think anyone noticed and if they did would think I was some crazy lady. Made me feel good to know someone noticed and appreciated my actions and thought it was nice.

Not sure what I’m doing tomorrow. Not going too far. Last week was enough driving. Working most of the day Sunday. I am SOOOOOOOOOO far behind!

Enjoy your evening and your day tomorrow. You doing better? Mostly healed from the surgery and where the tubes were is all healed?

Smiles,
Rhonda

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