I agree; the firefighters in my City are fine specimens, very easy on the eyes.
wise man
No RDOS activities for me so far today. At 8:12am I was still in bed looking at Instagram when my phone rang. It was one of the maintenance guys who said he’d forgotten to turn in his Pcard receipts from November. Normally the Division Manager deals with the process of getting them properly into the computer and send off report and receipts to the Ass. Dept. Mgr.; but since he’s in Florida for 3 week vacay, I said just put them under our office door and I’ll take care of it. Then I made several calls to find out when stuff is due to Finance Dept. but didn’t get any answers as one guy was apparently in a meeting and the woman I spoke to referred me to someone else in the Finance Dept who processes them. Luckily I worked with the someone else on a big retirement party so I knew she’d be lenient if I couldn’t make the deadline.
Then I had to deal with an email from a guy who needs a roll of quarters so he can buy himself a clue. I called the Deputy Director of his Dept (whom I used to work with regularly before I went to a different division. He asked me how I was and I said “Frustrated.” I explained why his report needed a roll of quarters and he said he’d 'splain things to the guy (whose critical thinking skills are deficient).
Then I sheveled, had a quick bite to eat then drove Hubs to the medical center for a CT scan.
While he was getting scanned, I dropped off a payment envelope at the post office then went to Kroger. Ran into a guy that I knew from when I was FT. We caught up as I haven’t seen him in years. Got pretty much everything on the grocery list and then went through the U-scan. Well everything went fine until I attempted to scan my coupon for Muenster. Let me tell you that this particular Kroger does not hire employees because they are rocket scientists. Had a VERY frustrating 20 minutes trying to get 2 employees to understand what the problem was. Oh well, said a very quick prayer for them and felt better.
Then I picked up Hubs and we went to one shop that I wanted to buy a gift for my Secret Santa recipient from but it was closed. So then I drove him to the museum where he has a membership. I bought something for said SS recipient from Museum using Hubs membership discount. [mini-score] I left him there to walk while I went to Michael’s to pick up some gifts I’d ordered for SS recipient, BF and daughter then to Barnes & Noble to order the daily tear-off calendar that daughter loves (I’ve been getting it for her for at least 10 years-it’s WeRateDogs).
Then back to museum. I texted Hubs that I was there but he didn’t come to the exhibition entrance to “let me in”. So, I asked the woman manning the admittance desk if I could sit on the couch just inside the door and wait for him. She decided that I didn’t look like a scammer so she stamped my hand and let me in. Since Hubs wasn’t replying to my text, I called him and as it turned out, he was in one of the eateries (Plum Market which is in the museum but outside the exhibition part of museum) sitting at the counter having a chicken salad sandwich so I joined him. He cut off about a third of his sandwich for me which was just enough. After eating, we went back into the exhibition part of museum. As we entered, I said to the woman, “See I really do have a husband and he really does have a membership card”. Everyone laughed. So we went and looked at the trains and the Lego exhibit which is right next to the trains. Hubs said he asked the docents what gauge the tracks were and I believe he said O. He said he needs a new transformer. I’m not sure he ever put up his train set under our Christmas tree in the 44 years that we’ve lived here. Maybe he got them from his Mom sometime after we bought this house and I wasn’t aware of it. He said that he would look into buying a new transformer sometime in the new year and set up his train set under a tree next year. Hopefully by that time the Dr will allow us to have a tree in the house. (I’m thinking that I will look into purchasing a transformer for either Christmas or his birthday in January. Hey guys, any idea where I can find such a thing?)
After we left the museum, we stopped at the bank so Hubs could get some cash to put in the envelope labeled Advent Project-Donation for Needy family.
On way home I received a call from friend of a friend who asked if I’d be available to sub for pinochle next Thursday. Since Hubs was in car, he was able to say that he didn’t have any appointments next week (the following week he has about 5 appointments). So she said that the ladies all bring an unwrapped toy that is then donated to Toys for Tots at the Police Station. So, I was going to go to Target but Hubs said he thought he might have something that he bought some time ago that he never gave to anyone. So, he went upstairs digging in his closet and came down with a stuffed Canadian mountie and a stuffed horse for the mountie to ride with original tags on them that said “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends”. So, I didn’t have to go to Target after all.
Now I should get started on addressing Christmas cards or washing dishes or finishing reading today’s MMP posts; there’s 21 to go.
