Post by billmcdee on Mar 11, 2017 7:30:22 GMT -5
Hi gang,
First of all, my apologies for the long delays with Scrabble and Concentration. At the beginning of this week I was still recovering from an upper respiratory infection. I began feeling a bit more energy by Wednesday.
Due to an upcoming retirement of one of my co-workers, some overtime has been offered at my work and it began on Wednesday, so I worked until 4pm instead of my usual 2pm time. Thursday and Friday I began work at 5am instead of 6am to log extra overtime hours which I desperately need right now.
A lot of stuff in my personal life and work life have been happening. Nothing totally earth-shattering or life-threatening, but quite possibly life changing.
My son, who has Asperger's but who is very highly functioning, is due to graduate from high school in three months from now and attend college, living on campus. It will be the first time he is away from home so that has his mother and I quite anxious. We received a notice from school that he is failing one of his classes. He has been staying after and also getting extra help during study hall periods. Nevertheless, the anxiety of his possibly failing this class and jeopardizing his ability to graduate on time has me extremely anxious. Furthermore, while I love math, I am totally lost when it comes to calculus so I am unable to help him. In one sense it is a blessing because he needs to learn to become more self-sufficient. If there is one criticism I have about my own parents, may they both rest in peace, it's that they did not better prepare me to be more self-sufficient in adult life. To this end too, this is why we are anxious but also eager for our son to live on campus come the fall. The expense of tuition and housing weigh very heavily on my mind too.
Adding further to that weight was being told 2 weeks ago by one of my supervisors at work that we should not be expecting any bonuses nor raises this year, not even so much as a cost of living increase. This proved rather disheartening to say the very least. What's worse, she confided in me the other day that our company is in jeopardy of possibly not getting a very big and much needed contract renewed. She said if that deal falls through, our days at our job will most likely be numbered.
All of this is going on while I finally am recovering from an upper respiratory infection. My Mrs. then ended up with one too so I had to play nurse maid for her for a day or two.
We were to go visit my niece today and her two very young daughters (17 months and 2 months old) but now my niece is sick so that had to be canceled, and that further drained my already sagging spirits.
This time of year, from early March through mid July, always proves very hard for me too. Many birthdays of loved ones who have died, plus anniversaries of deaths of loved ones, plus Mother's Day and Father's Day mixed in which are extremely bittersweet holidays for me on many levels.
Also, I am 50 now and am not getting any younger. Trying to take better care of myself but not trying nearly hard enough. My energy levels both physical and mental drain faster than usual these days.
Anyway, with all of these things, and other items too also weighing heavily upon my mind and my heart, it drains me and right now my hosting game show "gas tank" is just a tad above empty.
Prayers on behalf of my family and me, as well as my long-time co-workers, would be mightily appreciated. I share all of this with you, not so much out of feeling obliged to do so, rather, as a therapeutic way to unburden myself a little bit.
I thank you for your time, your patience, your loyalty, and I am hoping things turn around for the better and that when they do so, the hosting spark will once more be ignited in me. For now I'm doing my best to update the games I am hosting, but it was hard this week between recovering from being sick and then having overtime at my office, not to mention household chores and the like.
Respectfully and appreciatively,
Bill
First of all, my apologies for the long delays with Scrabble and Concentration. At the beginning of this week I was still recovering from an upper respiratory infection. I began feeling a bit more energy by Wednesday.
Due to an upcoming retirement of one of my co-workers, some overtime has been offered at my work and it began on Wednesday, so I worked until 4pm instead of my usual 2pm time. Thursday and Friday I began work at 5am instead of 6am to log extra overtime hours which I desperately need right now.
A lot of stuff in my personal life and work life have been happening. Nothing totally earth-shattering or life-threatening, but quite possibly life changing.
My son, who has Asperger's but who is very highly functioning, is due to graduate from high school in three months from now and attend college, living on campus. It will be the first time he is away from home so that has his mother and I quite anxious. We received a notice from school that he is failing one of his classes. He has been staying after and also getting extra help during study hall periods. Nevertheless, the anxiety of his possibly failing this class and jeopardizing his ability to graduate on time has me extremely anxious. Furthermore, while I love math, I am totally lost when it comes to calculus so I am unable to help him. In one sense it is a blessing because he needs to learn to become more self-sufficient. If there is one criticism I have about my own parents, may they both rest in peace, it's that they did not better prepare me to be more self-sufficient in adult life. To this end too, this is why we are anxious but also eager for our son to live on campus come the fall. The expense of tuition and housing weigh very heavily on my mind too.
Adding further to that weight was being told 2 weeks ago by one of my supervisors at work that we should not be expecting any bonuses nor raises this year, not even so much as a cost of living increase. This proved rather disheartening to say the very least. What's worse, she confided in me the other day that our company is in jeopardy of possibly not getting a very big and much needed contract renewed. She said if that deal falls through, our days at our job will most likely be numbered.
All of this is going on while I finally am recovering from an upper respiratory infection. My Mrs. then ended up with one too so I had to play nurse maid for her for a day or two.
We were to go visit my niece today and her two very young daughters (17 months and 2 months old) but now my niece is sick so that had to be canceled, and that further drained my already sagging spirits.
This time of year, from early March through mid July, always proves very hard for me too. Many birthdays of loved ones who have died, plus anniversaries of deaths of loved ones, plus Mother's Day and Father's Day mixed in which are extremely bittersweet holidays for me on many levels.
Also, I am 50 now and am not getting any younger. Trying to take better care of myself but not trying nearly hard enough. My energy levels both physical and mental drain faster than usual these days.
Anyway, with all of these things, and other items too also weighing heavily upon my mind and my heart, it drains me and right now my hosting game show "gas tank" is just a tad above empty.
Prayers on behalf of my family and me, as well as my long-time co-workers, would be mightily appreciated. I share all of this with you, not so much out of feeling obliged to do so, rather, as a therapeutic way to unburden myself a little bit.
I thank you for your time, your patience, your loyalty, and I am hoping things turn around for the better and that when they do so, the hosting spark will once more be ignited in me. For now I'm doing my best to update the games I am hosting, but it was hard this week between recovering from being sick and then having overtime at my office, not to mention household chores and the like.
Respectfully and appreciatively,
Bill
