Wednesday, 01 February 2023 It’s Charlie’s hatch day! He is one year old! We celebrated with blueberries in his chopped veggie breakfast and extra cuddling all day. I sang “happy birthday” to him and he danced. He was very well-behaved most of the day, except when my husband came home…

Monday, 30 January 2023 The Zoom training appears to have been effective. I got a text from our newbie in Atlanta early this morning asking for some general guidance regarding the “pending return” notices we send to clients, but once she got focused, I didn’t hear anything after that. I…

Sunday, 29 January 2023 I can’t believe that January is already nearly over. It’s true what they say — the older you get, the faster time flies. I’d intended to clean bird cages and do laundry today, but when I woke up, my left hand was on fire. The lowest…

Saturday, 28 January 2023 It was a day of celebration. It started with brunch with my two best friends at a local pub. I had a proper English breakfast with eggs, bangers, bacon, beans, grilled potatoes, and toast. …

Journal, Day 1044 Friday, 27 January 2023 Oh, thank goodness the week is done. Today’s Zoom lesson was decidedly more productive than the last one. The newbie in Atlanta has done a lot of homework on her own, so I’m letting her loose without a net on Monday to deal…

Thursday, 26 January 2023 The weird new mouse seems to be helping. It has a little bit of a learning curve — the main buttons act like a regular mouse, but it has extra buttons that I will need to program, once I get acclimated to the new angle. It…

Wednesday, 25 January 2023 I finally got caught up today from being off over the holidays. Tomorrow I will need to schedule another RTPro training session with the newbies in LA and Atlanta. Hopefully, this next lesson will be a little more productive than the last one. I need to…

Tuesday, 24 January 2023 I hit a career milestone today. I had to stop what I was doing and just sit at my desk and cry. I never thought I’d get to this place so late in my working life. …

Monday, 23 January 2023 It never gets easier. Today would have been my Mom’s 96th birthday. That was the first thought on my mind when I woke up. I’m still in the habit of wanting to call her every afternoon just to see how she is and tell her about…