Originally Posted by ramonajim

Ah, it is Friday already, isn't it?

Supposed to interview a handful of candidates for a commodity management position today, plus launch an RFQ towards a supplier that I KNOW will fail to meet the requirements...... but gotta go ahead anyway so that the other supplier at least thinks this is a competitive bid situation.

Ed got booted from the hospital yesterday ('series of mini-strokes' and 'mild weakening of the heart muscle' were the layman's version of the diagnoses). Still can't use his left hand at all, and he starts sounding thick tongued as he gets tired.

He goes in next week for cardio tests, and he got a slew of prescriptions that Darling Wife is in the process of figuring out how to get covered by one or more programs (Ed has no insurance, and we can't float his new $800 per month drug habit for very long at all). Then it's more doc visits and trying to convince Ed to accept a disability declaration from any one of the three docs that have said it is applicable.

Found out yesterday that the water turning electric blue and the lightening flash issues Ma was having last two weeks were not tumor or steroid related as everyone believed - turns out her retina is 'fully detached.' So she goes in this afternoon for that surgery - and she's terrified.

Did convince Ed to stick around at our place long enough last night for me to q' up some chicken for him and Ma. Darling Wife pulled a delightful assortment of tomatoes from her garden (orange, yellow, red, sweet, tangy, etc - amazing variety!) along with some basil. Sliced up some mozzarella, grilled some corn, and stuffed ourselves silly. Oh - and Darling Wife somehow managed to squeeze in some brownie makin' cuz Ma's got a sweet tooth with a hollow leg and hasn't been getting her usual junk food fixes since she's staying with us.

Borrowing a chain saw from a co-worker today to bring down 4 trees that are leaning against the north side of the house. Once those are out of the way, the rest of the weekend (parental crises allowing) will be spent prepping and painting. If things go ridiculously smooth with all that, I'll be starting on the three barn doors that need building......