Over 60 and Still Working/Thursday

[maryenne]

Good morning,

I had a good yoga class last night and slept well. Hope you each slept well also. My younger son in Buffalo has a new job. He's been working at a small veterinary practice and volunteering one morning a week at the county SPCA in the wildlife section. The SPCA finally had an opening and he applied along with 10 others. He was chosen for the job of wildlife specialist and he is so excited. He has wanted to get out of the routine veterinary work and into wildlife for a long time. His was the first interview and the boss told him he was like a wedding dress -- all the others needed to rise to his performance! He starts in two weeks but is already going over there for meetings and to get to know the volunteers who he will be directing - they have 5 paid staff and 150 volunteers. I'm very proud of him.

Esther, I think we learn our boundaries when we realize that we are doing things we don't want to do. Then that gradually leads to ways to extricate ourselves. Miss Manners used to tell us to say, "I'm sorry. That would be impossible right now." Done and no explanation needed.

Joyce, I am so happy that your mother is doing so well and hope she continues to remain so.

Peg, how is the timeline going on your new house? Will you be able to just move from one to the other?

Lynn, hope your tuna casserole was good. Do you use potato chips as the topping?

Janice, here's to a good week for you!

I've learned that I need to keep my office door closed or at least almost closed. I'm on a busy hallway and people just love to stop by and say hello, which turns into a long conversation. Yesterday, I really needed the time to get work done and ended up feeling rushed. I've thought of a new trick that I will try today - I'm going to stand up when people come in and maybe they won't feel so comfortable. I'll let you know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day!

[smith835]

Good Morning!

Maryenne - So nice to hear about your son's new job with wildlife - sounds exciting! Let me know how your new trick works in discouraging folks from "camping out" in your office. I have a bit of a problem with that at times.

Hmmm - tuna casserole. Have not had that recently and it sounds good. We had some good food back in the day!

Esther - the years I was a stay at home mom I experienced what you are talking about with folks thinking you have time to do things because you are not working now. I have terminal volunteer burn out! One of the reasons I choose not to retire - volunteer work holds no attraction for me.

Our office went out for lunch on Admin Prof Day. I had grilled salmon and grilled veggies - it was very good. Reminded me I don't have my grill tuned up for grilling season but this weekend's forecast is cold and rainy - it is in the 30s this morning - so the grill will probably stay covered.

Hope you all have a great day!

Janice

[woofie]

Good morning all!

Maryenne, congrats to your son! The new job sounds great. I like your idea of standing up, your body language should help a great deal.

Lynn, I've never made tuna casserole. Back in the day my HS cafeteria used to serve it on Fridays.

This afternoon we are meeting with our construction manager to get a better idea as to when our new house should be done. It was rainy last night so we didn't go through the house. We know they should have applied the drywall mud yesterday. It should be interesting meeting. I did call our home insurance company earlier in the week and I have some questions to ask based on what they will need. Also we want to lock our interest rate as quickly as possible too.

Waving to,everyone. 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻

Peg

[mooselady12]

Good morning friends.
The tuna casserole was delicious. Our friends enjoyed it. I made a topping of melted butter, Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs. The potato chip topping sounds like a definite for next time. My mother made it and in he summer it was tuna and macaroni salad. I haven't had that in a while. I love chicken casseroles, too. I make one with rice, cream of mushroom soup mixed with dry onion soup. Another favorite is chicken, grav, and vegetables topped with stuffing. I love casseroles!
Janice, I was a stay at home mom for a while, too. I burned out on volunteering then, too. That was before I learned to say no.
Maryenne, your son's new job sounds fantastic. He sounds like a kind hearted man. When I was working as an administrator my first office was in a hall across from the bathroom and next to the main office door. My door was closed when I was on the phone, meeting with parents and students or teachers. That did not stop people from looking in the window. As soon as I could I moved two offices down the hall next to the clinic. Just off the beaten track. A bit more privacy, fewer lurkers!
Joyce, I am glad to hear that your mother is doing better.
Esther, I hope you can get away for the weekend music workshop. Your music is such a part of your life!
I hope everyone has a great day! Lynn

[mooselady12]

Peg, the work on your house is going along so quickly! It's hard to believe you'll be in it in a couple of months!

[1kflute]

Hello friends

Maryenne - Good luck with keeping enough privacy to get some work done. Standing is an interesting idea.

I feel like I do enough with dog visits, musical groups and the synagogue. I am a new board member of the Council on Aging so they are seeing me as available. I have an hour and a half of exercise, a dog to walk and an hour or more of flute practice to do every day. Now that I look at that I see why I feel like I need more time at home. Thanks for your encouragement.

Have a great day everyone.

[patty]

Apr 27, 2017 5:42:00 GMT -5 maryenne said:

Good morning,

My younger son in Buffalo has a new job. He's been working at a small veterinary practice and volunteering one morning a week at the county SPCA in the wildlife section. The SPCA finally had an opening and he applied along with 10 others. He was chosen for the job of wildlife specialist and he is so excited. He has wanted to get out of the routine veterinary work and into wildlife for a long time. His was the first interview and the boss told him he was like a wedding dress -- all the others needed to rise to his performance! He starts in two weeks but is already going over there for meetings and to get to know the volunteers who he will be directing - they have 5 paid staff and 150 volunteers. I'm very proud of him.


Congratulations to your DS.  I hope he enjoys his new job.