The heat has eased off for a few days, which is welcome, and we have been getting light rain showers here and there.
The bugs are terrible, but everything is lush, and green. Usually by July, things are drying out and turning brown.
There is no drought anywhere in Oklahoma right now, which is unusual.
The lawn crew FINALLY showed up to do their first mowing yesterday, so the jungle that was the back yard is now partially tamed.
Dave still has to get out there with the string trimmer into areas where we know things are that the crew would have destroyed, or that would have damaged their equipment.
Once he gets those areas trimmed, the crew can get to those areas safely when they mow in the future, because they will be able to see the statuary, etc.
The next big thing is the second guy Dave hired to do the big clean up in the back yard. That will happen the week after next, ahead of "big trash day."
My treatment this past week went fine (didn't get home til almost 7:00 pm), but the steroid reaction has been really hard to deal with. I think she upped my dosage.
They gave me pills last time, and it was 1.5 tablets. This time, it was 3, but it could have been a different pill size.
If I remember, I will ask if it was the same dosage, or higher, when I see the PA before the next appointment.
My scans are on the 16th, and I will see the PA, and have my next treatment, the week after that.
This coming Thursday brings our appointment with my financial guy. I have decided to stay with him for my retirement management, as he charges less than the big firm Dave is with.
This is surprising, but, at this time, important.
I will roll my work account over to his care as soon as the annual contribution is deposited. HOPEFULLY, this will occur at the end of July, instead of mid-August.
I also need to log in on the Social Security website and get that lined up.
As things are going, I plan to give two weeks' notice at work. There is no need to give more, since they have taken so many aspects of my previous job away.
One by one, my multiple responsibilities have been given to others with no explanation, so I don't need to train anyone on anything much, and I can leave knowing that it took 4 people to ultimately replace me.
And only one or two people will care. Mostly the one I have been helping with medicaid denials. The last person they assigned to help her retired in April.
In other news, our wedding anniversary is next weekend, so I took Friday off as a floating holiday....just because I wanted to use it.
It's seventeen years this year.
I have no idea what the new h/r policies are regarding getting paid for unused time off when one leaves the company.
They did all of the time off changes, and had an un-recorded "zoom" town hall, when I was on vacation in April, and never sent anything in writing. My supervisors never said a word to me about it upon my return, and it was the woman in i/t who ultimately came to my desk to talk to me about it.
Not in a professional capacity, mind you, but as a fellow co-worker who was horrified by what they did to us (as a reminder, they changed the policy completely, and took away 75% of our saved time off hours, so we would be "equal" with the paramedics).
Anyway, it would be nice if I could get another check out of them for all of my saved time off hours. I will ask when I give notice.
That's about it for this week.
I'm off to the shower, and then maybe making pancakes. We'll see.
