Kibby is good at what she does.

Yesterday Kibby called me to tell me about their company meeting. The wife of a patient of hers came to the meeting and made a speech about how great Kibby is and how great Houston Hospice is. The gave Kibby flowers, a card with money and brought lunch for everyone. She was embarrassed. I sent an email to her Mom and Wayne telling them about it.

Not loving my job so much today. At least its Thursday.

I love me

I love me. I see me in the mirror and wish I could be my friend. I judge me but I judge me with bias. I would be my best friend if I could hang out with myself.

Things always change. Nothing stays the same. Some things seem to never change but they just last a long time.

I am looking forward to an easy day. Today I love my job.

You Still There

I can’t believe this is still here. I haven’t even looked at this blog since my last entry. Too bad I didn’t keep it up. I am glad I did write until the time I left my last job. That was nostalgic to read. Well here I am again with some time on my hands and a computer in front of me. At my old job I sat in front of a computer all day and had lots of free time. Now I still have free time sometimes but don’t always have a computer in front of me. I see that I can post with my cell phone now. Maybe I will pick this back up. Kibby was the only one that read it in the past and that will probably be true again. Anyway that’s probably good. I might be too embarrassed to find that someone else was reading my boring ramblings. I'm not really that interesting I just like to write.

Things have changed.

    I guess it’s obvious that I had too much time on my hands at my old job. Well that’s all changed.

An entry from my journal.

Thursday, November 24, 2005
6:50 PM
    Keith said to come to his office at about eleven and he would take me to the gate. I called his office at eleven and he wasn’t there. We figured he was at lunch. I called a few more times and sometime after twelve he answered. He asked if I was ready. I said I had to wait for Hoppy and that when he said yesterday if things are going good maybe we can get out of here at noon I thought he meant everyone. He said he thought I was just joking when I said that Hoppy and I had ridden together. He said he was waiting to hear if shelter two had passed. I went out and looked for Myron. They weren’t in the plant. I went out again and found him. He said it passed. When I got back to the trailer Hoppy was getting on his bike. Mike told me that Keith said we could go. I shook Mikes hand and told him I had fun, bye and thanks for everything. I went to Keith’s office and we locked my bike up and walked to the gate On the way he said you f**kers planned this. I laughed. He badged me out with my badge and he said good luck and he really hates to see me go. I said I had fun and we shook hands. Hoppy was waiting at the car. One the way home Hoppy talked about the Yokogawa analyzers a big part of the way home. I was thinking this might be the last time we ever talk to each other in person and he is talking about analyzers that I don’t care about. He seemed sad on the way home. I think he feels sad that he is stuck there and also I think he is sad because I am leaving. That might be in my head but it seemed that way. When we got to his house he told me good luck and we shook hands. I said one of us needs to get a boat so we can go fishing. He said it would have to be me because he works for a shitty company.
    On the way home it was a little sad but I was so happy about my new job, four tens, and four days off. Kibby had called me before we left to ask me if I would stop and get her some sage and ice. I stopped at HEB. They were out of a lot of things and there were about six people at the spice rack looking for things. There was a worker there to help and he went to get me some sage and restock. When I got home Kibby asked me if I was sad and I said a little but its hard to be sad when I’m so happy. Kibby was getting her cook on. I took Stevie out with me and got the creepy crawler started and mowed the yard, weed eated and blowed. I took my shower and Kibby sent me to HEB for eggs, milk and to take The Skeleton Key back. I got The Longest Yard. When Kibby got everything done that she was going to do we watched it and went to bed. The outside alarm went off at ten thirty.
   This morning we got up at about six thirty and got started cooking and cleaning. Kibby had gotten up at about five and put the turkey in the oven. Gary, Stacey, Kasey and Kelly got here at about noon. Mom and day got here about twenty minutes later. Kibby cut her finger by putting it in the dish water right when the birds got here. I had written a prayer working on it off and on while I worked writing and memorizing. Here is the prayer I wrote.

   Dear Heavenly Father, we are here to thank you for your abundant love.
   Thank you Father for loving your children even when we are disobedient.
   Thank you for our health and happiness.
   Thank you God for our redemption through the blood of your son Jesus Christ.
   Thank God for this day of Thanksgiving and this wonderful meal prepared by loving    hands.
   Thank you for being with us every moment and for the things you have done for we are    truly blessed
   In Jesus name we give these thanks Amen.

   I choked up towards the end so I was going to end it the best I could but I remembered. Dinner was so wonderful. Kibby is such a good cook. Stacey brought a pumpkin layer desert she called trifle. Mom brought two pecan pies and two pumpkin. It was very nice to have everyone here. Kibby really enjoyed entertaining. After dinner we all sat in the living room and the kids made their Christmas lists. Kibby asked me if I would go get her a news paper. I suggested that Mandy went. She did and after about thirty minutes Kibby asked me if I had my cell phone. A few minutes after Mandy called to say her car wouldn’t start. Dad said I could take his car and Gary, Kael and Kelly went with us. We found that the battery cables were not getting a good connection. Gary rode with Mandy. When we got home we visited more and at about five thirty or so everyone started getting ready to go home. Kalie rode with Mom and Dad so she could go to her Grandmothers. We cleaned up, I put the turkey in baggies, now Kibby is planning the morning shopping spree and I am sitting here in my chair. Mandy was having trouble with a video game so I tried to help. It is a playstation one game so I think there are compatibility issues. Stevie was of course the center of attention today. Everybody loves Stevie.
    I may have changed some of the wording to exclude names and specific places so this is a more generic version of my journal entry. Also there are some details that will only be in the master copy.

An entry from my journal.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005
6:27 AM
    What a trip. The last day. The last time I come into the gate. The last time I unlock my bike and ride it to the office. The last time I sit here and write in my journal with this computer. The last time I sit here all day and play on it. That’s some of the things I have been thinking about this morning as I come in for the last time. Its kind of a trip. I am savoring every moment. I have loved this job and this computer and I may miss it. I will be glad when I know I am going to love my new job.
    I had asked Keith if I could have my bike when I gave my notice and he said no. I like that bike. It is a Summit Workhorse from. I might have to buy me one. Yesterday after my going away lunch I played like old times. The controls to my web sites were web sensed so I couldn’t do that. It changes from day to day. I ended up reading blogs for the rest of the day, which was only a couple of hours. Keith told me yesterday that if things were going good today we might get out of here at noon.
    When I got home yesterday Kibby suggested we go out to eat. I had anticipated it with all of the cooking she has been and will be doing today. We went to Hunan Gardens. I had General Tao's chicken and Kibby had Shrimp with Lobster sauce. Stevie shared with us. The food was very good. Of course it was too much to eat and Kibby said there was no room in the refrigerator so we couldn’t take it home. I made sure none got wasted. Then Stevie and I walked next door to Famous Footwear and Kibby walked to HEB to get some stuff she needed and a movie. Stevie and I got in the van and parked closer to HEB and went in to find Kibby. I pushed Stevie in a truck buggy all over the store and decided we must have missed her. We found her at the movie machine. We went home and started watching The Skeleton Key. At eight I had to go to the Wicks and get the table and chairs Kibby asked to borrow. The we tried some of Kibby's fudge, which is the best I have ever had, finished the movie and went to bed. The movie was pretty good. I am planning to not leave this office until its time to turn my stuff in and then to go home. I will certainly not put FRC's on this morning or do anything work related besides tuning in my stuff. I may not be publishing my journal everyday since I won’t be sitting here at this computer. I can’t see taking the time at home to do it everyday. The first three weeks at my new job are supposed to be training and orientation so I probably won’t be doing it there and I don’t know what kind of time I will have on my hands there.
9:50 AM
    I've made all my rounds telling everyone bye. Now I am just waiting.

    I may have changed some of the wording to exclude names and specific places so this is a more generic version of my journal entry. Also there are some details that will only be in the master copy.

An entry from my journal.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005
6:34 AM
    One of the last two days I will sit at this desk. I am mostly feeling fortunate and favored. I realize that this job and the one I'm going to next was part of Gods plan for my career and that I really just followed my nose. Still I can’t help the feeling of accomplishment I have. Sometimes I wonder if I am addicted to that feeling. I don’t think I am someone that can work at one place for twenty years. I have never left a company without a reason though sometimes the reasons have been because I just didn't like my job. I love where I am now but I have been offered more money, better benefits and fifty more days off per year. I hope I love it there. I think I will. Stay tuned.
    Yesterday was like old times. I sat around here and did mostly nothing all day like I plan to do today and tomorrow. I did have to go out and prove the 7D51 moisture analyzer but that’s about it. That’s mostly what I have done the three years I have been here. I do some PM's and occasionally fix one every now and then when they break. I find lots of things to do on the Internet. I do my bills. Learn how to do things I am interested in. I work on my web sites and make new ones. I read. I hardly ever get board. The only reason we have been so busy lately is because of the seven day drift testing. Things will get back to normal around here. I can’t believe I am leaving this job. I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow. I am looking forward to the four day holiday but not to saying good bye to everyone here. There are some people I will probably keep in touch with for a year or so by email and then that will fade away like always. There is only one person here I believe I might see now and then after tomorrow. I'm hoping to give him and some others inside info so they might come too. I believe there are only a few that might have a chance though. I hope I see Dave again but he lives far enough away that it seems unlikely unless he comes where im going. I believe that’s a possibility.
    When I got home Kibby had beef and bean tostados made. They were so good. Then of course I had some ice cream. After that we went to Walmart to get some of the things Kibby needs for Thanksgiving dinner. I got a new alarm clock, two one dollar calculators and some batteries. When we got home I tried and failed to remember how to upload the recordings off of my voice recorder. I recorded people yesterday and I wanted to do it again but the memory is full. I made some phones and went to bed. The outside alarm didn't go off last night.
    This morning Dave brought in sausage dogs, chili and a cheese cake for my going away party.
    I took pictures Saturday and Sunday to supplement my memory.
    It feels like I'm working on a holiday. Man I wish I was at home with Kibby and Stevie.
    I may have changed some of the wording to exclude names and specific places so this is a more generic version of my journal entry. Also there are some details that will only be in the master copy.