today's progress

Absolutely nothing got done on the job front today. The guy from AMR was supposed to call me back yesterday afternoon or this morning, but I have heard nothing.

I didn't call him because 1) my apartment was getting inspected, 2) I was getting frozen food delivered, 3) I'm getting a package from Barnes & Noble this afternoon. Just too much going on at once. Really.

The books I'm getting today are When Bad Things Happen to Good People, which I'm going to mail to my sister, and Susan Conant's latest dog lovers' mystery. This is the first hardcover of the series, as far as I know. I have the other thirteen in paperback.

real life

I got back last night from an extended visit with my mother, who is recovering nicely from having her right knee replaced. I helped out a lot, and volunteered for things. I'm trying to be helpful without her having to ask: she's 68, and overweight, and diabetic, and arthritic... Luckily she made good choices for her retirement funds, and is now comfortable financially. She doesn't take very good care of herself, though. I made a deal with her that if she would do her leg exercises each day I would take Binky the Wonder Dog for a long walk each day.

I applied for a job as an EMT at a non-emergent transport service last week. I'm supposed to call tomorrow if I haven't heard from them by then. I just want to work 2 or 3 days per week, and the woman I spoke to seemed very positive. Their human resources guy was out of town all last week, though, so that's why I'm supposed to call this week.

While I was in Houston visiting my mother, I went to the National Museum of Funeral History. I'll do a short report on it next week for my Death & Dying class. It was interesting because I got to go on a tour with a group of people age 60+. Just wandering around looking it wasn't as interesting. The tour made it worthwhile (and worth the $6 entry fee.) I bought a t-shirt that says, 'Any day above ground is a good day.' That's a sentiment I can get behind.