SCHOOL DAZE Starting off with a Joe-ism. When dropping him off at school I waited a bit as they don't open the doors until 8:55 and it was COLD. But prior to that time a group of kids were lining up, kind of, near the door. Joe immediately announced "those are my people" and bounced out of the car. Sounds like a baptist preacher eager to spread the good news.
That evening he told us the principal sat down with the 4th grade boys to have a talk about sexual harassment. These are 9 and 10 year olds! Apparently some unwanted comments and touching was happening. At that age they don't even know why they want to-I blame social media with children being exposed to sophisticated ideas way before they are ready. Joe's take was it's disrespectful and he would not treat a girl like that. Thank you Mama for paying attention and raising a decent young man.
BUT WHAT ABOUT...The OH gave me some welcome news about not having to clean the church this month and I responded-shoot, February is a short month (we volunteer every other month)! Unfortunately I tend to put a negative spin or find the cloud in the silver lining more often than not. I blame being a "safety skate" for so many years. Most of my conversations consisted of problems to be solved, incidents to explain or hazards to be recognized and mitigated. Hard to recognize the sunshine sometimes.
A few illustrations: my insistence on performing required testing of the vehicle hoist and blowing the damn thing up; holding people accountable when they set fire to the propane tank trailer (calling the fire department & then leaving for the day); getting "bitched out" by the Manager when I pulled a worker off a 15 foot tall turbine with no fall protection; trying to figure out how to eliminate fresh varnish smells in a building that were causing the women to drop like flies not to mention the 911 operators who swore they had asthma attacks every time we cleaned, painted or moved furniture; reassuring Police Officers that they were not going to die of lead poisoning outside at the gun range on practice days (except for the guys who staffed it every day who actually did have higher levels-smoking is always helpful of course); the same folks who fought wearing flourescent vests when doing traffic duty, in the dark, in dark uniforms; smoothing Parks folks' fears about a chlorine-like subject used to clean the pools or pointing out that even though the package says silica hazard, it is beach sand and I did not expect them to flop face-down in it and inhale. Just a few examples of my working life for 40 years.
Not to mention all the workers comp claims, unemployment and discipline cases I defended that made me look like an absolute uncaring beast as, I don't know, I did not think people should rip off the system. In my defense I approved 99% of claims, but when it was bogus, well that's when I got involved. One tends to get a certain rep with a certain group of people that way.
Or I'm just a negative nellie and need to own it.
IT'S RAINING FANG FANG The chinese balloon incident was pretty interesting this week. I am guessing just a left-over party prop from the Chinese New Year celebrations...or not. Love the repugs having conniptions over a) non-action; b) action taken; c) notice to the people, etc. Rubio got schooled in a network interview after whining about secrecy when it was pointed out that at least three balloons danced across our skies under trumpersfield years. Anyone hear about those? Like the classified docs, not the same field, rules or game.
IN OTHER NEWS Went to see the "80s for Brady" film - hilarious and there were actually people in the theater! I pick my seats ahead of time online so I can get the 1st row in the 2nd tier next to the railing where I plant my feet for the duration. I'm not sure how young people can afford to date these days: over $40 for tickets, popcorn and two drinks. I'll be sure to palm a fifty to Joe when he starts to entertain so he is not reduced to finding other activities that are not so costly, except they are lol. So now I understand why teenage babysitters are looking for $20 an hour to watch the sprouts.
New poddie recording this week and after rehearsal, I am a little concerned. A person whose professional life is coaching and customized training should not be that hard to interview. Gushing I'm used to. Short succinct answers not so much. As it is a soft topic (leadership) elaboration is required. She is a lot of fun to talk to otherwise so I'll just have to push a few buttons... Peace Out 💛💙
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