DairyKing's Journal, 17 Sep 15

Good Morning, FS Warriors! I am not ignoring you; I have been busy. :D Honestly, I have been drafting a Village Board Resignation Letter for about 3 days now. The first one was really good! However, I think that someone would probably blow up my home and my family if I sent it. The 2nd one was more diplomatic, but the first one made me feel better while I was writiing it. In all honesty, I just don't want the stress of pissing everybody off, and then feeling bad because there are people mad at me. I naively thought bringing a Masters Degree in Public Management and 15+ years of project management skills to the office, would somehow improve the decaying village and make it a more inviting place to live. After almost a year of serving on this Board, we have managed to put up a new stop sign - in a place that accomplishes nothing at all - to appease those who yell the loudest. No vision, no planning, no clue. However, there is every indication that another stop sign will go up within the next couple of months. Haha, I've got too many things going on to be bogged down by this crap. There is no ministry there - spiritual or otherwise. Even though I haven't sent the final letter yet, I feel so much stress lifted off my shoulders that I am inclinded to go have a quarter pounder with cheese to celebrate. Just kidding!

Speaking of diet, it hasn't been all that great. Seems that it takes a while to spool up again after overindulging. I am definitely an emotional eater - whether it is because of stress or boredom, work deadlines or agitation from trying to fix something; you name it, I've got an excuse for eating. I'm pretty much back on track with the diet and exercise. I meet with the doctor tomorrow to discuss the bloodwork results. As I mentioned before, he will probably prescribe blood pressure medicine. I have been on that hypertenion borderline for a long time, and the Doc said, "Lose some weight, and we'll see if it goes down." Well, I lost weight, and I think it did go down, but I gained it back, and it's a moot point.

Well, I spent the evening yesterday, picking and grinning, at the nursing home. A good time was had by all. We finished up with a contemporary version of Amazing Grace, and I had a young lady standing fairly close to me singing very loud, and a bit off key, and it was really hard to stay on key myself, but it was a good way to finish up. I think she's hoping a talent scout will happen in; I've been hoping for that myself. Haha, just kidding, I wouldn't have time to be a star. Let's not even talk about the the talent limitations.

My older little dog, mix between a cocker spaniel and a wiener dog, tore his ACL. DW took him to the Vet yesterday. He is now on pain meds. They don't wrap it or anything, just restrict his activities, and hope for the best. I saw this YouTube video on how to take a reusable shopping bag, cut it up and use it as a harness to help him up and down the stairs. I tried it and it does help, as long as I don't lift him up too high and launch him down the stairs. Well, anyway, I just wanted to check in, and let everyone know that, other than the poor doggie, everything is well on the home front. Hope you all have a wonderful day! Toodles!