
I took this shot last 4th of July in Spokane. It feels like I should be there, I could be headed out to my brother's place at the lake, where some of my siblings will be. I haven't missed too many 4th of July's in Spokane in the last 10 years or so. Originally I had planned to head up to Spokane for the end of August this year, to help my younger brother celebrate his big 50, and to attend my nephew's wedding, but the wedding has been postponed for economical reasons... so I'm staying here in Hawaii this year. Hopefully next year I can go up to Spokane. My siblings & I are all getting older, so it's nice to see them while I still can, who knows if we will all be around next year, or the year after (I have six siblings). My youngest daughter & granddaughter are also up there... and I'm sure that Kiara is growing like a weed. It's hard to believe she will be in 1st grade this coming year, wow! She's such a doll.
Work went okay today... I met with a couple that are dealing with an obstinate teen (A lot of us have had to deal with those, but it sounds like this one is a little more challenging than most). It was interesting because they've lived in Alaska before, so we got to talk story a little bit too. The visit took almost 3 hours (as I saw each individually) and then I spent the afternoon typing up all the notes. We got off about an hour early. I did my good chore for the day and cleaned the refrigerator at work. Apparently someone had left a soda in a paper cup, that finally leaked through and it left a mess in the fridge. It's been there for quite awhile. We've been talking about creating a cleaning schedule for our clinic and the other one on our unit, but it hasn't been done. SO... I created a schedule as well... and sent it to my boss. He needs to talk with the people in the other clinic and hopefully we can get the ball rolling and take turns every other week cleaning it. I did it today. It's clean now.
I took Bruno for his Vet appointment, he's about 5 1/2 pounds now. He got his last Parvo shot. I thought I was going to be able to take them outside, but the Vet said I needed to wait two more weeks! (ugh!). I can't wait til I can get them outside and give them some room to run. They'll have fun together!
I'm planning to get up and go to Hanauma Bay in the morning (provided I don't stay up too late!). I talked to my friend Michelle and she said to call her in the morning, she & Kaleo might go with me. They are in the process of moving to Las Vegas (I'll have a place to stay there if I ever get back over there... although Janis' mom - Gerry, lives there and has wanted me to come visit as well). I'll miss her. She's been working on her Master's in Social Work. Since I've moved, I don't get to see her very often.
Okay... I'm going to sign off. I hope you all have a WONDERFUL 3 day weekend... and I'll be back to blog tomorrow evening.
Aloha!
- Kris