Overtime today

Went for overtime today from 0630-1330hrs. After work I went over to a shredding company where I had 7 boxes of old paperwork (yessssss, I had old tax paperwork from the late 70's to get rid of!) shredded as I watched.  Afterwards I went to my father-in-law's apartment to pick up some of his medication (an inhaler for his emphysema and some eye drops for his glaucoma). Then I dropped some things off at my daughter and son-in-law's house and headed out to visit my father-in-law in Emeryville.  When I got there he told me about some paintings in the hallway where he is living right now that he wants to try to replicate.  He is quite an artist, but hasn't painted in a long time.  I took pictures of the paintings, sent them to Walmart.com and I'm having prints made so he can have them in his apartment when he gets home. I'm hoping this will inspire him to start painting again! If nothing else, I can have them framed and put up in his apartment...

When I got home I moved all the furniture back where it belongs...I had moved it to have the carpets cleaned yesterday.  The realtor is coming over Monday with a house cleaner who will take a look at what needs to be done (not much....except the windows!). The house should be ready to film for the virtual tour by next week.....sure is a strange feeling knowing this house won't be "home" much longer.

Andrew and I have been Skyping every day, usually at my lunch time at work (which is 1015 hrs here, 1915 hrs in the Netherlands).  It's difficult sometimes with the time constraints at my job. I have to be back to work exactly on time (I have exactly 30 minutes for lunch, not a minute more...), or the break schedule gets messed up for everyone after me. There have been times when we've Skyped at 0400hrs-before I leave for work.

Andrew still doesn't have the internet hooked up at the house, they're having trouble getting a signal there. So he's having to go to the hotel across the street where he can get free internet, but we have to make sure to arrange it ahead of time. It's worked out okay so far. We've been texting on our phones quite a bit too!

Yesterday I got the results from my blood tests.  Everything looks pretty good, except my cholesterol-it is 259! Yiiiiikes!  Today I e-mailed my doctor and asked that she give me a couple of months to work on lowering it before considering putting me on medication. So, I went to the store and bought some McCann's Irish Oatmeal. I literally hate oatmeal, but I had heard this wasn't bad, so I thought I'd give it a try. This morning before work I prepared a bowl (only takes 5 minutes) and guess what?!?!? It is pretty darned good!  I put some soy milk in it along with a little bit of cinnamon/sugar......Yummmm!

As I was going through my bank account statement, I noticed there were two charges (for two different amounts) from a restaurant I went to the other night. So, I called the bank. They said there was yet a third charge pending from that same restaurant. So, the bank had to shut down my card and they will mail me another one which I will receive in about a week. I plan on going to the restaurant and speaking with the manager to let him know they have a thief working there!

Well, it's after 1900 hrs.-time to start getting ready for bed, my brain is fried!