Franken-Family, Fortunes, and Frosted Flakes

Franken-Family

Life in our little box has somewhat evened out. It’s tough to gauge since “normal” is relative when it comes to my relatives. There have been no more of the extreme meltdowns in several days, merely typical annoying-kid stuff. For this child, I’d say he’s been downright angelic. It accompanies doses of some pretty heavy-hitting meds, but it’s a lot quieter overall.

There’s a lot more going on in the background, including some professional documentation in support of my daughter’s bid both for sole custody and for moving her and her little guy to the Midwest. WAY more than I want to go into here. It would go on for pages and pages. The Reader’s Digest version is, most of it is genuinely good news.

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Fortunes

I got some news out of left field at work last week. Good news — but saying it was unexpected is an understatement.

This unfortunately has to be vague for now. Since the change is still a couple of weeks away and currently only verbal, I’m not sure it’s okay to say anything to the world at large. Heh, “at small” is probably a better term for here, to my two readers.

I’m just glad there’s some genuinely good news on the horizon in my world, even if it’s not yet pinned down.

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Frosted Flakes

Good googly-moogly, it’s cold out there!

Yeah, I mean here in Arizona, but I also mean nationwide. It’s insane how cold this week is.

My company is heavily affected by weather conditions across the country. We schedule appointments for home repairs and maintenance for something like 175 HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and roofing companies; and as of the past couple of months, we added swimming pool companies. Even if I hadn’t seen photos of the snow in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, I knew. It’s supposed to be our relatively quiet time of year. Instead, we’re offering all the overtime anybody wants to work. We have a class of trainees starting this week, but they won’t hit the proverbial floor for another month after that.

This week’s slightly warmer than last, thank goodness. We’re supposed to get some rain over the next few days, if we’re lucky. I’ll take it. If it had arrived earlier, when originally predicted, we’d have gotten snow. And we are NOT equipped for snow in this part of the world.