Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
So you arrive for your shift at, I guess, 18:00 hours and you don't leave until, I guess, 19:00 hours the next day, and for 9 of those hours during which you are not working but also not free to leave the building or engage in any other paid activity you receive £/$ 0 per hour.
I can't offhand think of any other job where you can be on duty, unpaid.
I don't know what the conversation is surrounding long term care (nursing homes) in other places but I'm sick and tired of constantly being told that the disaster that resulted from covid is due to for profit homes and poorly paid part time staffing - most especially the last part. These jobs are "not" comparable to flipping burgers, I know that wages have not kept up with inflation but $20/hr is still well above minimum wage. And many of these workers like working part time and at more than one facility because it gives them maximum flexibility for child care and to switch between jobs, it's just not as black and white as the "experts" and media want it to be.
My grandmother was from Cootehill I Ireland. We visited the town when we went on our trip. Took a taxi on a very rainy day and saw my grandmothers childhood home. We confirmed it with a genealogist prior to traveling there. My mother was so thrilled. We spent a great deal of time in Cork on tour and loved it. I heard all my life about Cork so I was excited to visit that part of Ireland. The Irish folks were so kind. Ireland will always have a very special place in my heart for I shared a very special journey with my dear mother that I will never forget.
I took some classes when I was in Cork. Loved it!
Where is she from?
Dinner
Corn Beef and Cabbage, potatoes, carrots and turnip, dinner roll all from a local restaurant (take out)
I made fresh baked haddock, potatoes, carrots.
Dessert
Irish Cream Cheesecake from Costco's
Before the pandemic my family used to celebrate SPD with lunch and an Irish concert. Miss it, but had a good day, mom is pure Irish she danced to the Irish music today and worn her green suit and her shamrock earrings. I love celebrating with her.
We took my mother to Ireland for her 87TH birthday 2010. She always wanted to travel there. Could not get her out of the pub at MN one night. We were on tour and bus leaves very early in the morning. I went to bed and brother stayed up with her. She just loved the Irish jigs and music.
When Irish Eyes are Smiling....
I have Scottish roots too.
Sadly my 4% Irish DNA was reclassified last year.. but hello lower Scotland! I will be researching that now.
Lucky you! I haven’t ever been to Ireland.
So happy Saint Patrick's day to you, your family and all the Irish people... And to those who left a piece of their heart there.
Of course, our parades are canceled but some people are doing Irish house floats like we did at Mardi Gras time with our house floats.
We love our parades in New Orleans!
Spring is around the corner. Our weather is warming up, not that we have a very cold or long winter like up north.
It’s kind of a funky day here. Supposed to be nice over the weekend.
Overall, we get a fair amount of rainfall in Louisiana.
I have just one thing to express to you. YOU, GO GIRL!
You should be so proud of your accomplishments!
That Korean spa sounds awesome.
Four more weeks then done with this term. It's cooking along. Looks like I'll retain a spot on the Chancellor's List. Didn't know that was a thing, a step above Dean's List, I guess. Makes me feel smart. lol
The zolpidem sleep aids are helping me stay more level through the stress, since I get better sleep. It's always easier to tackle big work tasks with a fresh and rested brain.
That sounds like a nice place for a girl’s getaway!
I don’t like a sauna. I like a steam room.
My daughter has a pinched nerve in her neck and her doctor told her to get a massage therapist that specializes in treatment for athletes.
I will tell you where I was on vacation. It was Hot Springs, Arkansas, when the bath houses were in vogue to visit. I think they all closed years later.
The way it was done though was, you soaked in the hot spring baths, the attendant gave you a shot of it to drink. Supposedly, the hot spring water had healing benefits to bathe in and drinking it too. Didn’t taste great but I did it.
Then you go into a steam box that was locked from the outside. I almost fainted and couldn’t get out until she unlocked it. I panicked a bit when she walked off. If she had returned a moment later I would have fainted.
Then a needle shower, which I loved and my husband hated. I should say there was a man’s side and a woman’s side. Men and women weren’t together! Hahaha 🤣
After the needle shower, a soothing massage where I fell asleep afterwards. They allowed a person to sleep until they woke up. My husband didn’t know what took me so long to meet him. He did not fall asleep.
This was way back in the 80’s.