December 12, 2014
Dear Everyone:
We had a nice spot of rain yesterday, here in
drought-ravaged
California. Some places got
as much as ten inches, which strikes me as being just a little bit
greedy. The rain has moved
on, hopefully to deposit lots of snow in the mountains, since it is that
melting snow that actually fills the reservoirs, all of which are
currently at “record low” levels.
As I understand it, some of these records go back to before the
American
Civil War, also known as “The War Between The States”.
Or, as it is called in “Frankie’s”
North Carolina neighborhood,
“The Unfortunate Incident of the Northern Aggression”.
I guess the bombardment of
Fort Sumter by Southern forces,
signaling the beginning of said War, sort of slipped their collective
minds.
In other news…
Last year (or maybe the year before, I’m not sure) our
ARMA Chapter
President, “Callie”, excited by her success in passing the Certified
Records Manager (CRM) Exam, decided that we should host a CRM Workshop
for other aspiring Candidates.
She even talked about scheduling the Workshop near a weekend “for
the people who will fly in and want to do some
San Francisco
sightseeing.”
Personally, I thought she was going a little overboard.
Then she left the Chapter, and left me holding the bag.
We, meaning the Chapter Board, headed by
moi, “decided” to postpone the
Workshop until after the
Holidays.
Which are rapidly approaching.
“Callie” had originally planned to hold the Workshop where she worked,
in Vallejo. Then she changed
that to Walnut Creek, since she had an “in” with the
City Clerk there,
who could let us use their large conference room.
When “Callie” left, her connection to Walnut Creek went with her.
I have made several attempts to “suck up to” the City Clerk, but
she has ignored my emails.
Another reason to postpone the Workshop.
However, I do have something that Walnut Creek does not.
My community includes a sizeable Clubhouse, which can easily
accommodate a dozen-or-so people.
I even did a sort-of survey, via email, to the ARMA members in
the Bay Area and a full half-dozen responded that they would be
“interested”.
So I have placed a request to reserve the Clubhouse for a day in
January, contacted the Records Management Expert, “Shep”, who had
already agreed to conduct the Workshop for a mere $400.
There’s even a kitchen in the Clubhouse to set up for coffee,
other beverages, lunch and so on.
We’ll see how it goes.
Meanwhile…
“Jeannie’s” surgery went very well indeed.
I haven’t mentioned it up until now, but “Jeannie” has given her
OK to talk about it. She had
the exact same problem that “Alice” and I both had:
Osteoarthritis of the hip.
In other words, the cartilage that forms the “cap” at the top of
the femur, inside the hip joint, had turned into something resembling
moldy cheese.
So “Jeannie” decided to get the same
hip-replacement surgery that
“Alice” and I had both done.
In fact, coincidentally, she had the exact same surgeon that I had.
She is now very much in the recovery stage.
This hurts almost as much as the before-stage; but, as the
aforementioned surgeon put it, “It’s a DIFFERENT hurt.”
And, unlike before, this hurt will abate, rather than getting
progressively worse. This,
however, does take some time.
“Frankie” came out the day before the surgery and has been with
“Jeannie” ever since, helping with everything.
Things like dressing-by-committee.
Walking-in-a-straight-line.
Even the shower.
The way I heard it, they tried to get “Jeannie” ready for her first
post-surgery shower. Since
it was important to keep the surgery site dry, they decided to secure
the area with plastic wrap.
As in, wrapping plastic around the hips.
Which is when they discovered that “Jeannie” didn’t have any plastic
wrap. So they tried
substituting with non-stick
aluminum foil.
The results, I’m told, were less than satisfactory.
It’s a Work In Progress (WIP).
Love, as always,
Pete
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