day after

my daddy's 66th birthday was yesterday. happy birthday, daddy! i think he had a good day even though there wasn't a lot of hoopla. he and mom did their usual tuesday movie day and then went to eat at a local thai restaurant. they had some leftovers so i got to have a nibble later on. per dad's repeated request, mom made him a coconut cream pie from scratch. it was de-li-cious! and i don't normally like coconut anything. i can't stand it if i bite down on a piece of coconut. it gives me the heebie-jeebies and makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. if i felt a piece in the bite i took i tried to manuever it to my tongue so i wouldn't bite down on it. i'm a goober...i know that already.

she used fresh coconut so it was very, very tasty. dad inhaled his slice and asked for more. of course mom wouldn't let him have it until today. before i came downstairs to my room, he was asking for his 2nd piece of pie...lol.

i decided not to have any tonight b/c i'm feeling kind of gallbladder-attack-ish tonight. i haven't felt good all day and have had some pain on and off on my right side. jane asked me if i was feeling bad so i must have looked it. i caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror at my desk and i thought i looked a little pale. i hope dr. s can schedule surgery right away. i'm ready to get on the upswing of this.

at work i witnessed something i really hope i don't have to witness again. my boss was very close to a meltdown. i have never seen her cry and she was looking pretty misty-eyed. (altho i heard her cry when she told me she had to put one of her beloved cats to sleep when his organs were shutting down. she called me at work to tell me and i felt bad that i couldn't be more comforting. i cried with her.) she's been working practically non-stop since april converting data for this new system. she has been cross-eyed and practically blind by the end of each week. she's not getting much cooperation from a certain group and it's hard for her to proceed w/o their feedback and approval. she's had a lot of data to convert and verify. and if something doesn't convert right, she's the one who has to find it.

we were talking about the implementation of this project. the timing sucks. there's no other way to put it. things keep happening that shouldn't be happening. we see potential user mutiny if we roll this product out right now. next year, it won't be a problem. there is simply not enough time to get all the stuff done properly. our 3-person team doesn't do stuff halfway. we've got several individuals on the project team who are ramming this through. they keep coming up with all these "work-arounds" to try and say the project is successful. my stomach is starting to hurt right now just thinking about it so i need to stop.

on the knitting side of life, i'm working on cozy using a tan colored cotton yarn i had bought a few years ago. i cast on for some simple socks this evening when i came downstairs. the yarn i'm using for the socks is from the plymouth italian collection - sockotta color 6674 (scroll down to see it). it's 45% cotton, 40% superwash wool, 15% nylon. i've been itching do another pair of socks. that'd be a good project to take to the hospital when i have surgery...small enough to tuck in my bag.

i've got to get some sleep now.

kisses........