Good Friday @VDM, as least for me.

Took Jesse and Tray to Best Buy and GameStop.  Got nice Nano for Adam, cd for Tray, and almost lost the $100 I was given for Adam's Nano before I walked out of the building.

I still had to do 3 of the 6 logs, make the calls, and leave work 20 minutes after I signed out to complete my chores.

Good dinner from Ralph's at $45, which includes mashed and gravy, sausage, pumpkin pie, milk, humus, blue cheese, and hard salami, all of which I love.

Aaron was punished again for pooping in his pants.  He is punished almost all the time. 

The goats for punishment on the three units are Aaron and James;

Kristopher on Earth.  Christian used to be a goat, but two staff got fired for miss treating him so now he is handled with kid gloves.

Darby is the most punished kid on Ocean.  Able used to be one of the most punished but now he eats candy in the sups office as a reward for good behavior.

Varsety is not punished because he only has one leg, but Aaron, James, Kristopher, and Darby are always punished because they have a mental disability that is not as viable as the one Varsety has.

Oh, well.  I can't fix the world, let alone vdm.  I just go along to get along.

I only have 4 more months to work at vdm.  I want to retire May 1, 2012 and do my see the usa tour.

I then hope to come back September 1, 2012 and work at least Saturday and Sunday nights, or even 40 hours per week.  Time will tell.

Have a Happy New Year!  I intend to do so.

Slept well from 3 2 9am, for a change.

Paid State Farm and ATT.com.  Now for breakfast of MOM, which I love to the hilt, then either haircut or Samy's camera shop, or else where.

My only goals are paying all pure and scwd and doing the accounting with Andrew Schnee.

I feel well, all systems seem to be on the go, and I am in a positive mood.  I look forward to my life with gusto.

I want a good camera, a four month vacation, and a good heater for my Ford.  Time will tell.

I love my apartment,

I love my car,

I love my job, sometimes,

I feel good physically,

I feel good emotionally,

And I have lots of good things to look forward to in the near future, i.e. a vacation starting May, 1, 2012...

Good Wed@VDM, no computers or video games for Sky

Armando announced that there would be no computers or video games for sky unit because the boys were not behaving good enough.  James had been walking off the unit and Aaron refused group because he was not allowed to go on the outing to the science mesuem.  So Armando told me to go to another unit and I did.  I will do the same today, even though Damian, Jesse, Jamie, all were eligible to play video games.  I worked on Ocean and Earth units until I returned to Sky at 9pm and did half the logs.
Gabe was also eligible for video games, but if two boys are not behaving well then I shouldn't work on sky unit.  We'll see tonight.

Ate dinner at BBB and it was excellent.  To bed about 3am or so.

Tuesday is good. SCE Completed! AllPure&SCWD next

Talked with sce.com and they will mail me a check for $291.86 to close the account, which I will deposit and then close the estate account.  Pay scwd and all pure tomorrow am and go to work in the pm.

Still undecided about the Nikon 9100 or the Canon 510, or any camera for general use.

Call State Farm and ATT to settle both bills and pay what is owed.

Send back the Fire and the Nano and the cards to Alter Reality, and the Screen Cast, and the extra dvds and lots of other stuff.

My big issue is taking a nap early and then staying up late and not feeling rested after sleeping in the morning light.

The only way I seem to sleep well is to go to bed about 130am and get up about 730am every day to feel rested.  Interesting.

Last night I went to BBB and waited for 5 min for a table.  The guy walked by me and did cashier work and then took the names of other potential customers and then I went up to him and told him I would take my $15 else where since no one seemed to even recognize me as a potential customer.

I went to Tony's Pizza and it was very good.  I think I will eat the rest of it right now.  So there bbb.

Mon am up @830 feeling well. Do the chores.

Pay scwd, all pure, mail sce fax, call Ed for haircut, wash more clothes, clean more apartment, visit Microsoft Store, return Kindle Fire and Apple Nano and cards to Alter Reality.

Pay State Farm and AT&T after phone calls to each.

Call Inga for a chat.

Call Harold, Les, and Allan soon.

Get heater fixed soon.

Merry Sunday XMass. Doing laundry finally

Slept well, eat well, feeling well, soon to go to work on XMass Day.

Sat XMass Eve was fine. Good VDM shift

Outing for Damian, electronics for the guys left on the unit.  All was ok.

A very good Friday. Got 4 ups deliveries.

I'm impressed with my new Nikon S8100, the Clingo dash mount, the HP 1000 printer, and 12 3x Tees.

Good pm at work.  Lots of computer, xbox, and ps2 and iPhone and iPad usage.  Even some iTunes movie usage.

James, Aaron, and Tray are out to lunch, but any more so than Varsety?  Mental handicaps are just as debilitating as physical handicaps, if not more so because they are largely invisible.  Yet we punish all the while.  Punishment, rather than teaching or training may not be our goal, but it certainly is our process, in spite of our stated desire to teach rather than simply punish.

Now to explore the new Nikon.

Good Thurs PM shift. Nick left, Mulligan's 4 others

Lots of computer and iPad time.   Waiting impatiently for my tee's from JCPenny, my new Nikon Coolpix S910, my dash mount Clingo, my travel printer, and something else I can't remember now.

Work is well, I feel well, I need to do the payment to all pure and to scwd and the fax to sce.

Otherwise all is better than I have any right to expect. 

I'm looking forward to a three month vacation starting May 1, 2011.  From North California, to Idaho, to Texas, to Ohio, to Rockford, to New Jersey, to PA, to WVA, to Vermont, to NYC, to Florida, and back home again if all goes well.

I hope I can take a 3 month LOA and go back to work August 1, 2012.  Time will tell.

Good Wed pm shift, sold 2 Sansa Clips, lots of interaction

Only a bit late to work.  I love my car.  Mixed up sleep schedule so only up at 1230pm.  Waiting for book, tshirts, and Clingo for my car.

Do the fax and pay all pure tomorrow.  Laundry also.  Be thankful, as I am, fac?

Tuesday up @1230pm after sleep @6am.

Installed new dlink wireless router last night and it works well.  The ASUS is still slower than the Fujitsu, demonstrably so.  I like the Fujitsu better overall.  It only has an i5 but it is smaller, lighter, has blue ray and 8GBs of main memory.  The asus only has 6GBs of main memory and a good video card, but the asus is slower overall.  I might try to put 8gbs of memory in the asus.

Got the new $90 Bose headphones today.  They are ok, but I can't tell a lot of difference so far.

Get haircut and fix Eds computer,
Wash clothes,
Clean apt,
Mail Nano back to Apple,
Mail cards back to Alter Realety,
Return 2012 to Gabe and get my philosophy book back,
Return the Screen Cast if possible,
Sell the iPhone 3gs, the iPod Video, and continue to be happy, healthy, and wise.

Monday up @9am, net, napped, got ups from Apple

Now to do the fax to SCE, pay SCWD and All Pure, return the Nano, return the Fire, return the Cards to Alter Realety, and return the Mouse to Frys, and return the screen cast to Costco;

then eat breakfast at Henri's.

tomorrow call Ed for a haircut, wash clothes, get headphones via ups, and maybe see Taylor re the heater on my great Taurus.

I also ordered $84s worth of 3x Tall t shirts from jc penny, so I hope they come soon.

Sun up@115pm feeling well.

Be at work on time,
Pay sce, scwd, and all pure tomorrow,  and call Andrew Schnee to complete accounting,
wash clothes,
clean apt,
pay att.com and state farm,
get haircut Tuesday,
get Taylor to fix Taurus heater soon.

Be thankful and grateful for all that I have in my life now and in the past, and, I hope, in the future.

Sat am up at 1130am feeling well and rested, fac!

The Fujitsu works very well and fast on the net.  Much better than the ASUS. 

Breakfast of Marie Callandar's chicken was not bad.

Now to get ready to go to work.

Fri am slept til noon, feel well, pop pie for bfast

I feel well, and rested for a change.  Get gas before work, have a good day at work, do the fax and the bills this weekend, cut nails, clean apt, return Fire, Mouse, and screen cast asap.

Good Wednesday, See Ed tomorrow, Hannakay tonight

Hanukkah went well at Palms.  Damian on cd, several unstable kids, but no major issues.  Get haircut tomorrow and fix Ed's computer, and do the sce, scwd, and all pure bills and call the accountant.

Be thankful for all that I have and have not earned.  Do any of us earn our good fortune?  I doubt it.  Simply enjoy it while it lasts and be prepared for the fact that it will turn and all things must come to an end.

I love my car, my apartment, I like my job, I am hopeful that I will be able to get a good settlement from Marion's estate, and have a good see the usa tour starting in April, 2012.

Publishing check to see that the blog software works

This is a check post to ensure all is well.

Up Tuesday @1pm. Rome is good, see aj today.

Taking a nap yesterday through my sleeping schedule off track.  If I sleep from 9pm to 11 pm in a nap, then I can't go to sleep until about 3 or 6am, after which I wake up tired.

It seems I should try to sleep every night from 3 to 9am, or so.

Call aj and take him out for his birthday celebration.

Call Ed Sentowski and fix his computer after he cuts my hair.

Call Andrew Schnee and do the accounting after doing the fax to sce, paying all pure and scwd.

Do the property tax and ca and fed income tax with Andrew Schnee as part of the accounting.

Monday up @11am feeling well and rested. Good rem

It's raining a lot so I think I will visit Rey, AJ, and Alex tomorrow.  Call Howard soon. 

Goals today:

Call Howard, Amazon, and Rey soon.

Return Kindle.

Return Touch Mouse.

Eat well at Lancer's or Henri's.

Send the fax to sce.

Pay scwd and all pure and call the lady re Marian Terry's estate.

Be aware of all the great things in my life, and don't focus on the less than perfect items.

Sunday up at 10am. I love the Nikon S6100

Movie night last night @ vdm. Also computers and video games.  Good night.  Today to Malibu and Safe Harbor with Nick, Jesse, Travon, Brandon, and two others I can't remember.

The new Nikon cable works well.  Asian dinner last night, expensive but ok.  Now for Malt O Meal and to work by 12:30pm

Tomorrow is the last week to do all the paperwork for to close the estate in court.  bye til then.  Do it, please.

Desirable goal: back up and organize all iTunes

Use the Video iPod to organize all the iTunes libraries into folder/song configurations via Copy Trans net back up routines.

Good idea, then back them up via iTunes Match.  Good

Awake at 9am from good REM feeling well

Now to pick up my Nikon cable, eat something, return the MS Mouse, return the Screen cast, return the Kindle Fire, return the iPod Nano, call Howard, call Ray, call AJ, call Inga, call Les Soss, call Harold, call Allan Casanova after writing an email to see if he wants to talk with me, call Jose about the Honda, and have a wonderful day.  9.5 people have stopped working at VDM in the last 6 months or so.  They are:

Julian
David
Ron C
Mark W
Zyggy P
Stephnie D
Judy K
Lisa Nurse
and Sean Keys is on self inflicted disability pay of 75% of his normal pay due to his own actions

Also don't forget the overnight shift terminations of:

Michael C
And Esther

That's a lot...

Thursday awake at 8am. Breakfast @ Lancer's

Good eats.  No Up available, no package until I pick it up tomorrow am, then do the sce, scwd and all pure bills, call Howard and do the accounting.

Now to go to work and thank my lucky stars.

I was thinking today that I love my car more than I loved Toni.  She was fickle and we broke up, while my car will never leave me on its own, it is comfortable, and as dependable as a car can be.  So there.

Now to shower and go to work.

by the way, Ron C no longer works at VDM.  He did something, horse played with a resident, which lead to accusations, all of which became grounds for termination.

That's six in six months.  Julian, David, Ron, Mark, Zyggy, Lisa, Stephanie, Judy, and Sean out due to carrying a kid on his leg as part of a medical excused absence, and ill pay of 75 % of your normal salary?  Also add in Adrienne who left to go to nursing school.  That's 9.5 employees who left the job in the last 6 months, or so.

Wednesday up @1130am, call Howard plus.

I feel pretty good.  I am thankful that I haven't had call backs from Kaiser regarding requests for more test for kidney and anemia blood work and such.  I hope this means that my Kaiser issues have stabilized and I don't need any more tests as of now.  The future will take care of itself.

Call Howard and do the accounting.  Also the lady from Trans Union?

Now to get ready for work.

Late post for Tuesday. Liver and onions @Lancers

The liver was too well done, but the onions were very good.  The veggies were under cooked but the whole meal was acceptable.  Did two loads of laundry and read a book on the pc until 6am.

Late post for Monday. Bought $101 worth of cds

Watched JCSuperstar with lots of emotional out pouring.  Most of John Wayne movie.  Eat well at Bob's and had a quiet day.  Shopped at Wal Mart and bought a Monster CD adapter and it seems to work well.  $19.99 but if it works it will be worth it.

Home at midnight. Good food at Ralph's.

I feel well.  If I get the bills paid tomorrow, I will feel excellently.  Good day at vdm.

Why do they give the kids a "media restriction" or a unit restriction which includes a video game restriction at the first sign of mis behavior?  This leads to kid frustration, kid assault, green sheets, lots of t o time, and lots of frustration all around.  In tonight's case, all because Able wanted to listen to music on the computer, then all of the above ensues.  Why?  To what end?  We punish so he will learn from his punishment and not misbehave again?  Does it work?

Feeling energized for a change.  I sleep well but wake not full of vim, vigor, and vitality.  I don't know why.  Usually I have to sit around the computer and check out the net before I get up and go out.

Most of my chores are taken care of, except for washing clothes and cleaning my apartment.  Paying the estates bills are the over riding chore I have to complete and do the accounting for Howard Schnee and the court.

Find the check fro $178 and cash it.
Return the Kindle Fire.
Find the two Kindles and take them to work.
Buy two or more cassette tapes for my Taurus.
Return the Belkin Screen Cast.
Return the iPod Nano.

Do other chores as they pop up.  bye for now.

Up at 11am feeling ok. Fixed Rojas' Toshiba memory

Stayed up late and gert on waking up a bit.  Toshiba recognizes only half of the new memory, but this is enough so it runs well.  Still has a registry error which prevents iTunes and MSE installation, but otherwise runs well.  I have nothing more I can do.

I don't feel at the top of my game, but I will feel better once I complete the bills for Marion's estate tomorrow or Monday.  Then all else will fall into place, I hope.  Keep up the good work.

Up Friday at 10am feeling well.

Turkey dinner for breakfast.  Now to go get another cassette adapter, and be at work on time for two days in a row.  I hope it will be a good day at work because there will be video games and computers and electronics at 6pm.  Also pictures and movies.

Then no Rehab for the week end.  That should keep the residents from their constant barrage of angry criticism, threats, and punishment.  Is this how you rehabilitate injured children?  Criticize them, threaten them, and punish them?  I don't think so.  Time will tell.

Good Thrusday and Wednesday at vdm.

My over riding concern is that Rehab seems to be focused on criticizing, threatening, and punishing the kids.  The kids are rowdy, they are not good at following directions, and they talk out of turn a lot.  This is one reason why they are at vdm.  Is is wise for Rehab to constantly criticize, threaten, and punish the group for the same thing for the last several years?  I doubt it.

Monday was a bad day at the gym.  Tuesday and Wednesday were punishment days for all the kids, even those who did no wrong at the gym.  All kids had to answer ten questions on social skills and what happens if they don't use them.  Wednesday was a re hash of the insufficient answers given by the kids on Tuesday.  Thursday was a back yard game which had the threat that if it didn't go well, the next two days would be spent doing the equivalent of standards, i.e. written exercises which our kids are very poor at and resistant to doing.

Wed and Thurs nights were ok other wise.   I feel sorry for the kids since they are punished a lot for things that are often out of their control.  Oh, well.  All is ok other wise.