I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
You are a kind and patient person, and it appears you really appreciate your chef!
In today's world of everyone making their own rules, doing their own thing, etc. etc. etc., you would probably be sued if you fired the chef for not wearing a mask.
Instead, you went out of your way to mediate the situation. Good for you, EB!
I am trying to make a statement about being free. From my observation point of reference, I am free to wear a mask when all those around me are following the government's rules, guidelines, and mandates, taking their masks OFF whenever a government authority changes their mind. Then rebelling for rebelling's sake, refusing to put their mask on. Thinking they are rebelling and exercising their freedoms! Mocking and ridiculing those who wear a mask. My freedom is wearing a mask!
Best wishes for you. Prayers sent for going forward. I know that you will get your second vaccine as soon as you can. Take care.
I find it interesting that many people don’t go back for their second shot. Of course, then people aren’t fully protected. It’s foolish not to get both shots. Lealonnie got COVID in Colorado from her hairstylist who only had one vaccine.
I don’t know how large my daughter’s building is. It’s a large company. Sounds like your office has plenty of room to separate workers. My daughter doesn’t have her own office. She’s in a cubicle.
That’s a shame. I say, take all precautions necessary. Wear a mask!
I can’t say that I blame you. It’s your home, your safety, your rules. You have your mom’s best interests at heart.
Covid is still with us. As Send said though, people are haphazard about taking precautions.
Of course, we are all tired of COVID, but that doesn’t mean it has gone away. I bet your chef would have to wear a mask in a restaurant.
I was reading some of your posts and I forgot to mention yesterday that I insisted the chef put on a mask while in our home, he argured with me about it and compared it to the flu and grinned about it in a sarcastic sort of way. Are you kidding I told him I have my opinion on the subject and insisted on him wearing the mask.
The posts I read so far have been 100% non-compliant, using profanity and threats to express their opposition to the mask mandate. That is the new normal in California.
Sorry that your daughter got covid, and after having the vaccine is especially troubling.
Gladimhere,
You have my support.
No change at my office. We have Plexiglas screen at the counter. My department is quite large, size wise, three separate offices, a conference room and the front office/reception area. There are three people in my department, we are short two right now so we each have our own space.
Wacky neighbors outside playing, it is 145 am.😡
No requirements on masks anywhere, at least not yet, for this community it will have to be a state mandate if it happens at all. With my procedure a week away, I am to just stay in as much as possible. Wear mask in public places, etc. But, I will go out for coffee, followed by preoperative covid test on Saturday.
I have one jab, will get the second when I am feeling up to it after the surgery.
Honestly, when she first told me about feeling funky. I thought, allergies. I have horrible allergies! She has not lost her taste or smell. She says she is eating miso soup.
Send,
Better safe than sorry. So, what’s the feedback on the new ruling on masks? Are people complaining?
The new mask mandate is set to go into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, and requires both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals to wear masks while indoors.
Too little, too late.....
She spent the day in Vail for the fourth. She was outside the whole day. She had her dog with her.
She works a lot. Sometimes, even after hours. She loves taking her Siberian husky to the dog park. Do the dog parks get crowded? She said that just about everyone has a dog in her area. I think the park is behind the Rockies stadium. The dog gets excited when he hops in her SUV. He knows that he is going to the park.
She does a lot of shopping online. She’s not a big partier. She has friends that she sees occasionally. Several of the people she went to college with have relocated to Denver. She has friends in Vail. She wants to go snowboarding in the future. She just purchased a new vehicle. Her old car was not an all wheel drive. She feels safer in her new SUV. I told her that she is a real ‘grown up’ now, since she bought her first car! LOL
Her office suite only has 10 people in it. Now downstairs, they have more people because they are dealing with the public. She is a credit analyst, so she doesn’t have direct contact with the business owners that are applying for loans. The business owners deal the lenders, not the analyst. She is the person that determines if they qualify for a loan. She doesn’t usually go out for lunch. She brings lunch.
Anyway, so far my daughter and one other person has tested positive but another person just took his test to see if he has it because he is feeling bad. The company has said that they will deep clean the entire area.
Yes, the doctor told her that they are concerned about new variants. I will have to ask her about the type she has. We have the Delta variant here in Louisiana. Do you have it in Colorado?
Listen to this, she asked her doctor about wearing masks in her office when she returns to work. The doc says, “If you want to.” This COVID situation is still out there, even for the vaccinated people like my daughter. Vaccines are great but perhaps people are becoming a bit too relaxed. At first, her company required all of them to wear masks. Now, they don’t have to.
What’s going on at your workplace concerning COVID?
need - so tough for your daughter, I am wondering too if it is the delta variant, I hope she doesn't get worse. Please keep us updated.
And correct, the rapid test is not as accurate.
Hopefully, she will start to feel better soon. She’s bummed because she was planning on going to Wyoming to visit a friend over the weekend. She had to cancel. Oh gosh, this is my ‘diva’ daughter! She was upset about having to cancel a hair appointment! LOL
Fortunately. she snapped back into reality and said that she was glad that she had been vaccinated early on and that even though she feels funky, it’s mild compared to people who have serious COVID issues.
EB,
Glad that your chef decided to stay. I hope it was just an ‘off’ day for him. He was probably just frustrated, rather than upset with you.
You have shown him how much that you appreciate him. Best of all, your mom is satisfied!
I do agree with cwille about needing time to shop, prep and cook and store. It’s a lot of work. We all have our own style of cooking, using methods that we prefer. My husband and I have totally opposite temperaments and styles in the kitchen! LOL
He is the engineer that is very precise! Not to mention that I can run circles around him!!! He does everything perfectly, no doubt, but he is too slow to be my assistant chef! I prefer when he barbecues. 😊
This is how it works and I am still new at this.
1. There are about twenty meals to choose from. My mother has a limited menu because she does not eat meat, or eggs and is quite particular. I check off the ones I think she will like from his selection and he gets the groceries the day before and I pay for them. He then makes her meals pureed at our home. Everything is fresh and healthy.
2. I myself go online and choose meals she might like and I email the recipes to him. It takes lots of time for me to come up with a meal plan. I really have limited time and feel overwhelmed with all the choices. Plus night time is best to do this when my mom is sleeping.
I told him today why don't we go over the menu before he leaves and pick out the food. We did and it was fine. Now I do not have to worry about it for the next two weeks. We worked on it together. I did apologize to him and told him to be direct with me and let me know any problems that may come about.
I do love the service. He did tell me he wants to do the very best for my mother and needs time to prepare. Things are good right now and hopefully things will stay that way.
cwillie, thanks for the advice it really helped. Sometimes I think I expect too much from people. I multi task and do my best under pressure but not everyone is like that. I have always been like that.
Meanwhile, she received an email saying someone in her office tested positive for COVID. She was told that this person worked in her suite. She thought most people had been vaccinated. My daughter has been vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. She got her shots as soon as they became available to receive. It’s been awhile. The person who tested positive in her office had been vaccinated with the J&J shot. All of the vaccines offer some protection but obviously they are still a crap shoot. None of them can claim to be 100 percent effective.
Anyway, all employees were told to get tested. She went to get a rapid test. It showed that she was negative. They instructed her to go back if she wasn’t feeling any better to get retested.
She didn’t feel any better, so she went back for another test. This test wasn’t a rapid test and it showed that she tested positive. She was instructed to quarantine for 10 days. So, are the rapid tests not as accurate? I didn’t want to keep my daughter on the phone too long. She’s feeling yucky, respiratory symptoms and brain fog.
My daughter was hired during COVID and had only worked remotely. Recently, the company decided to go back into the office full time. Many people in her company preferred working remotely, so the company compromised by doing a flex schedule with three days in the office and two at home.
When they first went back into the office, employees were instructed to wear masks, which she did. Later on. the company removed the masks restrictions because everyone had been vaccinated. She is in close contact with her co workers, while discussing business.
Since the positive COVID tests results, the employees were told they could work from home for two weeks and the office suite would be deep cleaned. Her suite has no contact with the general public. It’s only company employees. The lower level suite deals with the general public.
I am hoping since she has been vaccinated that her symptoms will be milder as they claim and not last as long.
I am still wondering if booster shots will be given. How will those be administered? Will they be like an annual flu shot? I am at the age where I get a flu and pneumonia shot. I got my shingles vaccine too. Of course. I got the COVID vaccine also. Fortunately, I don’t get any reactions to vaccines. other than a sore arm. I feel for people who have bad reactions to their shots.
TV chefs might get a lot of fame for their creativity but in the real world they work from a set menu, even in facilities. I would ask him to sit with you and come up with a dozen or so meals that you could cycle through repeatedly, then give him requests for special seasonal foods or cravings that he could prepare the following visit.
Rant over
Anche, hang in there! You're a strong woman. Listen to some opera, especially an area sung by Pavarotti, and you'll feel better tomorrow. Opera is a wonderful pick-me-up.
Caregiving certainly does wear us out. I hope you feel better soon.
Wishing the best for your uncle.
anche - and everyone - look after you!
send - the Velveteen Rabbit is special
I LOVE the Velveteen Rabbit! I read it at least a million times to my daughters.