The Lounge of Sandy

I got my job evaluation report this week and I’m so happy to report that my boss gave me the highest rating except for tardiness!  I was given 5 on everything but one 4 on the tardiness issue.  I was kind of upset about it because I was actually expecting a straight 5!J  Oh well, I can accept that 4 for as long as she gives me my salary increase. 

Work is always busy as usual.  This week I feel like I was so swamped with a lot of things to do but I’m so glad it’s my day off today and was able to finish everything for this week. 

We’re having a LUAU celebration at work this Saturday but I won’t be able to attend it because that same day is also the family reunion of my husband’s mother side family.  Last year I was not able to attend the annual family reunion because I was in the Philippines then having a grand vacationJ.   So today, we’ll be off to Roseburg again and I’m pretty sure that I’ll be so beat up once again on Sunday. 

Not Afraid to Die….

Yesterday while I was busy doing my reports, I heard someone said to me “are you working hard?” so I replied back "nah, I’m just hardly working!"  That same question and answer is always what this old lady and I use everyday as a conversation starter whenever this lola is passing by to go back to her apartment or if she’s on her way down from her apartment.  I always make it a point to at least give a minute or two of my time no matter how busy I am every time a resident stop by at my office to give me a holler because for me they’re all special and they need all the attention they can get from us.  Anyway, this lola has some form of a cancer on her left eye.  It was found out last year and she can actually go through a surgery for it but it will take 3 to 4 years to heal and she will be in a lot of pain.  She’s 93 and according to her she doesn’t like to wait that long and suffer more.   Her children doesn’t like her to have it too because according to her they don’t like her to be in a lot of pain. 

She’s been to her doctor yesterday, so I asked her what happened at her doctor’s visit.  She told me that her doctor gave her 5 to 6 months to live because her cancer is now spreading (and she still looked as upbeat as she always is while she was saying that to me).  I almost choked when I heard that from her but she immediately told me that she’s ready to go.  I said to her that dying is not really something to be afraid of especially when you know where you’re heading to.  She said “honey, I’m waiting for the day to come and I know that I will be going there and He’s eagerly waiting for me up there in heaven.”  I got so emotional but I didn’t really like to cry in front of her, so I just gave her a big hug.