I found on on Friday that a relatively new volunteer was hired for the job I briefly held at the farm. I’m glad they found someone else. I hope he finds the job is the right fit for him. I got a text from the facilities manager Sunday morning asking if I still wanted to … More Changes
I wrote before about how I needed to adjust my writing schedule because of my new barn schedule. I have not done that, so I have multiple days a week when I don’t write anything besides my TV post. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but my weeks seem off without my routine. Other things … More Routineless
Two houses on my street were sold recently. Both families moved out this weekend. One new family appears to already be moving into one of the houses. I’m not sad that the two families moved. I barely knew them even though we have lived on the same street for years. I think I only talked … More A Positive Change?
I returned from Kentucky late last Tuesday night. During the time I was in Kentucky all I wrote was the What’s on TV stuff. Those don’t take a lot of thought or time. I didn’t live on any sort of schedule. It was a nice break. Now I’m having trouble getting back on track. During … More Struggling to Get Back on Track
Recently, the riding place where I volunteer sent out an email asking for volunteers to join the facilities team. They needed someone to work Monday mornings doing things like dragging the field, driving around with the water tank to fill water troughs, etc. I volunteered, partly because I removed myself from Saturdays, assuming they would … More Schedule Changes
I was going to start this with something about admitting you have a problem. That’s not the point of the post, though. The point is accepting that I don’t read like I used to and that it is OK. I’ve mentioned ad nauseam that I used to read 100 books a year. I would read … More My Name is Tater and I’m Now A Slow Reader
I recently had no idea what to wrote so I asked readers to give me ideas. I got a few responses, but the majority of them were people saying what they like about what I’ve already written. So, most of y’all failed the assignment. Do better. I did get a suggestion from LA to write … More Change Happens
I turned 52 yesterday. Does that mean this is the beginning of year 53 of Tater? I think so? Last year I wrote a post about being on the other side of 50 and things I wanted to change. I looked at that post this morning and I think I did pretty good even though … More Another Year of Tater
I am now over a month past my last day at my job. I didn’t have to spend a lot of time adjusting to things at first. Two days after my last day both of my kids came home for the holidays. We then had Christmas and New Year’s to distract me. My son went … More Adjustment Anxiety
As regular readers know, I left my job recently. I had been with the same organization for 25 years. I had been at my current location for a little over 4 years. I was unhappy with my situation before the pandemic and it was much worse after. After months of talking about it my wife … More Day One of a New Life
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