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election work is continuing. Next week, I get to wear the "IT Minion" hat, and will plug in/update/patch the computers we use for the electronic version of the pollbook and download the current version of the EPB so that IT can make sure they still play well together; and we'll be doing the public accuracy test for the tabulators. 600+ AV ballots sent out already; we'll probably send out another 75 or so before the election in early May.
Wednesday, J went out with the ladder and the chainsaw and cut down branches that had gotten split/twisted in the ice and windstorms early last month. I got to help haul large branches to the burn pile. whee?
Mum called on Sunday evening - she'd put her older sister (AC, who is 94) into hospice. AC went in for gallbladder surgery in mid-March, but in hindsight, that was just the first system failing. She never really recovered, and while they could do all sorts of dramatic interventions and tests to find out why she's not thriving, there's not a lot of confidence that even if they do find out that a)there's anything that can be done and/or b)it will increase her quality of life enough to make all the tests worthwhile. So that's a thing. I will probably have to go to FL at some point to help Mum with AC's FL house, and then to NC in the summer to deal with AC's NC house. LilSis will also be available for some of it, but she's already spent 3 weeks in FL with Mum/AC this spring, and she does have her own things that she needs to stay on top of.
There are daffodils blooming all over the yard. Many trees are leafing out, and there are lots of weeds to be pulled (yay). J plugged the rill pump in a couple of days ago, and the birdies have been enjoying the running water. I stopped putting out the mealworm feeder a couple of weeks ago when I realised that the blackbirds were eating *all* of the mealworms and none of the other birds were getting any.
Wednesday, J went out with the ladder and the chainsaw and cut down branches that had gotten split/twisted in the ice and windstorms early last month. I got to help haul large branches to the burn pile. whee?
Mum called on Sunday evening - she'd put her older sister (AC, who is 94) into hospice. AC went in for gallbladder surgery in mid-March, but in hindsight, that was just the first system failing. She never really recovered, and while they could do all sorts of dramatic interventions and tests to find out why she's not thriving, there's not a lot of confidence that even if they do find out that a)there's anything that can be done and/or b)it will increase her quality of life enough to make all the tests worthwhile. So that's a thing. I will probably have to go to FL at some point to help Mum with AC's FL house, and then to NC in the summer to deal with AC's NC house. LilSis will also be available for some of it, but she's already spent 3 weeks in FL with Mum/AC this spring, and she does have her own things that she needs to stay on top of.
There are daffodils blooming all over the yard. Many trees are leafing out, and there are lots of weeds to be pulled (yay). J plugged the rill pump in a couple of days ago, and the birdies have been enjoying the running water. I stopped putting out the mealworm feeder a couple of weeks ago when I realised that the blackbirds were eating *all* of the mealworms and none of the other birds were getting any.