BUSH DIARY APRIL 1996:
4-1: First day work as ASNA employee. The ASNA finance guy came over to explain the new 401k. I elected to maximize. Yay, me, being all finance and stuff.
4-5: Got two checked today. Got the last NSB pay stub. Cashed out 502 hours of leave time. Unca Sam got 38% of that. Will have to scare up 500 bucks addition for filing this year. Yeesh. Must mail by 4-8. Yikes.
Found out that rent is no longer withheld from pay check. I pay rent to the Borough in the building next door. That is doable. Hope there will be the opportunity to pay electronically or something at some point.
Tuesday I was guest lecturer and Ilisagvik College. I was invited to the business class to explain the filing system at the medical records department. They asked some good questions. Then they came to the department for a tour.
ASNA's new personnel, David White, came to chat with us. Is worked previously in Nome. He is fired up to hire the New York lady for the manager position. Ok what ever. It will be refreshing to have someone do the hiring, procuring, housing etc.
Jeez, a whole week without Mary Jo. She apparently quit without notifying us. I talked her into coming back. I will refer her to Borough counseling. She has a lot of stresses in her life.
Final meeting for NSB stuff. Signed mo paper. Elected to keep Pers as is for the time being.
Real Estate. Got a counter offer from Phil for the Emmett property. I said okey dokey. Now it is up to the other guy.
Carla called she has a job interview in Minneapolis for Target. The store in question is located in Salt Lake City. Huh. Well that is a little closer to Seattle.
The hospital remodeling guys are back. They left before Thanksgiving. They are converting one patient room into true isolation which means reverse air flow.
Birth certificate difficulties. Had a Mom and Father signing an affidavit of paternity. Got a call from the Mom wanting to fill out a new certificate. Oh? Yeah he ain't the Daddy. Sigh. She came in. Filled out another one. Juneau wanted both of them. I turned my back for a minute and the original one disappeared. I documented that with an incident report. Same mom brought in another man to fill out another affidavit. I am pretty sure Juneau will not let that one stand. Headache.
Travel plans are firming up for the wedding. Still mulling appropriate cash gift as to type. I cannot surprise them with a personal IRA, they hafta do that. Mom and I will play tourista before and after the wedding. Fun.
4-12: Spring Festival. ASNA declared a half day off but UIC would not provide phone coverage so that fell to three of us in the department.
New TDY doc whose last name is IP. Someone quipped look what it says when you put Dr in front? Giggle, giggle.
Da wedding. Tim escorted me to catch the plane. Took the Hertz bus at SFO to the car lot. I drove a little white Dodge Stratus. Found Oakland and burned as I watched Alaska Airlines landing continuously there. Had I known I would have flown directly there. Sheesh. Picked up Mom and we hijacked one of those motorized people carrier things to take us to the front door.
We visited with my friend, Judy Jones, who picked us up for the day. We tootled all over Sonoma county looking in at various vineyards. Much fun.
Went to Corte Madera and found a dress at Macy's. I look like a large green float but what the heck.
We were all invited to Mike and Linda's house in Santa Rose. Had not seen Mike for years and was shocked to discover that he has lost two top front teeth and not a denture in sight. We had London broil, ravioli, tossed salad, cheese cake. I noticed that she has a nice angel collection. I kept my mouth shut about MY angel collection.
Charlie was very handsome in his black tux and gray vest. Leslie wore a Victorian satin floor length dress with a froth lace trim peeking out at the hem. The neck line was sweetheart. Her veil was finger tip with a dainty little widows peak hand securing with a spray of pearls and small white flowers. They had matching wedding bands. They took off for a mini honeymoon in Timber Cove.
Monday Mom and I went to Petaluma to visit with all the Berglunds and Papageorgedapoulis folk. We met Glynnie and Ted and the baby girl. That evening we had dinner with Pat and Beth Doughtery. It was a catch up with everyone Monday.
Tuesday Mom and I toured the Burbank gardens in Santa Rose. We visited more with the married folk and said our goodbyes and packed to return home.
The trip to Oakland airport next morning it was raining and BUMPER TO BUMPER traffic. I sweat bullets getting her to the airport. Dropped her off and went south to the San Mateo bridge and north to SFO.
Tim had flown to Anchorage to meet and have a break from Barrow. The next morning he blissfully left the rental running and it locked automatically. Had to call someone to come unlock it and we did not miss our flight to Barrow. It was a 50 dollar miracle. Got home okey. Bradford had a hiccup the gate agent had to check for shots and flight cert from the vet. Awk.
4-26: Lovely surprise at work. Lois Anderson sewed me a kuspuk and gave it to me. I remember chatting with her about how much I would like to have one. She told me to turn aroud. She took her fist and measured from my neck to top of shoulder. I think I am a three fist kuspuk. Anyway I took off my knitted cap that she had admired and I gave it to her. I told her that my mom had knitted it for me.
Other work, I have to prepare a death certificate for a woman who had just resigned from her position as State Representative. She died of liver failure at age 46. She had been in treatment in California but wanted to die at home. She mayor sent the Lear jet. She was cremated in Anchorage. The service was broadcast on KBRW and was five hours long.
Other work: Patrick is still on jury duty but managed to do census each evening after he got off jury duty. Thank you!!! I have about 20 charts to get caught up. The computer guys came to fix the PC that has the birth certificate loaded on it and they put in a new mother board, so am forced to wait on that and have four birth certificates waiting.
Update: Computer guys have to order new mother board. I begged to have them swap out the bits I need to another PC so I could get current on birth certificates. Got five caught up.
Got a call to come get a check at NSB. What check? My life insurance had been cashed out. That's a thing? Trotted to bank, made deposit. What fun.
Have another trip planned to Kenai for the Alaska Health Information meeting. Will go visit Judy and Dean which is located on the Kenai peninsula. Tim and I are booked into the Kenai Marriott.
House dream. Mom and I visited Agatha Christies house. No murders were committed, no mysteries were solved.
Kenai Trip: Tim, Bradford and I flew down on Alaska, and short hop on ERA to Kenai. The Kenai Inn was NOT Marriott. The bathroom was so small you had to step into the tub to close the door. And it was HOT. So we shopped at a big store and bought a box fan. Some people moved to another place but Tim had settled in and once he is settled..... Had lunch at Land's End which is a place out on the Homer Spit. It was fascinating. Visited with Judy and Dean at their very nice place. Saw the infamous eagles nest which is about the size of your average Volkswagen.
Real estate: I need to pay for a survey. ok.
Barge order: Tim has been busy preparing a barge order this year. He has been busy ordering 25 cases of assorted goods from Span Alaska, scheduled to leave Seattle June and get to Barrow in August.
Sam and Lee's is open. Chinese food place that burned down three years ago. It was formerly a collection of Quonset huts. This has been replaced by a very nice two story building, living quarters upstairs, eatery down stairs. I adore the Mongolian Beef. Tim and I had dinner there for about 50 bucks. Spendy but delicious.
Happy April, G'night folks.
4-1: First day work as ASNA employee. The ASNA finance guy came over to explain the new 401k. I elected to maximize. Yay, me, being all finance and stuff.
4-5: Got two checked today. Got the last NSB pay stub. Cashed out 502 hours of leave time. Unca Sam got 38% of that. Will have to scare up 500 bucks addition for filing this year. Yeesh. Must mail by 4-8. Yikes.
Found out that rent is no longer withheld from pay check. I pay rent to the Borough in the building next door. That is doable. Hope there will be the opportunity to pay electronically or something at some point.
Tuesday I was guest lecturer and Ilisagvik College. I was invited to the business class to explain the filing system at the medical records department. They asked some good questions. Then they came to the department for a tour.
ASNA's new personnel, David White, came to chat with us. Is worked previously in Nome. He is fired up to hire the New York lady for the manager position. Ok what ever. It will be refreshing to have someone do the hiring, procuring, housing etc.
Jeez, a whole week without Mary Jo. She apparently quit without notifying us. I talked her into coming back. I will refer her to Borough counseling. She has a lot of stresses in her life.
Final meeting for NSB stuff. Signed mo paper. Elected to keep Pers as is for the time being.
Real Estate. Got a counter offer from Phil for the Emmett property. I said okey dokey. Now it is up to the other guy.
Carla called she has a job interview in Minneapolis for Target. The store in question is located in Salt Lake City. Huh. Well that is a little closer to Seattle.
The hospital remodeling guys are back. They left before Thanksgiving. They are converting one patient room into true isolation which means reverse air flow.
Birth certificate difficulties. Had a Mom and Father signing an affidavit of paternity. Got a call from the Mom wanting to fill out a new certificate. Oh? Yeah he ain't the Daddy. Sigh. She came in. Filled out another one. Juneau wanted both of them. I turned my back for a minute and the original one disappeared. I documented that with an incident report. Same mom brought in another man to fill out another affidavit. I am pretty sure Juneau will not let that one stand. Headache.
Travel plans are firming up for the wedding. Still mulling appropriate cash gift as to type. I cannot surprise them with a personal IRA, they hafta do that. Mom and I will play tourista before and after the wedding. Fun.
4-12: Spring Festival. ASNA declared a half day off but UIC would not provide phone coverage so that fell to three of us in the department.
New TDY doc whose last name is IP. Someone quipped look what it says when you put Dr in front? Giggle, giggle.
Da wedding. Tim escorted me to catch the plane. Took the Hertz bus at SFO to the car lot. I drove a little white Dodge Stratus. Found Oakland and burned as I watched Alaska Airlines landing continuously there. Had I known I would have flown directly there. Sheesh. Picked up Mom and we hijacked one of those motorized people carrier things to take us to the front door.
We visited with my friend, Judy Jones, who picked us up for the day. We tootled all over Sonoma county looking in at various vineyards. Much fun.
Went to Corte Madera and found a dress at Macy's. I look like a large green float but what the heck.
We were all invited to Mike and Linda's house in Santa Rose. Had not seen Mike for years and was shocked to discover that he has lost two top front teeth and not a denture in sight. We had London broil, ravioli, tossed salad, cheese cake. I noticed that she has a nice angel collection. I kept my mouth shut about MY angel collection.
Saturday was the wedding. Went early and helped decorate a bit, went to our rooms and got gussied up and returned for the ceremony. It was great, visited with people I had not seen in 20 years.
I saw Grandma LaVann sitting and I went over to her and knelt down and asked, "Do you remember me?" She gasped, "You look younger and fatter!" I laughed and said, "Don't you know that fat is a preservative?"
The wedding was conducted by a nondenominational lady Minister. The only hitch was that the kids left the marriage license at the house, the maid of honor was sent to toss the place and return forthwith.Charlie was very handsome in his black tux and gray vest. Leslie wore a Victorian satin floor length dress with a froth lace trim peeking out at the hem. The neck line was sweetheart. Her veil was finger tip with a dainty little widows peak hand securing with a spray of pearls and small white flowers. They had matching wedding bands. They took off for a mini honeymoon in Timber Cove.
Monday Mom and I went to Petaluma to visit with all the Berglunds and Papageorgedapoulis folk. We met Glynnie and Ted and the baby girl. That evening we had dinner with Pat and Beth Doughtery. It was a catch up with everyone Monday.
Tuesday Mom and I toured the Burbank gardens in Santa Rose. We visited more with the married folk and said our goodbyes and packed to return home.
The trip to Oakland airport next morning it was raining and BUMPER TO BUMPER traffic. I sweat bullets getting her to the airport. Dropped her off and went south to the San Mateo bridge and north to SFO.
Tim had flown to Anchorage to meet and have a break from Barrow. The next morning he blissfully left the rental running and it locked automatically. Had to call someone to come unlock it and we did not miss our flight to Barrow. It was a 50 dollar miracle. Got home okey. Bradford had a hiccup the gate agent had to check for shots and flight cert from the vet. Awk.
4-26: Lovely surprise at work. Lois Anderson sewed me a kuspuk and gave it to me. I remember chatting with her about how much I would like to have one. She told me to turn aroud. She took her fist and measured from my neck to top of shoulder. I think I am a three fist kuspuk. Anyway I took off my knitted cap that she had admired and I gave it to her. I told her that my mom had knitted it for me.
Other work, I have to prepare a death certificate for a woman who had just resigned from her position as State Representative. She died of liver failure at age 46. She had been in treatment in California but wanted to die at home. She mayor sent the Lear jet. She was cremated in Anchorage. The service was broadcast on KBRW and was five hours long.
Other work: Patrick is still on jury duty but managed to do census each evening after he got off jury duty. Thank you!!! I have about 20 charts to get caught up. The computer guys came to fix the PC that has the birth certificate loaded on it and they put in a new mother board, so am forced to wait on that and have four birth certificates waiting.
Update: Computer guys have to order new mother board. I begged to have them swap out the bits I need to another PC so I could get current on birth certificates. Got five caught up.
Got a call to come get a check at NSB. What check? My life insurance had been cashed out. That's a thing? Trotted to bank, made deposit. What fun.
Have another trip planned to Kenai for the Alaska Health Information meeting. Will go visit Judy and Dean which is located on the Kenai peninsula. Tim and I are booked into the Kenai Marriott.
House dream. Mom and I visited Agatha Christies house. No murders were committed, no mysteries were solved.
Kenai Trip: Tim, Bradford and I flew down on Alaska, and short hop on ERA to Kenai. The Kenai Inn was NOT Marriott. The bathroom was so small you had to step into the tub to close the door. And it was HOT. So we shopped at a big store and bought a box fan. Some people moved to another place but Tim had settled in and once he is settled..... Had lunch at Land's End which is a place out on the Homer Spit. It was fascinating. Visited with Judy and Dean at their very nice place. Saw the infamous eagles nest which is about the size of your average Volkswagen.
Real estate: I need to pay for a survey. ok.
Barge order: Tim has been busy preparing a barge order this year. He has been busy ordering 25 cases of assorted goods from Span Alaska, scheduled to leave Seattle June and get to Barrow in August.
Sam and Lee's is open. Chinese food place that burned down three years ago. It was formerly a collection of Quonset huts. This has been replaced by a very nice two story building, living quarters upstairs, eatery down stairs. I adore the Mongolian Beef. Tim and I had dinner there for about 50 bucks. Spendy but delicious.
Happy April, G'night folks.
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