MONDAY AGAIN AND A GRAMA STORY FROM THE PAST

YEP IT IS MONDAY AGAIN!! BUT I DON'T HAVE TO GET UP ANYMORE I CAN SLEEP ALL DAY SLEEP TIL NOON OR JUST WAKE UP WHENEVER I WAKE UP!!

I USED TO HAVE TO GET UP AT 530 AM START DRIVE TO WORK AT 600 AM AND WORKED UNTIL 500PM . FOUR DAYS A WEEK. I HAD SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY OFF. AND THIS I DID BECAUSE I COULD NEVER FACE MONDAY MORNING. IT WORKED FOR ME. I USED TO GET DEPRESSED ALL DAY SUNDAY BECAUSE OF MONDAY AS A WORKDAY.

THE STATE I WAS IN ALLOWED US TO DO THIS I WAS SO LUCKY. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WAS PRETTY TIRED ALL DAY SATURDAY AND SLEPT A LOT.

AFTER WORKING 36 YEARS AS A SOCIAL WORKER AND BEFORE THAT VARIOUS JOBS THAT KEPT ME BUSY. ALTOGETHER I BELIEVE I WORKED ABOUT 52 YEARS IN MY LIFE WITH CARING FOR 4 KIDS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

I HAD A VERY BUSY LIFE. AND IT WAS EXCITING SOMETIMES AND TERRIBLY BORING OTHERS.

NOW I AM SELDOM BORED AND THE DAYS RUSH BY IN ABOUT 5 HOURS,
YES, WHEN YOU START TO AGE THE DAYS FLY BY SO FAST ITS LIKE GOD RUSHES YOU TO THE END OF DAYS QUICKLY HAHAH.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE WELL ENOUGH TO VOLUNTEER SOMEWHERE BUT I AM ALWAYS HAVING SOMETHING OR ANOTHER BLOCKING ME. I REALLY PITY THOSE OLD FOLKS WHO HAVE TO WORK OR FEEL COMPELLED TO WORK BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO LIVE ON IT OTHERWISE OR JUST WANT MONEY FOR JUST IN CASE STUFF.

WELL I WORKED AND SAVED A LONG TIME TO RETIRE IN A MANNER WHERE I DID NT HAVE TO WORK ANYMORE, AND UNLESS THE GOVT STARTS TO TAKE ALL MY MONEY I AM OK. THEY DO TAX THE HECK OUT OF ME THOUGH BOTH FEDS AND STATE TAXES NOT TO MENTION THE SALES TAXES WE ALL PAY INCESSANTLY WHICH ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD.AND I REALLY DO NOT HAVE ALL THAT MUCH I DON'T MAKE 250,000 A YEAR WHERE THEY ARE TAXING LESS SO I'M TAXED A LOT.

I PAY WELFARE TAXES TO THE SUPER RICH NOW. AND I AM SUPPOSED TO BE GRATEFUL BECAUSE SOMEDAY I WILL GET BENEFITS DUE TO THE TRICKLE DOWN THEORY. BUT TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T THINK ILL EVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

AT ANY RATE, I AM NOT YET STARVING AND MY MEDICAL COSTS ARE COVERED SO FAR SO I AM A LUCKY OLD PERSON DUE TO MY CAREFUL PLANNING. THE ONLY DRAIN ON MY PAY IS DENTAL BILLS BOY, ARE THEY EVER HIGH. THEY PICKED UP WHERE MEDICAL DOCTORS LEFT OFF IN COSTS.

OKAY, NOW A GRAMA STORY, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING GOOD ON HERE.

IN 1964 MY HUSBAND WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO ENGLAND , HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND ANOTHER FELLOW WANTED TO GO BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE SOLD OUR HOME IN THE COUNTRY AND HAD NO HOME AND THE AIR FORCE DECIDED TO TRANSFER THE GUY WHO REALLY WANTED TO GO AND LEAVE US HERE. SO WE MOVED TO A PLACE CALLED RANCHO CORDOVA WHICH HAS MANY ABANDONED HOMES MUCH LIKE WE SEE NOW SINCE ALL THE ENGINEERS AT AEROJET WERE LAID OFF AND LOST THEIR HOMES AND HAD MOVED ON . THEY LOST A GOVT CONTRACT AND WERE DECIMATED PRETTY MUCH. WELL ANYWAY THE HOMES LEFT ABANDONED WERE SOMETIMES BOUGHT BY THE REMAINING HOMESTEADERS AND RENTED THEM OUT AS THEY WAITED FOR THE ECONOMY TO RISE AGAIN SO THEY COULD PROFIT FROM THEIR ACQUISITIONS.

WE WERE ONE OF THOSE TENANTS . WE BOUGHT AN OLD HOUSE FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND HAD IT MOVED TO OUR ACREAGE WE STILL HAD BUT IN THE MOVE IT RAINED SO OUR HOUSE WAS STUCK IN THE CLAY MUCK UNTIL SPRING AND THAT IS WHY WE WERE LIVING INA DEVELOPMENT.

AT ANY RATE, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE AND THEY HAD THE WORKS WIFE SWAPPING AND ALL THAT STUFF AND IT WAS A FOUNTAIN OF GOSSIP AND PROPOSITIONS HAHA AND PARTIES AND WE HAD TO GO OR WOULD BE OSTRACIZED, THE BARBECUES WERE QUITE TASTY, AND THE CHAT INTERESTING, BUT I COULDN'T WAIT TO MOVE INTO OUR OLD HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
WHILE WE WERE THERE A CAT DECIDED TO MOVE INTO OUR HOUSE. HER NA,ME WAS SASSY AND WE DISCOVERED THAT SHE DID THAT WHEN SHE WASN'T PLEASED WITH HER CURRENT HOME. SHE HAD MOVED MANY TIMES.

SHE ALSO HAD KITTENS 2 TIMES A YEAR AND ALWAYS AT LEAST 5 OR 6 A LITTER. SO WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE COUNTRY WE TOOK SASSY WITH US WHERE SHE LIVED QUITE AWHILE WITH US UNTIL WE GOT 2 SIAMESE CATS A BOY AND A GIRL CAT NAMED JOHN AND MARSHA. ONE DAY SASSY SAID ENOUGH AND PACKED UP HER KITTENS AND LEFT WE NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.

SO WE HAD ABOUT 5 CATS BY THEN. BUT WE WERE IN THE COUNTRY AND WE FED THEM DRY FOOD AND LOTS OF FIELD MICE . WELL SASSY USED TO BRING US GIFTS OF CRITTERS SHE CAUGHT WE GOT LIZARDS AND ANY LIL THING SHE FOUND . SHE WAS AN AMAZING MOUSER. SHE HAD A LITTLE OF THE FE RILE IN HER, WE ADMIRED IT A LOT.

LATER ON WE GOT A GUINEA PIG ONCE AND IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVERY TIME WE OPENED THE REFRIGERATOR IT WOULD SQUEAL WERP! WERP! WERP! HE LOVED LETTUCE AND VEGGIES ONE DAY HE DISAPPEARED FROM HIS CAGE AND I DISCOVERED MY HUBBY HAD LET HIM LOOSE OUTDOORS IN THE BACK YARD . AND HE ONCE STEPPED ON A BOARD AND HE WAS UNDER IT. HE NEVER TOLD ME FOR YEARS WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THAT SWEET LITTLE CREATURE.

OH AND BACK TO THE STUCK HOUSE... WE FINALLY HAD IT DELIVERED BY THE HOUSE MOVERS IT WAS IN SPRING AFTER THE RANCHO EXPERIENCE WE WERE REALLY HAPPY!! WE POURED THE FOUNDATIONS AND HOOKED UP THE ELECTRICITY AND WERE WORKING ON THE PLUMBING AND WHILE THAT WENT ON IT WAS PRETTY HOT BY THEN AND WE WOULD TAKE A BATH IN THE TUB USING THE HOT WATER IN THE HOSE IT WORKED QUITE WELL.
WE DID HAVE ALL THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY WORKING BY THEN. WE STILL HAD A HOLE IN THE WALL AND WHEN WE GOT UP MORNINGS WE HAD QUITE A LOT OF DOGS AND CATS VISITING THE LIVING ROOM WE LEARNED TO SHUT THE GLASS DOORS BETWEEN THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE BEDROOMS UNTIL WE HAD THE FIREPLACE PUT IN.

WE GOT SOME PALOS VERDES STONES FOR IT AND IT WAS QUITE A LARGE FIREPLACE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL.
WE WOULD MUCH LATER BUILD ON A SECOND STORY WHERE WE HOUSED THE KIDS IN 4 BEDROOMS. BUT, THAT IS ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME AND IT HAS MANY LINKS AND STUFF TO MORE STORIES.

WE FINALLY HAD THE HOUSE SOMEWHAT TOGETHER AND LIVABLE .
SO TH ATS ALL I'M TELLING TODAY.