Well it's been an interesting few weeks!
Things are getting too tough for me on this new post at the college. I can't keep up with all that is required of me at my age. It's really a bit like a really busy Counselors' Intern Supervisor (with lots of interns) having to also do the Case Supervising of all the counseling sessions his student-interns do on people (I have to check and correct the long, detailed Administrative technical application write-ups) plus I have to handle the interns on their drilling and applications including the ones in remote areas by phone. I'm just not keeping up and I'm wishing I was back being a student training course supervisor again. I guess at almost 70 I can't expect to do what I did at 40 - yet I can't agree with that either and just feel I should be able to. I just found out that two earlier people, much younger than me, failed to manage this position - very comforting I must say!!!
Last Saturday, April 24, 2010 I went round to Suesan W's place for a nice dinner and a great chat. She's moving back to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks to be with her daughters and their family's - a new grand-daughter is due in July. I will miss the visits with her.
I've been helping my friend, Joe L. move for a while now. He's finally full moved from his apartment right near the end of my street, to a house he's bought in Tarzana, a city about 40 minutes north of LA. He's renting out three rooms so it pays off his mortgage and he lives rent free! I'm going to miss him dropping around regularly. I'm currently bird sitting his 4 parakeets/budgies until I go to his place for brunch and take them back to Joe next Sunday. They are such cute little things - so chirpy! I think that they have the idea they are supposed to drown out the TV for noise.
Joe also gave me some things he isn't taking to his new place - not enough space in his room with the three other rooms rented out. There is a nicer weight-lifting bench than the one I have, a stationary exercise bike which will be great during the winter weekends and any week nights, and a lot of excellent timber from bunk-beds he had and which I'm going to use to rearrange my bedroom.
Things are getting too tough for me on this new post at the college. I can't keep up with all that is required of me at my age. It's really a bit like a really busy Counselors' Intern Supervisor (with lots of interns) having to also do the Case Supervising of all the counseling sessions his student-interns do on people (I have to check and correct the long, detailed Administrative technical application write-ups) plus I have to handle the interns on their drilling and applications including the ones in remote areas by phone. I'm just not keeping up and I'm wishing I was back being a student training course supervisor again. I guess at almost 70 I can't expect to do what I did at 40 - yet I can't agree with that either and just feel I should be able to. I just found out that two earlier people, much younger than me, failed to manage this position - very comforting I must say!!!
Last Saturday, April 24, 2010 I went round to Suesan W's place for a nice dinner and a great chat. She's moving back to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks to be with her daughters and their family's - a new grand-daughter is due in July. I will miss the visits with her.
I've been helping my friend, Joe L. move for a while now. He's finally full moved from his apartment right near the end of my street, to a house he's bought in Tarzana, a city about 40 minutes north of LA. He's renting out three rooms so it pays off his mortgage and he lives rent free! I'm going to miss him dropping around regularly. I'm currently bird sitting his 4 parakeets/budgies until I go to his place for brunch and take them back to Joe next Sunday. They are such cute little things - so chirpy! I think that they have the idea they are supposed to drown out the TV for noise.
Joe also gave me some things he isn't taking to his new place - not enough space in his room with the three other rooms rented out. There is a nicer weight-lifting bench than the one I have, a stationary exercise bike which will be great during the winter weekends and any week nights, and a lot of excellent timber from bunk-beds he had and which I'm going to use to rearrange my bedroom.
I have a friend, Jackie K., I used to work for - she was my Executive Director - visiting from Florida. She's staying with her daughter and doing a job here in LA for a couple of months and right after I get off at the College on Friday nights, we meet at a restaurant for dinner for about an hour or so before she heads back to her daughters place. That's making a nice change for me. (I stay with her and her husband when I'm in Florida.)
So Friday, last day of April, was another great meeting and dinner with Jackie.
Next day I had a good bike ride up the LA river (yesterday, Saturday May 1, 2010) and a soak in the sun.
Later in the evening I went to dinner with Sue Z. at The Granville in Glendale and had a delicious chicken salad with blackberries, strawberries and other good things mixed in it. Sue had a similarly delicious turkey salad - and of course we had our regular fun conversation. Then we strolled around the wonderful "Americana on Brand" huge outdoor mall, watched the magical, lighted, musical fountains displaying and bought some books at Barns and Noble bookstore.
Today, Sunday May 2, 2010 I drove to a remote cove and was the only person there for the first hour. It was so nice being at the seaside again. I got some great wild- flower photos and some cute close-ups of a little gecko lizard who was keeping me company in the sun.
That's it until next time.
Lots of love to all,
Barry
So Friday, last day of April, was another great meeting and dinner with Jackie.
Next day I had a good bike ride up the LA river (yesterday, Saturday May 1, 2010) and a soak in the sun.
Later in the evening I went to dinner with Sue Z. at The Granville in Glendale and had a delicious chicken salad with blackberries, strawberries and other good things mixed in it. Sue had a similarly delicious turkey salad - and of course we had our regular fun conversation. Then we strolled around the wonderful "Americana on Brand" huge outdoor mall, watched the magical, lighted, musical fountains displaying and bought some books at Barns and Noble bookstore.
Today, Sunday May 2, 2010 I drove to a remote cove and was the only person there for the first hour. It was so nice being at the seaside again. I got some great wild- flower photos and some cute close-ups of a little gecko lizard who was keeping me company in the sun.
That's it until next time.
Lots of love to all,
Barry
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