Sophie's Story

   Last week I was surfing Facebook while waiting somewhere. I came across a post about the upcoming Grammy Awards show. I don't like watching award shows because they just don't interest me. I didn't read the article, but I did peek at the comments. Clearly most of the people commenting do not like what is current popular music. I can relate. I'm not a fan either which is why I like my CDs and Sirius radio, but that's a topic for another day.   One comment stood out among all the grousing and complaining. This comment referred to one of the performers nominated for an award as "a talentless piece of garbage". I reread the comment. Yes, I had read it correctly. It said, "talentless piece of garbage".   By now seeing such things shouldn't be a surprise, but this was. Not in a good way. I really shouldn't be shocked when I see things like this. This is the way of the world, right?   Quite frankly this made me sick. I understand if you

   I have a wonderful husband. I say that a lot, maybe I say it too much but it's true. I know that I have recognized him for the many of the big things he has done for me. Things like taking care of me when I was sick, supporting me through me periods of unemployment last year and tackling large projects like replacing the toilet.   I don't think that that I say much about all the little things that he does. Since his birthday was yesterday, I'd like to write about some of the little things that C does that mean something to me.   He cooks meals. He started doing this when he retired and I worked full time. There were many nights where I would come home late, too late to cook a meal. He learned to cook simple things at first. He began to realize that he liked to cook and was good at it. Then he started making special holiday dishes like macaroni and cheese and cornbread dressing. He would make up his own recipes, mostly ways cooking chicken and steak. He's discove

   One of the big news stories the past few weeks is an announcement from Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. They have said that they wish to step away from their roles as senior royals and become independent.   This has, according to what I'm reading, caused quite a fuss. There is great consternation in the British royal family and a lot of speculation there and here. The couple flew to Great Britain for a short visit and then Meghan flew back to Canada by herself while Harry talks to his family.    Perhaps there is something I'm missing here, I don't understand why this is such a big deal. I could understand if Prince Harry was closer in the line of succession, but he's not. His father, brother and his brother's children are all in the line of succession before him. I know that there are many ceremonial events that the Royal family attend. However, it's a large family. Surely there are enough people that could take care of those events that Prince Harry

    People that I've known for many years are coming back into my life. I don't really like the term "old friends" as none of them are old and some of them are not quite friends. Regardless of who they are, I am happy to see them again.   The first one is Chrys. She is a tech that I worked with a long time ago. She is the one who helped me to get the job that I have now. She's a really good tech and I'm glad to get to work with her again. One thing that I used to do for her is bake her a birthday cake. She likes carrot cake. I look forward to doing that for her in the future.    Lynn worked at the same store that Chrys and I worked at. Lynn was the floral manager. She also works at my new store as the floral manager. She is a very talented woman. She did the flowers for my wedding. We had lots of fun together and I'm happy to get reacquainted with her.    Dave worked in the deli of the store I left two years ago. I was surprised when he came up to me

  Yesterday was my first day at my new job. The first day at a new job is nerve wracking. You work in a new place with people you've never worked with before. It's scary. You wonder if you will be able to learn all that you need to know. You wonder if anyone will like you. You wonder if you will like your new workplace.   I should know. I've had a lot of first days at a new jobs lately. In fact for the few months that I was a relief pharmacist, every time I went to a new store it was a first day at a new place.   I wasn't nervous. I had met the people that I would be working with. One of them I had worked with before. For the first time I went in pretty relaxed. There was only one thing that scared me and that was the computer system.   Every pharmacy uses it's own computer system for processing prescriptions. They usually have very little in common. The one thing that scared me was having to learn yet another system. I'm not the most computer literate pers