Several of us have been sick throughout this past week, but I guess I won the prize for being sick the longest. I'm on Day 5 now, even though I do feel a bit better today finally. Scott is the only one that hasn't been sick at all, bless his heart. :) Monday: I started working again at the Election Office (where I used to work a few years ago). I'll be helping out just until the upcoming November election is complete.  This is me with my former co-worker, Betsy Barrus, as we stuff absentee ballots during the day.  Monday, we prepared about 1500 ballots to be mailed out, but then there was an accounting glitch so we had to slow things down for Tuesday to double check everything. We got it all figured out, thankfully, and then it was back to stuffing ballots.  My job was one part of a 3-man (or 3-lady) team. Karen, down at the end, would place the mailing labels on the envelopes, then pass them to Betsy in the middle. Betsy would put in the ballot and instructions, along wit

Not a whole lot happened this week. Shocking, I know!! I  mean, things happened, but nothing crazy or exciting. It was just a pretty regular and non-frenzied week.  **Correction from my last post: In one of the photos showing the fire damage surrounding my Dad's property, I mentioned that everything was covered in retardant. But it wasn't. He said that the red color was caused by the smoke filtering the sun's color. ALSO: The fire came within 300 feet of their home. And CalFire had also started a back burn about 60 feet from the house. WOW. That is too close!! Dad and Michelle have spent this week putting things back together, along with building a new mailbox. Monday: I pulled weeds out in one of the gardens, ran some errands, and then I got a huge package on the front porch! It had my new barstool chairs inside! I quickly assembled them and put them in the kitchen. They look great! And here is the finished product. Tuesday: I got things ready throughout the day for a Y