of turkey,teeth and red tape

Well,another Thanksgiving is upon us and yes I have to work the whole friggin weekend. I'm gonna try a marinated bird this year, hope it comes out okay.
After getting the estimate for our share of hubby's dental work, he decided maybe his teeth didn't bother him so much afterall. 1700 bucks is what it would cost us AFTER insurance.
How gross, after his MRI, he got a copy of the scan on dvd, all I can say is I don't see any blobs that look like a clot or anything, but it sure is gross getting inside someone's head slice by slice.

Still no decision on who's coming out to the nursery to work with me. Hopefully management will make a decision before the next major shipment of plants comes in the first week of December, but I doubt it.

time is flying

Wow, hard to believe that in only a week, Jo will be gone. I only get to work with her 3 more days than *poof*. And neither or I nor management have a clue as to who is going to join me at the nursery. Only one person has expressed intense interest (mostly to get out of the place he is assigned), two have mentioned it (but I really can't deal with either of their diva attitudes) and the one person I truly want is 50/50 about giving up her place at the conservatory, or coming out and joining me. I really like her alot and we get along great. I love to bug the crap out of her, and she gives it right back. Plus I know she's not afraid of hard work or egotistical and she knows how to do ordering. It would be the best fit, if only I can convince her.

On the home front....hubby has been having bad headaches lately, so we went to the doctor today (MRI scheduled for next week) and the dentist yesterday. The bad news....he needs about 3 grand worth of dental work (insurance will cover some of it) The good news....he'll finally have those pretty straight white teeth he's always wanted,even if they are dentures.
The even badder news....after his teeth are done, it's my turn to get all....yes every single one..of my teeth yanked and get dentures. At least I'll be able to sing songs with "s" in them again. It's hard picking out songs with very few esses. We were giggling on the drive home from the doc today,because now he has to get dentures and a blood pressure meds. I just laughed and told him guess what...we're old.When the hell did that happen?

I knew this day would come

But I still was not prepared for it....
After 10 years of being together,sometimes just the two of us, we got to be like family. She knew my moods and I hers..knew how far she could push me and when to draw back and leave me alone. She helped me through tough times with my husband, my finances and my own self-doubt. And in 3 weeks,she will be gone...
I am sad, but I am happy for her. She will have more opportunities for promotion than her or I would ever get staying. She will be able to retire with a body that won't be torn up by hard physical work. And I will miss the shit out of her.
She's been a sister,a friend, a confidant. A shoulder to cry on, a hand to high five and a kick in the butt when I needed it. We have bitched about management together, fought numerous wars against massive insect invasions and wondered together "what the hell are they thinking?"
We've seen crops change, technology change and so many personnel changes you couldn't count them on both hands.
She bought me a set of jammies for my birthday 5 years ago, and I still wear them every night because they are so comfortable. She has two boy dogs to which I am Auntie Mary and she is Auntie Jo to my two girls. She likes her bananas a bit underripe,while I prefer mine a bit on the riper side...which worked out great because everyday each of us would have the type we prefer.

I will miss her dearly. More so than anyone I have ever worked with in my 20 years.
I mentally file through the list of people who could be possible replacements, and I find none.
She is truly one of a kind,irreplaceable.

And so November 20th will arrive and I will have a new coworker to train. Someone who will have to be taught how to work with not only the plants, and "the system" but with me.