July 29, 2004

Hilo Sunshine

Well, we have had weeks and weeks of lovely sunny weather. We had some Hilo Sunshine today, for the first time in weeks it rained during the day and quite hard too. Must have been the curise ship in port. We had the hottest July days ever last friday and saturday was in the mid 90's, that is scorching for Hilo....

Stay tuned to MWBS, as there are changes afoot and you will be able to see some of the lovely pics I have been taking lately.

Woody has had some excitement. He was offered a new job at of all places the check cashing place that went in where Woody and I wanted to put our store back in January (see the post on the 10th). We were excited because even though the job only paid half of what it should and would make life a lot harder for me at the store, it would have gotten Woody back to working on the Hilo side and the money saved in expenses would have made a huge difference. Well...

It wasnt ment to be. Woody went to sign his papers and he noticed a few odd things, like no security cameras, not other person would be there but him. No safe, the money was in a desk drawer. Woody, knowing about my tour of duty at a major Credit Union and all the security we have at the store started to ask a lot of questions...like "do you have robbery proceedures in place?" What happens if money goes missing? Do I get my own alarm pass code? the answer to all of those questions was "No". When he was asked about the parent company in Honolulu that was doing the hiring, the man laughed and admitted that he was the parent company, just him. "So I get held up and shot dead, no one will see, no one will know how it happened. So I say we have a few thousand in the drawer and you came in and say its missing, its my word against your and we go to court? the guy said "yes" In fact we have learned that there is litgation against the former manager of this "business". $7000.00 turned up missing and the former manager flat out denies taking it. I think Mr. so and so, snuck in and pinched it himself, that was my first thought. You see Woody didnt think up those questions? Mrs "dont trust nobody" did, cause I know the evil that men do and frankly this is got to be a money washing drug dealing set up...

Disapointed...yes... but happy to not be in that situation, Woody went to Kona and is glad for his honest if somewhat to too great job.

I will be ordering my equipment in a few days, once my check for my 401k shows up. I really want to get started on my work as a goldsmith. I am so looking forward to it.

My mother is doing ok, we had an interesting discussion this past weekend. Seems that she thinks that she should just get a transfere to the affilliated nursing home here in Hilo. She is "getting encouragement to do this". From Whom? I dont know. The home is question is currently under investigation for abuse, neglect really as its a staffing issue but no new paitents are being admitted and here in Hawaii you cannot get 100% paid care if you have relatives here that "can help" what ever that means and I think it means different things to different judges....We also have a residency policy that helps kama'aina get their ill family members in ahead of newbees that want to retire and bring Mom and Dad and plunk them into a home on the state of Hawaii's largesse. I told her no and to not even think about it. It was really hard because I could hear the disapointment and dismay. She really thought that it was possible and had been waiting to spring this idea on me till she thought that the time was right. She would have to live here with us for two years...the thought of being trapped here with another person 24/7 for two years is enough to make me want to drive off a cliff... I am such a solitary animal. Let alone all of the care involved. Woody forbid it and said if it comes up again hed call the nursing home and straighten everyone out... I think its not just the nursing home I think its a well meaning person in her life either her friends or a relative... but I am not sure that its not just a fantasy of hers either... I think that her life is a living hell at least it would be to me. Sorry if that sounds harsh to some... I know in my heart that I dont have it in me...