Oh I hate leaving my girls tomorrow when we head to David’s sister’s house in New Johnsonville, but when I really think about it, I’m not leaving them and going to California, I’m just 3 hours away from them! I can pop in whenever there is an important occasion, or just when I want to see my girls. This retirement thing isn’t too bad! Besides, we have to leave, a major storm is coming in on Saturday with possible tornados and we don’t want to be traveling during such wicked weather!
On the retirement thing, I do have one complaint that my friend, Marilyn, will understand. When I left, the company made arrangements to put my severance check into my direct deposit. This should have been on April 16th, but there was no sizable entry into my Wells Fargo account…wonder why? I tried to contact Siemens’ HR person, couldn’t so I sent an email inquiring where is the money! While we were traveling from OK to AL, I got a phone call from Federal Express in regards to my tracing inquiry. I told them that I had not authorized a trace on anything, and asked who the shipping party was…Siemens Medical from Germany. Figuring there was a mix up, I told the nice lady that I had just recently retired from Siemens and there must be a mistake and advised her to call the Concord Siemens main number and inquire with them. You guessed it; they Federal Expressed my severance check to an address that I had already moved from! Great follow-up work HR!!!! So, I have assurances from Siemens Payroll department that it will be in my Wells Fargo account by April 30th. I’m not too upset; just find it funny that if you don’t follow up with others, it ain’t gonna happen!!! We’ll see what April 30th brings.
Today David and I went to Tuscumbia, Alabama, to visit the birthplace of Helen Keller. It was such a sweet house and the docents were so sweet and knowledgeable. It still amazes me that she accomplished so much with so many handicaps; she could hear nor see. What an amazing lady!!
Her parents bedroom. The rocker is the one that she tossed her newborn sister from, due to a little jealousy.
This is the kitchen, it was built away from the house in case of fires. The door on the left was the actual kitchen and the door on the right was the cook's bedroom.
Part of the kitchen.
No southern cook worth her weight in salt would be without her cast iron cookware!
The actual well where Helen was able to understand that the feel of water was the word her teacher had just spelled into her hand.
I don't know what this bush is, but it was absolutely GORGEOUS!
As David was cleaning the rig outside this morning, he was checking in the engine compartment and the little birdies have found something to do with these darn “worms” that are coming from the oak trees out here. They’ve built a nest in the engine compartment of our rig!! Jill thinks it’s from the Carolina Wren. We so hate to disturb this nest, but we have to leave here tomorrow, and I don’t think it will last through the trip, nor do I think the mom can fly that fast!
My daughter and her husband both have a late evening working, so we are taking the granddaughters out for dinner…they get to pick the place. Caroline, who just got her license and her first car, will be our chauffeur for the evening.
