I was contacted by my old boss today via the Internet. She wanted to advise me of the passing of yet another friend that I've gotten to know from my work with people with disabilities in the state of Utah. Granted, this individual, Marilyn, made out of bed as close as the previous two individuals I've mentioned but we were relatively close. Close enough that when I was going through some issues with the state of Utah as it would go to Marilyn and at least visit with her and got some great insights on dealing with state bureaucracies from the inside out.
I first got to know Marilyn Bown when I worked with the independent living Center here in Salt Lake. At that time Marilyn I believe work for Division SERVICES For People with Disabilities or DSPD. Seem like Marilyn did everything at DSPD at one time or another at least at the consumer level. She was of course involved at management level stuff but she shined most bright supporting individuals with developmental disabilities. Since the independent living Center is a cross disability organization we of course represented DD folks as well. So I was often involved with their programs and support their initiatives especially during legislative season up at the Capitol building during session. I learned a lot from this person. After leaving work with independent living and going to work with the state my work and advocacy went way down. I was an information specialist, I worked the phones there's only so much I could do on the front line anymore. I guess I lost contact with Marilyn except for periodic events that I would still attend. Luckily, my boss Claire was a close friend so Marilyn often stop by the office was able to keep in touch that way. She's a good person she's really going to be missed. I miss her already just like the other folks.
I really promise this blog's not going to be an obituary column. I'm surprised how much death I have had to deal with Lately and I'm not bitching Ormoaning – – at least I don't think. I'm just saying I'm either in a hell of a probability storm or I'm old and people are ready to die all around me and I guess if I don't watch out I'm going to be one of them. And realistically speaking I am going to be one of them and probably sooner than later but that is just so hard to wrap my mind around at this point in time.
Not to change the subject too radically. Remember, I destroyed the carafe to my coffee maker this weekend making Saturday morning coffee? I think I even discussed the idea of running over to the coffee shop early and getting coffee to hold the over till the carafe comes hopefully on Wednesday. Well this morning it was raining enough I decided to figure out another option. I got to thinking coffee maker just worked fine on you to do was find another receptacle that looked around but I have not found the coffee Ceramic tall. I rummage through the garbage and found the discarded lid to the shattered carafe and messed around a little bit I slid the coffee cup and Black & Decker coffee maker put the lid on top and sure enough it fit just right. I can only make about 4 cups of coffee at a time but that's enough. It worked! I'm still excited about Wednesday's delivery this'll take care of my addiction until then…
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