Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 05, 2015

Hi Mist and bev!Rosco just loves to ring that bell. He’s having a ball!

Hi susan. Since I am going to bed now, have a dak. Beviek is treating! Go ahead, have several.I can’t wait to see the comments tomorrow.

Gosh, Shika,,,, don’t mind if I do.So nice of you to offer me a drink from Bev!

Normally I’d put them on my tab, cos I have credit from working here…but since you made such a generous offer…I’ll go ahead and put them on hers.Thanks.

Rosco – The Bell of the Ball

Hi Susan, Can I get a Bell’s Amber Ale? Thanks.

Sure, X…

Have a ball with it.

I think I’d prefer a pint glass instead of…

I received my first donation from a Facebook “friend” today.It was from someone that was adamant that she was not going to in any way help me.She used foul language to describe the spouse of one of my clients that had made arrangements to have her husband taken care of by church friends and us caregivers so she could go visit family a couple weeks ago.She raised hell with me when she found out that i was going to try to acquire a van so i could take clients places. It was the responsibility of the wife/family to get a van. Or, my boss. Even after i explained that van conversions were horribly expensive, and my clients were living on SSI and Disability.After explaining that In-Home-Care was a cash poor industry and purchasing something like a van was an extravagance that the company just couldn’t afford.She posted a story about how good of a person she was because she bought a bottle of water and a bottle of gatorade and gave them to a homeless person.A bunch of her Facebook friends praised her for how wonderful of a person she is for doing such a thing.I told her that helping others makes you feel good. and that I know how good it feels to help someone that couldn’t help themselves.That was last night.I got a $50.00 donation from her this morning.Sometimes it takes time for someone to get the message.Myself included. Took me over a year to figure it out…

Heck, it took me three years to go from, i think i may be drinking too much, to Wow, i have got to stop drinking!And another two years of stewing about it before actually quitting.

Where is everyone?

Quiet for a Saturday night, isn’t it, Fenton?

Maybe people are away for Labor Day weekend.

Funny… it’s called labor day, cos it celebrates work, but people get the day off.

But you and I, like a lot of others, have to work… so are we “celebrating” the holiday?

I guess you can celebrate Tuesday or Thursday, on your day off, with the extra from your time-and-a-half holiday pay…

As for me… the Tiki is like a holiday every day…. comfortable, cozy…you can eat barbecued ribs, even outside, if the weather is nice…surrounded by friends….

Happy Labor Day, all…see you at the Tiki!

@beviek

I can’t make out the attribution, but that looks like the art of Charles Vess.

They’re shorthanded at work and I got a bunch of overtime.So much for my big holiday weekend.

beviek GoComics PRO Member said, 1 day ago@Shikamoo!Me!?? All those free loaders er……… I mean, everyone used my tab last night???___________

Not everyone Bev. Just susan as far as I know. How much did she drinK???