Average Kimberly and Junkyard Jim and the horrible pain in the butt!

 Sorry no pictures with this post.  For some reason I can’t download photos from my phone to my blog anymore.

The husband of Average Kimberly is Junkyard Jim. Someday my son will finish his drawing of him.  Junkyard Jim hurt his back early in April.  He has been on short term disability since.  The MRI showed a ruptured disc pressing into his spinal nerve.  This equals a big pain in his butt that makes it so he cannot walk.  

He has been on pain medication, he has had 2 steroid shots to his back.  By the end of this week the steroid shot is supposed to magically make him better so he can go back to work.

A small delusional part of me wants so badly to believe that this will happen.  Then another part of me maybe the saner part looks at my husband and realizes this is not the reality of the situation.  

So I ask myself what am I learning in this process?

I’m not as patient as I thought I was.

I’m glad I made him sign up for long and short term disability.

There are good moments in hard situations.

I can still find things to be grateful for despite this trial.

I still love God despite my struggles.

While the Church leaders failed me this week, I still believe 

That God is watching over me.

I may write about the Church failing later.

Well pray for junkyard Jim that we get a miracle that 

Heals his giant pain in his butt.

Your real person, not AI Average Kimberly 

Average Kimberly wonders are only AI Bots scanning my blog?

  

I'm just wondering and looking into my Crystal ball.

Could the only views my blog is getting be AI bots?

If you are seeing my blog and you are a real person 

please leave a message and let me know. 

Average Kimberly

 

Average Kimberly likes pretend she is a photographer

I'm trying hard to not use AI for my art.

I have had my son draw a bunch of 

"Average Kimberly" art.  

I'm hoping Canva is more of a

Photo editing tool and not AI.

I like to use the templates to 

arrange my photography. 

I feel like photo editing is different than

having AI make things for you.

I'm working on photo layouts that

show the stages of flowers when they bloom.

When I am out walking in gardens

people often ask me to photograph them

and their families or friends.

I guess because I am carrying a camera around

they think I might be good at taking photos.

I always stop and take their photos. 

My Husband has been disabled

for the last month with a disc issue. 

So our birding has been put to the side,

and I have been going to gardens.

So lately my adventures have been 

Birds and blooms.

Because I don’t want giant data centers 

Being built I am trying to not use AI.

I will no longer have it create cartoon characters.

I have never used ChatGPT. 

If my writing isn’t perfect that’s because it’s 

Just me. No help from the AI to make me look smarter.

I’m just Average Kimberly and I am happy with that. 

                                       Kimberly 
 

Average Kimberly takes a Staycation

I was supposed to go on a birding trip 

To Arizona but my husband hurt his back.

So my vacation became a Staycation.

I got back into my exercise routine.

Did some baking.

Got my hair cut.

Went walking at a local garden.

And gave myself permission to relax and 

Not do any housework.

I also read some books. 

The big bird in the sky is

Possibly a golden eagle.

I think God decided to bless me with birds 

On my garden walk because I’ve never seen 

This many before. 

Average Kimberly 

 

Average Kimberly she is not extraordinary she is just Ordinary!

 

I have been blogging for maybe 20 years.

I’ve realized that I am just average.

I have an average life.

I have an average job.

I’m average Kimberly.

So I have changed my blog title to Average Kimberly.

I’m going to share with you all my average adventures.

As an average person on my day off I like to go

Bird watching.

This is a dark eyed Junko

Here is a fun photo layout I made of 

The birds I saw a few months ago.

I like using Canva to make photo collages.

It reminds me of when my children were little and I 

Would make scrapbooks.

I want to make some bird themed books.

Do you have a favorite bird?

The Blue winged teal is a new bird for my 

Life list. 

Average people want to have a job, and

They want to be able to enjoy their days off.

They don’t want computers and robots to run everything.

Hope you enjoyed my photos.

Average Kimberly 

Average Kimberly and the customer who apologized

 

Average Kimberly has a customer service job.

She likes her job and enjoys helping people.  If service

to others gets you to heaven then a job as a customer service worker

must be one of those jobs that makes you look good when you get to the other side.

Last week a customer called in really mad about not being able to return a 

gift card.  Kimberly remained calm, apologized to the customer

and told them the only thing she could do to help.

The customer was so mad they screamed and shouted and then

hung up.  

Rule number one in guest services "Don't let the one angry customer ruin your day."

The amazing end of this story is the next day the customer called back and

apologized for the way they treated average Kimberly. 

That does not happen often.  It's nice when it does.

Average Kimberly

If AI takes all the jobs this is what I would like to do.

Here is AI generated Kimberly.

I put in average Kimberly and this is 

what was generated.  Average Kimberly 

really wants a world where she has a job,

where she feels valued, and where she

can afford to live in her home.  

The algorithm of my phone

keeps telling me that AI is going to take all the jobs.

What will life for people be if this comes true?

Will it even happen in my life time?

There is this one story that says everything

will be really cheap and we will all 

get a life wage.  

So if I was being paid because the 

computers and robots are doing all the work.

What would I do?

I would hope that I got paid enough that

I could go out birding everyday. 

I would just enjoy going out,

taking photos and then making nice

photo books.

I would also do lots of family history.

If the money was enough I would

travel to all the places where my ancestors came from

and I would see where they lived.

The question is would we get bored at some point?

Would we be able to go and learn things?

I think some people would have to work, because

who would be fixing the machines when they break.

Who would be making sure the machines are doing the job correctly.

I'm not sure if I believe that it will really happen. 

What do you think?

Kimberly