Sounds like you’ve got an infestation of pirates !
Hah! I wouldn’t mind if they were handsome, dashing, and romantic like in the Disney movies. Unfortunately, they stank, their breath smelled of stale rum, and their teeth were yellow and rotting. I’ll take the lawn mowers instead. LOL
Yeah - if things were fine before, don’t just do this without asking WHY. Doctors are used to prescribing X regimen without considering that Y regimen will work just as well. Is the prep the same one as before?
I’d be more worried about the aquarium water than the 2 days. There ARE options, including smaller quantities of the bilge; see my frequent ventings here on the topic.
Having done a 2-day fast (while flying home from vacation, that was fun) once, and a 1-day fast all NINE other times, the 2-day version wasn’t fun, but it was doable - and I suspect it led to a faster cleanout stage. Certainly this last time, where I had a 1-day fast but less in the, er, pipeline due to Ozempic, the cleanout time was shorter.
Oh, that’s so sad! I know your other pupper loves her too. I guess that’s the silver lining…everybody loves her. I hope all goes well.
Yes. You can, and I’ll gladly join the chorus ( of discordant blower hate screaming )
Grass clippings man, grass clippings. In fact, I see blowing leaves but a couple weeks a year. In warmer climates with short/mild winters, they’ve been mowing for about 2-3 weeks now. So when those who hire out their yardwork to a couple of goons who “mow, blow and go”*, the infernal racket begins after and all too short glorious 3-ish month period of peace and quiet.
- 12-15 minutes of zipping about on stand-up zero-turn mowers louder than a turboprop commuter airliner, 3-4 minutes of 2-stroke weed wacking, 20-30 minutes of blowing clippings and shit around not to into piles to pick them up, but to disperse them enough so to be not as noticeable. Those backpack style blowers are the worst.
Damn. I’m in Western Pennsylvania and it snowed yesterday. It’s trying to snow now, in fact.
I hate going to the dentist. I hate getting dental work done.
And I need quite a bit of dental work. I debated using some anti-anxiety medication before the appointment I had yesterday,but I didn’t want to deal with getting a driver or taking an Uber to the appointment.
Now, my dentist offers a bunch of “comfort items”. I’ve usually declined but yesterday I didn’t.
I wrapped myself in the big fuzzy blanket, put on the dark sunshades and held a squeeze ball in each hand.
And it actually worked to ease the anxiety, but it made me feel like a big fucking baby. But it worked. And my dentist makes notes on everything, I actually saw her type in “patient likes blanket, sunglasses and squeeze toys”.
So now they will continue to treat me like a big baby. But it worked.
i do use squeeze toys at the dentist. the blanket would be nice…
I have discovered headphones that wrap around the back of my head (I use shokz, but I am sure there are others). Eyes closed, I can listen to a audiobook for distraction and the headphones don’t get in the dentist’s way, and I can still hear the “open” or “not so wide.” It helps a lot.
If my dentist offered a blanket, I would take it, but I’d probably just hide underneath it.
We have two giant pin oaks in our front yard. Just about every yard in the neighborhood has them. Builders like to plant them because they grow quickly, but after 25 years they’re huge and a nuisance. They don’t drop their leaves in the fall like most normal trees - they stay on the tree throughout the winter, maybe losing a few here and there if it rains or snows or the wind blows hard enough. Then in the spring, when the new leaves start to bud, that’s when all the old dead leaves start falling off. Each of the last three weeks I’ve put at least five yard waste bags full of leaves on the curb, and I’m still raking every weekend.
I just got my snowblower back from the repair shop; she’s fully operational.
I was worried I’d wasted good money this year, but your storm is heading this way.
I hadn’t had time to stencil “Fury” on her side. I’m just glad I didn’t store her deep in the back of the shed with the lawn mower.
Our snowblower is in front of the lawn mower for now. We haven’t cranked it up yet this year and probably won’t. Soon it will be time to rotate the mower, rakes, shovels, and other implements of destruction to the front of the garage.
May I suggest that you test-start her? Make sure she isn’t a very large paper-weight?
There are dozens devils and demons to guard against… from old gas to no gas in the can to loose belts to… well who knows what. A test start… make her run for 5 minutes. Load her turret with AP shells… I mean fill her with high-test.
And bring 1-2 shovels into the house.
“Just In Case”.
You are NOT “a big baby.” You are someone who is wisely using the non-pharmaceutical resources your dentist has put at your disposal to relieve anxiety during procedures that cause a lot of people anxiety - and also cause them to avoid getting needed dental treatment.
You are getting the treatment you need, using methods that have no side effects and benefit both you as the patient and your care providers, as it makes it easier for them to give you the care you need.
There’s absolutely nothing babyish about that. It’s very smart.
I received an e-mail from my bank, Wells Fargo. Having lived below the poverty ine for a while, I had an Essential checking account. The e-mail informed me that I was being switched to a regular checking account. I was wondering what I did wrong. The answer appears to be that Wells Fargo is getting rid of Essential accounts and switching everybody. I’m now wondering if I should switch banks.
Hey, maybe you can find a dental office that includes a therapy dog! There are a surprising number of hits out there.
Dental Visits Transformed: Meet Ollie, the Dentist Therapy Dog Making (dentalhawk.com)
I wish mine offered that!!
I had a cleaning and x-rays done yesterday, and was really amazed (yet again) and how relaxing that heavy lead apron felt. I’m looking at getting a weighted blanket for home!
If you need the comfort items, go for it. They’re there because they help. The first time I had major work done at the practice which offered oral sedation + nitrous, I was in the chair for 5 hours, and they had me covered in a nice warm blanket. They offer sunglasses as a standard thing even for cleanings. Dunno if they still have a blanket available; I’m usually relaxed enough with the nitrous (hey, I’ve graduated from needing Halcion) that it’s not necessary.
With any of the Big Banks, the answer to that is usually a resounding YES. Especially if it’s one that will involve fees. Are there any smaller community banks near you? Any credit unions? (you can almost always find one that will let you join, even if you have to join some organization to qualify).
I got up at this ungodly hour in part because it’s recycling day and I wanted to wheel the recycling bin out to the curb. I’ve been indoors for the last couple of days and haven’t paid much attention to the weather, but it appears that Mother Nature – who has had it in for me since practically forever – has done it to me again. It’s late March – the birds are singing, the weather is warming – but Mother has dumped a bunch of very late-season snow on me right on recycling day, in combination with unseasonable cold. Snowplows have plowed a windrift across my driveway and my own plow guy hasn’t come by yet.
If things get cleaned up before the recycling trucks come by, I’ll still wheel out the bin. Otherwise, I’ll resort to one of my tried-and-true tactics: fuck it!
Yay!! My ever-faithful plow guy came by just after 6 AM and the driveway is now clear. I went out in my dressing gown and pulled the recycling bin to the curb. Due to random snow on the porch and elsewhere, I probably should not have gone out in my sandals. My toes are now turning blue, but the recycling task is done! Curse this strange weather! A month ago I could have gone out barefoot.
We have a few giant pin oaks in our landscaping. I was nodding my head in agreement with all you said about them.