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Happy Firday! 90% chance of storms today. It was black as the ace of spades out west when I got up. I predicted it would blow over and golly be,now ‘tis lighter and no rain…
Change of plans - no weeding. Just Lowe’s. And I’m off! 
Morning all. Newspaper has been rescued from the driveway and Sudoku-solving will begin shortly. Rain is a 50-50 chance, looks to be south of me right now but you never know…
No real plans for the day, do need to break in the new vacuum sometime and well see where it goes from there.
Dot, good wishes on the appointment.
Sari, everyone going back to irk at the dog park, or just one of those things?
OK, sustenance needs to be foraged for. All y’all have a good Firday.
Well, so much for mowage. Just after I posted it started to rain. A drizzle at first but then a deluge for just over an hour. I’ll think about it tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day! 
The nerd face is me, sittin’ in front of my laptop postin’.
I’m curious - how do you like your air fryer? I’ve had a few people tell me I’ve gotta get one, but so far I’ve stuck to my guns and just used my oven. Is it as life-changing as I’ve heard?
I can - I actually have wheat bread but I must sheepishly admit that I occasionally decide to indulge in a baguette with disastrous consequences. I should know better, but apparently I still don’t. I hadn’t thought about rye - it’s been years since I’ve tried it; might have to do that this week.
Today was better. No bread yesterday, limited starchy stuff, made sure I got a solid 35-minute run (ok, old lady shuffle/walking combo) then went to bed early despite my husband’s attempts to get me to stay up and watch TV and eat ice cream. I managed to force myself to set aside the time to meditate for 10 minutes yesterday morning and this morning before work. So I woke up and stayed far less grumpy and feel not at all disgusting. I need to do all that for several days in a row and I’ll feel buzzy with energy; do it not or do it half-assed and I’ll have that woulda, shoulda feeling I get on weekends when I do nothing good for myself even when I have the time.
Hope everyone is doing well and SurrenderDorothy, good luck on the appointment!
Oh, beets - I try really hard to like them, but unless they’re hidden with balsamic and goat cheese, I just can’t do it.
It’s not life-changing, but it’s nice. I don’t like frying on the stovetop - greasy-splattery mess. But I can put chicken or crinkle fries or formerly fried things that need to be reheated, and they crisp up nicely, without a big mess! The basket is non-stick (dunno how long the coating will last, but so far, so good) and cleanup is a matter of a little dish soap and a dobie sponge.
The family likes wings done in there, and I tried sweet potato fries with semi-success - need to try another recipe. I got mine on sale and since I have tons of counter space, it’s an acceptable appliance.
Just finished setting things up in my greenhouse. I bought 3 'mater plants - 2 regular and one cherry - and seeds for cukes, basil, chives, and parsley. We shall see how it all does - worst case, I wasted $23. I had to use wire ties to attach the shelves to the frame - two pots crashed and dumped - fortunately before I seeded them. And I didn’t have to buy any pots - I had 4 that I’d made back in my pottering days.
For the record, I intend to get back into pottery eventually - after the kids move out.
I need to post a few pics on FB.
I decided to move into my new orifice, left vacant by my boss’s retirement. Yesterday after I left work, IT moved my computer into the orifice, (presumably) set it up for two monitors, put batteries in my boss’s wireless keyboard, and moved her computer into my cubicle. I logged in via VPN and Remote Desktop around 18:30 last night, and I’d wondered if they had actually made the move. I logged in this morning, and it’s still working.
I’ll have to get used to two monitors, and I don’t know how they will work from my MacBook at home.
Well, crap. Dr’s office called - I need to go in for a re-mammogram. They think they saw a cyst on the right side and they want to double-check. So I have to go pick up the new order and make another appointment.
I’m not worried - there’s no history of breast cancer in the family But better to be safe and all that. I’ll drive down to Leonardtown after lunch. Then I’ll stop at the Amish market to see if they’ve got some decent cukes.
It’s supposed to storm here, too, so I have a pre-storm headache as per the usual. Rapid atmospheric pressure changes do that to me.
I gotta lotta stuff I need/want to do today, although so far “sleep past eleven a.m.” is my only accomplishment. God, I think I was in bed by midnight? Now I just want to sit in my new bowl chair and stare into space, which is not the way to achieve clean laundry but is what I shall do now anyway.
And I’ve got a followup mammogram and ultrasound scheduled for July 1. I’m sure it’s nothing, but I’ll probably fret a wee bit till then. At least if it is a problem, we’re catching it early.
Thanks, @running_coach. Don’t know why I didn’t try that.
Good morning/afternoon. I walked to the grocery store this morning because I needed fresh produce. Walked up to the register and a customer was bitching, and the checker said, “I’m sorry, the manager said…” Then customer turned to me and said, “Would you MOVE BACK?” I apologized and said I thought I was 6 feet back. (I was.) And then it was back to bitching at the cashier for not scanning the plant customer hadn’t put on the belt. I made sure I was extra nice to that cashier. I figure Karen’s punishment was that she was steeped in her own irritability.
I must clean out the fridge today. Ah, well. It feels so good when it’s done.
Moooom, I’m all too familiar with that niggling doubt. You know the odds are overwhelmingly in your favor, but there’s that tiny What If warning light blinking in the back of your mind. At least you don’t have TOO long to wait, and yep, this would be very early. Oncologist told me bc is slow-growing.
swampy, is it supposed to be any cooler tomorrow? Maybe the rain was a blessing in disguise?
wordy, what is it about white bread that causes the issues, do you know? Maybe some balance of starch to fiber??? I find the differences between what one body can handle and another can’t fascinating.
I did a little reading - if it is, in fact, a cyst, there’s very little chance that it’s anything but benign. I have no pain and I certainly never noticed anything was amiss. So I’ll fret a wee bit, but I’m sure it’s nothing. Good clean living and all that. 
Afternoon all. Just eating lunch now, I had an early snack of cheese balls and it threw off my appetite. Have no idea when I’ll eat this evening. Rain did show up, not heavy but it did a pretty good job soaking the grass, so like swampy, mowing is something for the future.
nellie, I’ve done that too…when some speaks in an authoritative voice many of us tend to react and do what they want. Police/Military have used that reflex for a long time. Usually I’m upset with myself afterward (especially if I’ve done nothing wrong), but by then it’s too late. Like your attitude towards the person…
Moooooommm, hope the July test is clear.
Shoe, I’ve done that sometimes, usually roll over about 6am and then suddenly it’s 10-10:30am.
flyboy, two monitors aren’t hard to connect and you’ll get used to it soon enough.
Take care all.
Hi all - I’ve gotten through my huge pile of medical tests. I almost had a full on anxiety test in the MRI yesterday, which is horrible. If I never have to do one again, it will be too soon. The test results have started coming back, and so far they are negative. This is good news, in the sense that none of them were for nice things. I am so depressed, however. Still no answers as to what is wrong with me. Still no way to fix it. I’ll snap out of this is a day or two, but right now I just feel hopeless and overwhelmed.
I hope everyone is going ok. I’ll try to check in a while. I know some of you have some big things going on right now.
Hugs to those who need them.
Well, the appointment was anticlimactic. She’s going to see if we can move the next test up a bit and… that’s about it.
@Sunny_Daze, sounds like we’re in about the same boat. Negative tests don’t mean there’s no problem and they’re not a lot of help in terms of solving or easing the problem. It’s like if your mother were murdered and the detectives were like “Well David Bowie couldn’t have done it, and it wasn’t Jerry Hartz from Indianapolis. So that’s good news! It would really be weird if it had been Bowie, right? And see? We’ve narrowed it down. You sure your mother was even murdered? Maybe she’s just sleeping. See you in a few months with another random guess and zero help”
@SurrenderDorothy You’re right. It would be weird if it was David Bowie 
We do seem to be in the same boat. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for both of us.
Got a pair of 23" on my work laptop, and if I wanted it on the desk, I could use its screen as well. Trying to actually work in one screen would be horrible. My desktop Mac is 27" and there’s just no room to add another display to it.
My patio resurfacing project is done and I’m not entirely happy with it. Oh well.
Friend called to say their mother had symptoms of, and tested positive for Covid-19. :eek: No word on how she’s doing now.
Despite that, and the other headlines, PWAISDN wants to go somewhere for our birthdays. Where? What’s open? What’s not overrun with covidiots?