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@SurrenderDorothy that was hilarious … and spot-fucking-on too. May I share that with a friend who’s going thru a similar medical diagnoses-go-round (… like a merry-go-round, you know, but a lot less fun) and who shares your sense of humor?

flyboy , two monitors are the shizznit and/or feline nightwear, once you get them comfortably set up for your workflow. Seeing that other report/email/reference while you’re working on a primary screen - without having to swap back and forth and back and forth again - makes a lot of tasks smoother.

After some space-staring I dragged my ass into gear by promising myself an iced coffee from the Tim Horton’s that is conveniently halfway between the laundromat & pharmacy. Hoped the caffeine would offset the pre-storm headache, or at least kick my ass the rest of the way into some sort of gear.

Working on that part.

Meanwhile, I also treated myself to a Patriotic Donut ™ complete with friggin’ red & white Pop Rocks and blue sprinkles! Alert the authorities that I have achieved my patriot duty for this July 4th Season and am a dutiful citoyen.

I also bought FancyWater ™ because apparently that is a thing people do? I always turned up my nose at paying for water - the tap is free! - but living this close to Flint a.k.a. The Unholy Water City I’m getting a bit suspicious. Also, I discovered that FancyWater comes in really nice bottles, with caps that screw on neatly and bottle walls made of stiff, durable plastic. Imma re-use the shit outta these.

Gods, I am one cheap bastard.

Well, laundry has been laundered, and I even folded and put away a reasonable portion of it. Now I need to call my long-winded father because {{fucking stupid problem we’re attempting to solve, involving an IKEA table and like, two missing thingamajigs for it}} and I can pair socks while he’s bloviating.

OH!!! I also bought a floppy brimmed hat. I never wear hats, a fact that was hammered home by my poor cat. I called to her when I walked in, basically letting her know that, as I was hauling in groceries, the door would be open and would she like to go out?

Well, of course she would, and she came trotting 'round the corner … to be confronted by some stranger! Oh noes! STRANGER DANGER STRANGERDANGER but wait, this stranger sounds familiar! What the hell?

TL:DR My cat did a perfect double-take when she saw me in a hat & utterly couldn’t recognize me. :laughing:

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Supper was yum. Productivity for the day is done. Chillage shall ensue till bedtime.

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Of course!

I think tonight I will actually get out of bed for something other than animal care or some form of medical appointment and get on making that curry. It should be relatively simple. I’m not using a recipe. Just various vegetables and a jar of sauce. Never tried jarred curry sauce before, but… we shall see.

Also, I’m considering getting rid of every chair in this house that doesn’t have wheels. They’re in my way. Let everyone else adapt for a change. Oh, is it inconvenient and uncomfortable? Welcome to my life.

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Evening all. Awaiting the arrival of the Southwest Chief in LaPlata, Mo (I stream video from the Virtual railfan site), then will forage for edibles. Rain is still on and off, but some larger storms are in Mississippi and heading more or less this way. Temp is down to 70F so the AC gets the day off.

Dot, it’s your place, if wheeled chairs are your thing, go for it (I spend a lot of time at the computer in a business chair with wheels…comfy).

{{{Dot, Sunny}}}, hopefully when the docs have eliminated enough stuff, they’ll come up with the solutions…one must hope.

Shoe, now you have me thinking about donuts and making a trip to the Krispy Kreme store…and my waistline can’t take much more…

OK, Chief is 15 minutes late, so I have time to round up some edibles. All y’all take care.

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MG or Alto would be nice. :slight_smile:
I also have an alto singing voice, though I’m not good at singing. But where I am now people can’t hear me anyway.

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Mooooom, any update on Useless BIL? Does he turn into a pumpkin after 72 hours without dialysis?

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Curry is done and in the freezer. This one, if it holds and reheats well, may be one to repeat. More room to cheat than some of the others (my peas and cauliflower were frozen, chickpeas canned, sauce jarred, and I use garlic from a jar as well) and the veggies that I did use fresh (carrots, onion, ginger) held up longer than some of the more delicate veggies. Which means when I have a completely shit week such as this one, I have a little more time to muster up the energy to get it done before everything rots.
I’m making food faster than I’m eating it, so I’m still pretty stocked up and should probably hold off on making anything new for a minute.

Sprung for Disney+ for the month because a) I hate everything and Moana and Beauty and the Beast sound kind of comforting b) I want to see Hamilton. So I figured maybe I should check out the Avengers movies because there are loads of them, so I can keep myself occupied there for quite a while. Plus, they’re wildly popular, so they must be good, right? And I could use some good vs evil everything’s-always-okay-in-the-end sort of stories. Started with Captain America and… eh, maybe not really my cup of tea as such. I’ll try another one tonight (Maybe Iron Man?) and then give it up if I’m still not sold.

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I know I don’t come in here often, but it’s nice to poke my head in and see the familiar names.

Reading Moooooommm’s posts make me feel lazy (hope everything goes well with the re-test) and reading Shoe’s posts make me hungry. I want a proper American donut. Even better, a maple bar. Or apple fritter.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work.

{{{{[Sunny}}}}

Dot, have plenty of premade food is good, for when you run out of spoons.

MG, I have been asked not to sing. or play instruments. Music pretty much has a restraining order against me at this point. :wink:

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy with a predicted high of 94 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. There is a very loud, chirpy bird sittin’ on the fence in the back yahd. Today we shall mow. It must be done. We’re gettin’ really close to bein’ the worst lookin’ yahd in the 'hood. Can’t have that, now can we! I also foresee some quality cee-mint pond time. Sup shall be chikin nachos, just cause.

Dot I usually have some stuff like skettie sauce, soup, or a beastloaf in da freezer. Just nice to have some foodstuffs made up and ready to heat up or cook.

MG it shall be then. I sing in church. People that sit around me say they like my singin’. So, either I am good or they are tone deaf. :grin:

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

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Morning all!
The heatwave ended already, 'tis windy and damp and not warm at all.

Nuthin’ at all exciting going on over here. Tidying up a bit, that’s about it. Lazy (checks) Sattiday time.

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Spousal unit hasn’t said anything to me, so I’m guessing he hasn’t spoken to his folks. I know he’s so angry at his brother, he could throttle him, and that’s probably why he’s not calling there. We’re operating under no-news-is-good-news right now.

FCD said he wants to sleep in this morning. I’ve just finished breakfast, and after I drain my caffeination, I’ll do my walk before it gets stupid hot. We’re promised low 90s today. ugh.

SIL may be going back to work later this week. It’s all up to the base commander, and he’s not going to put the sailors in danger of infection. But Merrylande has done really well in mask compliance and all - fingers crossed he gets back to work. Frankly, I’m tired of having him underfoot! :stuck_out_tongue:

Mowage is my only plan. Incidentally, the new grass has sprouted and is getting quite tall!! But I’m not going to mow there till maybe next week. I’ll give it a chance to get stronger roots. Plus I don’t want to deal with all the straw yet. ick.

Happy Saturday, all!!!

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Morning all. Still cloudy and rainy outside, and more in the forecast. At least it is keeping the temperatures down.

Dot, Iron Man is a good starting point, I was never that taken with the origins movie of Captain America…if you know a little bit about the characters (I read a fair number of comics in my youth), you can skip then to “Avengers”, which is the best of the films IMHO.

FCM, yeah, family is great until they get underfoot…I try not to stay with my brother more than 4 days or so, that’s a nice visit without to much friction–of course, he’s your SIL, so that’s a problem…

And a happy Sattiday to all.

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It stormed good last night. Power flickered a few times. Today is bright and sunny but I have a migraine. Of course the neighbors have already fired up the big loud lawnmower. I canceled my riding lesson. Just gonna hang at home with the shades drawn.

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Mowage is done - both push and John Deere. Add my 30-minute walk in there, and I’ve had quite a workout this morning. Go me! :smiley:

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Afternoon, mumpers! Made it to the end of the week from hell, squeezing three Board of Examiners meetings into two days was a bit much but it got done. The last one was the worst, we had to go through about 70 separate datasheets although quite a few of them only contained details for a single student. The sheets are done by programme and in final year our students get taken off our main languages programme and are transferred to a programme with most the same title but which specifies the language(s) they studied. Anyway, I had to get the minutes written up afterwards and that ran to nine pages…including separate comments from eleven external examiners so it was a bit of a production! Now all we have to do is get everything approved and signed off, covert the datasheets to .csv files and upload them back into the student record system, check they’re all showing up properly, and manually amend some of them. And all before the end of Monday. Thus it shall be Monday’s job.

Very pleased to get a serious downpour in the middle of the night, and a few rain showers today. It’s much cooler so we should be able to get some decent sleep tonight.

Moooom, sorry to hear about additional boob-squishin’ although it does sound like nothing to worry about even though worrying would be the natural reaction.

Dots, best of luck with the doc, hopefully you’re making progress now and good news will follow.

Right…time to do something slightly productive as I’ve been slothful all day. The plumber’s coming on Tuesday morning to fix something in the bathroom, so I need to get the floor mopped and make sure the tiles are clean around where he’s doing the fixing.

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From the other side of the marking shenanigans, I got marks from another module back today. Got me all confused, it being Sattiday. I think I’ve got 3 more sets of marks to go.

I’ve still got a bunch of stuff I pinched from the lab (with permission) for my final project as well, I need to figure out a way to get it all back…

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Morning, friends.

Iron Man is better than Captain America for sure (also, I always thought the fellow who plays Captain America looks like a knock-off Ken doll, which I find weirdly off-putting.), so I will continue on to the next movie.

Been on-and-off raining today. Like the sky opens up and it pours for ten minutes and then it just quits. Someone is mowing the cemetery. I still have no actual idea who maintains that cemetery except that it’s not my responsibility. Sounds like a whole crew, though. I only get little glimpses through the trees.

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Bored bored bored bored, etc. I don’t feel like doing anything, don’t feel like going anywhere, but I’m bored. It’s already 91° and unrelenting sun - I definitely don’t want to be out in that.

But I’m not bored enough to dust, so there’s that.

:smiley:

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You too, huh? I have to keep explaining to church choir directors that my Siamese sings better than I do.

Two grocery deliveries pending in the next couple of hours. One known substitution with Instacart (that’s OK, they let me specify the acceptable substitute). Don’t know yet about Walmart. Today’s probably a sloth day due to Nyquil carryover. Must do some cleaning tomorrow.