Evening all. And that’s about all I have to report, I had a day of sloth even swampy would envy. Unloading the dishwasher was my major accomplishment of the day. So very little to report.
red, sounds like your day was much more active than mine. As my mom used to say, but it’s a good tired…
Flyboy, percussive maintenance is something I’ve used in the past; works wonders at times.
oopsie, fingers and other appendages crossed for Bailey.
Doc Flower, glad to see you back, don’t be a stranger (well, you can be strange if you want, just be sure to post about it).
Wheelie, hoped you survived the stupids and enjoyed making the kids happy.
Taters, glad you had a good working trip. Hope some solutions to the problems you saw get implemented.
Last night I dreamt that I forgot I was retired and I went to work. Welcome to my nightmare. We are staying half a block away from York Minster. It’s 9:15 Sunday morning and the bells are ringing out. Very nice.
It’s a loverly morning here. We’ll be going to the boat again and with luck, we’ll get the new hoses for the air conditioners pulled and installed. We’ll also swing by Daughter’s place to drop of a metric buttload of Legos for Roxy. Last Christmas, my sister gave Roxy a 1500 piece assortment of Lego (some of the pieces are nearly microscopic) and last night, I divided the assortment in two - some to stay here, some to go to her house. She got a couple of Lego kits for her birthday, and apparently, she loves them, so her mama decided it’s time to let her have the big set.
I’m hoping that before we go, we can drive the mower around the back yard - it’s starting to look really shaggy. But I suppose it could wait till tomorrow. Whatever.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 63 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 91 and N.O.S. for the day. The big item on today’s agenda is deheathenization. I am not on duty today and I am told all those on duty shall be there, so yay. I can plop in a pew beside OYKW. After that we shall return to da cave. Any need to feed today will be via forage. I foresee some quality cee-mint pond time and nappage. Since tomorrow is an Amurrkin holiday and the official kickoff to Summer, we shall have a small soiree out by the cee-mint pond. JDD and Partner along with the wives will join us. We shall frolic and be silly and then feast upon hot dawgs, baked beans, coleslaw, and water melon. Thus, I shall spend some time today makin’ the slaw and beans, so some productivity will be accomplished.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then purtification for deheathenization must commence.
Up, caffeinating, breakfasting and then it’s KP and the Sunday chores. I have a pot of ham and white beans on. The greens that I had planned to fix traditionally, I will sautee in the wok with some onion, garlic, fresh lemongrass and oyster mushrooms (the last two I purchased at the Lao NY festival yesterday). Sloth shall reign otherwise.
And the screams of pain of parents stepping on the scattered Legos…
OK, swampy, I am confused. I thought from your reporting that JDD and Partner were gay like you (pssst…big secret, swampy’s gay!) so where do the wives fit in…or do I need to hit the reset button?
FCM, like above, be careful when walking after Roxy starts Lego’ing…
It’s heading to 84F today and no rain in sight, so will head off to Red Robin (Yum!) a bit later and maybe spend some time outside. All y’all take care.
I recognize this very much. I’m acutely aware of the need for change and the overwhelming forces we’re up against. If I’m less exhausted I’m able to focus on my circle of influence and keep the nihilism at bay. But the past few months have been grating and sucking up energy like crazy, and then at least for me it becomes this giant puddle of mud. Negativity keeps dragging and I feel increasingly powerless, cynical and enraged. That doesn’t help anyone or anything but somehow it’s really difficult to shake. Thank TPTB for the fact that I have a very good team and manager who know me, and also know I have trouble pacing myself and tend to give without replenishing. I’m trying but old habits die hard. I think what you’re experiencing is mostly evidence that you have a soul left, and it’s hurting. Which is very understandable in these circumstances. Keep breathing.
It’s currently 47 degrees with an expected high of around 57 degrees. It’s also very wet and soggy outside. It’s supposed to be cloudy all day today with chances for rain at around 20% all day. I hope it dries out enough for me to run the mower because the grass is very long and shaggy, thanks to all of the rain we’ve had.
The kids and grandkids arrived around 11:00 am yesterday. It was great seeing my son; I hadn’t seen him in a while thanks to schedules and illness. The grandkids kept us uber busy, but the son-in-law spent all day smoking and bbqing some chicken for us and making side dishes. My son cleaned the kitchen afterward. My daughter, son-in-law, and the grandkids left around 7:00 or so, and my son hung with us for a while longer and then went on home. It was a very good day.
Polar was exhausted. Mainly he tried to stay out of the way of the little feet and riding toys, but he did attempt to play a couple of times. By the time everyone left, he was just so tired. He will spend most of today napping, but he’s certainly not letting me out of his sight because he’s still recovering from my trip across the state.
I woke up around 3:30, then 4:30 and pretty much hourly until I rolled out of bed. I gave myself the luxury of staying in bed until around 7:00 am. I am now slightly pissed at myself for staying in bed so long, but on the other hand, it’s not like I really have anything to do.
My son loved Legos when he was a kid. He’d spend hours making these huge and very complicated things with them.
I do have one chore, I need to clean out of a couple of my bird feeders and loaded them up, so I guess I’ll get that taken care of now.
It was cool 57 degrees this morning at the park. Only three people and four dogs. I’m surprised that more people aren’t showing up now that the weather is so nice.
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, gentle breeze, and supposed to get up to 80 today.
I made a huge dent in house cleaning yesterday. I hope I can keep up the motivation today.
{{{Ooopsie and Bailey}}} I hope you get good news from the emergency vet today.
My neighbor looks pretty good, but I noticed she would lose her train of thought every now and then. She is hoping she can go back to irk this fall. I doubt it, she is 77? and is a school aid for handicapped children. I think if she can’t go back, she will be very depressed. She still needs a cane to walk, and she looks a bit unsteady still.
I want to finish laundry today, but I don’t want to walk upstairs to get the few things up there. My knee hurts, and I forgot to grab the stuff on my way down.
It is a nice day to hang stuff outside though.
I cleaned out and organized the fridge and freezer yesterday. I always put things back where they belong, my son puts things back all willy-nilly, wherever he can find space. Drives me crazy with the cabinets, because he is taller and I can’t reach stuff to put it where it belongs.
All the trash is ready to go out, but it goes out tomorrow instead of today.
When my son gets up, I’ll have him weed whack the back yard.
Thanks for the good thoughts/wishes! The ER vet called a few hours ago: Bailey seems to have improved overnight, and even started eating a little. The doc said she was wagging her tail a bit. But she’s on several meds (for pain, nausea, inflammation, etc.) and they want to be better safe than sorry, so the doc recommended not discharging her quite yet. I’m supposed to call at around 1pm – in about 90 minutes – to see how the rest of her morning went, and whether they’re comfortable with sending her home. I’d definitely rather wait than risk having to take her right back to the hospital, but I’m looking forward to seeing her furry face.
Whenever I wake up, the first thing I do is look at the time. When my eyes cracked open this morning, I squinted at the bedside clock and saw that it was 6:56am. I knew I’d let myself go back to sleep, but I also realized that I’d forgotten to add the animal hospital to the list of numbers that will ring through when my phone is on “do not disturb” – so, before closing my eyes again I took a couple seconds to turn off DND and make sure there were no messages from the middle of the night. I was still mentally kicking myself but just about to drift off when the vet called at 7:00am (!). I still can’t get over the timing of everything, and how close I came to missing that call!
(BTW, now that I’m calmer I feel a little self-conscious: I know that some of you have recently lost pets and/or have chronically ill pets. I never seriously worried about Bailey eventually recovering, and hope I wasn’t inadvertently insensitive! )
My 20-year-old “nephew” rediscovered Lego about a year ago, and has been obsessed with the more advanced kits. I got him the Aston Martin for Christmas. I have an Eiffel Tower kit that I bought 5 years ago (before a trip to Paris) but never assembled: one of these days I’ll take it to his house, and we can spend some time building together.
You seemed just fine to me. So glad to hear your furry face object of affection is doing better and might get to come home to you soon. Keep updating us.
Sounds like encouraging news about Bailey!
Don’t worry; we’ve all lost pets at some point. We all still want our MMP friends’ pets to be happy and healthy!
But she’s on several meds (for pain, nausea, inflammation, etc.) and they want to be better safe than sorry, so the doc recommended not discharging her quite yet. I’m supposed to call at around 1pm – in about 90 minutes – to see how the rest of her morning went, and whether they’re comfortable with sending her home. I’d definitely rather wait than risk having to take her right back to the hospital, but I’m looking forward to seeing her furry face.
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