Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot- An Heatwave MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Went to gym. Did an hour at 15 incline, 3.3 mph. Came home. Took babushka cart to store to get pop and juice. Came home. For some reason, my legs hurt. Maybe I’ll sneak in a hot bath before beddy-bye. TWPTB lied: high was only 61. I’ll take it, though.

A friend called from my old town, the last real town before Yellowstone. The Yellowstone closure and high gas prices are wreaking havoc on the local economy. Also, the dearth of employees is forcing restaurants to close two days or more per week. And they’ve had hurricane-force winds lately. I asked her why the Almighty is mad at them. She doesn’t know. (Hint: Whom did they vote for in the last two presidential elections?)

shoe, the pot pie was a good idea, and you have NO reason to hang your head in shame. However, yon pie was not sufficient. You’d feel better if you ate more, and you’d eat more if you felt better. I believe this is known as Catch-22. Can you add a slice or two of whole grain bread? Serotonin is your friend. (So are we. Eat, shoe, eat!)

Nettie, I wish we could spare you this nightmare. I hope your mom is able to keep her feet. I’m wishing hard for smooth passage for her and for you.

shoe, what you call “boring,” most of us call “daily life.” :slight_smile: You’re an inspiration to me.

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Gadget. I don’t know why, but that was the first thought in my mind and I am the one who likes people names.

Good news for Akiko. Is she still wanting to eat all the foods in the world?

I don’t know how to dance around this delicately, but damnit shoe. None of us is rich but most of us can spare a dollar or two to help a Mumper keep their power on. /Looking at you too, Boo/

We are your friends. We love you. Friends help their friends. Please, please if you need help, ask and know that we love you.

I’m totally up for that!

Whacking this issue would probably break my cane cause it is just so fucking WRONG!

Sorry, I’m very crabby tonight and it’s been a very long day.

The weather has changed their migration patterns, so you might be getting different hummers. In my experience, as long as the feeder has a red base, the flying pigs will find it.

Today was surplus produce AND housekeeper day so I went to pick up our surplus produce and hubs waited for Pam before finding something else to do for a couple of hours. As it happened, the truck was early enough that hubs hadn’t even gotten on the highway so he came back so we could go to town together.

After we took our surplus surplus produce to ex-work place, we drove five blocks to a small mom and pop Mexican place for breakfast and noshed on huevos rancheros and beans. For us, eating beans is like eating garlic…ya both gotta do it or one of you will hate the other.

While I was in the restroom, I heard someone else come in and ask hubs if that was our blue car. When he said it was, she asked where the (badly pronounced) Miskatonic University was and hubs said something about it was some sort of made up thing. I was so outraged that I didn’t dry my hands, I just shook them off into the sink and went out to clear up the misconceptions.

They were mundanes, I could tell just by looking at them so I explained that I was a fan of a 1920’s horror writer named H.P. Lovecraft and that the Miskatonic University was part of the mythos. Their eyes glazed over just like Hubs does when I talk about it so I told them to have a great day and wandered out the door while Hubs paid the bill.

I backed out and the car felt weird and was making a funny noise, so I pulled into the next parking lot to learn that I had a flat tire. I had instinctively pulled into a shady place and was pulling my phone out to call someone to fix my problem but Hubs started pulling stuff out to change the tire. I said nothing, but I was pretty mad at him, we pay for roadside service and we had shade. He didn’t need to hurt himself like that.

We took the flat to the discount guys and drove home. The tire wasn’t repairable and they were the original tires so hubs ordered a full set. It seems as though tires are just another thing that have gotten more expensive.

And got home, fired up my comp and saw outraged folks posting about pics someone took of a huge pile of surplus produce boxes and rotting produce. These boxes usually come with some sort of animal protein and it seems that someone had been picking up their weekly box, taking the protein and then dumping everything else out in the open land.

So, yeah, totally crabby tonight.

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queen blackie was the oldest and first cat of our set … and she treated all the others like kittens all their lives and cleaning time generally went like that but her poor victim knew better to wiggle or complain because the paw of fury would come down on a nose …

Now they mostly grew up around each other … so no boy cats until Clyde… and they treated him like any 3rd grade age girl would in an “Ewww boys are stinky” way well eventually they decided to make him non-stinky at least once every day or so …By rolling him on his back and sitting on his legs … now Clyde was 5 pounds at 8 months … so you’d hear the slurping and growling with this pitiful occasional "mew " for help it never dawned on him he could have taken them in a brawl of any type … he just took his lumps until one of us saved him …

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.
Alex has always been an only cat. But she like to torment Gordie. I hope the next dog is as tolerant.

: crosses appropriate and inappropriate appendages :

It’s OK. {{{{sari[/b]}}}}

Don’t. You’re doing what you can.

It’ll come to you when you get him home.

BBBoo, yay for new glasses, mowed lawns, and not being swpt off to Oz. Boo(N.O.B. for Bat Caves.

If you don’t talk to your neighbors about Yog Sothoth, who will?

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Give it a few days from when you get him home. Once you get to know him, you’ll find his name. :slight_smile:

I am starting to suspect I am an idiot. Yesterday, nice phone doctor had me switch from a 325mg aspirin once a day to an 81mg. So far today, light-headedness has not been a significant problem. I freaked out over medication side effects and THAT turned out to be the problem? I really overreacted on that one.

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Morning, mumpers! It’s 21c/69f here today, predicted highs of 24c/76f which is far too hot for a delicate little flower like me. Weather app says “All of the clouds can go and fuck all the way off” but I’d rather have clouds around, especially if they have some rain in them.

Last night was pub night with a couple of friends, we went to a proper country put in a small village (we only ever go there when it’s hot so we can sit outside) which was very pleasant. The pub is right next to the church and the obligatory spooky graveyard, and is a perfect place to sit and watch the bats flying around.

They dropped me off at home, and someone was hanging around outside the neighbour’s house so they waited until I was inside before driving off. Turns out the guy next door lives on the next street and his kitten had managed to get out into the neighbour’s garden but they had no way of getting to it. We helped out, of course, and eventually the kitten was reunited with his people.

I am glad to be working from home today as I can sit here with my shorts on and have windows open to keep some breeze blowing through the house. It’s set to be up to 30 degrees tomorrow so our version of shoe’s Coolio will be keeping the bedroom in a more arctic condition for me.

metalmouse yes, we are very much used to the football traffic and local parking problems but most of that doesn’t affect us too much since the matches don’t happen at times that cause us too much bother. The local “home” fans know where to park but if there’s an international match happening (which is rare, outside London) there are a lot more travelling fans. The local police had mentioned road closures and suchlike so we thought it best to just batten down the hatches and stay inside!

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Weird night - I think I slept, but I was having a strange dream that I’m remembering mostly as feelings rather than as something I experienced. Does that make sense? I vaguely recall there was some guy who I thought was trying to hit on me, and I think Roxy was there, or some other little girl, but mostly I was uneasy and concerned. It’ll pass and I’ll forget all about it, so there’s that.

I think I heard some distant t-boomers when I woke, but no rain here. There’s a chance we might get precipitated upon - whaddaya wanna bet it’ll be when I have to fetch Roxy?? Because Murphy…

Slight change in routine - when I pick up the RoxStar, we’re going to the Tree House (which is what she calls their house) to wait for my daughter to get off work. I’m trying to figure out the best way to deal with the new routine. Watching both of them is a lot harder than I’d expected, partly because Roxy wants to be a baby again - that’s what she plays, and she wants me to be the mommy. She’s obviously jealous of the attention her brother gets, but I can’t totally ignore him. So it’s tiring… exhausting…

But we do what we must. Onward!

Happy Thursday!

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Good morning everyone.

It’s 47 degrees and cloudy outside. We have an expected high of 66, with anything from cloudy to partly cloudy and a sprinkling of rain showers in the mix today. I doubt we’ll see 66 degrees, but we shall see.

I had another busy day at the office yesterday, but I don’t have to go back until the week after next, so that’s nice.

I am presenting a training session today. I don’t really want to, but we’re required to do this every so often. I finished my slides yesterday, FINALLY, after numerous interruptions. I can’t believe it took me four days to do it because of all the interruptions I had. However, I dealt with all the issues at hand AND got the slides done, plus a multitude of data calls, so I guess I did alright.

Sending hugs and commiserations to those who need them and just hugs in general, because, you know, sometimes we all need a hug.

Off to get another cup of coffee.

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Well, shit. My daughter quit her job. . .AGAIN. Granted, it wasn’t the best job (dealing with insurance claims on the phone for Progressive), but this is just the latest in a very long string of jobs, and it’s always the same story with her: management just doesn’t treat her right and she does all the work while everyone else does nothing and then she quits in a huff without having another job to go to.

This doesn’t just cause stress for her, because she has also never been able to put anything in savings, so others have to come to her rescue while she looks for the next job to quit. I’ve bailed her out on rent numerous times. The woman will be 50 next year and has no nest egg or plan for her eventual attempt to retire. She’s always relied partly on her looks, but booze, poor eating habits, inactivity and smoking have ruined those in recent years.

I’m not sure how she keeps getting hired. I would never have hired someone with her work history of job hopping, and I’m pretty sure she now has a reputation around that little town she lives in for being a difficult employee.

I of course love her and will not shut her out, but it’s very frustrating to watch her go down this path yet again. Thanks for the vent.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN I was a slugabed until seven-thirty this mornin’. :sleeping_bed: 'Tis 78 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 98 and partly to mostly N.O.S. for the day. There is a HEAT ADVISORY in effect from noon til eight p.m. with a heat index between 108-112 Amurrkin. Thus we shall be inside in the a/c today except maybe for some quality cee-mint pond time in a couple of hours. Sloth, nappage, and general overall uselessness shall rule the day. Sup shall be grilled chikin sallits and cheesey garlic bread.

Taters get 'em learnt up real good today!

Sunny what a lil’ cutie doggy! I am sure he will reveal his true and proper name in time.

Cookie sorry about the daughter woes. Hope she lands another job soonest.

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

Happy Thursday Y’all!

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And so it begins. My debut public appearance will be this Sunday! I will be singing “Tears in Heaven”!

That’s assuming I survive that long because apparently we may be getting tornadoes here today. :slight_smile:

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Morning all. Didn’t sleep quite as long as I thought I would, but still feel refreshed. It’s hot again (83F at 8:15am heading for 96F) and still no rain is sight, so may water the lawn today. Outside of that nothing much on the agenda. Need to check in between 4-6pm for the soccer tournament this weekend and start to get ready for it, so my first refereeing is at 9am Friday.

BKB, good luck on the debut–I’d say you’ll blow then away but given the tornado warnings… :wink: :smiley:

Cookie, I can understand doing that when you’re young, but if she’s 50, I would hope she could find a place to settle down…well, love her as you do, but I understand your frustration.

Taters, have a good training session, after all the hassle.

FCM, good luck with the pair.

JtC, I’ve never read Lovecraft but I recognized the reference. And husband-unit was in “I’m the man” mode on tire-changing, something he may regret today…

nellie, seen some of the pictures, this is NOT a good time to be visiting Yellowstone. Hope your friend will be alright.

BBBoo, glad you got your lawn mowed. I can still do mine, but the time is coming I’ll have to hire a service. And Yeah! for the new spectacles!

OK, onward into the day. All y’all take care.

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sari, I’m so sorry to hear about your mom.

Good luck on your performance, beep! (Can I call you beep?)

Today started way too early. Overlygirl has a jaw that pops, just like I do. I think part of it is thanks to her braces. Anyway, like a genius I went to bed at midnight last night. And she started poking me around 4:30 because she had a lot of pressure in her jaw. So I got up with her, found she’d been popping her jaw on purpose, told her to stop it and sent her back to bed. I was so tired I almost texted my friend I couldn’t waddle this morning, but I managed to drag my sorry hide out there with her anyway. She was draggy too, so our run/walk/waddle was more of a 3-mile leisurely stroll. I’ll take it. It’s hot and I’m tired, dammit.

Ok, back to work. I’m glad I already had my most thoughty meeting this morning - I’m pretty confident my mental resources will be just about gone by 11. Hopefully I can hang on 'til then, then do administrative crap that I’ve been avoiding for the rest of the day.

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I guess there were stroms last night cuz of the alerts on my phone, I guess I slept through them. The heat advisory is gone. Only 91 today but cooling down for tomorrow and the weekend. Today I’m getting my allergy shots, going to the Mart of the Wall, then chilling at home, Yesterday I met with the Fidelity guy and figured out how to move money into my bank account. I just call him. Pretty simple. My ex husband is my ex for a reason but every so often he would say something smart, like “compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world.”

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That was Caelan last night. I sat down to watch baseball, and Caelan slipped in and snagged my lap before Havoc could get up on the recliner. So she settled in on one of the overstuffed arms and started cleaning his ears. I mean cleaning. Looked like she was going to take skin off. Caelan just had to sit through it because he couldn’t bop her while on my lap, and moving would involve ceding his position of lappage. Was very funny to watch.

Supposed to only get up to 93 today. Got all the watering done before 7:30am, so I guess now is the time to start my SEL training for school. Sigh.

Stay cool, peeps.

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As I discovered when I picked Buddy up for hugs, he seems to have a bit of a gas situation today. The look on Allie’s face when the smell reached her… (giggle)

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Tobias - when I’m tryng to feed him:

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@purplehorseshoe whatthewhat ma’am? I’m glad you have popsicles. I don’t know what else is going on, but please eat and let us know if we can help. We would be glad to. In the meantime, sending many, many :people_hugging:.

:rofl:

Cookie I’m sorry about kid trouble. Vent away. The rest of us do it!

Roadrunner Another star among us! Are you singing as part of a festival?

Xfinity prefers that we don’t have internet today for reasons that are wholly nefarious, or so I infer because I am frustrated with them. I’m on my third or fourth loop with them right now. I do actually know how to restart a modem. Yes, even manually. Yes, for real. I finally got an appointment scheduled for tomorrow. Arg.

The contractor comes today to take a look at the damage from the water leak and tell us what it’ll cost to fix. So that’s fun.

Happy Thursday everyone!

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I’ve been in a bad mood the last couple of days. I don’t know why.

Mr. Coffee died. Actually, I think he was terminal yesterday. I tried running vinegar through it three times, and now water. It’s barely doing anything. I’ve ordered a new one, and it should be here in a week. I’ve loaded up the four reusable pods for the Keurig.

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No, power is back on. Coolio is doing his groovy thing. I’m just dealing with the aftermath.