Seanette, I wonder if anyone will ever admit to hoarding. I’ve bought just enough to, I hope, last until mid-May.
Congrats on having work, I still haven’t found a temp job, and am starting my fourth week of being unemployed.
missred you aren’t wrong. Every one of them ort to be locked away for their own safety. Or whatever’s left of my sanity.
But the good news? I just got my first paycheck as a contractor. It was approximately twice what I expected. Bonuses for efficiency and customer retention. (Even though the whole pay scale was pretty casual to begin with. I was just helping a friend with her fledgling business, because she’s too nice to go under due to emergency staffing issues.) It’s a tiny thing, but after several years out of the job market, it’s nice to see that I’m worth a good hourly rate in a gig economy. Especially when I have to call almost every client to ask about substitutions or to say multiple items just aren’t available.
But enough about me. How are y’all tonight?
I’ll try to post something cheery tomorrow. I’m too upset right now. I grew up mere blocks away from John Prine, one of the world’s greatest songwriters. I didn’t know him personally, but I saw him on a Chicago daytime talk show in early 1972, and for weeks afterward, I was telling people about this great guy they had to hear, “John Rhine.” It was a time when I wasn’t sure who I was or where I wanted to go, and Prine was a hugely important influence.
I was walking down the street when a guy I didn’t know called hello to me and then said John Prine just died. I sobbed all the way home, but I’m grateful I got to hear about it from a fellow Chicago native and Prine fan. I feel stupid to be crying so much about someone I didn’t know personally.
[[[Cookie]]] Damn. I’m so sorry.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 84 and a good chance of rain/tstorms/apocalypse today and tonight. We shall see. One of us, and if I have my way it will be OYKW, will go out to lay in a few provisions. We don’t need much, the big things bein’ milk, bread, cereal, and ‘nanners. All these things have been no problem to find around here, so a quick in and out at the Pubic Sto’ should take care of it all. Sup shall be salmon patties, peas, smashed N.O.T., and bizkits due to a gnawin’ and a cravin’.
{{{Nellie}}}
Nettie glad you got back to irk. May today be less irksome.
Peaches go you!
flytrap that’s fine by me because I tend to not associate with people who would associate with the likes of me. 
Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
Morning, mumpers! It is another beautiful sunny day out there where we’re all too afraid to go…
Since the gym’s closed and I don’t have enough stuff to replicate what I would do there, I decided to fend off total slothdom by downloading the couch to 5K app and have a go at that. I did my first one today (about 7.30am in the park round the corner from home), and I am happy to confirm that I am most definitely not built for running! Still, I get a day’s rest tomorrow before I need to head out and do it all over again.
I did order myself some proper running trainers from t’intertoobz which may or may not arrive at the weekend. They won’t help the overall performance but they might help with the heel pains that I’ve had for years.
Big hugs all round, because it seems like that kind of a day.
nelliebly I am a huge John Prine fan and I am also devastated by his passing. He was one of a kind.
FCD’s new name is B-Pa - at least according to our shortest human roommate. I’ve been called Ma (to distinguish from Mama). Her paternal grandfather is YaYa, and I think her other grandmother gets some variant of grandma. Toddlers are such fun!
And she’s especially fun now that her mama bought her a barrel of magnetic letters, which grace the fridge. She not only knows just about all of them, but she figured out that if you turn the M upside down, you get a W! Is she a genius or what??? 
Of course, it makes for a challenge when I need to get in the fridge.
Woke stupid early again - I only got about 5 hours of sleep, so I’m dragging. It’s raining, and I have no intention of venturing out today. I foresee max vegging and chillage. I think I’ve earned it.
So onward, crawling into the day! Happy Wednesday!
scareyfaerie, can you describe the pain?
Location:closer to the arch, directly under the heel bone or more the Achilles?
Intensity:bothersome or hindering activity?
Onset:do you remember when it happened? Gradual or sudden?
Does it get worse as the day goes on or is it worse on waking?
Most likely, it’s Plantar Fasciitis
I’ll hold off on that until she realizes that a sideways M is Sigma.
:dubious:
Happy Hump Day!
It’s a bright sunshiney 55 degrees outside.
No playdate today but I sat outside for a while anyway.
I slept in today too, didn’t getup until close to 8, and I’d probably still be sleeping except my son woke me up to see if I was okay as I never sleep that late.
I was also scheduled to login to irk at 8.
I needed the sleep, these 80+ hour irk weeks are getting to me.
I finally talked to somebody at irk about the problems I am having with the website. She explained to me what is wrong, they are trying to fix it, and gave some suggestions on how to irk around it until they can get it fixed.
I think I could have done a better job of designing and coding the site, even though my cobol and cics skills are from the age of the dinosaurs. Not only would I have probably been fired for creating such a pos, I would be embarassed to have my name on it.
I thought I posted yesterday, guess not.
It was a very messy day. I decided we were going grocery shopping and getting everything in the list, even if it meant going to 5-6 different stores.
Managed to get it all at one store, except one item I forgot, and there was a limit on bottled water. I wish they had put the limit notice in the aisle instead of me having to wheel around three cases of water only to get to the register and find out the limit was two. I’ll got back tomorrow and get some more, since the ham that was marked on sale for 99cents a pound is not on sale until tomorrow. Poor cashier had to pull that out of my order too. I apologized for it, but that is the fault of whoever put it out there will the big sign saying 99cents a pound.
We won’t even talk about doing taxes. BIG PITA! trying to do my son’s. I have to figure something out, I used H&R block software for his instead of TaxAct, because TaxAct wouldn’t let us create an account for him because he doesn’t have a cell phone number. H&R Block won’t let us submit online because he made no money, and for whatever reason won’t let him claim his college stuff, which TaxAct won’t let me claim anymore because of his age. TaxAct will let him claim it, except he can’t create an account. I did his before somehow under my account, so I will try that today, OR, call H&R Block to see what to do.
I had taken both shrimp and sausage out of the freezer Sunday evening to thaw. I made the shrimp yesterday, I need to use the sausage for something today. I was going to make it with cabbage, but I think instead I’ll just cook it up and then use it to make omelets for a few days. I don’t have the time or inclination to shread/chop cabbage right now.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. It’s going to be nice today. Gordie keeps trying to shove open the dogpark gate with his head. Poor guy.
Duno, it’s all Greek to me.
I enjoyed my third walk of the year yesterday, and the first one where it was warm enough for shorts/tshirt (it hit 79 degrees). I won’t abandon my solo Pokémon GO-playing walks until they issue a strict DO NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE AT ALL THIS MEANS YOU order. I need a little sun, a little air, a little exercise and a little time out of the apartment. My long walks also combat my habit of boredom snacking during the afternoon, so I’m not giving them up unless I have no other choice.
{{Anyone who wants one}}
'Tis a proper glorious day today; sat outside for a bit and actually got too hot, despite having some frozen yoghurt to cool down with. I’m finally finishing off a few assignments; not really happy with either, but then the classes that were supposed to be dedicated to writing up got cancelled, so I guess everyone’s going to be in the same boat. Also did some sourdough bread, which has come out pretty nicely. I’ll give the challah a go next.
I have arranged an exciting day out tomorrow; I really do need to give the bees their first checkup of spring, and that is a Permitted Activity (caring for livestock, I’ve got an official email from the gummint bee unit and everything in case I get stopped). That’ll be the furthest I’ve been away for over 2 weeks, about 5 miles.
I called and checked if that was OK beforehand, but I don’t need to go near the house, just into the field (which may contain new baby lambs!) so I didn’t think it’d be an issue. I’ll grab some extra milk and a bit of shopping on the way back, the shops tend to be shut or have reduced hours on the Easter weekend here, so I’d rather avoid going out then. Plus I only have one small chocolate aig, and this year definitely requires more than that.
Howdy y’all,
The news from the news: Sanders just apparently suspended his campaign, furlough announced @ work (not really upset could be WAY worse), had a nice encounter @ store with a little humanity faith restored.
I have not been hoarding so I have genuinely been running low on TP, down to 3 rolls for 3 people yesterday. Went to the BJ’s that evening and of course they had none, but the cashier assured me they would in the morning when they opened at 9am. Headed over right at 9 this morning to find out they had been open since 8am. Walked down to the paper products just as the last 2 packages of TP were being grabbed.
“You’re freaking kidding me!” I said aloud to vent to myself (and yes I said freaking). The one gentleman with the last package looked at me and asked “Are you out?”
“Yes sir I genuinely am.”
“I was getting this for my pastor but clearly you need it more”
“Thank you sir!”
So yes, a little beacon of hope in a crazy time.
Morning all. Was slightly productive, stopped at Kroger (Pepsi was 4 12-pak for $12, I now have enough Pepsi to last until fall…) and most everyone seemed to be maintaining a proper distance (about 1/3 are wearing masks), then did some banking and am now back in my Fortress of Solitude. It’s cooler today (68F) and cloudy/rainy outside, so easier to stay in.
{{nellie}}. I was not a particular fan of Mr. Prine, but a lot of my friends who know music much better than I are, so I am sorry for any loss that takes talent away from us.
nettie, hope work today is less irksome.
Sari, well you’ve got a whole week to finish those taxes…seriously, hope it works out.
FCM, if that kid doesn’t get too spoiled with 2 sets of grandparents nearby, she’s going to be a darling.
Peaches, good news indeed! You did a friend a favor and made some cash in the bargain…I call that a win.
swampy, milk, cereal and bananas are in good supply here in N. Ali-bama too, but the bread shelves at Kroger were pretty well picked over…you could get some bread, but it might not be what you came in for.
Baker, things will work out. Right now the job situation is all scrambled.
2gig, nice story. People are pretty good if you give them half a chance.
Nut, hooray for the bee trip. Hope the little pollinators are doing alright.
Everybody take care on Hump day.
I hate when I hit the wrong button, dammit.
Hasn’t the tax filing deadline been moved to June 15? Ours have been e-filed, so we’re just waiting for refunds.
While Roxy was lunching, I cleaned and sliced 2 quarts of strawberries. After she went down to nap, I made a cucumber-onion salad. Supper will be burgers, so I’ll pull the patties out of the freezer.
Then some recliner time. I’m really dragging…
Morning. Tax deadline is extended until July 15.
Lazy. I haven’t been awake long. My sleep patterns are all messed up. I think I shall venture forth to irk tomorrow and Firday to get some more training done.
Happy Hump Day.
I know the deadline is extended, I’m not so worried about my taxes.
I’ll probably owe anyway.
What I do need is the stimulus money that my son would get. Irk is very slow and I am making about a third of what I normally make.
The stimulus check will come in handy until everything gets back to normal.
I wanted to get his taxes in in time, but that will not happen.
That sounded familiar so I looked it up, I don’t take it directly, but one of the meds I do take, hydrochlorothiazide, contains it. I’m just not going to worry about it.
COBOL?! Well there’s part of your problem right there. :dubious:
We’re back at the ‘big house’ for a coupla days to take care of some business. Unfortunately, the grass has continued to grow here in our absence. 
Gotta mow before we retreat back into our social distancing mode. Also we pretty well cleaned out the fridge before we went so there’s not much to eat here in the way of veg. We discussed it and decided we’re gonna call the local (non-chain) burger joint tonight and order takeout burgers. 
That’s right, we wanted good ole hand grubbers more than anything. 
Now I need to get cleaned up and go to the animal shelter* and then pick up my prescriptions. Also need some stuff from Bimart and home depot. Luckily Wifey found some masks in her studio. She’s off doing real estate stuff, BTW. There isn’t a lot of that going on right now, so what there is needs to get done. We need the money.
Happy Hump day, y’all!
*No, I’m not dropping anybody off. I’m dropping off a big bag of cans and bottles that they will turn in for the money. It’s an easy way to donate and helps them out. I’ve been donating about a bag a month and at 10 cents a can, a bag prolly means $15 - $20 to them. It adds up.
Morning, friends.
I went in to work for a little bit on Monday to get some pictures. And then they decided they’re closing adoptions for the time being and moving to a skeleton crew. And I am now laid off for the time being. This is grim. So it’s time to file for unemployment. I’m paying pretty hard, physically, for going to work (I was only there like two hours. Pathetic.) and had a few moments that evening and yesterday where I vaguely wondered/feared I had the dreaded virus and had just taken it to my co-workers. I don’t really think I do/did- just really overdid it.
Ordered groceries last night. Slots for pickup/delivery are always filled up, but if you reserve your spot right after midnight when a new day becomes available, you can get in. I thought I’d be able to get them tomorrow, but nope… not til Friday. Oh well. We’re not desperate for anything before then. But also… I suppose I’d better order cat food now so I don’t run out. I did get a birthday card yesterday from Chewy for my little Meadowlark. She’ll be six on the 22nd. I love that someone’s job is writing birthday cards to pets.
Next step in life is some attempt at… shevelment, as you guys say. Hoping (well, more like wishing) a bath helps a little with the pain and putting on clothes helps with the energy.