Happy Thorsday!
It’s a bright sunshiny 63 degrees outside.
Nice time at the dog park this morning.
The city dog park is supposed to open tomorrow. We are hoping so, the county park has its perks but we miss our regular park. I know a few of the county park regulars can’t wait to see us go. They see us coming and they gather up their dogs and leave.
The perks of the county park,
1 plenty of parking
2 don’t have to worry about the dogs barking, there is nobody nearby to disturb
3 because it’s not in easy walking distance of anywhere, we don’t get the un-neutered pitbull crowd. Usually not an issue for those of us who go early, but in the afternoons it can become an issue.
The disadvantages are,
1 further away
2 no pavilion
3 no water fountain
4 the poop bags are horrible, flimsy plastic that I can’t even open, and easy to poke a hole in
5 opens later in the mornings.
and the real disadvantage,
our dogs just aren’t as happy there.
I couldn’t figure out what is up with Ripple. Usually we go to the park and they both settle down and sleep while I irk. He has been bugging the hell out of me. I finally realized that he wants to go to the ‘real’ park.
Family drama going on again. My mother’s other daughter is…
well, she wants me gone, shut out of the family.
Niece1 is in the hospital and I’m not allowed to know, only my mother told me but didn’t tell me what is going on. I sent a text to Nephew-in-law1 and asked. Fortunately nothing life threatening, she had a bad reaction to some medicine she was prescribed and has to be kept until they are sure she has recovered and figure out a different med for her. I guess he said something to Niece1’s mother, and then she called my mother bitching my mother out, then my mother called me and bitched me out.
Only instead of taking it like a good little girl, I went right back at her and told her I have a right to know what is going on with my nieces, unless my nieces say otherwise. I had a few not so nice words about her other daughter.
All this does is cause shit all the way around, because my niece was probably wondering why I haven’t asked after her.
My mother does this shit too, like not telling me my cousin’s husband died until after he was buried, and once when I was in the hospital, she told my nieces not to call or come see me because I wanted to be left alone.
Tub finally got in. At first I hated it and was ready to call the guy and tell him come and get it out of here. Now I like it, but I will like it better when the shower is up too. I don’t always want a bath. My son isn’t too thrilled with it, but he prefers showers anyway.
The tub comes with a sprayer attachment but the surround isn’t up yet so neither of us is comfortable using it. Once the surround is up, the lfb guy will rig something up to hold the sprayer. I thought he could just put in another showerhead, but control on the tub allows for either the faucet or the sprayer, there is no option for a showerhead. I suppose there is a way to do it, but we’ll live with what we have.
For now.
If any of you go to get a tub and want a surround, Home Depot will tell you they don’t make surrounds for walk-in tubs because people who get walk-in tubs don’t want showers. Not true, there are walk-in tubs that come with surrounds, but you have to get them from one of the walk-in tub companies and they cost a lot more. Also, it’s not true that people with walk-in tubs don’t want showers, we do. I imagine most people would unless you are a single person living alone and never want or can’t take a shower.
The downside of the tub is, it takes forever to fill, and if you forgot something you can’t just jump out to get it. It also takes a lot of water, we already turned up the hot water heater, and are probably have to do it again. On the plus side, the water stays hot a long time, and the tub does drain quickly. Faster than the old tub.
My knee that doesn’t like to bend is already feeling better because I can bend and stretch it in the hot water without it hurting. I don’t get any of the extras, but I wish I had a heated seat. I also wish the seat were just a little bit shorter height wise, but then I am short.
I have to decide on a health plan this month and I am not happy with my options. I need to call though and find out how it irks, since my son drops off my plan at the end of May. I don’t know if my income gets prorated based on him being on my plan for 5 months. No matter what, I am going to be paying a hell of a lot for insurance this year. I don’t want to call them because they suck.
I have to do something with the deck. There is a spot where the rails are slightly wider apart and Echo can fit through, get into the neighbor’s yard, and then bark at the dog two doors up. Ripple can almost fit through. I had chairs there before. The chairs got moved to make room for the tub. Now that the tub is gone the chairs don’t irk anymore, because the dogs know the wider spot is there and they just push the chairs out of the way.
Good luck Hippy.
This is my first-ever even mildly political post in the 11 years I’ve been on Facebook. As I said, a mix of conservatives and liberals replied positively. Even far-right friends who’ve drunk deeply of the reactionary Kool-Aid didn’t respond in a snide manner. I think I may unfriend him.
