Added a concert to the calendar at the beginning of February. Let’s see how things go, because the concert is in Germany and the band is from the U.S. Hope it goes well.
Still collecting things to take with us when we fly to the states in a week. Got lots of FFP2 and surgical masks, in addition to the normal stuff.
Lotos of chocolate, of course. When you live in Switzerland, it seems people expect you to come bearing chocolate.
Today I have a 1.5 end-of-year meeting, which would normally be held in person, and then followed by a dinner. Of course, this will be on-line, and I’m not even sure the big boss is in Switzerland, or back in quarantine on the other side of the globe. Poor guy starts all the meetings, “If the phone rings, or someone knocks on the hotel room door, I HAVE to answer it.”. Violations of quarantine protocol are taken seriously.
Lunch today is pizza. So tired of trying to figure out what to cook and then going to the store to get it. My parents are really looking forward to cooking for us, so I think we have compatible expectations.
Now it’s a more acceptable 6:30-ish. I did fall back to sleep and I don’t feel like a total zombie… yet…
Not sure what my plans for today are - I’ll push the vacuum around and I think I’ll change the sheets on the bed. Perhaps that will be all.
I didn’t mention that when I went over to pick up Roxy and my daughter for the excursion, my granddaughter ran up to me, threw her arms around me, and declared “You’re my best friend!” How does one not melt at that??
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 58 Amurrkin out and cloudy/rainy(ish) with a predicted high of 78 and rain which hopefully will go away this mornin’. I shall betake myself over to the church house to deal with church janitor JW stuff and get some things ready for a memorial service tomorrow afternoon at which I shall Verge. Outside of that I got nuttin’ planned for the day. Sup shall be leftovers from yestiddy.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and oh so much bother, I suppose I must purtify and don appropriate bein’ about the public attire. Oh woe! Oh despair!
Afternoon, mumpers! I have read but not retained, been a busy and frustrating irk week and I is tired of it all. Fortunately I have Monday and Tuesday off next week, and I finish for xmas next Friday. Then I can finally start stressing about our US trip
Happy FairyChatVersary - I suspect the celebrations were as muted as the event itself!
Not got a lot planned for this weekend, I went to the gym this morning and have two classes booked for tomorrow morning. Errands in town and possibly an afternoon in the pub for a change. I have tickets for Myles Kennedy on Monday night which will be very good, just need to sort out what we need in terms of Covid passes and LFT results.
I have been intending to tidy up my t-shirt drawers for quite a while, I need to work out what’s wearable and what’s not, and what is going to fit me when I lose a bit of weight next year. Yes, no plans for losing weight until we come back from Vegas (assuming we get there in the first place). I have an ever-growing number of band/tour t-shirts and will hopefully be increasing that by at least one on Monday night.
Ho hum…back to spreadsheet and performance reviews…
Ouch nellie! I hope that you’re not too sore from your spill.
unknown, by the time George reaches his full adult weight, he’ll likely be bigger than my dog. He (and VBC) are beauties though.
Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP / Friday chores. I do need to take the car back to the dealership this afternoon to have them reset the radio. They really need to get Android Auto up and running before my trip. I also need to schedule my booster at CVS and pick up a scrip whilst there.
I was awake at 2:30 dag nab it. I did fall back to sleep but kept waking up every 30 minutes. I got out of bed at 5:30. What got me out of bed was dreaming that my husband hadn’t taken the garbage down AGAIN. So I came downstairs, gave Polar his meds, and made my coffee. Sure enough, the husband had forgotten to take the garbage down, so I took it down. It was full and stunk and needed to GO!.
My neighbor’s parking habits have made me very cranky and today was bad, however, reading about Roxy’s statement to FCM made my heart melt and I don’t feel quite so grinchy and grouchy now. Although, if you saw how they were parking, you would understand my feelings.
Very cute kitty pictures!
Well, I need to finish my coffee and start some chores so I can get out of the house early for errands.
Morning all. Had to take a 3:30am micturation, but then went back to sleep until 8am. Newspaper was in the driveway today, so that has been picked up and pills taken, so major morning jobs are complete.
Made a listing of things for the house I want to buy in 2022, including one of those robot vacuums and maybe Bidet toilets, we’ll see if there is anything else to add to the list.
FCM, kids are great, ain’t they (but sooner than you know they’ll be teenagers and…
Dicey, hope the meeting goes uninterrupted.
nellie, Ouch–falls of any time at our age are not fun–hope you’re doing ok. And the Godzilla movie could have used some soccer–it moved slowly, too much talking and not enough monsters.
red, sorry for your cousin’s loss.
OK, onward into Firday. All y’all have a good day now.
I don’t even know what day it is anymore; everything is smooshed together into one big clump of never-ending bullshit.
Only a third of the way through December and I am already tired of the cold.
Barky came to park this morning, only Barky wasn’t so barky, so not so much tension.
Happy Anniversary FCM
Other than that, read all (I think) and retained absolutely nothing.
I will be so happy to be done with all the holiday mess.
Afternoon all. Have been reading (and admiring cute pics) but not responding; been a busy week, I’ve had actual in person lab classes, so my brain has been full by the time I got back. That’s the end of classes for the year though, so I definitely know it’s firday today.
I also need to choose my big project, which is most of the marks for this course: I can design my own, for which I seem to have a fair degree of freedom and access to spiffy machines. Or… they have one looking for a student; it’s corporate sponsored, so I’d get money for doing it- and it would actually get read and used- but I’d have to sign non-disclosure stuff and it’s not really the area I’m interested in, plus the sponsors are one of those biiig polarising chemical companies…
I’m leaning towards a DIY project, so I can tailor it to my interests, but I’m the sort of person who takes half an hour to pick lunch off a menu, and I’m interested in everything, you know?
Yeah, but I may be totally senile by then so I won’t notice.
The fitness and aquatics center at the college no longer belongs to the college - it’s been taken over by the county dept of parks and rec. You can get a punch card ($116 for 24 visits for geezers) and have full use of the machines and equipment, the pools, and any classes in the facility. FCD got a card so he could do his leg exercises in the therapy pool, and I decided to get a card so we could go together. Today, he did his water exercises, and I rode a bike, but I hope to take a couple of the aqua aerobics classes - at least thru the end of this month. Once I have Toby full time, I won’t be able to attend the morning classes, but with luck, I’ll learn some routines that I can do on my own. Plus I should use some of the machines - my upper body strength is very poor.
We’re having supper for lunch - salisbury steak with onions and mushroom gravy over rice, and green beans. They we can just do salad for supper or something light. We’ve found that heavy evening meals tend to make for poor sleep. So we’ll see how this works.
And on that note, I need to check how it’s coming along…
That would be my kids. I’m sorry. I try to just sit them off on their own, or did. We don’t go anymore either. Cute cats! GG looks like my Panda kitty. We think she’s got a lot of Norwegian Forest cat in her. She looks like the photos, she’s got incredibly dense fur, and a much heavier bone structure than our other cats. I suppose we’ll never know for sure.
flyboy Goo is a cutie!
I’m sorry this is happening but I am stealing that description because December is a clump of never-ending bullshit.
Hahahahaha! I’m not sure anyone can ignore teenagers. They’re pure chaos beings.
Today I’ve been doing fun things like tidying the house and laundry. I have my next back procedure on Tuesday, and I want the house clean before I do it. It will be a while before I can do it again.
I have an appointment with my doc on Monday, but I don’t have high hopes that there’s anything to be done about this. I would like to know what’s causing it though. I had a helluva time working the nail clippers this morning. [TMI] Doing my ‘paperwork’ in the bathroom is excruciating. [/TMI]
Ummm, is there a special line for that at the post office?
Hope you’re not too sore from your tumble, Nellie.
I should go stand in the shower. Maybe I’ll even wash something.
No time to read but I will later. I listed my house. Problem is the agent wants to put it on the market Jan 1 which means I have under three weeks to get it painted inside and do some minor repairs. Plus, I found out I have an expired permit from 2004 which was for a flood inspection on the downstairs enclosure . I swear I thought we took care of that so now I gotta reopen the permit at the building dept. And pay $57 and likely have another inspection. Problem is since we thought it was done hubs built an illegal office complete with illegal a/c and toilet and sink. The lady at the building dept said “sometimes” they will just administratively close those but IDK. I can turn on the tears and beg.
I think Jan 1 is too ambitious timeframe wise but I do know she will make me a bunch of money if I can pull it off. She will stage it and do professional photography, drone photos etc. it costs a lot of money to sell a house. Then I still have to try to buy one so I have a place to go. She thinks it could sell in weeks and could get more than asking which is already 6 times more than we paid.
Saw the knee Dr yesterday for shots number two in my knees. One more each knee next week and hopefully I shall have some pain relief for a year like the last time.
I truly just want to cry but I made a Ladies who lunch date and just returned from that. I am glad I went cause I had the best Bloody Mary ever but only one. I was responsible but would have loved a few more.
The car is being picked up at 8 tomorrow so my neighbor is removing the tag for me. These ppl don’t waste any time.
Ok. Off to read what y’all are up to. Hopefully a less hectic life than mine at the moment.
Goo looks like a sweety. Missy aka Very Bad Cat is a very bad cat and now she’s teaching George bad habits.
We expect George to top out around 20 lbs. His mom was a big girl and very leggy, his sire was solid. George likes to help me put the flatware away. He holds on to the (top) cabinet drawer with one paw while he bats at my hands and the shiny, tinkling things as I sort the silverware into their slots.
VBC hasn’t puked yet today, which is good. She’s still crabby but seems to be feeling a little better. Hubs went to the vet and got her new food this morning and she will try a can for dinner. Fingers crossed that she eats it.
That’s always a good feeling, isn’t it? I’ve found that one never gets too old to enjoy the “Wow! Cool!” moment when you learn or figure something out.
You know you are starting to get old when you have enough experience to plan for surgery like this. I hope it goes well!
Ouch! I hope the supply chain issues aren’t an issue, I’ve been to hardware stores a couple of times in the last month and I’ve seen a lot of empty shelves.
I’m feeling all blah because of my shingles shot. I want to stitch but my arm really hurts so it might not happen tonight. Happily, this was my second one so I know from experience that I’ll be back to what passes for normal tomorrow.
Howdy Y’all! I did the things this mornin’ and then spent the rest of the day honin’ my sloth skills. The weather turned out fairly nice so we opened da cave windows for a while this afternoon. Leftovers plus fresh cornbread for sup. YUM!
Nellie sorry for your ouchie. Hope you’re not too sore today.
Bumba here’s hopin’ the doc can do sump’n for your pain.
Butters Yikes, but sounds like the realtor is on the ball and knows what she’s doin’.
Sunny happy cleanin’!
Nameless hope you’re feelin’ less blah now.
Nuts good on you for gettin’ all learnt up!
BooFae I recently cleaned out my tshirt drawers. What was once two drawers is now one drawer. That is, until I collect/buy even more tshirts.
Best of luck Butters. I’m glad you were able to get out.
The tornado sirens went off for the 3rd time today about half an hour ago. Now is the perfect window to grab my son. Bleh. Tornados are not supposed to happen so close to Christmas. Guess we’ll be sleeping with phones in the bedroom tonight.
