Gutter? You mean I get to move up to the penthouse? 
Irked, went ot the Booster Club meeting. More irk tomorrow
Loved it(Yeah, I’m not a fan of Pittsburgh) and yay for helping Da Penguin. [Elwood Blues]You can’t lie to a nun[/Elwood Blues]*
My sentiments exactly!
*My Dad worked at the J C Penny’s where they had the mall chase.
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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 66 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 90 for the day. Another warm, balmy day in south Jawja.
Ok, that’s all I got for now. Need more caffiene and rumbly tummy is demandin’ sustenance. Then, bein’ as it is an irk day, irk purtification must commence.
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
I’m thinking that dual retirement won’t mean leisurely mornings lingering in bed because we can… thanks to a certain canine who gets really loud and annoying when she needs to go outside to pee. :rolleyes: Oh well… **FCD **just left, possibly for the last time, to go to the office. I’ve got to go to Food Lion today, and since rain is promised tomorrow, we’ll need to mow today.
At least the weekend for the inlaws’ visit is promising to be really nice, weather-wise. On Saturday, we’re going to a waterfowl decoy show at the fairgrounds, and that evening, there’s a free concert in Leonardtown, so we’ll probably go there also. Beyond that, we made no plans, and oddly enough, there’s not much going on around here - at least not according to the community calendar. I thought we might go to Clements - site of the first landing in MD by settlers. There’s a water taxi to Clements Island, but it doesn’t start running till next week, dammit. But there’s a park and a museum on the mainland, so that’s a possibility.
It’s hard to plan for a pair of 80+ with various physical and medical issues. But we’ll figure it all out. **FCD **suggested going to the ocean. I suggested that’s probably not a smart idea on Memorial Day weekend. He agreed, of course. 
So we’ll just wing it.
Meanwhile, today will include more cleaning and tidying. I may actually dust for the second time this year. I HATE TO DUST!!! But I suppose I can be all adult about it, right? :rolleyes: Till then, I’ve got comics to read and forums to scan.
Happy Wednesday!!!
Blurf
So did I miss the part where FCD decided to retire? (In last week’s MMP maybe?) I thought I’d been following his work situation pretty closely and then, suddenly, yesterday, he’s retiring. Sounds like a good idea, in any case. (Cuz you needed my approval, right? :D)
Should really get up and get out of here…
Hugs.
GT
**gt **- he decided to retire over the weekend. We’d been talking about this on and off for a while, but believe it or not, I don’t post *every *detail of my life in the MMP! 
Things have just gotten so bad at work that the stress was ridiculous and while we’ll have to scale back some things we do, we can afford to do this now, and so we shall.
Altho I did tell **FCD **this morning that Lowe’s is hiring… (I crack me up!!) We’re going to take a couple of months to let things settle and find our retirement rhythm, then make some plans from there. Our fiscal lives will need an attitude adjustment till we get used to the flow of mega-bucks being cut off. Which means we won’t be eating out nearly as often. Time to dust off all my cookbooks… 
MOOOOOOM look at it this way, once FCD retires he can have the mornin’ Higgs duty. Then he can bring you brekkie in bed! Tell him Mumpers say he should do this. That should be enough to convince him, right?
Happy Hump Day!
It’s 69 degrees - on Hump Day no less - and cloudy.
No walkies this week because hellpup’s mom is not well again.
I’m counting down the days to the last day of school. Sometimes I think I’m the only mother who hates the school year as much as kids do. I always liked having Sah-son home.
The year I home schooled him was one of the best, it had its aggravating moments but we had a lot of fun.
Nothing on the agenda today except for irk irk irk!
swampy - somehow, he never hears the dog in the morning, and by the time I manage to get him all conscious and stuff, I’m wide awake, so why bother?
And the last thing I want is for him to cook. The man is a menace in the kitchen… So thanks but no thanks for your advice.
Morning, everyone. I slept terribly last night. First it was too hot in my room, but I eventually remembered the table fan and solved that problem. Then it seemed that there were two cats (I hope only two, but maybe more) getting amorous in our parking lot. And when I finally fell asleep, I had a bad dream that wasn’t quite a nightmare, but still left me kind of pissed at my two best friends for leaving me alone in that dream-situation. If I wasn’t coming up on a five-day weekend, I probably would have called in sick today.
Oh, and blurf.
Back from grocerying - I think, at least food-wise, we’re ready for the inlaws. Now the cleaning must begin.
**FCD **is officially changed in status to “temp - on call” as am I. For the rest of the month, he’ll be on leave, and as of the first of June, he’s retired. There’s a potential project in July that he may be called back to do, but other than that, we’re officially burdens on society! OK, not really. But it’s funny to say it that way.
Time to do some housework. rah.
What are y’all going to do for health insurance?
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My federal retirement allowed me to carry our health insurance with me. We’ve got the same coverage as we had when I was working. It’s not cheap, but it’s a necessity. No idea what happens when we reach medicare age, but I’ve got time to figure that out.
I’ve been sleeping poorly as well. Badly enough that I’m having a sleep study done next week.
Cool!
Dr. Jack Daniels does a great sleep study. 
I don’t think I could ever do a sleep study. It’s nearly impossible for me to fall asleep in an unfamiliar place. I usually just drug myself into insensibility. It’s part of why I was so excited about the advent of Z-Quil.
The night before last was probably the most fitful of my life, this even after taking a couple of PMs. Wonder what the deal is with everyone.
My B-I-L and S-I-L are heading down to stay with us while he has some medical tests run. No problem there, I like ‘em both and they’re welcome to stay the week. The problem though, and this is probably terrible of me, but I just really don’t enjoy being around their 5 year old kid one single bit. They never discipline her and she runs their house, loud, interrupting, must be center of attention, etc. Bugs the livin’ hell outta me, especially in my home. Like FCM we have one of those seemingly perfect kids that’s respectful, considerate, mature. Theirs is a brat and her meltdowns when she doesn’t get her way are off the chart annoying. I know it’s a problem with other friends of theirs too. Ugh, just got to tough it out until she’s what… an adult?