It's Time For A New MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 56 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 79 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Not much doin’ down my way which is fine by me. I peopled a lot last week, so I do not want to people a whole lot this week. I foresee much sloth and general overall uselessness on both our parts. Sup shall be cubed steak 'n gravy, green beans, mashed N.O.T. and rolls. Not very creative, but will taste good and fill our bellies.

Well, here it is, a brand new and shiny MMP! Make of it what y’all will.

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

Happy Moanday Y’all!

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Good morning everyone. I’m up as well, on my doc-mandated cup of black coffee. Later today are lab visits, then hopefully released to eat and have normal coffee. It’s 54F and should be mid-80s by the evening. I’m not even bothering with the weatherman, because he’s got nothing new to say each day. Cool mornings, 80s afternoon, dry. I think he should walk out and grumpily say: “It’s the same as every day, I’m going back to bed.”

Rest of the week is mostly unplanned. I’m “bach-ing” it again this week as the missus is in south TX tending to offspring. Nothing but some minor repair jobs around the house, and a visit to the cardiologist later for some complicated, multi-syllabic procedure.

Hope everyone has a good (new) week.

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Once again, I woke stupid early. But I finished reading my book, so there’s that. It’s after 7:30 and I need a shower. And food, tho there isn’t much to be had.

Wonder what the day holds? Happy Moanday…

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Good morning everyone.

It’s currently 52 degrees with an expected high of 82. Same ol’ same ol’ and I long for a good few days of rain.

Today was supposed to be an in-office day, but since I didn’t fall asleep until 2:00 am and my alarm went of off at 3:15, I decided to work from home instead. I’ll make the day up on Wednesday.

There are a couple of different things at play here. First I received sad and distressing news from my step-mother. She has cancer. I want to say it’s multiple myloma, but it seems she used a different term. She’s not been feeling right for about three years now, but her doctor kept blowing her off. So, although it’s only just now been diagnosed, I think she’s had it a good while. She is going to move in with my youngest sister and her family. So, she’s got to sell her house, arrange for some movers, and move several states west from where she lives now. It’s all very sad and I wish I could help her out a little, but I’m just overwhelmed with work. On top of that, my stepmother is very independent and sort of withdraws when she’s dealing with difficult stuff. She gets through it by doing and doesn’t want anyone getting in the way. I know this because of how she handled my father’s illness and subsequent death. At any rate, I told her to let me know what I can do, and I’ll do the best I can to help her. I am very thankful she has someplace to go, because her immediate family doesn’t even reach out to her and they live near her.

The other thing that is keeping me up is my upcoming interview. Yes, it’s normal to be nervous before an interview. But, I think what is keeping me up is what the results of that interview mean. I’m not sure I really want the job, but on the other hand, someone else getting the job doesn’t really bode well for me. I had visions of applying for a lateral position that would have good, but they literally closed the job in one day and I missed the window. It’s my fault for not applying right away, but I had other stuff to do. My MPA is threatening to retire, so if I don’t get the job, she’ll be gone and I’ll be back to doing my current job and hers. Plus, I am also the acting (insert job title) for another state, so I am running myself ragged.

Blah-blah, lots of drama. Sorry to bore you.

I hope today is a good and productive day for you and FCD, mom.

I need another cup of coffee, it’s going to be a long day, even if I am working from home today.

I hope you all have a great day.

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Happy Moonday!

It’s a cloudy 48 degrees outside.

I didn’t go to the park and there is still drama.

I thought I told everybody I wouldn’t be there. That usually means I don’t text people and coordinate who will be there when.
Barky/Humpy texted me early to say they were going and I reminded them that I wasn’t going.
Then I texted a few people to see who else was going.
Barky/Humpy got there early and it was still dark and they were afraid to go into the park by themselves. Nobody else was answering my texts so I didn’t know what to tell them. Lucy2 is usually there early, but she finally texted back that she wasn’t going as she had something else to do.
However, it seems that a few people decided not to go because I wasn’t going. I didn’t know I was so… popular?
Barky/Humpy is mad at me, although I’m not sure why. I don’t control who goes and who doesn’t, I just let everybody know what is going on. They have other peoples’ numbers, nothing stopping them from texting.
It’s also not my fault they are too wimpy to go into the park by themselves that early. I get that it can be a bit scary, but that is why I don’t go early unless I know somebody else will be there. If I know somebody else is going early, I try to be there so they are not there by themselves.

Now I’m late getting out of here, but just as well. I thought the MVA was in the opposite direction of the daycare, but actually the daycare is in between us and the MVA.
I’ll call the post office as soon as they open, then we can leave.

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Mornin’ all. Tis 38, headed for high 50’s later today. I’m up, barely. I’m still suuuper tired. Gonna stop for coffee on the way to the shop–quite unusual for me, but I think I need it. I get to call a client so’s they can come pick up the thingies I made for them. These are just shrouds for lighting truss, the event goers won’t see metal frames, they’ll be seeing wooden columns.

Anyway, onward, I guess.

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Ugh the day is going to be non-productive, I think.
I didn’t know I’d be on the phone so long with the PO. The letters are going out today.
We rushed to daycare and the MVA, and then couldn’t check in because we got there too early.
My son forgot his glasses and failed the vision test.
If we can get back there by 3, we don’t need to make another appointment, but now that we are home, we are going to wait for the mailman, and I have a dr appt at 2.
If the mailman comes early, we will try to go back to the MVA, if not then we can try again another day.
My son can sign for me if the mail comes while I’m out

I am sorry to hear about your step-mom Taters.
I’m sorry for all the other crap you go through too.
It’s not boring us, look at my boring posts.

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Eighth! It’s good to be juvenile about little nothings! It’s 53º and foggy here, but don’t let that fool you: the high today will be 80º. All I have planned is the gym and the COVID booster.

Does anyone know of a good travel agent? My sibs insist on one for the trip tp Italy next spring, and if I don’t finish d a good one, we’re going with some part-time person my sister heard about.

swampy, it’s been a while since I’ve even thought about cubed steak, and come to think of it, I haven’t seen 'yet either m at the store. Sounds nummy.

Taters, I’m sorry your stepmom is facing cancer. I gather the prognosis isn’ t great? Her independence makes it so much harder to help because she won’t tell you what you can do, so you’ll hav to kind of guess. When one of my former students had terminal cancer, a bunch of her classmates and I took turns sending random little gifts to remind her she was loved, and they really helped cheer her. Just a thought.

Sari, Barky’s mom sounds like someone with lots of issues and few redeeming qualities. She needs to sit. Stay. Shush. I hope things smooth out for you.

FCM, hope you have a productive day. And breakfast. I hope you have that.

Where the heck is shoe? And Boo? I worry most about shoe because she has a habit of not eating and slipping into the doldrums, and she lives alone.

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Short sort, although it took the supervisor at 400 an hour to roll the rewraps 100 yards to my slide. :thinking:

I’m sorry about your stepmom, Taters.

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Morning, all.

Have I mentioned how much I love teaching a zero period class? Sure, I’m here an hour before everybody else, but that happens whether I’m teaching zero or not. But by doing so, I miss every single meeting all year long! Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Well worth the getting up “early.”

The weather in SoCal is slowly turning to Fall at last. Thunderstorms predicted for next weekend, which would be nice. Hope everybody has a safe, happy and productive (or not) week. Stay loose, fly low and piss on anybody who harshes your mellow!

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Morning all. Slept in until nearly 8am today, so slowly resuming life. Will get dressed and head out to the credit union to make a deposit and that’s about all I have for the day, except watering the lawn (no rain here in a week). Giving the kids much of the week off from soccer practice due to Fall break, but will get my swimmin’ and sauna in this afternoon.

Taters, sad news about your stepmom, at least she seems to be planning well ahead and accepting that her life has to change. Best wishes to her. And good luck on the interview.

quietly,

Very well done indeed.

nellie, the one I used for my last two big trips (China and Antarctica) was this one: GoWay Travel. They are located in Canada and ain’t cheap, but they give great service and you have a ‘personal’ agent (at least I did) working with you on email and the China trip was just what was promised, so they are safe to trust, IMHO. This should get you to thier Italy page: Italy Tours & Vacations | Tailor-Made Vacations From Goway

Sari, did he forget or did he “forget” his glasses? And the DOg Park Drama never seems to end, does it?

OK, best get dressed and head out to do the banking. All y’all have a great week.

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Working her tailfeathers off lately. One coworker is on vacation, and another has been sick. Not the 'Rona, but she looked pale as hell a few days ago and had a heart attack recently, so once she started feeling dizzy and looked like she was about to faint, the manager sent her to the doctor. Which was absolutely the right call, but meant we were short-handed on a Saturday night. OMFG the split between people who were just grateful to get through the line & receive their meals vs. those who had grumpy or outright vicious words was … interesting.

In today’s news, Monkey just caught a dragonfly. Impressive! He brought it to me, showed it off, then ate it. Not as impressive.

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Things are questionable lately at overlyhouse. My mom’s cancer has begun growing again and she has been switched from her earlier treatment to a more frequent one, which is harder on her than her previous medication. She went to her appointment by herself this morning, but I have a feeling it will be the last time she’ll be able to go alone given how this most recent round of chemo wiped her out. On the bright side, she’s feeling better today than she has since Friday, so thank goodness for that.

It’s gorgeous outside. Bright and sunny ahd mid-60sF. I sincerely hope to go for a walk later, but I’ll wait until I hear from my mom & sister. These appointments are terrifying until after they happen. Then you either find a way to resign yourself to the information you just received or celebrate because it wasn’t as bad as you expected. I am just freaking Little Mary Sunshine today, aren’t I?

I’m so sorry to hear about your stepmother, Taters. And best of luck on your interview. It sounds like you’ve had a ton going on, so don’t be hard on yourself.

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taters - sorry about your stepmom. It angers me that her doctor blew her off for so long. Why do so many drs think women’s ailments are all in their minds?

We’ve about finished with the shop pack out. BIL’s car will be hauled off this afternoon and he’ll get $330, which is generous for that piece of crap.
FIL has been hallucinating the last 2 days. It’s sad…

Gotta go get more boxes and tape. The Wedgewood is going with us after all, so I have that to pack. And tomorrow we will start loading the truck.

Yep, I’m pooped.

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Buddy did that a while back. My husband says dragonflies are very hard to catch, so Monkey deserves much praise for being such a mighty hunter.

No big excitement over here today. Still working on waking up sufficiently to tackle some defilthification.

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Was supposed to be sunny today, so we put the clothes out in the semi-enclosed patio. No sun, and the clothes are staying there until tomorrow, when it’s supposed to get sunny. So there.

If it does get sunny, hubby can mow the grass that is now 5 weeks unmown. It was wet before we left, it was mixed while we were gone, and now wet again. So it’s long. Did I mention wet?

Still trying to get everything put away from vacation. Bought lots of cookies that are probably not special to most people, but we just can’t get them here, and postage is spendy. Told my parents we don’t need Christmas gifts since we got spoiled while we were there. Somehow I don’t think it will take. :slight_smile:

Taters and wordy, sorry about the cancers. Part of the reason I went to the U.S. again so soon was to see a friend who probably won’t see 2023. Chemo (and other treatments) seems to be the lesser evil, but not by far.

Metal mouse, I might steal that travel agent idea. My parents really want to visit Spain and Italy, and the travel agent they used before is definitely a bit flakey. But they might stay with her anyway. Some sort of combination cruise and tour would be better for them.

I should really get this stuff organized. More later, or tomorrow.

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Well, this sucks. Just found out that I didn’t get the big gig. They’re going with a local vendor. I do have some back-up plans, but I was looking forward to a big job.

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Afternoon all. Deposit made at the Credit Union, long line (combination of lunch hour and Moanday), but the lady in front of me had brought in her 10-week old long-haired dachshund and that gladdened my (and from what I could see, several other) hearts. Then managed to break the spray adjustment handle off my sprinkler and had to run to Loews to replace it. Yard is getting watered now while I type this, another 20 minutes in the current location and I’ll move it. Don’t mind being a little late for swimmin’, no soccer practice so as long as I am done by 4:30pm, all is well.

Dicey, you can contact them via e-mail, tell them what you’re looking for, and they should provide some recommendations. They were real good in customizing my China trip, combining the main tour with a side trip to Hong Kong and always kept me advised on the costs. Hope they can help out.

wordy, sorry to here about Mom-unit. Hope she doesn’t try to do too much on her own.

shoe, if you don’t already read it, take a peek at Newest », and you won;t feel so all alone when it comes to troublesome customers.

OK, need to do a couple more things and finish the front yard watering (back yard tomorrow) and then dress for swimmin’ laps. Take care all.

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Hi everyone! Local festival here ,so the kids were home today. They didn’t want to go to the fairground, so we took a walk in the woods instead.
taters, multiple myeloma is also called Kahler’s disease. Perhaps this is the name your MIL mentioned. It sucks to have nonetheless. Much love for all of you. wordy, same.
Have a good day all!

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That does, in fact, sucketh mightily. My condolences.