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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 56 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 80 and mostly cloudy for the day. I shall betake myself over to the church house to deal with some stuff for Sunday. Outside of that, high sloth and uselessness shall prevail. Sup shall be majik intartoobz pizza and sallit.

sari hope Ripple is feelin’ better today, poor baby! ::skritches:: Glad Cerby is adjustin’ to his new home. I say it’s time to cut ties with Barky/Humpy mom. She seems to be too toxic.

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

Happy Firday Y’all!

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Good morning everyone.

It’s currently 52 degrees with rain falling. Rain will continue until around 11:00 or so, and then it’s just cloudy skies. I guess it got pretty windy up north yesterday and there were power outages. While it definitely got a little gusty here, it wasn’t too bad.

The doctor’s visit was a waste of leave. My lungs sound good. I am negative for strep and COVID, I guess my throat and nasal passages look alright and all my vitals are normal. In other words, nothing bacterial going on; it’s just some nasty virus. All I know is that I’m sick of coughing and sick of having a sore throat. I have some prescription-strength cough suppressants for when it gets bad, and Mucinex, Flonase, and neti pot were recommended. I have all of these at home. Bah. She said she could prescribe some sort of lidocaine stuff for my throat but that it was a PITA to use. I told her I’m not interested in that.

Just need to get through one more day of work. I have a couple of hours of admin time that need burning up before next week, so I think I’m going to use them. Between using them and this being my short day, it’ll significantly shorten my workday.

sari, I hope Ripple is feeling better today. I’m glad Cerby is starting to adjust. Eff Barky mom. Time to walk away from that toxic person.

I hope your hubby is okay, JtC. I’d say it’s time to TELL him you’re taking him to the hospital. Call him out on having seen him poking around in Dr. Google and let him know it’s time to see a real doc.

I have a pretty high pain tolerance and have a really bad reaction to anything codeine based. Consequently, I don’t really do painkillers. They send me home with some, I take one, maybe and the rest expire for lack of use. They don’t do much for me anyway.

Well, I guess I should get on my with my day. I hope you all have a good one.

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Mornin’ all. The grass out there is frosty and my phone says it’s a whole 30 ferret height. I’m off to the home despot to pick up some plywood. Oh, how I love slinging sheets of plywood around first thing in the morning.

Hope all you who are feeling poorly feel better soonest!

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Happy Firday!

My day started with Echo throwing up on the bed.
Really, Echo, Really? You couldn’t have gotten off the bed first?

It’s a chilly 41 degrees outside. I had to go out to pick up my son from irk.

No dog park today as Ripple is still a bit off. If it is shar pei fever, then he should be fine by tomorrow. He’s eating, and I don’t have to force aspirin down his throat anymore. He’s still a little stiff in his hind legs and moving a little slower than usual. Another day of rest and he should be good.
Also, I don’t feel like going.

Echo is fine, she and Cerby were having a great time playing in the yard earlier.
I wish my yard was a bit bigger.
I tried to get a video, but in typical dog fashion, as soon as I pulled out the phone, they stopped playing.

The dog park is closed tomorrow morning. I think it’s the dog costume parade day. We’re hoping Urban dad invites us to his place in the morning, otherwise we may go to the other park.
I may take the opportunity to sleep in.
It’s getting close to Urban mom due date though, so they may not be up to having a half dozen+ dogs running around the yard.

I’m not sure what is up with Barky/Humpy mom. I agree it’s time to put distance between us.
I hope once all the estate stuff is finished, I can find a house with a big yard, and people can come to my house. I’ve put off looking until we know what we are getting.

There have been a few meetings where my son irks. Some are the usual correct behavior at irk, no racism, no sexism, no bullying. However, he got randomly chosen for a small meeting in which they were asked for ideas on how to improve their job. He spoke up with a suggestion, and management agreed with him. I am happy to hear he is speaking up, and glad his concern was taken seriously. It should boost his confidence.

I hope you get better soon Taters.
Lingering crud is the worst.

Abdominal surgery is always awful. You don’t realize how much you use those muscles until it hurts to use them. I’ve been sliced hip to hip twice, no fun at all.
My doctor told me that for every bruise I could see on the outside, there was a corresponding bruise on the inside.

As usual, I have things to do.
I really want to take the day off, but I don’t know. I’ve missed more time this year than the last ten years put together.
I wish I could quit, irk has become very irksome.
A number of my clients have mentioned how hard it is to find me anymore. A number have expressed concern that I may be leaving. I tell them I’m not leaving, but if they only knew how much I want to.
Except for a few that I really like because they are so easy to irk with.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s 15c/58f with a predicted high of 16c/60f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “It’s fucking mint outside, which is great, unless you’re a cat. Cats fucking hate that shit”. Mine would agree, they are all asleep in various places around the house. Even Spare Cat is snoozing on the bed.

Taters I hope the doc can help you, lingering crud is horrible when you just want to get on with your life.

sari I agree that the offending dog owner really should just bugger off and leave the rest of you in peace. Nobody really wants her and a pair of out of control hounds that the other dogs don’t want anything to do with.

nellie keeping all the usual appendages crossed for your daughter!

I am very glad that my Friday is nearly over…it’s been a grotty day. Still, managed to get some stuff done although it wasn’t what I’d intended to do since I got a job dumped on me that someone else should have been doing. I wonder if I can nominate myself for sainthood?

Weekend plans involve the gym tomorrow morning, then a haircut, stop for petrol then lunch at home. We’re off to see a band called Ward XVI tomorrow night in Preston so a quick scoot up the motorway, meet some friends, and back home on Sunday. Early night tonight, I think.

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Morning all. Pill taken, paper retrieved and Instant Breakfast breakfasted upon. Heading out to do the November shopping here in a bit, then swimmin’-n-sauna a bit later and soccer this evening.

Sattiday will be busy; there is a soccer tournament both my 10U and 12U boys are playing in, so will coach 4 games and have also agreed to referee 2 more. So I’ll be busy from 8am to 6:30pm (play last game under the lights) and just hope I can drag myself home. Need to plan for water and probably some sammiches to take with me. We’ll see if all that exercise pays off.

JtC, you sounds pretty normal to me; but I’m not stoned so I cannot tell immediately. Hope hubby’s chest is ok both in and out.

Sari, no one has been more patient than you with Barky/Humpy’s Mom; if you need to cut ties for your own sake, then do so. And hope Ripple gets to feeling better.

Don’t get too many political ads, Ali-bama is as close to a one-party state as you can get, but my mailbox is busy telling me about all the Medicare advantage options I have…

kitap and nellie, take care and hope the pain isn’t to bad. I’ve been lucky, only have had laproscopic surgery for my gall bladder about 20 years ago and can’t remember much pain with it, so either the drugs worked or my memory doesn’t…

OK, need to get dressed and head for the bank and the Kroger. Take care all.

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I’m good. Nothing weird has popped up on my birthday suit and the couple of things I did ask about are nothing. So yay! And I’ve got my appointment for next year.

I ran to Food Lion after to get b-day cake mix and frosting for FCD’s cake (11/3!!) and I got some other stuff. I would prefer to make my own frosting, but he likes the fudge stuff in the can. Hey, his b-day, his choice. We’ll have Daughter and her crew over for supper and cake next Firday, and Roxy can help blow out the candles.

As soon as my sweetie gets back, we’ll have lunch. Then, dunno. We’ll see…

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It was the ususal SSLAWS having alternating meltdowns. I had to do all the cleanup on the 200 slide, so I didn’t get out till 11:45… But since it was OT, and the power company didn’t have the power back on until 12:09, it worked out. And my glasses still aren’t ready. At this rate, I may have my next eye doc appointment before I get these glasses.

They never seem pleased with my “set everything on fire, and go day drinking” suggestion. Good for him!

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He suggested that they should pad the exposed pipes he keeps hitting his head on.

I think it’ll take a few more years of irk for him to get to the "set everything on fire and go day drinking’.

I finally got through to unemployment today. Just to be told it’s still waiting to be reviewed. She put in a ticket to expedite it. That is what somebody else did back in March/April.
The good news is they have a new system which helps things process more quickly.

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My sister called this morning, so that was two hours of happy chatting. I have the be sheets in the dryer, then I’ll head to the gym. I may also start packing small stuff because I hate to rush at the end. I’m trying to think of what host/hostess gift to bring to the kids’ when I go on Sunday. It has to be packable or easily carried, as I’ll be on a crowded train, so a plant is out, and I don’t have much on hand to bake with. Suggestions are welcome!

I’m mildly itchy and trying not to think about how much itchier I’ll be on the painkillers. You’d think after a couple dozen surgeries (including the eye stuff), I’d be more sanguine about all this. Long-term, I am. Short-term, well, sanguinity is still a goal.

Ha! Must have nudged some cosmic force because I just got a call from the hospital telling me to be there at 6 a.m. on the 31st.

kitap, I’m sorry about the painkillers not working for you. I remember telling the doc who did my first C-section, “I feel like I got stabbed in the stomach,” and he said matter-of-factly, “Well, you were.” Laparoscopic surgery just means they used a stiletto. Every minute of every day, your body is healing, though, even if it doesn’t feel like it. I hope yours heals extra-fast.

Taters, I wish the doc had found something bacterial so you could fix it faster. Viruses are little hooligans, which is why I don’t invite them to dinner parties. A doc once told me it takes longer to get over infections when you don’t rest 24/7 for a few days, but of course, most of us can’t do that.

sari, a dog costume parade? Much as I insist that people treat dogs like dogs, that sounds adorable. Barky and Humpy’s person sounds unbearable. I have a feeling her attitude has gotten her ostracized at dog parks before. Time for her to torment a new batch of people and pups. Also, scritches to Ripple.

Phone!

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I am alive. Moving is proceeding. I have read nothing. Hugs and best wishes to everyone.

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I haven’t caught up in days. But I am here. Sorta.

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My mother confirmed that I was with her when she went and got an album signed by Cleo Laine. Sometime in the mid 70s. My parents went to a number of her concerts. “Born on a Friday” is the album I remember the most and this is my favorite song (but I still think she says “Chocolate Cheese” at :38:

Another favorite “Sometimes when we touch”. My mom was super impressed when I met James Galway.

And I need to listen to Ray Charles/Cleo Laine - sounds like a winning combination.

Weather’s weird - it’s really warm, and it seems like it’s here to stay. Also means we have the mosquitoes to go with it. No fun at all.

I can’t stop yawning, so maybe I should just go to bed.

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Wifey, RN only had one patient today, so she was home when I got back from my walk. She said she was almost hit by a semi who didn’t recognise her right-of-way. She had to back up to avoid being hit.

Me: Remember to look out for idiots.

She: I always look out for idiots.

Me: Aw! Thank you!

She: You’re welcome.

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So the eye clinic called. They haven’t even submitted anything to Medicare for the eye surgery I’m supposed to have because Medicare doesn’t even have a code for it. As far as Medicare is concerned, it’s a cosmetic procedure, even though, for me, it’s the opposite: I’m not doing it to get away from contacts or glasses; I’m doing it hoping it will get me INTO contacts or glasses.

They said it’ll be up to me to call Medicare and find out how I go about requesting pre-authorization…for a surgery they don’t even have a code for.

That’ll be fun.

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Howdy Y’all! I got the church stuff done and then much sloth ensued, includin’ nappage, and day drinkin’. Majik intartoobz pizza and sallit were consumed. Thus it was in swampland today.

sunny glad things are progressin’ on the move front.

All you who have had or soon to have surgery, may you heal soonest.

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I hope that Ripple is feeling better today sari.

Take chawklit nellie. :slight_smile: Almost always appropriate and welcome.

Glad things are progressing on the move sunny.

Went to the doctor this morning, got out, went to Whataburger for breakfast, hit the grocery stores. Just as I was backing out of the Kroger parking lot, I saw a car backing toward me in the backup camera, so I pulled back into the space. Then I felt a bump. :anguished: I got out of the car to assess the damage (there was none) and the 80-something woman in cataract dark glasses in the other car did as well. She had a slight scratch on her bumper, but didn’t want to file a report. Makes sense, given that she was at fault, there were witnesses (waiting for both of our primo spaces) and she likely would have had issues with her insurance / license. That was the excitement for the day.

Tomorrow, I’ll clean up the patio and yard, as well as strip the sweet basil for pesto, cut back the rest of the herbs for drying and trim the perennials for winter. Other than that, I’ll play around in the studio.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Made a Costco run, got out for under $60, which is great for me. The bottled water is still in the car, I’ll deal with it tonight or tomorrow, with help from a luggage cart. Also got some varied grocery items and a berry smoothie. Scared myself when I couldn’t remember where I parked, but I did find the car after some wandering (there has GOT to be a better way to find the stupid car in a large parking lot!).

DH’s recurring sinus infection is flaring up again, to which he’s responding by snorting Neosporin. Yes, he’s weird. :slight_smile:

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I really like the way you think!

He can’t get away from my constant fretting by sleeping like he could with Covid so he finally gave in today. According to the x-rays, he did not break his sternum. His lungs are not punctured, but that could still happen if hubs doesn’t take it easy. No wrapping involved, but they did agree with my idea of giving him a pillow to hug when he has to cough.

He is still in a lot of pain, but I feel better. (The ridge seems to be bruising, like if he had landed on the edge of the concrete.)

He wanted to stop at the grocery store for a few things on the way home, and he bought a bag of Reeses Cups to hand out on Halloween which made me happy because I do NOT like them, so won’t be tempted to eat them.

I am so sorry. I was really hoping that they would give you a round of antibiotics and you would be all better tomorrow.

The last time I got a script for painkillers, I didn’t bother to fill it because I want to spend money on something I wouldn’t use but would have to take into town to properly dispose of.

When you day starts with puke on the bed at least you know that you’ve gotten the worse part of your day over with early.

I hope Ripple is feeling better shortly, I know how helpless sick pets make us feel.

NOOOOOO!!!

I wonder if this calls for a personal visit to the Social Security office.

Does you have a panic button on your keyfob? Failing that, go to the craft store and buy a golf ball sized Styrofoam ball and a can of bright colored spray paint. Paint the ball bright orange or whatever will catch your eye and then put it on your car antenna. They are shorter than they used to be, but the orange will catch your eye.

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Our antenna is just too short and stubby for that to work (I have used that tactic with other cars). I try not to use the panic button unless really needed since I don’t want to freak everyone else out. I use the Lock button and follow sound, which only works once I’m reasonably close to the car :). I do get the occasional odd look when I’m holding my keys over my head to hit the button, but oh well. It helps range.