indeed.
Lovely time for a cold. I had a school tour scheduled this morning (already rescheduled once, I should say, due to snow), so I made myself go despite feeling cruddy. It was a great tour but I’m wiped out now. I think I’ll be spending the rest of the day in bed.
Also I lost a filling. I already had made an appointment next Monday to take care of the loose filling, so of course it fell out. I figure a week’s wait will be okay.
I hope this doesn’t predict the rest of the week.
It does not. You are getting the bad luck out of the way early so that the rest of your week can be great.
Be careful chewing. I’ve lost a filling before - Anbesol was my friend.
I’m lucky it’s in the back near my gum line and does not currently hurt.
They arrived today, and I tried one on. I went overboard with the sizing having been pissed off with too-tight shoes too many times before. I expected them to be loose to the point of having to stuff them with paper towel. They were not. They are a nice snug fur-lined fit – albeit about 2½ times my usual normal shoe size! Still, I now have winter shoes! And the zipper is on both sides, so makes it really easy to get into them.
Yeah. Seriously warm serious winter boots are seriously huge. Especially for a dog used to sandals.
Fur-lined should be a breeze with no socks (I imagine). As for putting on socks, I’ve been using a sock slider for over ten years.
That is good news! So happy to hear it worked out for you.
I almost NEVER buy new shoes or boots, but after weeks of sub-zero temps, I realized that the only pair of shoes I own that are at all warm are an old pair of KEENs that are too low (so they get full of snow).
So for the first time in a decade, I went shoe shopping…
…and was aghast that good, tall boots had almost-$200 price tags.
But I persisted, and found some high, insulated waterproof KEENs at a Nordstrom Rack for half the price they were from Keen or REI.
Toasty toes! Yay!
Very trivial compared to some posts, I am well aware, but I am getting VERY aggravated by how hard it is to find kitten toys that don’t involve feathers. We have two cats and a bird. I do NOT wish to encourage the cats to go after feathery things, for the bird’s safety.
You have to admire the dexterity wherein I use my front paws to operate the zippers!
You’re just going against nature! 
I don’t think Misty’s as smart as Tweety when it comes to dealing with cats. 
The massive winter storm of January 24-25 that closed schools and paralyzed parts of Lexington, Kentucky over the last few weeks is finally being overcome, thanks to the diligent efforts of city officials. Public schools finally opened for classes today (with a 2-hour delay) and all concerned are breathing a sign of relief.
What was this cataclysmic weather event, you ask? It was (drumroll) 3 inches of snow followed by a coating of ice, then a little more snow. Lexington proved entirely incapable of treating and plowing streets in a timely manner. Prolonged cold solidified the snow/ice, keeping roads in poor shape, frustrating commuters and supposedly preventing school buses from operating. The response from the mayor’s office was to exaggerate the amount of snow that had fallen (claiming “half a foot” instead of the actual 3.8 inches) and counsel “patience”. This did not impress the governor, who got fed up along with everyone else outside of City Hall.
This is old hat to anyone in the area who remembers past winter storms and poor preparedness.* The powers that be continue to be under the illusion that Lexington is a southern city, so snow/ice are rare inconveniences that don’t have to be planned for. Except it keeps happening on a regular basis.
I live some miles away from Lexington and don’t have to worry caring for stay-at-home kids. This must have been great for parents and anyone else dealing with hard-to-navigate or dangerous streets.
*Years ago when we lived in Lexington there was a genuine snowstorm with close to a foot of snow, which still took much longer than it should have to deal with. The mayor at that time made encouraging statements like “time is on our side” and reassured residents that it was worse in Louisville. 
**poor response to winter weather has historically been bad news for politicians.
The financial price of actual preparedness is evidently more than most taxpayers want to pay.
My late wife grew up in a small town in the Connecticut “mountains” (1000 foot hills really). Individual snowfalls were measured in feet and the annual total often approaching 15 feet. Something like 80% of the town’s annual budget went to snow removal.
Now small towns like that don’t have too much else to spend tax money on. But it was still an impressive statistic.
It was the same in Memphis. My street didn’t start melting until last Thursday. School was out for two weeks. Trash pickup just resumed yesterday. These events are no longer anomalies. We’ve had at least one major snow/ice event every year since 2020. They used to happen once a decade. The city has done some work on the aging water infrastructure so, unlike the last two years, we didn’t have to boil water this time. But there needs to be some serious planning done to deal with this new normal. Being trapped in your hone for nearly two weeks is unacceptable.
Fun fact: Lexington KY had big problems just a year ago cleaning up a moderate snow and ice storm. After that debacle, City Hall announced a big overhaul to its snow clearing efforts.
Oops.
I’m so depressed today. I know things can’t really be as bad as they feel. Being sick probably doesn’t help. I hope I can get out of this fucking job before they fire me.
Hope so too. Hang in there.