Mist and Murk in the MMP!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 7c/44f with a predicted high of 8c/47f and cloudy. Weather app says “This is the perfect fucking day to stay the fuck inside and try a new hobby. May I fucking suggest witchcraft?” Indeed, it’s misty and damp outside, more autumn than winter.

I have no big plans for today. Work, then the dentist and hygienist but the bonus is that I get to finish work early for that. I am on campus Tuesday-Thursday this week due to departmental meetings that I have to attend, and there’s a union meeting on Wednesday too. Busy, busy, busy!

What’s it like where you are? Still the depths of winter or is Mother Nature teasing you with milder temperatures?

Here It Is! The MMP
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What’s it like where I am, you ask? I posted the week’s weather forecast around about a week ago in the mini-rants thread in the Pit, in which every day and every night was forecasted as “snow” except for the ones warning of freezing rain or ice pellets. The current forecast is almost the same except no rain or hail – just snow. All this shit falling from the sky is unusual around here, and I blame La Nina. Amazing but true that sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific can have a major effect on weather up here in parts of the US and Canada.

Yes, a few days ago Mother Nature teased us with unseasonably warm temperatures that were downright springlike. The wonderful result as this powerful warm front moved through was very high winds and eventually a power outage that lasted nearly 4 hours!

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Second! It’s good to be sort of juvenile.

We’ve been getting fog, sun, and more fog, and the forecast is for more of the same. It’s rainy season, dammit! Where’s the rain?

I’ve got a temporary gig in March scoring essays for a major test company. The pay isn’t great, but the hours are good, and it’s only for a few weeks. When I retired, I shouted, “As Gawd is my witness, I’ll never grade a paper again!” I figure I had well over 4,000 students altogether. Once, to distract myself during an MRI, I figured that if you laid each sheet I graded end-to-end, the trail would be about 35 miles long. Anyway, I’ve had a nine-years break, and scoring these essays goes fast.

I figured out something that makes me slightly less anxious about my daughter’s situation. If worse comes to worst, and her STBX decides to default on his share of the mortgage, I could give up my apartment, put my stuff in storage, and move into their house so I could cover his half of the mortgage. I’d consult a lawyer first, and this would only be a last-ditch option, but it’d keep him from tanking her credit rating.

The woman upstairs invited me up to meet her cat, whom I’ll be cat-sitting in a couple of weeks. The cat is adorable. The woman is a little odd: she said she’s a “cat psychic” and wasn’t joking. She has very little people furniture and a whole lot of cat furniture. Aside from that and her anxiety about leaving her cat, she’s OK.

I’m getting Sir Charles overnight tonight. Oh, we had an amusing squirrel encunter yesterday. A squirrel was taunting him from atop a fence–very frustrating. Then a dog came from the opposite direction. The squirrel panicked and scrabbled in place like Wile E. Coyote when he’s run off a cliff, then threw himself down the other side.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 28 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 51 and sunny. The big plan of the day is men’s night over to the church house. We will go over early to setup as is our wont. However, until then we shall be RDOS sloths.

Winter is with us, but later in the week we will have some high temps in the sixties. Weather fluctuates even here. I mean yestiddy it was drunk and staggered around in the yahd all day. We had rain, snow and sun in the space of about twelve hours.

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

Happy Moanday Y’all!

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Already Monday night here.

School started today so the kids and I were all back to the grinder.

Really busy so more updates tomorrow.

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Today is starting at 18 Ferrets with a predicted high of low 40s. At least there should be sun all day. My yard has a scattered coating of white but paved areas have no accumulation, tho they might be slippery. The only precip forecast for the rest of the week is maybe on Firday, but it will be winter for sure - even dropping to 11 Ferrets at one point.

I need to toddle out and check the heating oil tank gauge. I’m pretty sure we’ve got more than half a tank but I need to verify. FCD will be picking up 20 bags of pellets from Lowes. Since he’s been doing a lot of work in his shop, he’s been burning more than usual, plus using his (electric, dammit) heat more than usual. I dread the next electric bill.

Today, the bottom of our boat will be blasted to clean all the accumulated layers of paint down to the bare hull. Then next week, we’re getting the fancy new bottom paint applied and we may actually go back in the water in Feb. At that point, we’ll turn our attention to the dinghy - small boat, fairly small job, mostly cosmetic.

I’ll be running to Food Lion to see if they’ve gotten more of FCD’s preferred root beer. Last 2 times they only had one case in each store, dammit. It’s his evening drink because it’s caffeine-free. I wish he’d drink sprite - that’s lots easier to find on sale. Oh well…

We’ve got a new collar and leash coming for Otis - his old collar barely fits since he’s been growing. The new one has more adjustment. And the leash was recommended by his kennel/day care owner. It looks like a better alternative than the retracting one - I have to wrap part of it around my hand because if he took off, it would likely pull the handle out of my hand. Anyway, that should be today’s big excitement. rah.

For the moment, tho, I have surfage to accomplish. Happy Moanday!!

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off today. I have to do my Aldi run today. Spot is somewhere being cat and mysterious.

It’s currently 25 degrees Ferret Height(-3.889 Centipedes) with FREEZING FOG,
with a wintry mix forecast on Saturday. So definitely winter.

:rofl:

< waves at Sensei >

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Outdoors, it’s 13 degrees F, snowing, and getting colder.

FCMom, when a non-boat-owner says, “I’m having some work done on my bottom,” it might mean plastic surgery to get cuter glutes.

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Or a colonoscopy…

:rofl:

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-7F at 0730 this morning. Cranked up the heaters and have a hoodie on until the place warms to something approaching comfortable.

We’re supposed to have a meeting with a Somali restaurant owner today about having them prepare food for a meeting next Saturday here at The Home. I appreciate the support we’re offering, but I’m a little apprehensive about driving to that area of town, which is largely Somali/Hispanic, as ICE is targeting those folks. It likely won’t be a problem and I’m just being nervous over nothing.

Overslept a bit, so gotta cut this short and get breakfast underway.

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Morning all. Up about 7am after the second of two bladder alerts, so just doing the morning internettn’ while waiting for time to do the shop-n-sammich ritual for Moanday. Clear blue skies here but they are trying to fool us, it’s 22F outside and barely going to get to 40F later. It will warm up some (highs in the 50’s) later this week, but then get below freezing again for the weekend. Nothing much on the agenda for this week, in fact I haven’t written down my agenda for this week yet, a duty I will attend to after this missive gets wrote.

wolfie, sounds fairly miserable; I can live with snow if that is all I get, but it does get..tedious after a while.

Nellie, happy grading. And scoring essays go fast? I know you read quickly, but how do you grade essays fast? And looking for some interesting tales from the cat-sitting. Best to daughter and love the “Squirrel!” story.

Sensei, bet the house is quiet(er) now.

FCM, yeah my gas (heater) and electric bills will not be pleasant reading for February, but still have been lower than in other years. And Happy New Collar day for Otis.

Cookie, don’t know if you win the “coldest Mumper of the Day” award, but you’re certainly in the running. And just be aware of your surroundings a little more than usual.

And time to catch up on my webcomics and get the week underway. Have a good one all.

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Wind chills to get to -20 tonight. Praying our heat stays on and for the homeless ( Code Blue will provide a sleeping place for them). I have some food and books.
Weds is to be a heat wave of 34. I have an eye dr appointment then.

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Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and cuddling a little reddish dog. Soon, I shall do KP.

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A very chilly 26f in philly. Really bright day with the wee snow from this weekend. Very slippery out as the snow was the big slushy type. The only warmish day will be Thursday.

I’m wfh today with a dr appointment at noon. The dr office is in the condo building so no need to go out.

This makes the cats happy.

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Good morning.

It’s 31F, foggy, and frosty outside. By afternoon, we’ll have sunshine and a daytime high of 47F.

Nellie, your upstairs neighbor sounds…interesting.

Wolfie, I can understand that too much snow would be a little, well, much. However, up here in my little corner of the world, we haven’t seen a single solitary snowflake down here in the lowlands, and our mountain snowpack is only at 50% of normal. I would love to see a little snow, enough to quiet the world around here for a day or so.

There was a 20-car pile-up on NB I-5 this morning. It happened right on the county lines. Three lanes closed; five-mile-long backup. I do not miss commuting.

It’s time to finish my coffee, I guess. Sending hugs to everyone, just because.

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Have you ever thought about starting a new MMP while it’s still Sunday afternoon in the States? :slight_smile:

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Ohhh, mmp from the future!