Howdy Y’all! We laundered, slothed, napped, made and et sup, and Batcleaned the kitchen. A typical day for two retired drains on society. Lovely!
MG glad you popped in to see us! Hope the doc is able to help you figure it all out.
Batboy glad you’re at least gettin’ sump’n durin’ the break.
MOOOOOOM so should we call FCD “Sweetie” now? After all, if RoxStar says that’s his name…
Swampy, no, he’s my sweetie, not yours!! 
It’s raining - came down pretty hard earlier. And from the forecast, I think the cold front is here. We shall see.
Chillage is ongoing and sleepy time is imminent.
Hey y’all. Had a nice productive day at irk today, nearly finished with the museum piece, but now the restaurant client wants some more stuff. I’d love to get one done so’s I can focus on the other.
Had a frustrating few hours trying to change cell carriers, but I can’t seem to log into my current carrier site, since they need a PIN that I made “in the store.” I’ve never been in the store. Guess I gotta go to the store. Grrr
Gonna be a stressful evening here, my beloved Red Sox are playing the MFY’s in a one game wildcard game. Gotta be honest, never thought the sox would get this far at the beginning of the season.
Well, hell, y’all: I had a coronary CT this morning, and apparently I have unobstructed coronary artery disease. Unobstructed is better than obstructed, but it’s heart disease nonetheless. There isn’t much information online, but the gist seems to be that treatment depends on the cause — and my lab results didn’t mention a cause (that I could understand, anyway). I don’t follow up with the cardiologist until the 13th, so I get to spend the next week not knowing what this means for my health…or what this means for my bariatric surgery (will the bypass and resulting weight loss fix it? do I need to start new meds? does the procedure need to be delayed/rescheduled?). I called her office today in case I could get in any sooner, but no dice. I’ll call again tomorrow and Thursday, in case she has a cancellation and I can squeak in (our appointment is just a video visit), but if I can’t see her any sooner I might send her a message on Thursday. Whether surgery proceeds or not, I am so using this as an excuse to hire someone to shovel my sidewalks this winter!
Almost exactly six years ago, I took my (kind of jumpy/nervous) dog to a new vet practice: it’s in the “downtown” part of my town, on a busy four-lane divided road, and I didn’t know that there was a back entrance. I parked at a store next to the animal hospital and got Bailey out of the car, and the noise from the traffic completely freaked her out. Before I knew it, she wiggled out of her harness and took off…and started running back and forth across the road. It was evening and slightly rainy, and I was convinced that I was about to watch my dog get hit by a car. Eventually she picked a side of the road and just started running down it; I tried running after her for a little, but I’m fat and she’s fast and she was gone pretty quickly. Oh, did I mention that my mother had died two weeks earlier? I lost. My. Shit. I am generally pretty cool under pressure, and she’s chipped and had her collar on, but I was terrified that I’d never see her again — and/or that she would get really hurt or killed — and I just started crying (sobbing) and telling the people at the animal hospital “I just lost my mom, I can’t lose my dog!” I called my best friend, and I think I was actually hysterical for a minute or two. The staff was awesome: they started spreading out to look for her, and one tech found her a few blocks away behind a funeral home. The tech just sat on the ground until Bailey walked up to her, and she was able to grab her collar. She put a slip leash on her, and led her back down the side of the road. The next day, I sent that tech a really big Edible Arrangement. 
And for the next year or two, Bailey was famous there as “the dog that ran away.”
(I started parking in the back/using the back entrance, and also putting a “just in case” slip leash on her when we would go from the car to the building.)
Everybody is swampy’s sweetie.
Evening all. Rain settled in about 6:30pm and have heard a couple rumbles of thunder here, so it’s not likely to get dry for a couple of days now. Plan to get a haircut tomorrow and do a little shopping, will try to do it between raindrops.
Oopsie, glad Bailey survived her freedom run, and glad you did too. Hope the Drs. report is favorable, sounds like it’s not “OMG, get to a hospital now” serious, but it’s still better to know.
Emily, glad to hear from you. Hope the Dr. can help.
Sari, I get at least one call a week from folks who want to buy my house…sorry, not for sale. Good luck on your search.
OK, everyone have a good evening/morning. Back on Hump Day.
: waves at MG :
C.A.R.Y.: Containment Area For Relocated Yankees
Came home from work just dead beat tired. Let the cats out for a bit, then crawled directly into bed.
I think I was asleep before 8 p.m.
Predictably, I’m now awake at 1 a.m. and will likely have “dinner” in the middle of the night.
Sitting here listening to the constant barking of a neighbor’s dog. It’s not barking AT anything - this is the monotonous ongoing barking of a dog that’s bored & lonely. 
Why get a dog if you’re just gonna leave it outside alone all day and night?
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.
This is exactly why I don’t believe in “outside” dogs. I’ve known a few people who don’t let their dogs into their houses. I always want to say, “Why not just put up a photo of a dog?”
The dog in the apartment next door has separation anxiety. On the rare occasion when both of his people are gone, he barks and howls. I don’t mind the noise, but I feel bad for him. I’m going to offer to dog-sit when they have to leave him alone. He’s a good boy.
Misnomer, that sounds aggravating. I hope you can get info sooner than the 13th, and I really, really hope this doesn’t mean no surgery.
Emily, I hope you feel better soon.
You know that libertarian acquaintance I’ve mentioned previously, the one who moved to a red state out of a genuine fear of post-election violence?
I’ve recently found out that he died a few months ago. I don’t know how, and I’ll probably never know. He was relatively young and fit, but god knows that doesn’t necessarily make a difference these days, even without COVID (which, again, he didn’t believe in).
The community we were both part of (which ironically would’ve caused him to be rejected by most of his ideological kin, had they known) seems to generally feel like I do: kind of torn between his political beliefs (especially the stereotypically right wing way he expressed them) and the fact that he genuinely cared about the community (and in my case, me in particular; I never doubted he liked me personally).
I’m sad that he’ll never get the chance to change his mind or see beyond what conservative media told him. At the same time, I hate what he made my old friend feel before he left, and that that will forever remain unresolved between them. A lot of conflicting emotions.
It does make me wonder if the folks who are “honored” by the Herman Cain awards subreddit had people in their lives with a similar position. I can say all I like that my acquaintance wasn’t as bad as many of them were, but I realize that sounds kind of hollow.
I don’t know. Like I said, a lot of conflict. It’s weird.
Oopsie, Emily and Shoe, good luck with all the physical troubles. Take care!
Leaper, sorry for your loss. These are strange times. Frightening how lost people can get in all this.
It’s Wednesday here already, and it’s been raining all morning. The cats are bored and have taken to annoying each other. Which makes for a real life cat video. So that’s nice. Have a good day everyone!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 84 and rain for the day. Today we procure provisions and I have, as usual, church janitor Junior Warden duties to deal with over to the church house. Gonna get those done soonest this mornin’ cause the rain is due to be with us this afternoon/evenin’. Sup shall be leftovers from yestiddy.
Nellie I am from the Southern USofA, so words like sweetie, darlin’, sugar, and the like tend to fall out of my mouth a lot.
Leap sorry about your friend.
Oopsie here’s hopin’ the doc’s report is favorable and that you can go ahead with the surgery.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and oh so much bother, I suppose I shall purtify and don appropriate bein’ about the public attire. How I do suffer!
Happy Hump Day Y’all!
We don’t get calls, but there are frequent postcards from realtors in the mail. Alternating with emails urging me to refinance (which I just did less than a year ago!)
I never understood the point of an “outside” pet. My MIL doesn’t like litter boxes, so all of their cats were outside pets - not even allowed indoors. Which means she put food outside, and occasionally was able to pet them. OK, whatever… But people who get dogs and leave them chained in the yard?? Can’t wrap my head around that at all.
You forgot “honey child”… or does that have racist implications?? I don’t speak Southern… 
Rain started last night and continued on and off, as it shall during the day. We might see a little sun on Firday. Maybe.
Things are up in the air, what with SIL’s impending surgery. He was supposed to take care of our cats when we go to FL, since preggo daughter should not be scooping cat poop. So I’m working on a contingency plan there. Anyone want a free place to stay for a vacation in southern Merrylande the last week of this month?? Such a deal I have for you!!
Plus my daughter’s worried that he won’t be able to get Roxy to school, so I may be taking that on as long as he’s unable to drive. At least her school doesn’t start till 8, so I don’t have to drive in the dark. But we’ll have to see how it all goes - he meets with his surgeon on Moanday. In the meantime, he’s still going to work - fortunately, most of it can be done sitting down.
Not sure what I’ll do today, apart from pushing around the vacuum and emptying the dishwasher. I have to bring Roxy here after school - my daughter has a parent conference so she’ll be running late. I told her I’d feed them dinner - pulled poke, steak fries, some sort of veggie matter. I guess there will be enough to keep me out of trouble. Perhaps…
Happy Wednesday!
Dang, I don’t know why I was so tired last night, but a solid 12 hours (!) in bed helped.
Of course, I went to bed without feeding the rats or swapping water bottles, and my favorite group was completely out of water this morning. Promptly gave then two fresh, full bottles, but watching them fight & squeak over the spouts made me feel like an a$$hole.
Having a bowl of Cheerios (see? eating!) before heading off to irk.
Payday can’t get here soon enough - the wolves are howling again.
Looks like more cool, rainy weather forecast for the rest of the week. Not that I mind, but I thought I moved to the Midwest, not Seattle?
heh feel lucky … some years the autumn rain has been snow …
Happy Hump Day!
Wet and muggy outside.
My son got off at 1 last night, and since it is daycare day, I slept in until 7.
Got the brats off to daycare, but I am a bad mommy today.
I forgot to take their container of dog food with me, so no lunch for them. I could have run it back out there, but I thought, 'They’ll live".
I have a looooong list of stuff to do today.
I suspect very little will get done though. I think all the sloth around here is rubbing off on me.
I got very pissed off at irk last night. I wrote up a complaint ticket, but then thought I’d better sleep on it before I hit send.
I’m not as angry this morning, but the issues with VDC (very difficult client) needs to be addressed. I need to know how far she is allowed to go before I can tell her to fuck off.
I understand where you are coming from with the dog Ooopsie. It’s very scary to me when one of mine get loose. I had a dog get hit, he died before I could get him to the vet. It’s why I worry so much with Echo, I am half a block from Rt 40, on the edge of the city limits, where the speed limit goes from 25 to 35, and then to 50. So of course, nobody is driving 25. People drive up the alley at 40. Too many fast cars around here for a dog to be running loose.
I guess I need to deal with the irk issue. I’ve been putting it off for weeks.
I just my (technician) ham radio license. I would love to tell you my new callsign, but that would lead everyone to my real name, address & stuff. Still, yea!
Morning all. Newspaper has been rescued from the driveway, it looks like the rain has dried up until the afternoon, so need to get the miscellaneous shopping done this morning. Was going to get my haircut, but the shop I use is closed on Wednesdays, so that will get put back a day. Tried to schedule 3 shots in one stop at Kroger (Booster, Flu, Pnuemonia) but they won’t let me yet as it hasn’t been officially 6 months yet (I’ll qualify after Saturday). 66F heading for 77F later today.
shoe, sometimes you need those 12 hours in bed. The rats will manage.
FCM, if I wasn’t coaching soccer, a week in Merryland would sound tempting.
Jump (at least that’s what I’m calling ya), sorry about your acquaintance, no being able to repair old wounds is one thing the death takes from all of us.
nellie, you’d be a great dog-sitter, I bet.
OK, need to get dresses and if shopping is to be done, twas best if it were to be done quickly. All y’all take care now.
A cow-orker was let go yesterday afternoon. El Jefe notified those of us who were not in the orifice by email, which I received this morning. I liked him, but he was rather loud and he grated on the ladies’ nerves.