breakies is usually some sort of pastry thing. today it was doughnut holes. sometimes i do the frozen pancakes and sausage thing. i do enjoy going out forr breakies, then i get some sort of omelet, french toast, or pancake.
today i am dragging a bit as i stayed up to nearly 2am netflixing.
G’mornin’, kids!
I virtually never eat breakfast, myself. My druthers are to have a light lunch at work - usually a “lean cuisine” or similar frozen thing - and then cook a huge dinner. Sometimes I force myself to eat breakfast when I know I’ve got something important to do, like a job interview or whatever… Then it’s usually all I can do to make myself choke down a piece of fruit. My body just doesn’t want food before noon.
I personally enjoy either a sausage-pancake corn dog or cereal for breakfast.
I don’t have a standard breakfast. It depends how nauseated/ hungry I am. I do always eat something since I have a morning medication that’s important.
Happy Moonday!
It was a brisk 33 degrees at the park this morning. The sun was shining and there was no wind, so it was pretty nice. Only Barky/Humpy mom and me, as everybody else went elsewhere.
I need to call the oncologist today. Ripple has tumors coming back. He’s on the lower dose of Palladia, and maybe it’s too low. He goes to the vet tomorrow for bloodwork, but I’m wondering if that will have to change and he will see the oncologist instead. He went from 60mg to 54mg, maybe he needs to be at 57mg.
He was doing so well, so this is disappointing.
He tried to jump on the bed last night and fell. My son heard and ran upstairs to check on him.
My son went downstairs to get treats to get Ripple to jump onto the bench and then the bed.
Little Brat ran halfway downstairs behind my son, then ran up the stairs backwards, ran into my room, jumped onto the bench and then the bed waiting for a treat.
I’ll take a jar of treats upstairs.
I also need to call the Credit Union. My son got a bigger check and I think I can’t deposit it using the phone app. If we have to go in, I don’t know it we need an appointment.
Today is da jungle subscribe and save delivery day, I need to order groceries to pick up tomorrow, and it is bill pay day.
And of course, laundry. I decided to chip at the mountain instead of going full force.
My breakfast is usually a protein bar.
When we get home from the park it’s time to feed the dogs. I eat a protein bar while they are eating, I have to watch Ripple and make sure he eats his pills.
Later I’ll eat a breakfast bowl, or leftovers.
I’d love to have a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast, but bagels are a hell of a lot of carbs.
When I was younger, breakfast was Snickers and a coke.
The morning so far has gone pretty easily. CtE was ready to go when I was, remembered to take my meds, stopped to put food in child and got them to school early. Came back, grabbed BtY, tried to ignore his grumpyness before dropping him off, then getting more gas and now a 30 minute wait for one of the librarians to get to the library.
I was surprised that I needed to get gas again after having filled the tank two days ago. I thought, "Crap, is that something else that is going wrong? " Then I calculated how many miles I drove in that time and realized that, no, I’ve just been running the streets. That and 50 cents off/ gallon made me much happier.
The van is still acting wonky. Same wonkiness as is been since I picked it up, which means annoying more than dangerous. With all the rain, I’ve done a bit of slipping and the ABS works the way they’re supposed to. But Hubby is calling to see if I can bring it in for them to look at tomorrow. (Too much going on today. )
Now I’m just hoping one of the librarians show up soon. A route 44 drink from Sonic and a 15 oz Bolthouse a happy bladder do not make!
I usually have a handful of nuts or a smoothie with berries, greens, oats and chia seeds (I put smoothie ingredients in jars then stick them in the freezer the Sunday before the workweek). If I’m really hungry I’ll throw back a couple of eggs with cheese.
Overlyboy is still sleeping. HIs school had a watermain break, so he has a free pass for the day, I assume. I guess I should poke him later to make sure.
Today is overlymom’s appointment with the oncologist. I wish I could run and hide and scream. But I remind myself that I don’t have all the information. It could be less bad than it seems. It could also be worse, but I’m trying hard to withold judgment and rein in my googling habits (so far have failed on that end).
On the upside, I’m taking the family to Yellowstone this summer. It was originally supposed to be Ireland, but given that the family we were planning to travel with is experiencing parental health challenges of their own, we’ve decided to stay in the U.S. and focus on activities that are more refundable in case we need to change plans. I’m glad we’ll be doing something, though. I’ve never been whitewater rafting in Yellowstone and am so excited to take the kids and husband.
Anyway, off to work before the dread appointment. This is really hard, guys, and I appreciate you letting me complain.
Snausage bizkits got made and et. YUM! OYKW cleaned up afterwards even. I have started irk on the profile thingy and I think it’s goin’ to be easier than I originally envisioned, so there’s that. Might even get it all done by sometime tomorrow. Perhaps I have just jinxed it by just thinkin’ it out loud. Well by writin’ it all out and postin’ it here.
{{{Wordy}}} here’s hopin’ for the best possible outcome.
Heaving went well, breakfast has been consumed, time for a nap.
Just got a call from CtE for permission to leave school to attend the rally/ walk-out. They asked me on the way to school how long they had to be lost getting to the Capitol before they could come home. I told them they better be using the GPS on their phone and/ or following some of the other students because I’m not letting them have just a free day. Utilize your right to protest but don’t try to pull one over on Mom!
Aaaand … they got me.
Not 15 minutes after that post they called for me to non-overtime work today. Got ready at a businesslike pace, ate (yes, the same standard breakfast I described upthread), took a Lyft to the train, and am now training along bumpily to the airport. Be back home 8:30pm today if all goes well.
All going well is not a sure thing since all the tolerances on when they called, how long it takes to get from un-sheveled in PJs to spiffy, fed, and on the train, plus how often the train doesn’t run all added up badly. So I’ll be about 45 minutes late to work vs. the desired show time. Which will translate into a late departure by 20-30 minutes. Of course we’re just going out & right back with a very tight turn-around, so there’s no way we’ll make up more than a handful of minutes on the ground there. Sigh. And if we’re more than about 20 minutes late getting back I’ll miss the tight connection to the train home and sit for another hour into the night awaiting the next one. Sigh.
At least Her Ladyship woke up before I left, so we had a smooch or three for the road.
My usual breakfast is a freshly nuked chimichanga or breakfast burrito, but it comes in the afternoon, not morning.
Sara Lee Delightful Multigrain toast with Smart Balance margarine, Jimmy Dean’s sausage patty, and over-easy jumbo egg.
Moved my car, and took out the trash. Been irking for 2½ hours. I have 28 things in my inbox, 22 of which are ‘high priority’. After irk, I need to go to town to pick up my taxes, drop off a bunch of old remote controls at Xfinity, and probably go to Trader Joe’s. I need to do some banking and bill-paying too.
Yesterday was my 16th anniversary at irk.
The boat is on the hard!! Yay! We had a minor freakout when FCD tried to start it and it didn’t do anything. After checking some electrical connections, I noticed that the stoopit thing was in gear. Pop it back in neutral, and it started right up!
Thankfully, the tide had come up since yesterday. Otherwise, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to get from the boat to the finger pier by the travel lift. As it was, I had to climb on the rail at the bow. But it’s all good. FCD is still feeling punk, so he came home and he’s messing on his computer.
I stopped at WalMart for some pet stuff and some toiletries, then to Lowes, hoping to get some veggie plants. All they had were cherry 'maters and lots of greens - I didn’t want greens, but I got 2 cherry 'maters, plus some coleus, some snapdragons, and one other flower that I can’t recall. Everything is planted and I’m about to do a to-do spread sheet of boat chores.
Breakfast was really disappointing. I’d had a hankerin’ for blueberry pancakes, and I used to love them at CB, but this morning, they were mediocre and just shy of burnt. I’m wondering if they changed their recipe. Oh well…
Time to Excel!!
I think I fell asleep about 2 minutes after posting. It’s a lovely, grey day here, with the sun trying to put in a token appearance before pulling the clouds back over his head and going back into Full Grump mode. I don’t mind a bit. I like clouds.
I have a couple of errands to run and need to call the itch doctor. She’d said she’d want to increase the new med once I got done with the first bottle, and I’m almost there. Also, the gym beckons. Old Flame is a jock from way back, and he gave me a ten-minute lecture on dialing back on the treadmill incline. Between him and Pilot, maybe it’ll have some impact. It’s VERY hard for me not to max out.
flyboy, happy workiversary!
wordy, my fingers are crossed for the oncology appointment today. Please let us know how it goes. I’ll be hoping hard until then.
sari, I’m dismayed to learn about poor Ripple’s tumors and am hoping his chemo just needs adjusting. May I say how impressed I am that he can run up the stairs backwards? What a dog! I sure couldn’t do it.
pilot, I hope the day goes more smoothly than it has so far.
MetalMouse, so the furniture guys will return to reassemble the sectional after the plumbers do their magic? Hope you have a comfy alternative in the meanwhile.
And that, kids, is how the McSnausage breakfast sandwich was invented… 
Howdy all. Breakfast (or first meal at 10:30am) was my usual Monday Jimmy John’s #3 with chips and Pepsi Zero. Am now waiting for the furniture guy(s) to stop by. Turned water on to do a little cleaning and re-fill the terlets, will go out and shut it off in a bit. Also got a pamphlet from the local Jehovah’s Witnesses, but they never crossed my doorway and said pamphlet is in the shred pile.
Yes, probably cost me some money, but I’ll be watching them close and if I can do it myself I will put it back together.
FCM, glad boat is where you want it.
Pilot, good luck on making up time.
Real Fish, that’s the way to do it; trust but verify.
talkie, fingers crossed for overlymom, and Yellowstone is a wonderful place for a trip. Be sure to visit Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons while you are there.
OK, onward into the afternoon. Rain looks to have stopped, now we’ll see (about 4pm) if the soccer fields are open or not.
Since your brain lives in Opposite Land, perhaps a nice, hot cup of chamomile tea would perk you up? (Most people drink it to relax before bedtime.)
So … you might have two plumbing problems?
Yeah, see, I don’t drink … coffee.
Same. I can’t stand eating the same thing multiple times in a row, or even twice in a row.
That + my teensy appetite mean all those “weekly meal prep!” things, or “make a big batch & freeze the leftovers!” don’t work for me.
I’d starve.
You too, huh?
Do you have low blood pressure? I inherited that from my mother, and she & I both get headaches when the weather changes abruptly.
I assume atmospheric pressure is the culprit.
Pretty spry!
Reminds me of how little toddlers react to falling. If someone is watching, and especially if they start cooing & fussing, Baby will start crying and wailing for a cookie. If nobody is around at the moment (or at least can’t be seen) Baby will usually giggle and pull themselves back up.
I kept parsing this as “watermelon break” maybe I should look into some coffee!
{{ huggzz }}
Of course it’s hard! Jeez Louise, you have my/our fullest sympathy. Let us know how things go, if you have the time & inclination.
It’s more likely that they have new staff in the kitchen.
I can make a really pretty pizza now, but I guarantee you the 1st couple that I made my first day at this job were hot trash … in addition to taking me forever.
The Howler Monkey has been released back into the wild out into the backyard, the big bin has been rolled back to its spot, and my lemon is back outside for some filtered sunlight and possible rain later.
All while still in my bathrobe, because … eh, who gives a $#!# certainly not me.
Will have to re-read for breakfast ideas, since y’all have varied ideas! Then I gotta get one last item from my laptop, and prepare myself (mentally, physically, and financially) to get my taxes done.
I never received one of my refunds from last year. After confirming this, they opened an inquiry, which could take months (!) so to say I’m anxious about what this year will bring is an understatement.
Oh, and I need to get ahold of my property mngmt co; they sent a text that my annual property inspection is this Friday, which is interesting considering they just did that in January.
I mean, time flies and all, but that was one short year!
A bunch of my rats died over the winter (they were getting elderly) but I way over-sold last year and now I don’t know if I even have a viable breeding colony left.
I may have to look thru my enormous log of texts to see if I can find my old buyers, and reverse the roles. I already tried giving Pretzel a “normal” rat, which she investigated but declined to eat. Waste of time & money.
Plus dishes. Plus laundry to put away. Plus random crap sitting around that needs to be put away.
Everywhere I turn, literally, is another source of stress and anxiety and crap I should-but-donnwanna do.
Bah. I’ll feel better once I eat, I guess.
shoe my BP is on the high side of low. About 90-100/70. I know my mom had low BP but she never mentioned headaches due to weather. She probably just took a phenobarb……My mom was not a pil popper. She was prescribed phenobarb for her heart to calm it down. She had a fib.
For me, it’s the opposite. For years when I was working, I had the same breakfast every morning: the oatmeal plus chopped apple instead of banana. I was too busy to do prep-the-night-before stuff and too eager to get to work by 6:30 a.m. to stand around trying to decide what to have or to cook anything complicated. Having the same thing every day meant I got way faster at prepping it. I could get the whole thing made, including chopping the apples, in about 2.5 minutes.
I guess some of us eat like dogs (no variety needed) and some like cats (must have variety).
{{{wordy}}} It’s so hard to shut off that “what if” in your brain. I completely get it. I’ll be hoping that it is on the side of less bad rather than more.
Just make sure you have plenty of wet wipes, because walking around with snausage gracy on your hands is… uncomfortable.
I was actually pretty proud of them. About 30 minutes after they called for me to give permission for them to leave school, they called again. They said that they did find their way to the Capitol, but they fell on the way there and cut open their knee. Unlike most times in the past when they would have just wanted to go home immediately, they continued walking to the Capitol. They said it was packed with students. They were trying to stick around, but between their anxiety with that many people around and the fact that they were sweating and their knee was stinging, they asked if it would be ok to catch the bus home. In this instance, yes. And really, y’all, them actually going out there and being willing to have their voice heard is a big step up for them. Next time, maybe they will be able to stay longer. Eventually, I hope they’ll be able to be more of an activist for the things they believe in.
I wish it worked that way! I’ve tried it and it doesn’t really affect me one way or the other. I will keep looking for something, ANYTHING, that will wake me up instead of put me to sleep and/or kill me.
My nose is now burning from snorting Diet Dr Pepper.
I’m the same way. Hubby will say we’ll have leftovers of the same thing we’d had the night before and I’ll usually make a sandwich or something. And my appetite - I am actually full, usually, after a yogurt and a banana.
shoe You need to be comfortable! Anyone that doesn’t like you in your bathrobe can suck an egg… or something.
I ended up not going to see Dad today after all. According to him, they aren’t giving him five minutes between therapies. I’m hoping they aren’t overdoing it with him, but I should (hopefully) be able to stop by tomorrow or talk to him on the phone later today and find out what’s up.
I’m heading out to MFN’s tonight. Today is the anniversary of the death of someone that was like a sister to him and he wants to celebrate her. He’s been in his own head quite a bit lately (not that I blame him) and even though I’d never met her, I want to be there for him. It’s the kind of friendship we’re cultivating, one where we know that the other will be there if we need it. So far, so good.
Hubby called the shop about the van. They said bring it in tomorrow but they may need to keep it. I hope like hell that they don’t because I don’t want to be without my van for another month. I just want them to look at what it’s doing, say, “Hmmm. Looks like X. We can fix it but we need a part/we just need to get it in the bay to reboot things/whatever car things they’d tell me.” And, since the problem is irksome rather than damaging to the vehicle (as far as I can tell) I’m hoping that if it’s determined to be something they need to order that I can keep my van until the part comes in. I got too much crap to do without being down a car again.
Especially now that Hubby has tried driving a short distance so can start helping with the schlepping again. I need a break from the schlepping. I’m not a schleppy type of mom.