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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 56 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 82 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. I shall betake myself over to the church house for yet more cookin’ this afternoon. Today it will be root veggie cookin’, so I guess I will smell like turnips, rutabagas, and carrots. Also the corned beast will be sliced up. We shall have N.O.L. at the good seafood/fish place today. Lookin’ forward to that.

JtC I don’t know what to say. Kentucky is, well, Kentucky. It’s more prone to tornados than hurricanes, and is, well, Kentucky. I suppose it’s worth a car trip just to check out. How strong is your veto power if you see it as a big no?

StickyBuns like others have said, expect denials a few times. Keep pluggin’ along with appeals and so forth. Also, I see a piece of cake by your name, so Happy Doperversary!

Pilot safe travels. I’ve always slept on cross country flights. Then again, I can sleep on a plane with no problems. Good thing I was never a pilot, right? :grinning:

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

Happy Firday Y’all!

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Why did my mind’s eye suddenly settle on the Three Stooges??

heh - that’s the size of the house I grew up in - me, 4 sibs, and our parents. One bathroom. Good times…

And she did it again - we awoke shortly after 5 to a gawd-awful clatter. Thankfully she was sitting on her walker and not lying on the floor, but MIL decided to go to the bathroom without asking for help, and she made it just inside the door when she could no longer stand. When I got to her, she was leaning over and trembling - it happens when her BP plummets, as it does often because of the 2 bad valves in her heart. The woman will keep doing this till she falls against something hard and has to be taken to the ER. Sometimes I just want to shake her so hard…

Anyway, it’s supposed to be another crazy warm day until the rain sets in this afternoon. Then cooler weather moves in for a couple of weeks, so I can’t put any houseplants outside yet. It’s laundry day and clean-out-the leftovers-for-meals day. I’ll try to get some more raking done before the rain moves in. Yep, my day will be that exciting.

Happy Firday - beware the Ides of March!

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Good morning, and happy Friday!

It’s 36 degrees Fahrenheit and clear outside. Our expected high temperature is 64 degrees Fahrenheit, and the skies will be sunny all day. Tomorrow and Sunday, we creep into the lower 70s, but by Tuesday, the rain and clouds start to return.

JtC, I hope you have veto power. However, only you and your husband know what will work.

FCM, I don’t know how long those falls can continue before they result in something catastrophic. I’m sending you hugs because I know you’re in a tough spot.

metal mouse, yay for working HVAC!

boofae, I’m happy to read the meds are already starting to make your eye feel better.

I did not work late yesterday. I will probably regret it today, but I hit a wall, knew I wasn’t being productive, and signed off only 30 minutes past my 9-hour sign-off time.

Work was more of the same: problem-solving, multiple calls, meetings, and emails to solve said problems, more policy and planning, administration (add many) stuff, HR, IT, fleet, you name it, it crossed my computer screen.

I need to go to Mud Bay today to pick up dog food for the pups. We seem to go through a bag approximately every two weeks or so. I’ll probably do that after work, or maybe I’ll actually take lunch and do it then.

Well, that’s all I can think of for now. I need to finish my coffee and finish loading the dishwasher. I hope you all have a good day.

Wait, has anyone seen @shoe?

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JtC Kentucky, specifically Lexington, was on my short list of place to retire because of horses. Then it went off my list due to Mitch McConnell, ice in winter, humidity in summer.

Got ride to airport lined up, and Ursala’s sitters are in place. I don’t know why I’m needed in L.A. Sis doesn’t think he needs to go to a post surgical rehab for a few days. “It’s not as invasive as a knee replacement.” Sigh.

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Like us here in the mid-south, their weather is affected by hurricanes, but no direct damage. Given that it’s ~8 hours and has mountains between the ocean, we’re all in trouble if they do get hit. :stuck_out_tongue:

I was wondering the same thing. Her activity shows nothing for four days and the last FB activity is 10 March. shoe, if you’re out there, please let us know, even if you aren’t in the mood to post. We worry, yanno!

Glad your eye is responding to treatment BooFae.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted, a load of towels in the dryer, a load of jeans in the wash and fixing to do houseirk.

Whilst making the menu plans and shopping list for the week, I decided upon mini chicken pies (belated pi day celebration) for Sunday dinner. I bought a package of mini pie crusts that fit muffin tins at the grocery outlet last time, so I’ll try those out.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Happy Thorsday!

I will never catch up; I swore I would keep up this week.

Happy Birthday Dicey!

Ouchie FCM

SSDD around here.

The weather has been good. The park has been nice.

Coco, who we haven’t seen for a while, came this morning and no problem at all with the GR.
Her dad brought her into the cage, took her leash off, and opened the gate. Echo and the GR ran into the cage, sniffs all around, and everybody went their separate ways.

All three go to daycare tomorrow.
It will be a nice break and a chance to get a few things done.

I will see the pain doctor tomorrow and we are going to have to have a talk.
I had a few good nights this week and this morning I woke up near tears and could barely get out of bed.

I guess I should have finished and hit send.

So
Happy Friday!

It rained all night and is messy outside, but it is a nice 60 degrees.

My son got off irk at 2am, so I am feeling the sleepies.
At least that was before the Gabapentin wore off so I wasn’t in horrible pain. It usually wears off around 330-4.
Driving lessons are not going at all MetalMouse
It’s frustrating.

Only two dogs went to daycare. I wasn’t sure if they would take both of the GR, and since the manager wasn’t there, the girl behind the desk said no.
Poor Misiu, but he’ll survive.
I took in proof that I had paid for a package, but they had already straightened it out.

Now I need to eat some breakfast, order groceries, and fill out some paperirk for the doctor’s visit.
I have to remember to take my pills with me so they can be counted.

I don’t know what is going on with B/H mom. She told me she went off her anxiety? depression? pills cold turkey. I said you shouldn’t do that. She said that is what her doctor said too, but it’s her body and she is strong and she stopped taking them.
Good thing we don’t do video calls, otherwise she could see my fingers.
I haven’t hung up on her yet, or told her to fuck off yet, but it is coming.
Part of me feels bad for her, but another part is just tired of the bullshit.
I felt bad yesterday morning though
We went to the park and I thought she wasn’t going because she is sick. We always leave at 8, she knows we always leave at 8. When I called my son to come get the dogs for me, I saw that she had texted at 750 that she was on her way to the park. I said shit, let’s hurry up and get out of here before she gets here, otherwise she’ll get mad at me because I won’t stay longer.
I won’t stay longer on the days my son has to irk. It’s not fair to him, he needs to get home, eat, and go to bed.
We barely made it. I was stopped at the light and I saw her turn towards the park in my rearview mirror. I guess she didn’t see me, but I drive a grey pickup and they are everywhere.
I feel sneaky and deceitful, but I just don’t want to deal.

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the flat sounds great! it is amazing how much light you get on a higher floor. i’m on the 10th floor, facing east, and it is soooooo bright in the morning. i would love to have a bit of a balcony, but in my building they only happen on the 11th and 12th floors.

i did have pies for the office yest., tastykake pies, so they are rectangular not circular. still pie.

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Her last post anywhere on the Dope was on the 10th, so last Sunday.

ETA: I now see @missred checked FB too.

Shoe had been struggling with colds, and may well be down for the count with illness. She’d also had some problems recently with paying for phone service and may be cut off from us for that reason.


I know they’re family, but between the two of them they can make a rock so heavy you’re unwilling to lift it. Not unable; unwilling. Keep an eye open for when that point is crossed. Only you can stand up for you.

A lesson I (re-)taught myself in response to my problems with HL. It’s a lesson we all already know, but sometimes we need a push to remember to act on it. I sure did.


Like I said to @peedin: Only you can stand up for you. If you choose not to, you can expect to be walked over by everyone you encounter; family and friends alike.

It’d be nice if your fellow humans were more considerate of others, but they simply aren’t. So you need to be considerate of you. Try it; you might like it.


I’m really looking forward to that. The apartment I shared with HL was/is 8th floor with a south exposure. This’ll be 13th with an east exposure. No balconatin’ and postin’ between sunrise and 11am-ish on sunny days, that’s for sure. Should be ideal for a quick morning sunbathe though. And 100% reliable shade every day year-round from maybe 1130 to sunset. All that and huge windows I can wash the outside of; what’s not to like?

I’ve generally been pretty cagey about doxxing myself too thoroughly here, but once I get settled this just might warrant sharing some pix.

Once I get back from this adventure it’s time to get serious about furniture planning. Once they tell me I can have it, it’s gonna start costing and I’d rather have a bedroom set ready to roll from Day 1.

As to me:
The train to the airport was timely and for once their internet wasn’t flaky. Probably because at that beastly hour the train wasn’t packed.

Once over to the terminal and securitized I had a nice breakfast at the club. Resisted the temptation to have a Bloody Mary at 6:20am with my coffee.

Smooth on-time flight and I have a 3-seat section to myself. Or at least it was smooth until slightly past New Orleans when I was just about to get up and take a break when we started rockin’ and rollin’ pretty good. Nothing dangerous for folks who stay belted, but only a dipshit would try walking in these conditions. An hour later it’s now slowly subsiding.

Which means when the seatbelt sign comes off, all 80 people on board are gonna head for the 3 lavs. Better 80 than the more usual 180 I suppose.

Cheers all!

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Ding! Gotta go! In more ways than one. :grin:

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As dad said, ‘When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. And if you don’t go when you gotta go, when you go to go, you find out you’ve already gone.’

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Morning all. When I went off to bed about 11pm I intended to go right to sleep, but started fiddling with the acrostic puzzle from last Sunday’s NY Times, and when I finally solved it, it was a bit after 1am. Then thunderstorms with lots of lightning moved in about 3am and my bladder demanded attention at 5, so I stayed in bed until after 8am and still feel a bit loggy. Light rain is still coming down and will continue to the afternoon according to the Weather Wizards, with temperatures in the 60’sF.

Pilot, safe journeys and hope LA is nice. And settle down when you’re ready; there is a lot of the planet to see!

Sari, Pilot says it much better than I could, you need to take care of yourself and determine what you can (and can’t) do to take care of others. Hope the GR’s enjoy themselves.

JtC, you’re not all that far from a medium-sized city (Lexington) and a couple of hours from the big towns (Louisville& Cincinnati), so not completely in the wilds. And like red noted, tornadoes are the big weather risk here, hurricanes that hit the Gulf or the Carolinas usually end up as big rainfalls with the occasional twister here. And since I mentioned them, glad you weren’t on the receiving end, Coppertone

red, may not make it up to Cedar Point, the slow season is in May when I’m coaching soccer and standing in lines for 45 minutes in the summer just doesn’t have the same thrill when you’re 71…

boofae, and ulcer in the eye sounds…icky…, but at least it is treatable. And who needs a gym when you’re getting your exercise running for trains? :grin: :wink:

FCM, hang in there. I agree with Taters, one of these days she’s gong to fall and won;t be getting back up without an Ambulance. Sad but probably inevitable.

OK, late enough to get First meal in my belly (have already finished off an apple) and then onward into a rather soggy day. Take care all.

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I was clerking SSLAW #1, so the work part was pleasant. But Old Man Dennis asked me if I would give Shaggy a ride to and from work tomorrow. :thinking:
No because.

  1. I don’t know where the boy lives, and I ain’t adding 2 hours of travel to my day.
  2. If I did, he be stuck moping around for hours till I got done with my work, and possibly talking to me. Did I mention he sounds like a cross between Neil from The Young Ones and Pete Puma?
  3. Why is he having Dennis ask people?(OK, people would more likely to say yes to the kindly old man than the mouthbreathing slacker)

Also, there were conversations with her mom, so she might still be cooling down.

:thinking:
You’re retired and on vacation. that does not compute.
But the possible new place sounds nice. Hopefully there’s a nice freight elevator(concern for the local package car driver, if you need a sofa. :wink: )

WetOne, sari, what Pilot said.

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There’s a kennel/doggie daycare not to far from us, and it’s a hoot to pass it and see all the dogs frolicking in the play yard. Of funnier still when the attendant has treats for the pups! I assume they do little dog play time, but we’ve only seen the big 'uns out there.

Third load in the washer, second in the dryer, first one folded. I emptied, then organized, the hall closet. I found bottles of OTC medicinals with dates as far back as 2006. Guess it was time to sort, ya think?

Yep, and it could all be prevented if she’d just ask us for help. The woman is stubborn.

While I was organizing the hall closet, she came out and told me if I wanted to go out with FCD, she’d be fine home alone. Yeah. Right. Only if we tied her to a chair. How wrong is it that I want to shake her till her teeth rattle? Of course, I’d never do it, because I’m nice, dammit, but I honestly don’t know how to get thru to her. Nor does FCD.

AuntB called while MIL was napping, so I talked to her a bit. She’s very sweet, but boy does she love to talk!

I’ve had some leftovers for lunch, and I have at least 2 more loads of laundry today. I don’t see any yard work getting done. Oh well…

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Have you tried asking her what she thinks will happen next if she breaks her leg when she falls funny?

She’d be bedbound for what little remains of her now radically shortened life is what would really happen. But what does she think would happen?

I’m not wildly optimistic this line of conversation will turn on her lightbulb. But as tough love as that is, I can’t see anything gentler that has even a ghost of a chance.

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We have flat out said she could wind up in the ER. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt…

I’m dealing with a minor dilemma - she’s given me some clothes that no longer fit her and that almost fit me. But even if they fit perfectly, I don’t particularly like the garments - not to my taste. So they’re in the back of my closet, hoping she forgets about them, and after she’s gone, they’ll be donated. They’re nice items - I just don’t like the style. Plus what the heck will I do with 4 identical dressy black t-shirts? They were on sale, so she took all that they had - she’s been wearing them for years - as one wears out, she pulls another out of her stash. But with all the weight she’s lost, the last 4 in the stash are way too big for her. So I’ll hide them till the inevitable.

Yeah, I know, I’m a terrible person… :stuck_out_tongue:

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I am not to the point I feel taken advantage of. I have had conversations with my sister about the future, as in “if he continues to fall, he will break a hip, end up in the hospital, and die of pneumonia.” I also told her I am useless in situations of an urgent matter. I’ll simply call 911. I ain’t hauling him up from the floor.

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Thank you for the update. I’ve been wondering. Sounds likes it’s been a long journey and I’m glad to hear there’s progress, even if it’s slow. :people_hugging:

Thanks for the song. Too bad I didn’t get to partake of pie on Pi day. May have to rectify that soon.

I had that once, when I was in my mid-20s. I stopped wearing contact lenses then and have never had any desire to wear them again. Hope it’s not super serious and gets better soon.

I have relatives in KY. I visited them 40 years ago, and that was enough. I have no interest in going there again. I’d rather have more snow.

Hubby’s watching a Lindsay Lohan movie, set in Ireland. Seems appropriate warm up for St. Pats day, but I’m still drinking Scotch.

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I thought I’d go for a walk at 11:30. My phone, on which I use two apps to track my walks, was down to 15% on the battery. It was 60% about ten minutes ago, so I think I’ll go now… which means I won’t get back to irk until 13:30.

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The big news around MSP over the past weeks concerns Uber and Lyft. The city council decided to concede to a coalition of drivers who had the temerity to demand a living wage and benefits. Both of those companies threatened to leave the city if it was passed. The mayor vetoed it and the council overroad the veto. So it looks like those ride services will be leaving us. I can’t tell if it’s a good thing or not. On the one hand, the drivers seem to have killed their source of income, which doesn’t make much sense. On the other hand, they deserve to make a living wage.

The cat is having problems again; diarrhea and vomiting last night, and urinated all over the bathroom floor instead of in her box. I’m hoping it was just a bad can of cat food. She’s been sleeping all day so far.

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When I went to pick up my check from a week ago, for 3hours, they said they couldn’t find it. It really is Always something with me.