(Old) Rainy Days and Mondays in the MMP

[The_Stainless_Steel_Rat]

@Chefguy

I’d suggest “Imp”.

@SCAdian

“52”.

So, Imp52? Works for me. And welcome.

Did some gym time, solved puzzles and watched TV. As I noted on another thread, I bought a new computer mouse because mine was not working right; once I got home with it I actually did a little checking on-line, then changed the batteries and the old mouse is working just fine now. Well, at least I have a spare…

And am unhappy with my apples. I usually pick up 8 apples on Monday, eat 2 a day Tues-Fri and then get a half-dozen bananas for the same routine Sat-Mon…thus do I eat healthy. Got some Red Delicious this time, but while they look good and feel solid, the insides are…mushy…so if I go 3-for-3 I may go back and try again (Gala’s are good).

Still about 60F outside and the heater has hardly kicked in all day, so yay! for the gas billage. Mac and Cheese should be finished before I complete this message (yep, now we’ll see if I can finish it before talking to everyone).

wet one, Ouch! Hope it was nothing serious. Reading ahead, and while a sprain is bad, at least it’s not broken.

boo fae, that looks great!

{{Sari}}. hope work becomes less of a pain for you. A day off can do wonders sometimes.

FCM, hear ya on the eye exams; interesting that I can get my teeth checked twice a year but the eyes only get one visit a year; the joys of insurance.

Sticky Buns, hope you get the cash you earned from them.

liirogue, enipla, Nyvaak, welcome and make yourselves at home here; we’ve had a couple of posters take a break so newbies and their stories are most welcome.

@missred

Do you have to hide it in a piece of cheese?

The Thyroid pills says take on an empty stomach so no hiding it…

Nyvaak, hoping your son gets to doing better soon. How old is he, if I may ask?

FCM, just got to your message. I know it’s been expected and in some ways it is a relief, but it’s still a body blow. My deepest condolences to you all.

And the Mac-n-Cheese is assimilating in my belly so will spend the rest of the in sloth mode. Take care all.

[peedin]

FCM my condolences to you and FCD

[JaneDoe42]

Happy belated anniversary to FCM and FCD!

@InternetLegend

So I have a new grandson, born in the wee hours of Dec. 5! He weighed in at 8lbs. 14 oz, and he’s happy and healthy!

Huzzah!

@InternetLegend

…unlike me!

Well, poop. I’m sorry you didn’t get to cuddle your new grandbaby, but you is a good grandma for taking precautions.

@Chefguy

Just had a call from the guy doing the work. It will be seven extractions,

Oh my goodness, her poor lil mouth must have hurt so much. I’m sure she will still be able to keep your place mice and greeblie free, cats are talented like that.

@nelliebly

I like rain. It could rain 6 days out of 7 year round, and I’d be happy. I lived too long in Droughtville.

I love the rain. Like you, I lived way too long in Droughtville.

I am so sorry about your apartment woes and wish I had some encouraging words for you.

@rocking_chair

still waiting to hear who was involved in the decor incident.

Everyone I have told about it has been outraged on your behalf!

@FairyChatMom

Some years back, my daughter made marshmallows and they were amazing!!!

I thought marshmallows sucked until I was watching cooking shows and tried to make them myself. I was so wrong, store bought marshmallows suck. Real marshmallows are amazing!

@nelliebly

Anyway, I’m going to have to do some mulling and such.

If WV might be an option, there is Chapmanville Towers They have availability, a good reputation and are in walking distance to the grocery store and two pharmacies. The bus stops in the driveway and you would have a friend with a car. Plus, you would be right across the street from Dairy Delight, how’s that for convenient?

I’m likely going to be looking for a roommate in a few years…

@purplehorseshoe

(Want real fun? Get an Rx for oral squirty-Rx for a friggin’ python. The "wrap ‘em in a blanket’ method does not work, for slithery things with no legs
Yes, I tried.)

I’m fairly sure I shouldn’t have laughed nearly as much as I did at that!

@purplehorseshoe

Honestly, the IRS was the most friendly convo of the three - go figure.

You made her happy. She was able to check something off her too-long list. As long as you keep in communication and are nice, they will be nice right back!

So eat something and then relax a little. Monkey probably needs some snuggles.

@FairyChatMom

And the Swiss Colony box was just delivered - it’s from TX SIL - LOTS of stuff in it, all in little bitty sizes.

Hurray! It was thoughtful of TX SIL to buy things in small bags, no pressure about opening something big and letting it go to waste.

@Disinfectus

Living in Southern California, unless it is an El Nino year, we usually don’t see much at all.

Back when I was a kid in San Bernardino (1960’s) we had what was known as the June Gloom. I left in the mid-70’s and Mom started complaining about the lack of summer storms around the 80’s. By that time we were living in the middle of the AZ desert and neighbors were telling us that it wasn’t raining as much anymore.

We just moved to WV and it rains almost every day. It is wonderful. It is better when it snows, but global warming has been making the winters warmer here as well.

Mom on the phone, I’ll be back with my news later.

[Johnny_L.A]

@FairyChatMom

She’s gone.

May her memory be a blessing.

[Nyvaak]

@The_Stainless_Steel_Rat

hoping your son gets to doing better soon. How old is he, if I may ask?

Thank you. He’s fifteen, and just miserable as can be. Whooping cough is awful !

[swampbear]

Howdy Y’all! This has been a day of high RDOS inactivities as predicted. The biggest effort of the day was walkin’ down the driveway to the mailbox. I needed nappage after that.

{{{MOOOOOOM and FCD}}} even expected this is always hard. I wish y’all peace.

[Chefguy]

@JaneDoe42

Oh my goodness, her poor lil mouth must have hurt so much.

Turned out to be 11 extractions.

[missred]

Wishing you and the rest of the FairyChats peace, Moooom. My heart is with you.

[JaneDoe42]

@FairyChatMom

I’ll post more tomorrow - I’m taking a short break now.

Take your time, this has been a life changing event. I’m so happy she went peacefully.

You all need time to process, take all you need.

@Chefguy

Turned out to be 11 extractions.

Poor lil girl and poor you. I’m still sure she will be able to continue to keep your place rat and ghost free, just like she has done all along.

She’s going to feel so much better, you are such good people to take her in.

Jolene is going to the vet on Thursday. She has a ticklish belly so I don’t have hands on it often. A couple of days ago, GG was washing her belly and I thought she looked not right.

I got my hand in there and she has fluid sacks, not fat, around her incision from her second spay. Once I realized something was wrong, we were able to feel fluid going up her side. She’s still eating, peeing and pooping. She kicked GG’s butt an hour ago and is sleeping on top of him now so she doesn’t seem to be in pain.

This really sucks.

OTOH, our new windows do not suck, they are wonderful. Of course, the window I really wanted replaced arrived damaged and another one is scuffed, but I can feel the temp difference already. I used to be able to tell what room I was in just by the drafts.

The fuzzbutts weren’t happy, GG put himself under my desk to hide from the noise and Jolene lost her mind because all the people were walking in and out of the house and she wasn’t there. Not only that, she was up on in the window, displaying her cuteness and nobody even tapped on the glass. 'twas horrible.

@Nyvaak

Thank you. He’s fifteen, and just miserable as can be. Whooping cough is awful !

It was going around in AZ before we moved. I understand it is pretty miserable and the Tai Chi women took months to recover. Scared me into getting my Tdap shot early, I sure hope your son doesn’t suffer like those ladies did.

[SCAdian]

@swampbear

RDOS

???

[JaneDoe42]

Retired Drains on Society.

[Kitten_Mitten]

I’m so sorry FCM. Even though it’s been imminent for awhile, it will still likely hit FCD hard and maybe even your daughter since she was her grandmother. My sincere condolences. And I’m glad it wasn’t on your anniversary.
{{{{{{FairyChatFamily}}}}}}}

[nelliebly]

Hello again. I came back specifically to check on your MIL’s status, FCM. I’m so sorry. It’s a blessing that she eased out of this life without pain, but the finality after so much time contemplating it can be oddly hard to grasp. I wish you and FCD peace.

To everyone else, I’m hoping to catch up on posts tomorrow. I love you all.

[Misnomer]

@FairyChatMom

She’s gone.

[dogbutler]

Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave.

[Die_Capacitrix]

@FairyChatMom so sorry for your loss.

[Baker]

To the whole Fairy Chat family, I am so sorry. We are here when you want to vent.

[scareyfaerie]

Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 4c/38f with a predicted high of 5c/42f, and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Who cares about the fucking weather? When was the last time you had some fibre? Maybe it’s time to have some fucking fibre!” I think I had fibre yesterday so all’s well there.

@dogbutler

So it’s all Greek to him?

I saw what you did there! Yes, it was, he sent me a zoom invitation about 5 seconds before the meeting was due to start

@Sahirrnee

I feel like I’ve done a lot, but in actuality, I haven’t done shit.

Looks to me like you’ve done plenty, and made good use of a day off. Don’t beat yourself up about it, you ticked somethings off the list. BTW, our windows aren’t exactly stained glass. The original ones were but what we’ve got now is a replica made when we had the windows replaced. I kept the old ones for ages thinking I might do something with them, and eventually passed them onto someone who does a lot of interior design and home restoration so hopefully someone else is enjoying them now.

@Chefguy

Then this morning she was doing her usual “follow me to the kitchen and feed me” walk.

Fabulous! She must be feeling better if she’s eating and already making sure you’re doing her bidding. Good luck with the meds, it’s not easy with cats.

@peedin

Diagnosis is a badly sprained ankle.

Ouchie! But better than a fracture and hopefully will soon start to feel better.

@liirogue

Are new members allowed?

Always, and welcome! No hazing ritual, no matter what doggio says, and you have to give FCM offerings of chocolate. Oh, and don’t forget to use a coaster for your mug, she’s very particular about that!

@Nyvaak

Monday here was marked by the news that my son does indeed have pertussis.

I’m sorry to hear that, I hope the cough eases up for him, it sounds quite miserable

I had a busy day yesterday, we went out at lunchtime to do the grocery run and then I spent a while wrapping some gifts and sorting them out into gift bags for various recipients. I also have to return a gift as the supplier sent the wrong one - it’s a cat mug but the wording isn’t the one I wanted, it would still amuse the person I am giving it to but it won’t be as amusing as the one I ordered. Fortunately the seller is sending a replacement but now I have to faff about sending the other one back. 'im indoors made dinner so I did get a little bit of sofa time with Shadow which was nice.

Today was more of the usual travel trauma as I’m back on campus. This time the bus didn’t show up, the train I wanted was on time but two carriages shorter than usual so quite busy, and the train from Big City Station to campus was running very late (I think they still have damage on the line from downed trees and power cables) so I had to get the bus instead which was a miserable experience.

But I am here, I’ve printed out a returns label for the package and stuck it down firmly. I now also have to invigilate an exam this morning as the academic who was doing it is off sick and we don’t have anyone else available. On the plus side, it means I get an hour of peace and quiet with a good book.

Pub night tonight with my friends, their car is in the garage waiting for a repair to a slipping clutch so they will either have the car back by tonight or we’ll get ourselves into town by bus. More travel adventures!

[scareyfaerie]

This merits a post of its own…

@FairyChatMom

She’s gone.

I am so sorry, but at the same time I’m relieved that it’s all over for you. Big hugs to you and FCD.

He will be feeling absolutely wrecked because he’s lost her, and also because he wanted it to be over too. I know that feeling, and it’s really hard to deal with. I hope he (and you) can find comfort in the love of his family.

[Sticks_and_Scones]

Annie and I are up and working on breakfast. After that we’ll get to work.