So the PT guy was here. Not the same guy as the one on the phone. I don’t know what the story is there. This guy only does the initial assessment. Someone named Angela is supposed to come here to do the actual PT. Except for my weight (which OMG is 10 pounds heavier than a month ago!!!), everything else was good. He said I’m ahead of most other patients in my age group. He had me take him on a tour of the apartment so he could spot any trouble areas. I’m glad I keep the place pretty tidy. And he said I could increase my PT reps and add walking to my daily activities.
cookie, I’ll be two weeks post-op tomorrow. I’m only taking oxy at bedtime, as I have 6 tabs left and no refills. I took Tramadol when I was hurting overnight. No refills on that, either. And Tylenol does nothing, so I’m cutting that out. The pillow intrigues me. It’s a little out of my budget just now, but I can see how it’d be a good thing to have even after all this is over.
Once upon a time, he didn’t want GG. Now he’s shamelessly aiming for the #1 Human spot.
Well, that sucks. Is the couging from post-nasal drip oris there just something about being horizontal that triggers it? Fingers are crossed you test negative soon.
You are so sweet! Thank you! I feel more fit already!
I have no idea. The stuffy nose stopped by Tuesday.
More of a roof of mouth tickle that turns into coughing.
Huh now that you have me contemplating this, during the day I drink or eat, so the tickle isn’t noticeable. Perhaps it isn’t the position, perhaps it is a non coating. Hhhhm. Experiment time!
Howdy Y’all! The things got done and then we slothed. Nappage, day drinkin’, and general overall uselessness were accomplished this afternoon. Sup got fixed and et and the kitchen cleanded up. Now ‘tis time for more sloth and chill. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy, so yay for gettin’ any need to be out of da cave to do stuff done today.
That’s probably a wise decision, I get in trouble in places like that as well. The menu looks good, I hope you have a long and happy relationship with them!
That is so good to hear. I mean, we had no doubts but still…
There is a young mother who is having some really hard times ATM. She is a professional baker, plus she sells wonderful fudge at the local “everything handmade” store. (That place is always fun to visit, the stock changes all the time.) Because the poor woman and children are currently living in her car, her offerings are on sale with the fudge marked down to three dollars each instead of five.
NF and I visited the store after TC and I bought two packs (expresso fudge is some pretty amazing stuff) and used my fabulous bargaining skillz to get 2 for 10 bucks. NF showed me up by getting a three for 15 deal and then we both went home and gave one pack to our husbands and hid the others in the bottom of the freezer cause ain’t nobody gots a scrap of will power anymore.
We have slothed without intent. My back is still very sore and my lovely wife’s knee is giving her trouble, probably related to the hip she had surgery on. Therefore, we have done some nominal shopping, had lunch, and taking a bath with Epsom salts. Now here we lie.
That’s something that I always picked up when in Mexico. Even as late as 2010, you could get a 750ML bottle for about $3 USD.
During allergy season, when the itchy throat can turn into a nasty, sleep prohibitive cough, I’ve been known to eat a spoonful of peanut butter when it wakes me up at night. I think that it coats my throat long enough to calm things down.
I’m sorry that you got scammed bat boy. It sounds like you’re on top of it though.
I hope that you can get past the pain soon nellie. metal mouse mentioned pedaling for you. Have you ever considered bicycling as a form of transportation instead of walking? It’s much easier on the joints and you can get a big basket for the front to carry groceries, etc home…or just go with a tricycle that has an even bigger one in the back (when I worked in the auto industry, our maintenance folks each had one to get them and their tools around the plant).
Irked, had a meeting with the soon-to-be new supe, the other specialist and lead. She’s trying to put some inventory stats together, which is right up my alley, so we came up with a tentative plan for daily reporting. I’ve also been designated as the unofficial go-to person for info (not sure how much I’ll like that, but, hey, it’s nice to be trusted). I’m just hoping that nothing gets in the way of eventually going to the five day irkweek. Next week, we’re only irking 10 hours on Labor day, and 11 hours the rest of the week, which is just ridiculous, given that all parts of the department are having to look for stuff to do.
Picked up Nelson, swung through Bojangles for supper ‘cause I had a gnawin’ and a cravin’, et, napped and am now surfing. I may get a little done on the wedding invitations before bed, but will likely nearly finish them over the weekend.
Evening all. Soccer has been practiced and pedaling done (about 80 calories extra that were for you, nellie). Weather is beautiful, about 76F and heading back into the 60’s this evening; the AC gets another night off. Dinner has been inhaled (hungry, I was) and nothing much else on the agenda, so will sloth my way to the end of the day.
rocky, take care and that chair-sleeping sounds like an idea worth trying out.
red, hope the new supe and all ends up well for you,…and 10-11 hour days…ugh.
nellie, sounds like the PT folks are optimistic; keep on the slow but steady path.
Cookie, congratulations on a successful Bagel Hunt.
JtC, you are good people.
OK, need to do the evening internetting and then see when bedtime beckons. All y’all take care.
Thank you, but actually, I was bragging about how kind NF is. She doesn’t live in my neighborhood and doesn’t know the poor woman but was eager to help.
We just finished up yesterday’s Mexican leftovers. We went to a craft place in Sedona and agreed that the food was pretty good, but not worth a 50 mile drive. The drive to Sedona is always worth it though. The part we really liked was that they served Margaretta flights. Instead of one oversized drink in a fancy glass, it was 4 small drinks that used the same amount of booze that came in one regular drink but different mixes. (of course we asked, it was 50 miles to get home and we didn’t want to do it loaded) I had the Southwestern flight because I had never had a jalapeno Margaretta before. I was very disappointed, it smelled like it would have some heat but neither of us tasted any jalapeno at all.
Now we are both wishing we had a Margaretta, but not enough to get in our car and drive to the junction. I guess we don’t want one that bad after all, LOL!
The nightly pains have already set in. I wimped out and took an oxy, even though it’s not bedtime yet. This means it will wear off around bedtime, but I don’t know what else to do when icing doesn’t help. To be frank, the oxy doesn’t help that much, which scares me a little, like maybe I’m getting tolerant or something, but they’re what I have. When pain diminishes, I forget all about taking painkillers, and they never make me feel good, so I’m not worried about addiction. I just wish I had something that worked.
Lily, I’ve thought about getting a bike, but drivers are even nastier to bike riders than to pedestrians, so I hesitate. A dear friend’s son was killed when a texting driver drifted into the bike lane, and I’ve known a couple of similar fatal accidents. The other night, I dreamed I came up with the perfect solution: a souped-up motorized kiddie car. I could drive it on the sidewalks! And it went a speedy TEN mph! I’d be the envy of the preschool set.
MetalMouse, thank you for your extra work on my behalf. I hope to pay it back someday.
I only ever give a bit at a time - maybe a centimeter’s worth. It keeps just fine for a couple of days, and lets 'em have juuuuust enough to put a nice taste in their mouth & joy in their heart.
But once open, they WILL find it. Put it in a very high place, or in a jar.
Ludens makes a pectin “cough drop” that is very soothing and provides that nice anti-tickle coating. (Regular cough drops with menthol and whatnot sometimes piss off my stomach a bit.)
Honey (or tea with honey) is also a time-honored remedy.
You two are sweeter than espresso fudge.
Sounds to me like some home experimentation is in order.
Aw, sugarplum, I am so sorry. That does well and truly suck.
I’d be surprised if someone hasn’t done this already.
No. Aw, naw. Will be sending you a P.M. shortly.
Then, I gotta get dinner started (have one chicken thigh left, need to use that up) plus I have a thing at home I’m dealing with, and yes, I’m doing that shitty dysfunctional crap where you withdraw over something stressful rather than talk about it, but I just don’t wanna go into it right now.
Me: “Got any overgoods before i go?”
Hazardous Ken: “How did you finish before us?”
Me: “I’m efficient. Also, I don’t have to wipe up goo.”
Ken: “Good point.”
So I helped Ken and Deb finish up in HazMat, rescheduling reboxed packages, and opening up wine bottles so we could pour out and solidify them(I’m very efficient and opening booze bottles).
But I’m up form naptime, and having a Jungle Bird for Tiki Thursday.
TIL that because of the alcohol content of vanilla extract, it gets classified as a Hazardous Materials shipping item. Weird seeing “McCorrmick” and “Hazardous” on the same package.
Looks like a smaller center than mine.
I hope your’s is better, too.
{{{{nellie}}}}
You just gave me a ganwin’ and a cravin’ for some Bo. thanks
Looks at date. Offers up many hugs as well as a couple of boxes of tissues. Of course you are stressing out over this, it would surprise me if you didn’t.
We’ll be here when you;re ready, and in the meantime, we’ve got a collective arm around your shoulders. Also, if anybody needs a good dressing down, I have lots of experience, having taught freshmen a good many years.
So what do yiou pour the wine into? I’m hoping it’s your open mouths. And what are you solidifying? The way the bottles are packed in the boxes? But how would pouring out the wine do that? Meanwhile, my mother is calling fronm her current plane of existence, “They’re not wasting WINE, are they?”
Thanks. But his imminent deathiversary isn’t even what I meant. (Fucking ten years tho! Goddamn.)
It involves my critters (not Monkey) and that’s as far as I feel like going. Sorry, but this is something I have to figure out how to try to solve first.
Okay, so two reasons to be out of sorts.
Three, if you count not getting laid in a while and the cosmic Magic 8-Ball says “Signs unclear” when asked when the hell that’s gonna improve.
Four, if you count that I keep putting off checking the status of that application.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s only 60 degrees ferret height outside, I might need a sweater.
So in the case of packages/labels/product being damaged beyond being able to be resent:
Solid persihables get heaved into the dumpster
Liquid stuff like water/juice/milk get poured into the big floor drain
non toxic stuff less than 2oz. can just get tossed on the trash
Non toxic stuff more than 2 ounces like liquid hand soap/beer/ wine gets poured into Zep to solidify it, then it goes to the dumpster
And anything deemed hazardous like bleach/pool cleaner/bottom shelf Scotch/shotgun shells gets put in the green non reactive plastic bags, and handled according to the MSDS, and stored in drums until our Hazmat vendor picks it up to dump it in a NJ swamp dispose of according to state and Federal guidelines.
And when I saw the bottles, my response was “Yesterday 300 North had confetti all over the place. Today y’all have wine. I’m working in the wrong department.”
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 76 Amurrkin out and mostly cloudy with a little rain, with a predicted high of 82 and rain for the day. Needless to say, today will be a day of high sloth and stayin’ inside and dry. This is supposed to be an any need to feed day will be via forage. However, red and doggio have put a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for Bojangles on me. Hmmm… maybe we shall brave the elements mid to late mornin’ and go get some fried chikin from da Bo. Might work as most of the rain is predicted for the afternoon.
{{{shoe}}} whatever it is, we are here for you.
JtC NF and you are the bestest!
{{{Nellie}}} hope you were able to get some much needed sleep and the pain is less today.
Lily hope you and the lovely wife are feelin’ better today.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
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