(Old) Waiting for an Update in the MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Afternoon all (well, actually 11:45am here but I’m sure it’s afternoon somewhere). Been a fairly busy morning for me, stopped by my dentist to confirm my appointment (I lost the little ‘reminder’ card they give you) and it’s 23 July, so the new card is firmly affixed to my monitor. Then checked on getting an audiologist appointment, and that is set for Thursday, 6 June, so now I have something to wait for. Then bought newspaper and sammich and have finished one and have yet to start the other, so in about an hour I’ll go forth and get my swimmin’ in for the balance of the afternoon. Freddy’s Steakburgers will provide the evening repast and I will see how the weight is doing after my post-swimming sauna.

flyboy, hope the power remains on, I have no trees in my yard and the power lines here are buried cables, not overhead, so no sparks.

JtC, if I don’t get the opportunity later, you have a safe and uneventful trip (and GG has one to). Going to be quite an adjustment, but we’ll be here.

Cookie, that sounds like a pretty good way to learn a trade. Wish him well. And that cop should be censured if not fired, hope she get to feeling better.

verwirrt, motivation is hard; sloth is easy. Maybe make a list of things, that always tends to motivate me. And my 2-car garage is actually a 1-car garage for all the stuff I have in it.

hippy, had forgotten that this is the 3rd of June. Not going to be close to Tallahatchie in the foreseeable future.

Sticky Buns, can you appeal the Denial? And glad you have a second interview, but keep checking with yourself.

OK, about 45 minutes to let sleeping sub sammiches lie and then off to the pool for some backstroking. Take care all.

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Thank you. It is done and the documents have been faxed!!! to the Recorder’s office. It will be official tomorrow, but hubs has the keys and will be sleeping there tonight.

I’m kinda rattling around now, the car is halfway packed, but I don’t want to put my weed or the spices or liquid toiletries out there now, it’s going to be close to a hundred today. I should probably stitch today, I won’t want to mess with dragging all of my paraphernalia in and out of hotel rooms. I’m going to have enough fun with GG as it is.

Dang about the denial, Sticky but don’t give up now. Appeal (or find a lawyer who will work on contingency and let them deal with everything for you). I once knew someone who lost his leg and was turned down the first time, it is just how that horrible system works.

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Today is MIL’s 93rd. Her decline seems to be accelerating, mentally anyway. The hospice nurse said the signs are typical of someone nearing death. Of course, there’s no telling how much longer she has.

As for me, the neurologist read the test results and talked to us a bit. She’s going to prescribe something that shouldn’t make me as dopey/loopy/disconnected. She said to take the loopy meds at night and the other in the morning. I see her again in 2 weeks. She said there’s no way to know if this was a singular event or first in a series. We’ll see what we’ll see.

Waiting for the aide to come for MIL’s shower. I may or may not do something useful today.

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will there be cake and ice cream?

i hope the new med helps. hopefully it is a one off.

how is the bp going?

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Fax? Jeebus. What is this, the 80s?

Put one (1) project into a separate little bag, with a couple of needles - hell, pre-thread them if you’re that rattley right now - and have that with you.
Much more portable than your entire paraphernalia, and you can have at least a little something to do in those hotel rooms besides getting stoned in front of crappy TV.

Your other projects can wait till you’re settled.

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BP was great this morning, then stoopit high at the Dr office. I’m going to take my home device on Weds when I see my GP and check its accuracy.

Jessica just got here to give MIL her shower. She was telling me that during my episode, I knew my address and year of birth, but couldn’t remember how old I was. I’m just lucky it happened on Weds when she came and not Tues or Thurs when she didn’t.

Daughter’s work hours will be 7-4 with every other Firday off. Once school starts again, I may or may not need to fetch Roxy at the bus. Hoping they can drop her off at the school with Tobias. We shall see. And I may need to meet her at the bus the rest of this week, unless a neighbor will take her. Must discuss with Daughter.

What a day…

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BBBoo, thanks for the hearing aid and BP monitor advice! I got a wrist monitor without doing any research, and it wasn’t until the end of the instructions that they mentioned it might not be accurate on someone with afib…which was the initial problem that sent me to a cardiologist. D’oh!

Taters, I hope your commute was more driving than sailing and you got there safe and dry.

Nettie, our fridge is wedged into its space, so we had to leave a good bit of room behind it for air circulation. It’s my nightmare that one of the cats will find a way to get stuck back there and we’ll have to remove a pantry wall to get to them. Of course, that might be what we need to jump-start our badly-needed kitchen renovation.

red, your mention of popcorn with milk triggered a memory for me - before my mother made the mistake of buying name brand cereal, we used to have unsweetened puffed corn cereal, which might as well have been popcorn.

boo fae, there must be something wrong with the tech departments of all school systems. When I was working, they always seemed to decide end of semester was the ideal time to take the records system offline. School was out, after all, and it never occurred to them that the clerks might need a few days to get everything entered.

FCM, I’m glad things went reasonably well at the neurologist. Here’s hoping it was a one-off event! Although aside from the scary medical aspect of it, getting a lot of work done while in a fugue state sounds a little appealing.

VanGo, it seems like there’s always one more signature needed!

Coppertone, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you to get a decent job. This isn’t the two-bus commute one, is it?

Sticky_Buns, that’s disappointing about the disability denial, but if it’s anything like the process here, they typically deny applications at least twice just in general principle. Good luck with the interview, regardless of what you decide.

lucky, I ended up doing three months of physical therapy after I moved a few boxes of tile (with a dolly, even!) one afternoon. Nowadays, I have to do stretches before I vacuum.

flyboy, you’re a brave man thinking of having a bonfire with fresh cedar branches. There’s a tree company here that will pick up branches for shredding them into mulch, and that’s what I’ve been doing with mine.

cookie, it’s great that your grandson wants to go into construction! We desperately need more young people who know how to do skilled trades. My son-in-law says he regrets not going into plumbing every time he makes a payment on his student loan (I’m always tempted to remind him it’s not too late, but I’m not going to be that MIL).

vanwirrt, we moved into this house in 2001, and it was filled with boxes until 2018, when we hired our daughter and a friend to put up shelves and clear them out. If you’re starting the process already, I’m sure you’ll get it done a lot faster!

JtC, have a safe trip!

And I’m finally authorized to talk about my own update (…drumroll…)

I’m going to be a grandma!! My daughter and SIL told us in a video call with his parents on Mother’s Day, but she was only at nine weeks then and wanted us to keep it under our hats until 12 weeks. She’s due mid-December, and all the preliminary tests look good. We’ve seen one ultrasound, which looks like every other ultrasound you’ve ever seen, even though I’m sure this baby will be the best one ever gestated in the history of mankind. Not that I’m excited or anything!

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The atmospheric river turned out to be more of a creek. We had a 90% chance of rain today, but the sun popped out at about 9:00 a.m. and is currently thumbing its hot little nose at the NWS. It was nice to get a good, drenching rain yesterday and overnight.

I got a screwed-up Instacart order yesterday. I ordered 2 bananas, got 5. I ordered one baking potato, got 3. I got the wrong kind of cereal. I ordered frozen broccoli, got green beans. I’ll count my blessings: none of it is awful. I’ll just be eating a lot of bananas.

The new upstairs neighbors have 2 kids, a boy about 9 and a little girl about 3. The kids must wear big boots or something, as their footsteps are more like footstomps–louder than the tall, heavyset former neighbors. And the little one runs nonstop for hours (5-10 pm yesterday, 6-10 a.m. today, ). I can’t get away from it because she runs all over the apartment. The second bedroom is pretty small here. You could fit two beds in there, but not much else, so maybe they’re on a short-term lease.

My son has finally finished moving! Hooray! Now he and my DIL just have to empty boxes.

Speaking of which…have a happy last day in Arizona, JtC! And have, smooth cross-country trip with our furry friend!

flyboy, the sparking tree sounds scary. Hope your power stays on!

sticks, I hope you’re planning to appeal the denial. (I have trouble calling you sticky buns. I know it refers to delicious rolls, but it sounds like you sat in a vat of honey or something.)

Congratulations!

FCM, I’m glad the neurologist changed your meds so you won’t be so loopy. And I’m still hoping the other incident was a one-off.

Unless your event in the porn olympics is pole vaulting, yes. Yes it is.

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That is a great deal! Hope it all goes well for him.

JtC Safe travels!

FCM Good call on bringing the device with you, as per, uummm Boo’s advice?

As to me I finished the stuff I was asked to build done and installed quick-like by 11, then it devolved into phone trouble shooting for stuff I haven’t done in 20 years, and the tech has changed remarkably since then.

This Jr High school has a brand new theater, with brand new lighting systems. When they work properly, they’re pretty awesome, waaay better than anything I ever saw, even at places like the Old Globe or La Jolla Playhouse. a single light can be any color you want, just by touching the screen in the right place. Frankly I find it ridiculous that the district (which just got their budget resoundingly defeated) did this in a jr high school.

Anyway, the fancy new system seems to have forgotten how to talk to the house lights. So 2 hours of phone consult later…no change. I think the dude is going to have to come over from Cleveland to fix it.

Not my monkeys.

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Let me say I’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I came to this line… :rofl:

FCD is off fetching my new meds. MIL is clean. I pulled something out of the freezer for supper - it’s thawed now so I can figure out what it is and what to serve with it. I think it’s turkey in gravy.

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Yay!

86.2% chance you got someone else’s similar-but-not-the-same order, and some poor soul out there is going, “WTF happened to my green beans, OMG is that friggin’ broccoli, and WTF cereal is this, who eats this shit?!”

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Howdy Y’all! I walked out of the “wellness” visit after waitin’ for forty-five freakin’ minutes in a very tiny room with no sign of the doc. I did inform the front desk I was leavin’. I also sent a very polite but strongly worded email to TPTB, tellin’ them that I do not want to re-schedule this if it means that same doc. This meant I got more quality cee-mint pond time, so that’s all good. We et an early sup and now we chill.

Sticky_Buns hope the interview works out OK for you, however that may be. Sorry your disability claim was denied. I assume you will appeal.

lucky I had some trees taken down a few years back for that very reason. OK, and they were showin’ signs of dyin’. A sick lookin’ pine tree is an awful thing to see.

JtC you mean they figgered out this could be done via teh intartoobz! Miraculous!

Cookie glad you went to the partay. Sounds like you did the smart thing stayin’ long enough to say you were there. I am sure your grandson will do well in the program. Hope wifey’s niece is not too banged up.

fach speakin’ of lightbulbs, just today I have had to replace one in the bedroom and one in the livin’ room. I do so hope this is not a trend.

Flyboy hope the power stays on.

Hippie I still maintain that it was a Moonpie wrapper and a RC cola bottle that Bobbie and Billie Joe threw off the Tallahatchie bridge.

MOOOOOOM hope the new meds have less loopy effect. Happy bd to MIL!

Legend congarats on impendin’ grandmahood!

Nellie the very idea of a porn Olympics is now goin’ to haunt me.

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^This!

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Five hours later and I have unpacked three boxes. And shoved another one in a closet.

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Daughter called me while driving home. It seems the coaching and portfolio that FCD went over with her made her the candidate to beat! That’s a great start to a new job. Her hours initially will be 7-4 with alternate Fridays off. She’s hoping to eventually change to 6-3 so she can meet Roxy’s bus, but that won’t be till August. Anyway, she’s excited.

I have my alternate meds. Without insurance, a 30 day supply is $354. That’s obscene! I have good insurance so my share was $7.50. Healthcare for profit is wrong. People shouldn’t suffer and die so some company can pay dividends…

:face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Depends on who is doing the measuring. :d&r:

You do know that you can put both email addresses on all devices.

Happy birthday FCMIL!

Congratulations!

Sounds like the same order picker that I had last time.

My blood thinners got changed because my insurance quit paying for my old one. Had I chosen to remain on it, I would have been out $1300 a month. You definately have a point about for-profit healthcare.

Have a safe trip JtC!

Irked, came home, walked Nelson, played a couple of rounds of fetch with Bella, the dog two doors down (Outside, Nelson is more interested in chasing the dog who’s chasing the stick. Bella may look like an old, chunky girl, but she’s smart and knows who will play. Her eyes light up like a puppy, she barks and really moves :slight_smile: ) Afterward, we came in, had supper and played some indoor fetch.

I found out this evening that Lil Bro’s first wife’s (mother of his kids) husband passed. I need to call my nephews and niece and send cards to them.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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FWIW, the power never did go out. Lots of limbs in the yard and the neighbour’s yard.

That’s an idea. Our tree guy came by once when he had mulch from another job, and wanted to know if I wanted it. Since Mrs. L.A. gave him a nice ‘donation’ for saving a neighbour’s cat, maybe he’ll pick them up. Or, I’ll have a lot of dragging and cutting to do.

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BBB I hope you not only get an update soon but that you receive your tax refund soonest.

What exciting news!

I’m too tired to read or type anymore; I’ve been falling asleep at the table. So, I’m off to bed. Night all.

ps. Earache was gone today. I took 3 Sudafed total yesterday and that seemed to have knocked out the drainage. Today I was thinking about it and I think that possibly the cause is all the cottonwood seeds that have been blowing around the last few days. So, I wore a mask when I was outside today even when I wasn’t around other people.

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I hope you and gg have a safe and easy journey.