missreadthat does sound delicious!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 68 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 85 and somewhat N.O.S. for the day. Today is laundry day. We shall also go lay in some provisions as tonight and tomorrow are supposed to be stormy. I much prefer to be inside and dry when it’s stormy or rainy. Who knows, we may even get coifs. Or not. We shall order fajitas and margaritas from the good Mexican place for sup. OLÉ!
cat glove welcome. I woulda said welcome yestiddy but Mr. 504 would not let me. The rumor you hear about me bein’ gay*, could be true. OYKW insists that I am, and, well, since he lives with me, he could be right. 
Peaches yikes! I saw a buncha red all around the 'Boro on the weather map yestiddy and thought about you.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day! Rah.
Happy Tuesday Y’all!
*INGO
Morning all. Need to do the hoovering (I decided I liked the English term better than vacuuming) and need to do 1-2 laundry loads, but except for mailing the bills, nothing much on the agenda for today.
Peaches, maybe the snake knew about the storm…
gotti, hope the shoulder gets better.
Looks like yesterday was stimulus check day. Have fun spending.
OK, best be about life. Take care all.
I got my stimulus check yesterday. I also received a letter from the Employment Development Department (‘unemployment office’) with information about my claim. Only, I didn’t make any claims. I went to their website and filled out their fraud reporting form.
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s been a busy one here, I was at a 2hr webinar this morning about how to deliver effective support to my team via our one-to-one meetings, and then after lunch I had a riotous meeting with one of my minions (the entertainment was her daughter who had to come and show us her unicorn paintings). Been more of a fun day than usual. Then our undergrad studies lead emailed to ask for something to be circulated to all UG students…oh, but not the ones who are taking this, and not the ones who are doing that, and you’d better leave off the ones doing the other for now. So a straightforward copy and paste ends up being a trawl through 600 students looking for ones taking individual specific assessments. Bah.
On the plus side, I should get the marks back for my project by tomorrow so I will be anxiously awaiting that 'cos it will tell me whether or not I’ve passed my Institute of Leadership and Management course. Naturally I am quite sure I’ve passed, 'cos I is a cleverclogs.
Welcome, catglove, you know we’re the only sane ones here, don’t you?
gotti - hope you can get your shoulder sorted out soon.
I think the local cadre of landscapers have removed the mufflers on their mowers in the misguided thought that it would make them go faster. When I can’t hear myself think, inside a house with closed and locked windows, there is something wrong.
That sounds like the crew that was working at the end of my street yesterday. I’m not sure what the heck they were doing with leaf blowers for two solid hours – they were so loud that I decided they must have been trying to blow the grass out of the ground rather than cutting it.
I didn’t know we were neighbors! 
I sometimes think those guys get paid by the decibel.
I’m pleased to report that our new battery powered lawnmower works a treat. It’s pretty quiet and mows 'em down just fine. We’ll see how long the battery lasts. That has been their weak point in the past- craptastic batteries.
I’ve never posted in the MMP but I had such a great Monday, I decided to share. I was so productive! I cleaned the kitchen, went for two walks with the dog, cleaned the bathrooms, cleaned the budgie cages, vacuumed the house, cleaned the aquarium filter and, because I didn’t cheat on my diet yesterday, I was down 2 lbs for the week this morning.
I’m off today as well and, because I did all my chores yesterday, I get to have a nice, relaxing day today!
Hope everybody’s week is going well!
Sorry. I haz the dumb. I even googled INGO and found a money app, and several crap financial articles that can’t spell “ingot” correctly.
If someone could 'splain, plzandthx, and I promise I don’t give a shit who’s what since I never remember for more’n’aminnite anyway. Unless I have direct immediate interest in your undercarriage (or you do in mine, in which case let’s chat in the H.R. office, or possibly at your place) I just wearily give no shits.
But really, I’m just here to procrastinate oh so heavily. I figured out yesterday that - sorry, but imma leave out details - there is a Very Awful Shitty Thing To Do that must be done, and the sooner the better, and I’ll have to be the one to do The Shitty Thing my own damn self. I decided to do The Thing yesterday to get it the holy fuck over with, so I could enjoy today, and then promptly got blotto because, well, yeah. Go me. So now my hungover ass gets to do Shitty Thing as soon as I’m done beating myself up about it. I am not done yet, though.
If I talked to myself out loud, I’d tell me that I’m not really a shitty person, and being this upset is proof of that, and that I’m strong and brave and shit. That’s sure as hell what I’d tell anyone else contemplating what I haz to do.
But I don’t, I get stuck inside my own head, and while I would never say or even think this badly of someone else I apparently have no problem being a gaping asshole to myself.
…
On the plus side, drunk procrastinating me is one functional mofo. All my dishes are washed, the laundry is clean and some of it’s even folded already. I seemed to have gone in search of something, anything, that needed to be done that wasn’t The Thing.
…
Gods all help me, I have to euth one of my pets. One with a name, that I’ve had for half a dozen years. There. I said it, so now I really have to go do it.
I am so sorry, Pretzel.
…
This is a python, a snake almost as long as I am tall, and as big around as my upper arm. Most folks would gasp in horror at her simple existence. Puppies are a bigger threat to you. I don’t let her wrap my neck* but besides
*not worried about my windpipe, or her constricting me, I am far too big to be prey, but I don’t want her pushing my carotid artery. My big fear is hitting my head while alone.
Dropped my phone onto my nose, and of course it actually posted instead of timing me out.
Anyway, I’m almost out of phone battery, and cheap booze, and patience with myself. Thus I cannot procrastinate.
Oh look, Nikki’s litter box needs scooping out.
**Purp **- INGO = It Never Gets Old. Because swampy’s gayness is a source of silliness in the MMP, because, well, because… Having met him IRL, I know he’s gay because he told me I’m a cheap date. That’s more honest than any straight man I ever met!
I did a load of laundry, and it’s all put away.
And now I’m shopping cheap smart phones and plans. My cheapie flip phone seems to be closing in on the end of its life and I’m tired of all the abuse I get for not having a rectangular hunk of phone in my pocket. I don’t need a data plan. I don’t need a lot of minutes or texts - I’ve had a pay-as-you-go plan for years. I’m not sure if a cheap smart phone will even work on my pay-as-you-go and I’m not sure how to find out. So I’m googling.
Such is my exciting life.
FCM, I’d be willing to call you a cheap date and I’m happily heterosexual (of course, even cafeteria food in Washington D.C. ain’t cheap, so I guess I’m out of luck…) 
purp/shoe, I am not at all sure what you are talking about, but I am with you in the Awful Shitty Thing that you may or may not do. Whatever it is.
FloatyGimpy, welcome and your first post is classic MMP; mundane and pointless but cheery. Keep on coming back.
boofae, is the info on Excel? You can usually sort that pretty quickly but with your luck it’s on some other database. Hang in there.
Alien, OW, Bumba, it been pretty quite around here, most of the neighbors take care of their lawns without services and wait for the weekend to mow, so the weekdays are quite (I’m planning to mow Thorsday so my neighbors will have something to complain about…)
Hoovered, changed the inside air filter for the HVAC, and started a load of laundry, and am now getting ready to go out and mail the bills. That should be enough for today.
{{Shoe}} losing pets sucks, even when they aren’t conventionally cute fluffy ones.
Exam went OK, I think. I did write a lot, but I don’t think I get marked down for that. I did kinda wind up going over the recommended time, so shhhhh… Got one more tomorrow morning.
Went to the chip shop tonight; they’ve got very creative in doing contact-free chips. The chippy concerned owns two vans, normally used for events or to set up outside the college and things, but with the current situation, they’ve basically found an unused car park and turned them into a drive-through. You stay in the car, they’ve put a contactless card reader on a table in front of the van so you can pay, and they hand you the order in a bag from the van using one of those litter picker things
Good chips too.
I couldn’t do it. I’m going 'round and around; now I’ve convinced myself that she’s not that bad off. I’m currently on hold with a nearby vet that sees exotics. Like I can afford it.
I’m killing myself with my own indecisiveness.
<tantrum> I just want someone to tell me what to do.
Thank you! It’s always scary to venture into a well-established posting tradition.
I am on a roll today, baby! I walked the dog, did two loads of laundry and washed the car, inside and out! Now I’m having a well-earned Fresca and apple break.
Dang, Gimp, you’re making the rest of us seem like slackers! I loaded the dishwasher and did one load of laundry. And made my husband a salad for lunch. And now I’m thinking about what to make for supper…
Yeah, what to do for supper…
Happy Birthday Sari!
I’m way behind on everyone’s news, so hugs, commiserations, and best wishes to all.
My apologies for my absence. The Board has been very, very bad lately. I’ll try to open a thread and it’ll freeze, if I can even get the Board to load at all.
On my end, my son’s school district has settled with us. He will continue to attend his school for HFA, and the district will reimburse us for the last year and a half that we’ve been paying for. This is a relief. A huge relief.
My first appointment with the MS team is scheduled for tomorrow. It will be a teleconference, which is good. The Bay Area is still locked down, and I’m not excited to go into a medical facility just at the moment.
Take care everyone.
What’s going on with Pretzel?
Another thought, look for snake rescue orgs in your area. They may be able to help, or point you towards a good resource, or take her and rehab her.
I’m so sorry. Losing a pet is very difficult.
It is rainy, and Gordie has not left the porch since the A.M. Alex Catt has been clingy and clumsy all day, so I may need a transfusion before
long.
{{{{{Shoe}}}}
Welcome Floaty!