It was raining a bit yesterday, and I think I heard there were T-storms down south. I’m not sure exactly when, but on a whim I tried to log on Sunday mid-morning. I don’t recall hearing about any too-wild weather in Seattle.
Fortunately it’s the end of the month so losing two hours isn’t going to hurt much.
Shopping has been completed; went to Wal-Mart and Subway in lieu of my usual Publix/Jersey Mike’s run. A nice change of pace (and ended up with a big jar of cheese balls), but don’t think I’ll make it a habit. Had to go to the checkout as the self-service checkouts only take cards and I had some cash to be spent.
It’s 81F outside but doesn’t really seem to feel that hot, house is still comfortable without the AC on, we’ll see how long that goes.
OK, I really, really need to vacuum around here…sometime…
Just a general FYI on the booster shot:
*It’s the same dosage as the regular vac
*It’s commonly available at pharmacies
*It doesn’t matter if you’ve had some other vac (like the flu) recently. In fact, they offered to give us both at the same time.
Happy Moanday, Mumpers. I guess that would be “Mooooompers” for FCM. I’m in Purgatory, i.e. listening to music on hold while waiting to talk to the allergy clinic. A cheery voice informed me wait time is over an hour, and they’re too busy to offer call-backs. Actually, I’m on hold for the general appointment desk. I’m pretty sure they’re going to tell me–as they did last Tuesday–that I’ll hear “in a couple days,” but I can’t seem to get through to the clinic, itself. I don’t want to be the person who put the itch in bitch, but dayum, people, get me in.
Bumps in the night…nothing current, but in the last house I owned, some critter would periodically get in the wall between the bedroom and kitchen and scrabble away in there. It was definitely MUCH bigger than a mouse, and we didn’t have squirrels in that corner of Wyo. Finally called pest control guy. He thought it might be a pocket gopher.
Speaking of noisy rodents, Norman Bates, Squirrel Version has disappeared. Either he gave up, or, as I suspect, the other squirrels had enough and took him out.
Cookie, good to know we can get both at once.
Holy moly. My case could be in medical review for another week. They have 400 cases to review. Even worse: their earliest appointments are next January. I cannot wait that long. I’m trying very hard to be calm and patient, but I can’t do this for 4 months. I put a call in to the dermatologist. Hopefully he’ll figure out an alternative.
Morning all. We have a kitten, things go bump in the night all the time. Of course, they also go bump during the daytime as well, the little jerk! I went through our house and put all of the glass in storage for a couple of years, but there are still not-breakable things out that can be knocked over or pushed off by a little jerk who hasn’t learned to stay the fuck down yet.
We got a lovely rain yesterday, long and slow for the most part but we did have a good downpour for about half an hour. It was wonderful!
George takes long afternoon naps that allow me to spend time stitching. Remember this bit?
Its turned into this:
The blues aren’t that bright irl, btw.
I’m having a lot of fun with it, there are enough things to do that I don’t get bored. This is the first layer of the top left quarter. Once the house is done, I’ll go back and put gingerbread on the rafters and curtains on the windows. Then I’ll put “lace” over the background and then I’ll go back to the borders and add several more layers of gingerbread. There is a lot of candlewicking, which I really enjoy.
Wow, nellie, that sounds horrible. Itching for that long would be intolerable. I hope your dermatologist can help.
You’re stronger than I am! Itching is the worst isn’t it?
Hang in there - I hope the dermo can help you out, or at least provide some temporary relief.
I’m home waaaaayyyy early. Why? Restaurant shut down, right at the lunch rush was sorta easing up. Why? Someone (and I do know who) tested positive for the 'Rona so we’ve all been exposed.
Everyone who’s not vaccinated has to get tested and receive negative results before coming back. There’s 5 of us with vax, so maaaaaayyyyybe we’ll be able to re-open tomorrow.
Who knows? 
We’re playing this whole thing by ear.
My manager made a comment that he was flying blind with all this, and calm as he always is, I could tell he was stressing out.
I got tested anyway (got both Pfizer a while ago, but with the delta variant and all, better to double-check) and the initial rapid result - the antigen one - is negative.
But I got the PCR test, too, due to known exposure, and that takes a bit longer.
So, like Schroedinger’s cat, I am … half negative?
I’m pissed at losing hours (e.g. $$) but might be one of the few who can work tomorrow … which was supposed to be a day off & I was psyching myself up to finally deal with this stupid gov’t paperwork quagmire … so I dunno what’s gonna happen.
What a mess. I’m gonna sit in the sun & do some cross-stitch until I can get my head together enough to think about lunch.
At least I’m not having any symptoms. Although I do wonder if this played any role in my sudden fainting spell at work last week.
I’m not a medical professional (we should ask @BippityBoppityBoo for insight, since she’s a nurse), but I think your Pretzel-like dietary habits were more likely the culprit. Please try to remember that a meal schedule that works for a snake doesn’t suit us human types. 
I got the meatloaf out of the freezer, thawed it, and put it in a loaf pan. It’s waiting in the fridge. I went to the supermarket and bought a head of cauliflower and some Velveeta. I also got some Green Giant cauliflower-and-cheese sauce as a fallback.
Finished my platelet donation and am swilling some water to rehydrate, soon to amble out to the car and head home. I’ve had enough of squeezing the little rubber ball with a big needle in my arm. I’m on the pheresis machine for almost two hours to produce two units of platelets. Mostly it’s boring and daytime cable TV sucks.
Back to the kitties~
Cheers, 
ETA: made it home, switched to pajamas since I’m the only human here for the next 3 days. Grabbed a frosty cold…….can of Trader Joe’s Sparkling black tea with peach juice. Had you wondering there, didn’t I?
JaneDoe, that’s so pretty! That’s some amazing progress.
I hope you recover quickly Boo! Giving red stuff is no joke. The last time I donated blood I came home, put my head down on the table at dinner and promptly fell asleep. I’d planned to give again soon, but my kids get freaked out every time I start making plans to do so.
I’m hoping to have the kids begin bursting into the house soon - well, one of them anyway. The walk/waddle/run happened this morning, as did the shower. The valves did not, so I’m considering replacing them myself, which may or may not be a terrible idea. Luckily I’m still working, though, so don’t have to think about that for a bit. I might go make myself an espresso to get me through the rest of the day.
I had to Google this. The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know!
Please keep sharing your progress with us. It’s pretty!
… and inspires those of use with, um, craft projects perennially “in progress” to finish the hell up.
(Or to go, “Oooh, shiny new thing!” and start a whole new project!)
Signed,
shoe, who has not one, not two, but three cross-stitch hoops going at once right now.
https://www.needlepointers.com/main/showarticles.aspx?navid=3927
Dang shoe, isn’t there some sort of pandemic aid that might help you get paid for the COVID time off? I agree that your fainting is more likely because of your diet, or lack thereof. Are you at least taking a multi-vitamin? They don’t replace real food, but give your body a little help when the real food isn’t happening.
Thank you! It’s 18 gauge and once I know what I’m doing I can whip through larger gauge work pretty quickly.
When things get better, check and see if there is an Embroiderer’s Guild that meets anywhere close and then attend a meeting or two. You will meet a lot of nice folks who all do different kinds of stuff at different ranges of skill levels. Remember that the best way to get a hobbyist talking is to ask about their current project! You can bring your work and ask for help if you need it, or just work in the company of other like minded people.
It does sound like you work like I used to, which is why I have so many unfinished projects here. That’s OK, when the world ended, needlework stores closed. I was happy to be well stocked. I probably shouldn’t have started this one without finishing some of the others, but it just looked like fun.
I do always have several smaller pieces going, I like to take them when I’m waiting because they are much more portable.
I used to be scared of minor plumbing problems because I was afraid that I’d make it worse. Finally, one blessed day, youtube self help videos came out. I’ve been doing minor repairs like a pro ever since 
… by which I meant, FOUR hoops.
Jeez. { smacky face }
I donate only platelets, their machine gives me back all my red cells and 95% of the plasma, so I basically have no after effects. I routinely take supplemental iron, just to keep my hematocrit up to pass the pre-donation physical. There is never more than a unit of my blood in the machine, surrendering the platelets. Even if something goes awry, I’m never out more than that one unit. That rarely happens. Platelets I can donate every 7 days. They have a short lifespan, only a few days and are used for trauma patients, to stop bleeding, neonates and some cancer patients, so a constant supply has to be assured. Holiday weekends can get dicey.
I’ve given 44 gallons in the past 15 years. I enjoy doing it for lots of reasons. I get to hang out with nurses, it gets me out of the house and doing something with societal good, when I worked as a NICU nurse I saw a teaspoon of platelets save newborn lives over and over again. Time and platelets I have in ample supply.
Call your nearest community blood bank and volunteer to give blood~it feels good and in these times we all need to feel connected to others. Recent flu or Covid vaccinations are just fine.
School in the times of COVID - I’m now waiting to see if we get an exposure notice. My youngest got off the bus a while ago telling me that they’d been at her table with a yardstick. What happens is, if a kid tests positive for COVID, someone will literally go into the classroom where the kid was sitting and physically measure three feet between children with a yardstick to figure out whether they need to send an email to the parents. If the kid is “exposed” (meaning within 3 feet of the kid with the diagnosis, because there seems to be the perception that there is an invisible plexiglass wall), then your kid is on modified quarantine, which is a joke and a half. If your kid was greater than 3 feet away, no exposure notice, no quarantine.
Modified quarantine means the kid can attend school and ride the bus, but do nothing after school. So, no after-school activities, they’re not supposed to get together with friends or family, etc. Nonetheless, we’ll be wearing masks around my mom if we happen to see her and keep our distance from others. I’m sure I’m being paranoid, but I also am not banking on COVID particles to be able to read the quarantine guidelines the CDC and our state has sent out.
I wish that I could, much as I hate getting stuck. But, alas, I have only one vein that gives it up, and it takes way too long to fill 2 tubes for blood tests. There’s no way I can pump it out fast enough for donation. We don’t want to talk about the job of getting an IV into me - or the time it took FIVE TRIES in five different spots before one worked.
I threw together a rather tasty salad for supper, followed by a small bowl of bean soup. I need to hit the Amish market tomorrow for some cukes and 'maters.
Tomorrow’s supper will be pot roast. I pulled a small hunk of chuck out of the freezer earlier today. I think I’ve got all the other stuff I need, tho I need to check the spuds - we don’t eat them that often, and they get mushy on me. If so, I’ll get some Amish spuds.
The rest of the evening is dedicated to knitting and chillage, with an early bedtime. With Mel, I think. I’s tahred. I fell asleep earlier today watching TV. Dang, that’s what old people do!!! 
Well, so Main Boss said we’re opening tomorrow.
Betchy’all a nickel I’m working tomorrow.
(For the skimmers: tomorrow was supposed to be a day off for me, but I’m one of only a few on crew with vax + got negative 'Rona results today. Shut down restaurant today during tail end of lunch rush due to another manager - who is pregnant! - testing positive.)
Howdy!
Read all, retained little. It was a Moanday all day to day.Oy!
Stay safe and healthy y’all!
Howdy Y’all! I did the things and we had the breakin’ of fast for sup. Between all that we practiced our sloth skills. Nice way to spend a Moanday. I do so enjoy these seven day weekends!