Skritches and gentle hugs to Ophelia and BooFae. I’ll be thinking of you.
Mrs. Morty got me a beer advent calendar. Today’s beer is “Bat Shit Crazy Ale”. A bit on the sweet side as it’s a milk beer. Nice coffee taste, no artificial notes. Not super impressive but hey never turn down a free beer. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
Anything labeled “Bat Shit Crazy ___” truly is of our times.
The mysteries of package routing. I have one in transit from Utah to California. It took a detour to Denver, Colorado.
Looks like I have the Tobester today. SIL has a fever and Daughter doesn’t want to take the day off. Oh well…
Happy Firday, I guess.
I’m to collect Tobias at Daughter’s school in a couple of hours. Not sure how we’ll handle the drop off - I’ll find out.
News on BIL front - his brain is a mess! He didn’t know what year it is, his equilibrium is all screwed up, and he flat-out told the Dr he shouldn’t be driving… which I found interesting. FCD has to make appointments for him to get some scans (not sure which kinds) and something else which I’ve forgotten. So the whole dynamic is changed - all driving/errands will fall to us. I’m not sure how that will shake out in the coming days.
I’d planned to spend today finishing the finger puppets, but that won’t happen till I’m kidless, tho another 3-hour nap day would be great. We’ll see how it all shakes out. Meanwhile, it’s in the 20s, so I’ll need to bring in more firewood and get the basement warming up again.
On the plus side, my injured thumb is becoming more functional, if weird-feeling. The numbness means I have to actually look at what I’m doing because I don’t feel where my thumb is. Very strange sensation. I’m just glad it’s on my non-dominant hand.
OK, Onward!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 42 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 70 and N.O.S. for the day. We are mattress shoppin’ this mornin’. I know you are all ever so jealous of that! A new mattress is needed so we have decided that will be our Christmas present to each other. Since it’s a king sized mattress it will be spendy so we can call it an extravagant gift. Romantics we are. Other than that the usual sloth and general overall uselessness shall be prevail. Sup shall be majik intartoobz pizza and sallit.
MOOOOOOM happy Tobester wranglin’. I guess it’s good that your BIL knows he shouldn’t be drivin’. Here’s hopin’ for the best outcome there can be.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, I suppose, bother of bothers, I must purtify and don attire appropriate for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. Life is just so difficult!
Happy Firday Y’all!
That doth sucketh mightily … but I guess it beats someone insisting they should keep driving (more common in folks who’ve been driving all their lives) when that’s clearly unsafe.
I’m sorry your family is dealing with all this, and more so, that most of the work seems to fall onto you.
Please take care of yourself, too. Puppet knitting sounds like a great way to decompress a bit!
Okay, tonight is my Long Night so imma eat some more Triscuits with cream cheese and try to get some more sleep. All y’all have a good morning.
Good morning everyone.
It’s currently 29 degrees with an expected high of 41 and a chance of snow or rain showers depending on which forecast I look at.
FCM, I’m sorry to read of your BiL’s issues and that the fallout results in even more care and work for you and FCD. I really hope a solution is found because you two can’t keep doing ALL of this on your own.
Welcome, godbod! We’re a good bunch of folks, so I hope you stick around.
I think you know that deep down and I’m preaching to the choir.
Morty, that beer sounds interesting to me.
Work was all sorts of crazy. I had to work late, and even though I’m supposed to be off today, I have to log on first thing and make sure some additional paperwork for a contract is pushed through and that a budget analyst is there to fund certify it. This HAS to happen as I have a furniture removal/disposal taking place on Monday. The office relocation and move for that particular office have been nothing short of annoying, irksome, and downright aggravating. Yeah, I know they all mean pretty much the same thing, but each has its own level of “ugh!”. I am NOT driving over the passes this weekend and that’s another thing I need to get sorted this morning. Because, if no one works at that location on Monday, it means I need to be there.
Well, I suppose I should finish my coffee and gird my loins for the what I need to do in about 45 minutes.
Moooooom, it sucks that the driving chores will have to fall to FCD, but am glad that your BIL recognized that he wasn’t fit to drive. Have fun with knitting puppets.
Up, caffeinating, breakfasted, a load of towels / grocery bags in the dryer, a load of jeans in the wash and everything else on deck. Shortly, I’ll begin cleaning house (joy! 
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Stay safe and healthy y’all!
I picked up the Tobester and we’re in the toasty basement. I’ll pick up Roxy at 3 and deliver both kids to their mom at her school. So 6 hours of fun ahead.
FCD is on his way to the apartment. His dad wouldn’t take his meds this morning. Heck of a way to start the day.
Morning, everyone.
Today’s been a little hard for me so far. I’m angry. I have to go to a conservative Christian school every day, which is agonising. I hear so much bigoted shit every day. I’m tired of just…tuning it out. That’s what my mom tells me to do, but it’s gotten to a point where I’m just done.
Morning all. Slept in until after 8am, so slowly getting the day started; paper retrieved, pill taken, and World Cup on in the background. 50F outside with a slight chance of rain (looks like red may get more of it than I).
godbod, you a student or employee there? Sounds hard, but I think your Mom’s advice is the best, stirring things up will just get you ostracized and maybe in trouble you don’t need. But then I’m old and placid, so YMMV. Best of luck.
FCM, I think you’d better be ready to have FCD on pretty much 24/7 call, given his brother’s diagnosis and FIL’s dementia. Hang in there and let Toby entertain you.
Taters, you hang in there too; sounds like with great responsibility comes great annoyance…
Nettie, sounds like most Western stuff goes through Denver…just like flying in the South and Atlanta; hope it gets there soon.
Morty, I’ve smell batshit (many caves are home to thousands of bats and they have terrible toilet habits…) and…it ain’t all that bad. Waiting for tomorrow’s beer report.
swampy, enjoy shopping and don’t wear the mattress out too fast (wink, wink, nudge, nudge…)
red, bet anything that the mailed card show up today…
Oopsie, just remember, a shower is just a shower, but a long hot bubble bath is a soak… 
OK, go back to the TV and watch Korea-Portugal for a bit, then onward into the day. All y’all take care.
Good morning, all. It snowed yesterday while I was teaching, and recognizing the inevitable, I dismissed class early, probably earning higher curse evaluations than I’d receive otherwise.
My package of birthday gifts for a relative’s significant birthday, ordered in a timely manner, has been delayed in Spokane and seemingly vanished.
I need a better MMP name. Suze and Suzie are merely hated variants. Thanks in advance.
Well, the name Susan derives from lotus or lily flower. We could call you either of those. Or other nicknames are Bree and Harish.
Lily is good!
Might be too late in your decision-making, but I deeply and truly recommend Sleep Number. Not terribly cheap, but they last a long time. And I may be able to get you the “friends and family” discount - usually 10-25%. And there’s no compromising at purchase time when one of you likes a squishy mattress and the other likes it firmer. <snerk!>
Mine is about 10 years old with no lump, sags, dips, or any of the other reasons that drive people to say “Hmm…maybe I need a new mattress.” PWAISDN has a second-hand one that’s pushing 25 years old, and his housemate bought one a couple months ago.
Student.
My condolences, godbod.
Maybe think of it like a reconnaissance mission? Gathering intel, learning their ways, and preparing yourself so that in the future, you may be better equipped to debate them.
But right now, you’re probably in no position to change anyone’s mind - they’ll just double down on trying to change yours.
So my advice is to keep your head down, stay outta trouble, and come here (or to the Pit) to vent away as needed.
As Swampy says, “So, shall it be!”. We’ll call you Lily! I hope I can remember that!