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Wow - you can get an appt that quickly?? I make mine 6 months in advance - before I leave the office. My Dr (actually a PA-C) is very popular and very difficult to see on short notice, at least for semi-annual checks.

That’s why I made my little spreadsheet - I have 9!!

Like when someone asks your opinion of their outrageous outfit - :Oh, I love the color/pattern on the blouse!"

I woke a bit after 2 (stoopit bladder) but I did manage to fall back to sleep till nearly 7, so I count that as a win. I think today is replace-the-disposal day, which makes it clean-under-the-sink day. We’re promised low 80s, with rain possible overnight. Yep, excitement abounds.

Sticky - enjoy your meet-up. Be sure to drive carefully!!

And happy 1th of May to all!

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We need pics!

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Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. I’ll get sheveled shortly and go pick up a few items from Kroger. Other than that, I plan on working in the studio most of the day.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Good morning all. Woke to a pretty morning, so have started a load of laundry and moved my car out of the garage so the HVAC folks can get in, and am now enjoying my cereal-and-apple breakfast. Will probably do at least two loads of laundry and since the HVAC guys say they will be here for 4-6 hours, probably will get some house-irk done while I’m cooped up here. Need to make up the Great May shopping list for tomorrow and coach soccer, so that will fill up a part of my day. Also do the top of the Month finance check on savings and investments (not going to enjoy that part as much as I have in the past). Weather looks nice outside (about 71F now and getting to 80F), but there is a 50-50 chance of rain this afternoon, so soccer practice might get rained out.

boo fae, sounds like things have eased up a bit at work; enjoy.

FCM, this is an ‘urgent care’ place, so they do people wholesale, I expect I’ll be there a good several hours, but they have always been professional, pretty much the same people every year, and the Doctor is the same one I’ve been seeing for 15 years.

Hope both the disposal and FCD perform per specification…

Sticky Buns and JtC, happy Mumper meetup!!

And enjoying some potato chips and a Diet Pepsi post-breakfast snack as load 2 sloshes around and load one dries, so take care all.

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I’m showered and dressed. The sink cabinet has been emptied. Waiting for FCD to get back with the disposal.

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Now I am jealous! Insanely jealous. Please hug each other with wild abandon several times for me. :people_hugging::people_hugging::people_hugging::people_hugging:

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Thanks for those kind words and hugs. I will no doubt need to be back for more before the Boo-gets-sorted-out-and-into-a-senior-apt ordeal gets sorted out.

In the meanwhile, I could use some of that warmth you’ve got. I’m on my 4th day of gray, cloudy, damp gloomy, which certainly does the inner spirit no good. 57 degrees for May Day? Bah, humbug!

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Have fun! How far do you live from each other?

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I’ve been giving thought to what I’d do if FCD goes before I do (and the way he’s caring for himself these days…) The most recent thought is to have Daughter and her crew move in upstairs while making a pseudo-apartment for myself downstairs. The house will be hers eventually anyway. But, frankly, they’re such awful housekeepers, I don’t know if I could do that.

Another possibility is trading houses with them, but I really don’t like their house or the HOA neighborhood. So as long as my health permits, I’ll try to stay here, with the addition of the aforementioned stair chair when I can’t manage stairs any longer. I hope it’s a long time before I have to make the decision. But a senior apartment is the absolute last choice. I hate apartment living. I’ve only done it a couple of times, but most recently, the inlaws had apartments, and nothing about them appealed, other than being smaller than my house.

Dunno…

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How about me moving into your basement apt? I’m quiet and so is my cat. We could still do the stair climb thingie so you could come down and do laundry and I could occasionally come up for Diet Cokes and book discussions.

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Survived jury day 1, off to do makeup lessons at University #2 to prepare for jury day 2 next week. Not my normal day at this university, and since four of us share one studio (and someone else is in there today), I will be nomadic. Any room with a piano today.

Then to symphony rehearsal.

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Good morning!

It’s 45F and clear outside. It’ll be bright and sunny with an expected high temperature of 75°F.

First, hugs to all of you pondering moving. I actually want to move to a one-story home, but I would like the square footage I have now, and I want a yard big enough for the dogs and for me to garden. I also don’t want my damn neighbors right on top of me. My home needs work, and now is not the time to buy.

Welp, yesterday was my final work day. The days leading up to it were frenetic and filled with hand-off meetings, preparing guides, updating electronic desktop SOPs, and more. Yesterday was anti-climactic, to be honest. So many of us were departing yesterday, and the remaining teams are stressed. They put together a nice lunch at a restaurant for all of us, and we were presented with locally prepared retirement certificates. Usually, upon retirement, one is presented with a fancy certificate signed by the cabinet-level official for our agency, but I don’t want one with that signature. Very nice gifts are also usually presented, but with so many of us going, it was just too much strain on everyone to do that. I did receive some lovely cards and small gifts from some of the employees there and my boss. He teared up when he gave me the card and gift, and told me how much he thought of me.

Before I left for the last time, I went around and said my final goodbyes. I also sent out a statewide message telling everyone how much I would miss them, our mission, and that they matter and will continue to make an impact on the people and communities we serve. I was shocked at how many people burst into tears when I appeared to say goodbye. Strangely, I didn’t cry, not once. I don’t think it’s all hit me yet.

I have left something that was a significant part of my identity, and I dunno, I feel sort of at a loss and numb. It was strange not pulling out my work phone and checking for messages last night and this morning.

However, I’ll probably head out to a nursery and putter in the yard today. Some physical activity will benefit me, and I’m behind in my gardening activities for this year.

Johnny, sending you hugs and hoping the news from the doc isn’t awful.

Sticky and JtC, have fun and share pics!

Alright, time to shake a leg and get the day started.

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Sounds like you did it with vast grace and dignity and you made it as easy for your work friends and colleagues as it could be. Many, many gold stars for you :star::star::star::star::star::star::star::star::star::star::star::star::star:

I’m in awe of what you’ve done with such grace and dignity for all. Enjoy digging in the dirt, you so have earned it!

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Howdy Y’all! We are no longer in danger of bein’ the worst yahd in da ‘hood. Crises averted! Actually we are several yahds away from bein’ the worst. Across the street and three houses down is the worst. I am smug right now. Anywho, I am all showered and OYKW has gone to Cook Out for stoner food. I am hongry!

Taters welcome to the world of RDOS! I am sure you will adjust. Do things you want to do. The great thing is if you don’t want to do things you don’t have to. You get to do most of the things when you want to. It’s fun!

Sticky_Buns and JtC enjoy your meetup. Try to remember to not ax murder each other.

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I had very little reaction to the covid vax, just a bit of arm soreness that went away with a bit of stretching. The wife, on the other hand, got up long enough to tell me she wasn’t getting up, took some pain pills and went back to bed, where she still resides at 1015. Looks like I’m on my own for the day.

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Save yourself $50 or whatever. Cancel your subscription to that garbage, delete it off your machine, and let the built-in Windows Defender do its thing. It is widely regarded as better quality and much less of a resource hog than any consumer anti-malware system. Free too.


Congrats!! Yes, I know it’s a sad clusterf*** at the same time. As Boo said, many gold stars for you. You were and are a class act, and the morons in charge cannot take any of those years of class-acting away from you.


A lazy morning here and now at the literal crack of noon I shall bestir myself to dress & eat for the first time today. I’m trying to set an appropriately RDOSy slothful example for our newest member of the RDOS club. Go @Taters !! Go forth and do … nothing!

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A bit slower heaving today. And in the “Irony is not dead” section, on the same week as the International Day of recognizing workers, Brown announced A 1st Qter profit of a billion dollars(an increase over Q1 2024), and a plan to 20,000 workers. We’re rapidly reaching the point where someone mentions cake.

I bought a set a couple of years ago, because somebody ate the old set.

{{{{BBBoo}}}}

{{{{Taters}}}}
But if you do miss the messaging too much, we can all pitch in to ask you about RDOS planning, slothing supply requisitions, and “Does this credenza make my den look big?”

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And a good afternoon all. I am now in a better insulated house with a poorer bank balance, so hope it works out. Finishing drying two loads of laundry (they needed the dryer outlet to power their ‘sprayer’, so a couple loads sat for awhile). Am now enjoying some microwaved White Castles and am watching the weather to see if my afternoon practice gets washed out. Odds are still about 50-50.

Taters, welcome to the retired world, even if your leaving is bittersweet.

Cookie, that has been my experience with the COVID and other vaxs I have gotten in the past few years, a sore arm for a little bit and then fine. Best wishes to your wife.

Pilot, just might do that.

doggio, capitalism survives only because mankind is to stupid/unwilling to do what is necessary to do better. IMHO as always…

And time to check the dryer and see if the last load can go get cooked.

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Locksmith :ballot_box_with_check:
Bee guys :ballot_box_with_check:
Roof shingle samples dropped off :ballot_box_with_check:

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Gosh, I love your wit!

red Yay for new bed and box springs. Have a very comfortable sleep tonight.

Is there a site like gas buddy in your vicinity? I used to use the one in metropolitan Detroit before we started going to Kroger using gas points.

started this yesterday and this is as far as I got before other things took me away from the computer.

It was raining when I woke up this morning and still raining off and on. That’s good because the lawn needed it. Feeling kinda lazy; hard to feel energetic when it’s so dreary out.

taters when I retired, they had a fluorescent green shirt for everyone to sign. One of the women wrote something to the effect of don’t look back, look ahead to the wonderful adventures you’ll have. And it’s true, there are wonderful times ahead for you! Best to you on the first day of your new life :people_hugging:

lily well look who’s been a busy beaver. here’s your :glowing_star: