fauxklore

John is giving up treatment. BUT Bonny has picked up the support wagon. She and Hazel agreed that Hazel is going to keep Bonny updated and Bonny is going to report to everyone else. This is a fabulous arrangement. For me. Ok so new news, as I type that sentence, Bonny just came in to say that John is going to have some sort of treatment today to look at his stomach 'so he's not pulled the plug yet'.

Joan did not spend the night at the hospital. But she did not come to elbow coffee. Her grandson and grand-daughter-law and her son have all arrived today. No word on that. But, I am not on the hook there, either.

Dick (of Jan and Dick) has found out that instead of an outpatient procedure to work on his heart, he now needs a bypass or stent or something, they haven't decided, and has been told to be careful about exercise.

Jim got a paper cut from his airline luggage tag at the airport last week and, thanks to blood thinners, nearly bled out standing in the TSA line.

Elbow Coffee was interesting today - at least no one bitched about the weather.

nanila

[LiveJournal Achievement banner: 24 years of blogging]

A number of milestones have passed in recent weeks, including the above. With the exception of a few weeks here and there, I have been blogging continuously in the same journal for 24 years. Most of the rest of the world has moved on to various socials, none of which I have been able to find fulfilling. I deleted all the associated apps off my phone in January and I don't miss them. This community of stalwarts, on the other hand, I cherish, especially as we all navigate middle and old age together.

The other other important anniversaries:

Five years of being an academic and three years since being promoted and taken off probation. I have one more rung up the ladder to climb.
Thirteen years since moving into this house. This is the longest I've ever lived in one place. I was never going to do so unless I had kids. My childhood was so disrupted by repeated moves, I was determined for my children to have as much stability as possible.
Twenty-one years since moving to the UK. I thought I was only going to be here for a year and a half, maybe two. Lol. I've now spent far more of my adult life in this country than the one I was born in.

maju

My back was still slightly painful this morning, but it seems to be mostly fine now. I was feeling very tired and sluggish when I got up (basically I was feeling old and creaky), and as it was a very cloudy humid uncomfortable morning I almost didn't go to parkrun. However, I got myself dressed and off I went, and I think the exercise really helped my back. I walked most of the course because I was afraid that running might be bad for my back, but on the final section (about 1 km) I did some running and it was fine.

When I walk I'm usually faster than all the other walkers except for one old man (he's in his 80s) who I can barely keep up with when I run, let alone when I walk, but today there was a woman doing speed walking for the whole course and getting further and further ahead of me as we went. (She also eventually passed the older man.) I spoke to her afterwards and it turns out she is coming back from a hip replacement, working her way back to running. I was extremely impressed with her walking speed, but have no hope of ever being that fast myself.

I'm still feeling tired, but at least the sun has come out and it's not so oppressive-looking outside.

susandennis

Yesterday we were in the hallway discussing Joan and I could tell that I'd lost her attention. She reached up to the back of my head "oh I think I missed a spot." Then she smoothed it down and declared that it was fine after all.

It's one thing to get a good barber but it's the creme dela creme to get one that will always be on the look out for when a trim is needed.

I got a call yesterday from a woman who lives on the other side of the complex. Their son is married to Joan's daughter. She called to tell me that Joan was in the hospital. "Her daughter's with her but she wanted me to call you because she didn't see anyone else on the hall to tell when she was leaving."

I get that. Particularly when I head out for Bellevue or some other place and am going to be gone longer than 30 minutes, I always think I need someone back here, on the hall, to know. No reason but I always think that. So I get it.

Joan has many many problems but lately, it's her back. It doesn't help that she is 92. But she has very active family and she has every single on of her marbles. Nothing to be done by us but I went to tell Bonny and she and I went into Joan's apartment to make sure all was fine. It was. Bonny also told me that John had his first massive drug treatment and it went fine.

10 minutes later she was in my apartment to tell me that 'fine' was apparently short lived and that now he was in the same hospital as Joan.

Elbow Coffee will be sparsely attended this morning. Jack is on a cruise and Jim and Gail are off somewhere again.

I love my new coffee table. I have a power brick and charging cables that I use for computers, watch, cat toys, phone. And I have all my knitting stuff. I finally decided that the charging stuff needs to go into the table. I have two cables, then, that need to come out. So last night I grabbed my handy dandy drill and the biggest drill bit I have and dug out a hole. It was a lot harder than I expected but I managed to get a slot exactly the right size.

I did trip over the power cable twice so I looked into a cable cover. My first try was a total fail - going back to Amazon. But then, I thought, why not a throw rug?! Like the one I have on the other side of the room?? PERFECT and they are on sale. It will be here Monday. So I just need to be extra careful til then.

And speaking of charging, I see that Julio's favorite toy needs more juice.

My two games are on at the same time again today. Yesterday, they kept pulling ahead and then falling behind, both of them. So I'd keep the sound on the one that was behind until they pulled ahead and then mute it when they got the needed runs and listen to the other game. It worked out fine.

Martha and Bonny both wanted mini monsters in school colors. I complied.

fflo

Wanna tell you about the hippie lake and going back there this year, and now wanting to go back there all the time.

Stymied by plans for stoop shore-up; can't be hiring any more pros, and not sure what to do. So blew it off and had an adventure yesterday. Good weather for outdoor project is also good weather for adventure. Toledo for batting cages; Adrian for Spotted Cow; the hippie lake.

Just being able to go outside in short sleeves and no socks, and the wildfire smoke (we will apparently have every summer now) diminished to the mere-yellow level, and sometimes the lower end of that, and seeing it even dip into the green/fine once: yes, please. Easy to appreciate these elements of the moment.

days_unfolding

The boarding place won't take Gracie until she's not contagious, so I can't go to Sardinia. The jinx is still on.

cornerofmadness

Mom and I hit Costco. There was ONE, count 'em, one buggy left. Dear god. Somehow we survived but since I have SO MUCH to cart back next week I passed on many of the things I wanted to buy. Ah well.

And since that was the most exciting thing to happen all day, here have the fandom recs for two weeks including this one!!

Warmth In The Chest Hazbin Hotel this was written for me in

Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Jason Bourne

days_unfolding

I think that I want a used Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid. They're a little more expensive than the cars at which I was looking, but people really like them. I found one that I like, but I'll start more seriously looking after I get back from Sardinia.

I didn’t get up early but slept until a little after 7 AM. I didn’t do laundry, so I’ll have to shower at lunchtime and go to the bank in the afternoon. I’m sitting for a moment and waking up. I’m groggy. Got the laundry going.

I’m concerned that the Italian school hasn’t sent me the link to pay for the course by credit card. I sent them an email, but have heard nothing from them.

I really want to take a nap at lunch, but I should shower so that I can go get the Euros from the bank. My shower was nice. Gracie was fascinated by my naked bod o_o.

I copied a list of things to do in Cagliari. And they have Uber there, although it partners with taxis.

I think that I'm going to stay home tonight. I need to water the plants, and I'm feeling a little dizzy.

Called the garage guy and left a message. I hope that I won't have to follow up with him the whole time.

I changed my password at work because It was going to expire while I'm gone, and I've been mopping up errors because of it. I think that I've got everything?

Hmm. I was going to take Gracie out at 3 PM, and it's 2:45, and she's fast asleep upstairs with me. She got up, and I took them out.

Picked up my Euros. They gave me a nice mix of bills, and I have a lot of Euro and smaller coins from last time.

I had pondered becoming a locksmith as a retirement job, but all the schools and apprenticeships are in Chicago. There sure is a shortage of locksmiths here though.

Crap. Gracie has Giardia. I'm trying to find out how that will impact her boarding, but the vet's office is closed now. I had heard that it was contagious. The vet is now closed on the weekends. This will be a cliffhanger. I'm going to proceed as if the trip will happen as planned. The vet said to talk to the boarding place about it, so I'm going to get up early tomorrow morning to call.

It is so freaking humid out. I had sweat pouring into my eyes (which stung) when I took the dogs out.

Got some stuff done. I want to go to sleep early so that I will get up early and call the boarding place.

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Some recent necklaces, a large one given the stone chunks, and a smaller one made for my partner (inspired by a Veronica Mars rewatch where it seemed virtually every male character wore some variation on this). ( Read more... )

maju

I forgot to mention yesterday that when I was buying eggs, I was surprised to find that one brand of eggs had boxes of 18 for about $15 and another brand had boxes of 18 for just under $8. No prizes for guessing which brand I chose.

I must have "slept funny" last night, because I woke up an hour or two after I had gone to sleep and found that I had somehow done something to my lower back. It was very painful to get out of bed and to walk, but I managed to find the cane I had bought ten years or so ago when I was last having back problems, and put it beside the bed ready for use next time I had to get up. I had to be careful how I arranged my body for sleeping as some positions were more painful than others, and I think I was a bit restless for most of the night because I wasn't completely comfortable. However, by morning it wasn't so bad and I didn't really need the cane to get around. I managed to go for a walk, and after I'd been walking for a while my back felt reasonably good. (My pharmacist daughter told me that this is a result of the endorphins produced by exercise.) It's still slightly painful now, but it's much better than it was during the night.

I've got a loaf of sourdough bread dough rising; I'll be keeping a close eye on it to make sure it doesn't over-rise. It's too easy for that to happen in warmer weather.

maju

12. What is your happiest memory? I've got more than one: the births of each of my daughters, holding my eldest grandchild for the first time, and meeting S in person for the first time.

13. What is your saddest memory? Losing S.

14. What would you like to change? The president of the US and the social and political forces that allowed the travesty of his presidency.

15. How many people do you love? Many family members and friends.

susandennis

I was exhausted last night. Between losing two baseball games, building a table and cleaning up after, etc. I slept good. (Now, why is 'slept good' acceptable when it's a clear violation of the verb modified by adverb rule???? and why am I just noticing this now?????)

So, I'm reading this book that I'm not that into but can't quite find the spot to abandon. It's about two grown sons and their mother. The mother character has - in the first half of the book - been drawn as very old and so fairly demented and failing in health of body, mind and spirit. Then last night, the author finally mentions her age - SIXTY FUCKING TWO!!! Holy crap. Seriously. Insulting. I'm pissed. But, still reading, of course.

But, people, 62 is not old. Late middle age, maybe, but not old at all.

I love my new coffee table and the uncluttered look it provides. And the pop up bit is wonderful. I moved the massive knitting bag off the couch in yet more uncluttering. This morning, I learned that the cats both appear to approve. And there is still room for me!

I got an email last night from my guy at Crate and Barrel saying my new couch cushion was underway and including the invoice again but this time it said delivery ETA mid-September.

It's a rainy day and later on, we're supposed to have REAL rain. Now, it's just wet and misty.

I might do laundry. I might not.

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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

cornerofmadness

we went out to eat and I got fried dill pickles and went HAM on them. They were SO good and then dad gave me the pickle off his sandwich and my buffalo wings came with blue cheese so yeah, so much sodium. Why is it that bad for you food tastes best?

I spent the rest of my day tearing out my hair. I got the syllabi in but was sidetracked by a text from Holzer about a follow up ultrasound tomorrow. Nope. Didn't schedule this. Not in my portal. I call them. Your ob/gyn did this (because holzer told her she ordered it originally) I told them to cancel it. If you do you'll need a new order. Fine since I'm not coming here for this period.

Got a notice from the loans about my income based loan repayment which I started and then needed my W2s etc. I go to finish that and it's stuck in a loop. Nothing gets it out. Finally I give up and call them. She suggests going into incognitio mode since that might be the issue. Nope. It just keeps taking me to the what I need to do this page. She tries to help and I whine about why in the world did they change it from the easy push the IRS allowed button. She says 'oh we still do that.' We check I'm set up for that. She says your stuff will automatically submit when it's time. WTF WHY am I doing this then? Why have I been doing this for years? I hope the hell she's right (she did email me the paperwork that says this is true because I insisted and got her name)

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Current Music: Body in the Basement

days_unfolding

I did get up early, but I’m thinking of going back to sleep. I’m so tired. Woke up again at 7 AM.

Took Gracie to the vet. They said that she seemed healthy. They looked at her stool sample, and the worms that were there before are gone, except for one ambiguous thing that they wanted the parasitologist to check. They will call with the results. They gave me more worm medicine just in case. Gracie was barking at the door to the lobby while they were looking at the stool sample. The vet came back and said, "I heard you barking, girlfriend," and I said, "The whole world heard her barking!" (Gracie's barks are shrill and piercing.) Gracie is still growing, so we don't know how big she'll get.

Took a nap over lunch and overslept for an hour. Oops. I'm still freaking tired.

I think that I'm going to stay home tonight and get some stuff done around here. And get to bed early!

UPS keeps leaving my neighbor's packages at my house. I learned why they put up an American flag; he just became a citizen! I congratulated him.

Oh! My Euros are in at the bank. I'll go tomorrow.

My front door is acting weird. The bolt on the doorknob locks and won't unlock until I open it from outside. I guess that I need a locksmith. Oh. My key is a copy of the original key, and maybe that's why it won't open the lock.

I had a tough time getting Oliver and Lily to come up from the basement to eat. Lily worked out a clever route to get around the dogs though. Both dogs are being rambunctious.

I need to water the outdoor plants. No, I'm going to do that tomorrow morning. I am so freaking tired, so I'm going to start laundry and go to bed really early.

susandennis

This morning after volleyball my heart started racing. It happens from time to time but today I could not make it stop. I went on with my regular stuff, including hauling the heavy table bits up and then going back to return the cart I borrowed. Still it raced. So I didn't rush anything and rested a bit before I opened the table box.

I do have a handy but reliable??? ECG app on my watch and it wouldn't work because my heart rate was 141 and it can only measure under 121. Whatever. It slowed down a little and I got to work.

The table was a little more complicated than I expected but I took it slowly and got it all built. And the box tossed and the old C table put into the storage area and my stuff moved to the new table which, actually, I like quite a bit. It pops up to the perfect height for typing and eating but then down low enough to make a nice footrest and it has lovely storage.

My heart rate is down now but still wonky. If I die, feel free to pass on these dets to anyone who wants to know.

Next up. Vacuum. Table building is messy.

maju

I've been sleeping really well for quite a few nights in a row, but last night the good run came to an end and I couldn't get to sleep because my brain decided to get busy when I went to bed, even though I was feeling quite tired. So I ended up with about five hours sleep, which isn't quite enough.

I managed to go for a very sluggish run this morning; tiredness plus high humidity took its toll.

After breakfast I did some grocery shopping. I've been eating more frozen meals than usual; nothing I cook from scratch seems to taste very good any more even though I'm using recipes I've been making for a long time with no problems. It's very discouraging to be eating food that isn't really appealing day after day. Breakfasts and lunches are okay but dinners have been falling short. I've had a few very good frozen dinners (and a few that I will never eat more than once) but I worry that they aren't as healthy as home made food would be.

I also gave myself a haircut this morning. (It was a busy morning.) My hair was getting to the shaggy stage so it was time.

susandennis

I finally tracked down the coffee table that Fed Ex delivered yesterday. Most of Amazon's deliveries go into a set of lockers. I get a bar code when they are put into the locker. Easy peasy. Great system.

The rest of the packages do not have such an easy birth. They get delivered to the front hallway and then, mostly but not always, get moved to a locked room in another part of the building. From there, they get delivered in the afternoons, sometimes. Often as not 'ooops, the delivery guy was off today' or 'ooops the delivery guy forgot to pick up the second run of packages' or 'ooops we didn't have the staff'.

The system used to be that you could pick up your package at the front desk if you didn't want to wait for delivery. That was great. But, alas, that process got killed off. About a week ago, I wrote to the head guy and asked him to think about giving us a pick up window. An hour/half hour every day when, if we want, we could go get our packages ourselves.

Then yesterday my coffee table got delivered to Timber Ridge at 10 am and to me at ... never. After volleyball, I went by the office of the guy whose job it is to handle packages to see if I could get some info. He wasn't there but my package was! So I wrangled it up here.

BREAKING news! Just as I was typing this whole boring story out, I got a note from TylerThePackageGuy, saying they were going to institute a package pick up time from 1-2 every day! Woot!! And nice. Very nice.

So that's my day today - putting together this table. First I want to get dressed and return the cart to the front desk and get the Timber Ridge Times for our floor and distribute. Gotta get my chores done before work. Today's Mariner game is at 10. The Phillies aren't til 4. Both of them lost yesterday and not because they were playing better teams. Neither game was good. Hopefully today is better.

Oh, the annual car visit was the easiest, best yet. $150. No big issues. They were done before lunch. I swung into the car wash on the way home to celebrate. Now you need sun glasses in the garage. Most all the cars around mine are owned by people who no longer drive so they are covered in dust. Mine shines!

mallorys_camera

The women who loved Brian. The women Brian loved.

I wish I could say I was in a better mood when we all met up for dinner, but in fact, I was not.

(Patrizia needs to be walked, Brian used to say.)

I covered reasonably well. Maintained, as I used to say back in my druggy days.

I don't know why I wasn't in a sunnier place. All day long, I entertained vague intestinal complaints that I knew perfectly well were psychosomatic. If I tried to think about that for very long, I knew that I was a failure & that nothing very good or very interesting would ever happen to me again, so I didn't think about that, I let the edges blur, and instead I thought about the economic implications of the shift in nurse practitioner licensure to the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, and the pie I was baking Flavia, and whether pigs have wings.

The pie did not turn out well. I am not good at making crusts, plus Icky's oven turns out to be just as difficult & undependable as Icky himself, so the crust burned:

It will taste good, though.

###

When I got back from dinner, I sat outside & watched the darkness rally.

It's practically the end of firefly season.

It's practically the end of summer.

I can't really remember anything much about this summer. This summer followed Brian into the void.

The day had been stormy, but the night sky was clear, and far above my head, I saw the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn, the Chronocrator medieval astrologers called it, for it presages significant social change, a new 20-year cycle:

Propitious!

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