Good Morning Everybody

Hi Subclinical
Glad your arm is feeling better.
I think it's worth it to have a bit of sore arm in order to not get influenza, especially this year.

WTG! for keeping the house somewhat under control and YEA! for the daily yoga!!! 😀

Of course you are exhausted when the sun goes down.
You do so much physically and mentally daily now.
Hope you are sleeping soundly. No weird dreams or other worries keeping you up. (((HUG)))

Have a wonderful Friday at school 😀

I have been anxiously waiting for the day when I can stop watering outdoors and finally officially put the hoe down.
But it is still in the upper 70s lower 80s for now and I need to keep watering, but not as often or as much as when it was over 100F day after day, week after week.

But it's ok because Steven doesn't believe in global warming, thinks it's a hoax just like covid19.
Idiot......

When I can finally detach the hose and winterize the spigot then I will have more time to do everything I have been too sick and tired to do.
Twinkles desperately needs brushing and I can almost sit on the floor again.
The house is terribly dusty, everywhere.
General housekeeping has not been getting done, just enough done to keep it barely livable.
And I would really like to play with my beads and hope soon I can sit comfortable enough to do that.

So many plans and things I want to and need to do. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Tillie, it's fall - time to start hibernating!

My arm is mostly better. House hasn't fallen too far behind this week and I've managed to fit yoga in every day.

I'm pretty exhausted by 9:00 though.

Heading off to school - excited about seeing my Friday kids in person today!

Hey...

Very sleepy tired today.
Orange sun from sunup to sundown, smoke hanging in the air like thick fog.

Got the car gassed up.
And just vegged out with Netflix.

Hoping tomorrow I will be awake and alert enough to participate in life.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Tatoulia

Hi Subclinical
Sorry your arm is sore.
Mine only feels a little bruised if I touch it.
Wish your Mom had a drive up like I had. Never got near anybody except the two nurses working it.

The grocery store shelves were full of toilet paper but the cleaning product shelves were bare & very picked over.
The fresh ginger root was just small dried up bits.
But I did get a small pumpkin. 😀

Was going to fill the gas tank yesterday but the car accident was right by the gas station so I plan to gas up today then start my 2 week quarantine.

Hi CriticalMass
Wishing you all the best of luck with the computer Geek fixing up your computer.

Last time Steven was in the hospital they were allowing one person/visitor in.
I had to be screened and hand sanitized with face mask but the hospital had loosened up the strict rules so people could have a patient advocate with them.
Prayers, fingers crossed, holding our breath that Roommate comes through without any complications. ((((HUG))))

I suppose right now you two should get the home ready for her recovery time there.
Get the food she will need, plenty of beverages, areas clear for walking.
Areas clear for any family that comes.
Happy the garage sale is over with and all leftovers donated.
Sorry you have to put all other plans on hold but "life happens". ((((HUGS))))

Checking in

Got the fish tank donated, what a relief - I was getting nervous no one would want them anymore.

This was supposed to be more of a catching up week, and in some ways I suppose it has been. Better than last week prepping for the garage sale, anyway.

But I'm slow getting stuff done. And wanting to procrastinate on the harder things.

My roommate had a specialist appointment and now the plan for biopsy has been changed to a plan for surgery, including overnight time 2-3 nights in hospital. It was emotional for her, obviously, and by association for me as well (remembering the 2016 surgery I had, how lonely I was in the hospital and with no one there to advocate for me on some things I think I needed that).

To think of her during this time of Covid and I won't even be able to help and spend time as a friend, nor would even any of her family if they came. She doesn't want to take her good phone but I'm going to see if I can talk her into taking my cheapie old dumbphone so we can at least text. Perhaps hospitals have some iPads or something for the patients, who knows. They have wifi. I had my tablet with me when I was in and that was a good distraction and way to feel connected with the outside world.

Also, her sibs were wanting to come down again and help already with home fixup and yard work, so now they may want to come help with this. Therefore, I will need to address my mess. Yikes.

So all in all a bit emotionally and mentally overwhelming, especially the first day she told me about it all.

In other news...

Warning, nerd jargon ahead...🤓💻

I talked to the computer guys again, and one of them was able to assure me that if I had them put Windows 10 on my laptop, he could make it so that the obnoxious and/or privacy-compromising features were disabled. So I think I can be okay with that.

He said Linux is more for servers. I know a lot of people use it for home use, but I have come to intuit that those who do are apparently less wild-n-crazy users than yours truly. In any case, I gave Linux a fair shot, but at least for now I don't think it's for me.

So in a little while we'll be off to the computer store with the laptop. I'm hoping it'll be smooth sailing henceforth. Also I'd dug out my old CD-ROM with Microsoft Office, an older version but one that will still work, and that I like. No more fighting with LibreOffice, which is okay for some basic word processing tasks but works weird on others.

And I'll be able to have lots of fonts again, and have them render (i.e., not look pixelated and blurry and just BAD). I'll be able to do my graphic stuff again. To compute the way I like to compute. The extra RAM (memory) I had put in awhile back will be to my advantage in terms of speed to prevent freezes too, I hope.

At least that's the plan. Cross your fingers I'm right about that! 🤞

Tillie, good job getting yours too!

My mom tried to get hers earlier this week, but decided there were too many people.

My arm is a little sore this morning. I hope yours is ok.

I'm sorry to hear about the car crash.

Good job getting everything on your grocery list! We are still having trouble getting things here. Nothing that creates too much of a problem so far. I do need to order toilet paper again because we are getting low and don't want to run out before we get some!

Mr.🐈 says hi to everyone.

Hi Subclinical
We cross posted.

WAY TO GO! getting your flu shot today ! 😀

So happy school is going well and you even found time to do things at home.
Fantastic! 😀

Glad the pot of food is yummy.
Those conglomerations are usually the best, especially as leftovers.

Tillie, and everybody,

I'm reading and thinking about you, but swamped with school - which us actually going really well.

Got my flu shot today and made chocolate ice cream mix and ran the dishwasher and the washing machine - load is in the dryer.

Even though I spent two hours commuting and taught from 9:30 to 4:30 with breaks for lunch and my planning period.

Dh made dinner, but we'll be back to my pot of food tomorrow (too dry for stew, too wet for casserole, but yummy!)

Well I did it and have the smilie face band aide to prove it.

It was outside, drive up.
A lady handed me a clipboard & pen with the consent form to fill out.
Told me to keep the pen.
I was the very first one in line!!! 😀
Then a very nice nurse with dark purple hair stabbed me.
So I would be at the right height I stepped out of the car and also requested my right arm be used.

One less thing to worry about now.
Steven never gets the flu shot and he also catches everything that goes around.

Afterward I was driving to the grocery store and there was a terrible 3 car crash at the intersection.
This is highway 50...
At least 6 cop cars, several ambulances.
A policeman was directing traffic.

Went grocery shopping and got most everything on my list. 😀

Mornin...

Glad I had the comforter on the bed, got cold over night.

The flu shot place is at the senior center and I am hoping it will be done outdoors.
It will go on from 4pm to 5:30pm.
I will leave home at about 3pm to get there early and get it over with.
There won't be any huge crowds of younger people there, just us old folks.
So I feel it will be safer than the usual flu shot give-away with a huge herd of younger people with all their kids.

Toying with the idea of getting groceries on the way home.
I need more fresh produce.

Good Evening Anybody

Laid low today but did get the grass watered and cut & filed my finger nails and took a shower.
Twinkles spent the afternoon outside laying in the sticks & pickers getting them all in his fur.
Quarter to 9:00pm and I am all ready to go to sleep. 🙂

Good Afternoon
Taking it slow and easy today.
Tired. Slept poorly.
It has been getting down into the 40s about 3am and I have been getting cold.
Got out a comforter today so that should fix that problem.
But still into the 80s during the day so it's really perfect temperature wise.
Smoke is still an issue.

Anxious about going to get my flu shot tomorrow afternoon.
But I won't allow anything to stop me.

Hi Subclinical
You sure did a LOT today!!! 😀

Yum! coffee icecream.
I don't like drinking coffee but I do really like coffee icecream.

Interested in your "rabbit thing" 😉

Well can't feel very sorry for a drunk who broke his arm.
But that's heartbreaking about the young woman with 2 kids and another on the way.
(((((HUGS))))) for them

Hope your Mom rests her eyes and that makes the headaches go away.
Screen time can really do a number on us.

Good luck and best wishes with all your school related things. 🙂

WTG! for a big pot of dinner.
Been thinking of making myself a big pot of chili.

I am so happy you are going back to school with a clean bill of health.
You need this and the kids need you (((HUG)))

The spiders bite and make painful weepy sores.
There are many different kinds and every bite I get really has a bad effect on me.
Plus there are black widows and brown recluse in the yard hoard.
I do enjoy the Wolf spiders and even have had some as free range house pets.
They are trainable and do eat the bugs.
Boris knew never to get on the couch.
He would come stand in front of me and beg for the table lamp to be turned on to attract his supper.
But he did eat Dave, a smaller Wolf spider pet.

When I went out to water the garden plants I pulled the hose around and hosed off the car.
Got the layers of dust & fallen leaves off but it still needs a proper washing, maybe next Spring?

Tillie, are the spiders poisonous? Do they bite you? I like the spiders in my house because they eat the other things. Mr. kitty hunts them though.

I got my feed in my truck bubble.

Got a lot of other things done today too - so happy to be going back to school!

Lesson plans ready for two out if three classes - a few details to think out on the third in the morning.

Put up seven pints of tomato sauce, froze coffee ice cream and cooked up some vanilla to freeze tomorrow.

Two loads of laundry (One put away) and two loads of dishes.

Made a big pot of dinner we can eat for a couple more nights.

Also did a rabbit thing that I'll tell you about after I see how it turns out.

Also talked with my mom and my youngest Dd. Not great news there though. Mom has been having really bad headaches. She wonders if it's too much screen time and letter writing. My self destructive uncle is in the hospital again. (Got drunk and broke his arm) and from Dd - her best friend moved back with her parents and got a restraining order against her future ex husband. He hit her. She's 23. Two little ones and pregnant again. No job.

I can't fix any of that, but I can get a good night of sleep and be a good teacher.

WTG! CriticalMass! 😀
YEA! for getting all the donations donated and freeing up your vehicle and spaces!!!

Spiders are getting cold outside at night and are wanting to come inside.
So today I resprayed "bug barrier" all around.
This brand of spray makes me cough & sneeze & nose run & choke
so I wore one of my washable cloth face masks while I sprayed.
Still coughed & wheezed and had a runny nose but not nearly as bad as without the mask.

Will be glad when this spray jug is empty and I will never buy this one again.
The other more expensive brand lasted longer on surfaces and I was not allergic to it.

YAY, SUBCLINICAL!!!
🥰🙌🎆💕🤸‍♀️💫💐✨🌈🌟

So happy for you!

I'm off to the DAV to take the donations.

Good Morning Everybody

WHAT A RELIEF! Subclinical 😀

You would be perfectly safe getting feed that way.
In your own personal little bubble inside the truck.
Not being in close proximity to anybody or touching anything.

Good luck with all your plans. 😀

The smoke had been moderate for quite some time but has now been getting worse a little every day.
The sunrise was a mean nasty orange sun rising on a nasty brown day.
Cough cough cough 😟

Prayers answered!

Negative.

Good morning all!

Nice to keep up with what you are doing.

Tatoulia, I am very proud of you for walking and using the post cards!

CM, way to go on donating the donations.

Tillie, take it easy. I really don't understand why the senior center can't figure out how to get you health care. It is just insane.

I am hoping they post my results today! (If I am positive, they will call me instead)

I need to get plans together for the week both ways.

I am also out of feed. The feed store guy and his employees don't wear masks, so I have been doing Pay by phone with curbside pick up. I am assuming that if I go in the truck so that I am completely closed in, that will be ok.

Good Evening Everybody

Thinking of you Subclinical (((HUG)))

Hi Tatoulia
That's so wonderful you are using up your postcards and cards like they were intended to be used. 😀
It will be fun choosing a small number of cards when you don't have the stash to fall back on.
Every year they come out with new beautiful designs.
I still like the Christmas cards with the glittery flocking on the snow.

Keep up with the clearing out by using what you have.

That's what I like about buying candles at the thrift shop.
I enjoy burning them so they come & go.
Never were meant to be kept forever.

Now that it's not too hot any more I hope you can keep walking around the town.
You were always so much happier/more centered when walking regularly.

Tillie, I haven't heard of a roll of stamps in years! And then to learn they have postcard stamps in rolls! So fantastic!

Yes I walked to mom's, then to Whole Foods, then to BF's, then back home, then to Talbots (for a return) and then to office, to Post Office, to Roche Brothers grocery in downtown, then Macys, then subway to mom's then home again. Honestly the only thing keeping me from walking home is that I would've reached my house first, and I knew I'd never be able to muster the strength to pass it by and go to mom's. What a great walking day I had! Yesterday was great too but not like today. I miss being downtown.

So I definitely have enough stamps for a while. These will get me through Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas. And all the random cards in between. Although, for Christmas it's my mission to get rid of the remaining Christmas cards that I have. I did donate a bunch last year, just to get rid of them.

I need to keep clearing out.

Hi Tatoulia
Thank you (((HUG)))

Boy! you sure got around today! 😀
YEA! for wearing sneakers.
Makes no sense wearing out your feet & legs wearing out indoor shoes.

WTG! getting rolls of postcard stamps!
I thought they would only come in sheets.
Great you have a system to keep the table clear and yet get the cards ready to send out.

I got dishes washed and the kitchen wiped up.

CM great work! And you aren't taking a thing for yourself! I am so proud of your mindset! Don't change a thing. You are doing great. No need to write down goals. Keep up the good work!

Oh Tillie I am so sorry about your intense, unfair pain. I am so sorry. And I'm ashamed of Medicaid's stance. I wish I could help you. I am just so sorry.

SubC sending you some love!

I walked down to the main post office today in south station. It's open 7 days a week from 6AM to 12Midnight. Used to be 24 hours. I walked by my building and stopped in to say hello to the guard. When I asked for postcard stamps, the guy asked me if I wanted rolls or sheets. Rolls! I got overly excited. I bought 2 rolls of 100. Pretty nice.

I am sending postcards once a week now. I sit down and write them all at once and send out. Much more efficient for me and keeps everything off my dining table.

Afterward I went to the grocery store and stopped in Macy's for a minute. I ended up taking the subway home because I'd picked up some groceries for mom. I saw mom for a minute then came home to take off my clothes and shower and wash my hair. I also ran errands earlier in the day including picking up lunch for BF and dropping off cat food for mom. So I've been to mom's twice, BF's once, and downtown and back. I wore sneakers. And my legs feel so happy.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi CriticalMass
YEA!!! for the sale being over & done with!
Fantastic the leftovers will all be going to donation!

You have mentioned a lot of your goals and plans for if/when all the stars align this month.
Wishing you great success for whatever you tackle. 🙂

Yep, 2020. We live in interesting and ever changing times.

Hi Tatoulia
WTG! for loading up on juice for "Justin Case".
Very happy you have been walking. 😀

My one and only goal is to get better.
I have not been telling the whole truth as to my physical condition.
I have been doing a few little necessary tasks and been paying dearly for doing so.
Always have pain and am exhausted and weak from it.
It's due to all the cysts in my lower abdomen. They tend to twist and sometimes burst.
This latest one affected my lower spine and there is another one now acting up in my lower left quadrant.
Been suffering 30 years with this and it's why I could not hold a job, too many sick days.
But since I could be "cured" with surgery medicade denies me but I can't get surgery without any help.
Catch 22.
If I go to ER they would only treat the one acting up at that time and hound me the rest of my life to make payment which I can't do since I am too sickly to work.

Quick hop by 🐇

Happy Feast of St. Francis - give your furry friends an extra hug or two! 🐈🐐🐓🐕

SubC, praying for negative test results and for any symptoms, whatever they are, to just be GONE. 🙏 Will make a point to check in frequently for news how things come out. Hugs! 💞

We finished the bunny garage sale. Exhausting, but we made enough for several spays and neuters. And I did not take back a single thing. My van is loaded with donations. Roommate's new car has some in it that will add to mine because I can easily do it in one run.

I have several To Do list items coming up. You ladies know I shy away from formal challenge goals because my life & brain are too unpredictable and if I don't meet the goals I feel like I failed, and get embarrassed. My shame baggage from a lifetime of procrastination. 😛

But I know what I want to accomplish, I just don't want to jinx it by writing it down! 😁 Then when it is done I get bragging rights, which works better as a motivator for me. 😉

Later! Time to get ready for church. Found out yesterday we are getting ANOTHER different priest! Because our current one is needed for a large parish that had a sudden vacancy when theirs passed away. Well, it's 2020. Always something unexpected. It'll be okay.

Tillie, I needed to be scared into it! What a bother. I could've had my bathroom painted by now!

Tillie what is your one goal for October? I should go read back and find out!

SubC thank you for letting me know how you are doing. I wanted to mention how much I appreciated your letting me now about what your days at school look like.

I did two very small loads of laundry today, in addition to my errands earlier in the day. Tonight BF and I ran a few errands and I loaded upon juice. I want to have a good supply, in case I get sick or if Boston's rate continues to climb.

I had a good day. All the walking felt good. It was at prepandemic levels.

Good Afternoon Everyone

Hi Subclinical
Good news there are no other symptoms.
Hoping you are having a relaxed and pleasant Saturday (((HUG)))

Hi Tatoulia
Sorry I scared you away posting 6 Badgers and one Skunk. 🙁

WAY TO GO! for ordering the paint!!!! 😀

Good luck finding what Miss Kitty needs.
My little girl one day decided she would no longer squat.
So I measured her hind end and did the math as to how high/tall a plastic storage bin filled with litter would need to be.
The plastic bin I got was translucent and it worked beautifully, she could see it was unoccupied before jumping in.

Pease do walk in the safer more scenic spots.
The sidewalk café areas sound dreadful, too crowded with no masks. 🙁

Good October goals you have 😀
I have only one goal right now.
Subclinical had her school to concentrate on. CriticalMass has all her plans.

Done nothing today so far.
I will go out and water the garden plants and Lilacs now.
Lots of white Chrysanthemum blooms and the rust color blooms are looking very promising.

Just a quick note to reassure Tatoulia - no new symptoms.

Good job on the paint and stay away from crowded sidewalks!

Oh my goodness. Not the posts I wanted to see.

SubC I am praying for you and your family. I am so sorry you are going through this worry and upset and rash. Please keep us posted when you can. I am greatly concerned and sending you much love.

Cm I am hoping that you are doing better with migraines. I can see how the lights must've triggered you. How awful

Tillie, I am grateful you are getting some rest in. I am worried about your back. Very happy you can get the proper flu shot next week. My mother gets hers next week too. I haven't decided when I'll get mine.

I've been avoiding everyone since I hadn't ordered the bathroom paint. I ordered it today. It's called Light Blue (but not really blue) on the Farrow + Ball website. I'll need two coats of their primer and two coats of the paint. My bathroom is a dark red right now. I don't know why I picked that.

Kitty isn't doing the best with her litter box. She goes in it but the "results" are going everywhere. I bought her one of those big covered ones today. I have yet to wash it and see if it's something she'll use.

Going to run errands withBF in a while. We haven't done it because the battery in his car was dead. We tried jumping it with not a ton of success. He had battery replaced today.

I've done some walking today. I am trying desperately to to eat ice cream.

Boston's COVID rates are going up. I can. See why. Everywhere I walked today were people eating out and enjoying the beautiful weather. But it's still too much. Too crowded. The tables are on either side of the sidewalk and then us pedestrians are walking down the sidewalk and it is just too close for comfort. I'm getting ready to hunker down for the fall and winter. I'll walk at night when there are fewer people and I'll stick to the areas like the Christian Science Center, which is just so beautiful.

October Goals:

Reduce my stuff. Get my bathroom painted. Pull it together.