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Good morning! SHe slept past 4 AM! YAY!
Of course, I fell asleep at 3, LOL.
So, this thing emerged from under the bed last night. Oh *shi*!* I was thinking of tarantulas, actually, not furry creatures, for no real reason beyond Hubby found a spider egg sac in his bananas (take that as you wish). And I've got wolf spiders. Who are "loving mothers" for spiders --- really?! Yes, really. They're also fast as hell, covering a meter a second at top speed. They move so fast I've seen cats levitate to avoid them from sheer startle response, and yes, they're in my area, and yes, I loathe the suckers. Ugly, hairy, and zippy. I don't like things that move so fast I can't kill them.
Anyway, we had a wolf spider with her babies on her a few months ago --- long story short, the babies hitch a ride on Mom for a bit, and it's the most nauseating thing I've seen in the natural world in a long time --- and when this thing emerged and flitted across the room? Oh, did I ever flash back to AAAAEEEEEEIIEIEIEIEIEEEEEK! MONSTER!
Well, I was (fortunately?) reading a copy of "Universe", which happens to be a catalogue of stars, nebulae, and anything else astronomical you can name. Yes, it's rather large and heavy (not unlike the cosmos itself) and... well, I flung it. SLAM!
I picked up the book, ready to jump for my life. And found I had valiantly killed... a ball of cat hair dcriven from under the bed by the floor fan.
BTW, "Universe" is dry as the Atacama Desert, which pretty much means it can help me fall asleep, but after that adventure? Yeah, no.
THus, TGI Fur! ...
I'm sure this happens to other people, but maybe I'm the only one idiotic enough to admit it?
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Neuro visit was a clear check-up. He's not worried about anything. Well, I asked him about my mom's situation, and... yeah, my gut call was the right call. Thing is, when someone has such head-to-toe edema, and the primary symptom to watch is their eyes "bulging" --- how will I ever tell? Mom's so puffy and overweight... I'll have to start using photographs for reference and hoping that it works. We don't have any since her brain tumor, but I'll have to do my best. *sigh*
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Hoping everyone stays safe, well, and happy today, as much as possible. I'm off to deal with the cleaner we hired for Mom, and marking out areas of concern for the tree experts to check for us, and make sure the medical log is up to date for Hubby's cancer doc visit next week, and get in touch with my mom's neurosurgeon's head nurse about craniometry or whatever, and and and... Yep. That stuff. Y'know. Everyday normal people stuff. Man, I miss the days when I only had to be upset if I forget the dry cleaning...
Puma power!
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Welcome to the Perseid meteor showers, the "biggies" usually every year. (The Leonids beat 'em one year IMHO).AND today much of the northern hemisphere will see 5 to 99% solar eclipse. How cool is that? Your best bet is to be in the UK or norhtern Spain, where totality is excellent before sundown. Me, I'll get a super duper tiny itty bitty slice of it, so little that it won't be noticeable. New...
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We're all troubled.WSo, to remind ourselves we're not at rock bottom (this is a reverse optimism thing I learned as a kid):We are not living on the island of Krakatoa when the volcano goes boom!Yeah, okay, that sucks.***Toay in 1942, Pierre Laval announced that the way to free France was for Germany to win WW2. Pierre did not win a lot of friends. When the war ended, quite quickly he was tried...