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Good morning. Sorry I'm late. Scouted out the school district well.
Yeah, I trespassed. So what? THey took our creek. The creek. From dozens of species.
Right now, the water is just gushing all over and greening up the sports fields. Hand to God, that's all it's doing. Feeding lawn sprinklers. WTH?! We get rain, cope with it! Oh, but they have to soak the *brand new sod* thrice daily or it looks brown. They got the kind of grass you usually see on golf courses. The grounds guy had no idea I didn't belong there, or didn't care, and told me all about how the school board decided they can't just have grass, nope, they need real fancy turf sod, and they had to dig out the old, lay down fertilizer and soil, b/c if you dig much here you hit bedrock, and the well water I was *told* was for fountains and sinks... Is watering grass.
Fancy. Expensive. Stupid. Grass.
Color me old and fussy, but green stuff I don't have to worry about is cheaper, right? Whereas this sod stuff... Drought-resistant? Nope. Cold-happy? Nope. Bounces back from damage? Not so easily. Oh, but it looks *fabulous*.
For this, they killed a creek. I love sports, but not that much. *seethe*
On th eplus side (and I had to fight to find one), the football team is in "camp" right now, and it's hot, so the sprinklers are awesome for *them*. Nice and cooling.
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Meanwhile, my makeshift turtle pond (one tarp, some big rocks, sand, my back yard in a natural "dip") has another turtle. I have two now. And a tortoise. So far so good. The bluetail skink died (cat ate him, then threw him up). I'm calling the turtles Hey You. They're wild, not pets, after all. The tortoise is "Slowpoke".
Oh, and the bins of water we're leaving for the critters? We've no idea how, but a water snake ended up in one. We can't exactly kick him out. He's a *water* snake. We're trying to figure out how to sorta make a pond without anyone noticing so the turtles and snake have a place to live. We being me and three or four other Nature nuts. You should see us. Sunrise and here we are trooping along to empty, wipe clean, and refill bins and basins and kiddie pools of water along the treeline. Who, us? Just out for a nice walk with rags and enviro-safe cleaner and... uh... yeah, a nice walk. Water bills will be high, but we're chipping in for the person whose hose is filling all that stuff.
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And that's all I got. In-laws tomorrow, Mom today, lumbar nerve issue acting up, sooo... Forward! Let your weekend go well! :-)
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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...
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Another day, another ouchie?My bruised achilles tendon (don't ask) makes my foot numb. Wonky on meds, whacked it.Now, as to fibro:A lot of reports are going around some parts of social media that fibro (and dang near anything else) are caused by post-Covid, post-flu, post-vaccinations, post-pick-something.1. Your risk of death or serious complications beyond "ow, that shot hurt!" are typically...
I'm exhausted, didn't sleep enough last night because I went out, but it was a good time. I'm at work now, then I have to go home and cook, clean, and maybe walk my dog but it's supposed to rain pretty hard later so idk if that'll happen. Then I'm going out again...at least I can sleep in tomorrow and Monday
Glad you can sleep tomorrow and Monday, Miki. You sure are busy lately. Take care of yourself.
I'm hoping to go to Starbucks with my daughter this afternoon. They have buy one iced macchiato get one free, from 2-5 pm. I'm waiting to hear back from her.
I'm about 90% packed. Hope I don't forget anything. Glad I started early. I think I'm so excited for my trip that I can't sleep. I was crocheting at 4am.
Have a good Saturday, everyone. I'll stop in when I can.
Leo, Your school and creek situation would sure aggravate me. It seems like the city should do something. I love that you have 2 turtles and a tortoise now. You could teach me a lot, I would love having you as a neighbor. Best wishes this weekend with mom and in-laws.
Miki, I hope you get to walk your dog and that you get all the chores done with extra energy to spare. Have fun tonight.
ida, I get that way when I'm excited. I hope you get more sleep tonight, and have a nice relaxing weekend before heading out. I know you enjoy that Starbucks, have fun.
I just feel exhausted and I'm hurting so much. I want to enjoy stuff again, which I truly don't, not with 24/7 pain. We are celebrating my nieces birthday today, I use to love getting together with family so I could see all my nieces and nephews. It's just so different when you never feel good. It's no wonder I'm addicted to chocolate chips, I want and need any satisfaction possible w/o exerting energy or pretending to be ok.
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
I woke up with a cat laying on me wanting food LOL.
I'm achy today and I don't feel like doing anything... So I may just take an easy.
Leo,
I'm sorry what happened to the creek.
Miki26
If you had fun it's worth being tired I say.
idajoy
Have fun on your trip :)
twinmomab
I'm sorry you're hurting so much and you feel tired. Fibro bites the big one.
Miki I wish you could take just one day to sleep. I am glad that you have someone to do things with though.
Twins I hear you on the pain. It is so hard to enjoy anything when we hurt that bad. I hope you are able to enjoy time with family.
I am all swollen up and hurting. The smoke in the air is making me cough and wheeze, I just keep reminding myself that we only have a month to go before the weather will start to change for the better. My partner said we will order dinner tonight so I don't have to cook. That is good because I hadn't planned to cook anyways lol. We are on day 50 without rain and things are starting to turn brown. I hope it doesn't take away the beautiful color of fall. I hope you all have a great day.
I had an accident during the night. One of those embarrassing things. Because my insurance expects me to have only one doctor at a time, I had to switch to the new doctor I will meet on Thursday, the one who already thinks I'm a drug addict. So he can get paid. Then I can't switch back to the "concierge " doctor until Sept. Meantime, I need to sleep outside and let the dogs sleep on the bed. If i had money I'd keep the concierge doctor even though he disrespects me because I'm not cured after seven years. But he's too expensive. And the others won't prescribe Xanax even though I don't take much and there's a good reason for the one per day I take.
My mother will have been gone for 17 years in a few weeks. For some reason I woke up missing her terribly. Add that to my isolation and I am really desperate for company. I could do something stupid like call my ex.
The creek issue makes me furious. I'd be writing to the local newspaper and calling the TV news stations. What they did is criminal on so many levels. And, as you pointed out, stupid when so many people/things are relying on A WELL. Surely there are environmental groups around there that would love to know about this travesty. Bless you and your neighbors for trying help all of the displaced and thirsty critters.
The weather here has been kind of crazy. It's been hot but we finally got some much needed rain. Things have cooled down but the temp swings are not fun for me. Autumn, I've seen how terribly hot it has been there on the national news. I hope that quits soon.
No plans for the weekend. I pushed the envelope this week more than once. Still feeling the effects of not pacing and I know better. Probably go for a swim and watch a movie. Maybe fire up the Datsun 240z and go for a drive early this evening.
Everyone have a decent day and enjoy the weekend.
Leo, that's beyond selfish of them. It's hard for me to process that because they want greener grass for football they'd destroy a creek. I agree with arranging a board meeting plus going to the press. Good for you and your little crew for trying to save some of the displaced animals.
I'm still in bed and Hershey is pawing at me right now asking for breakfast lol. I was super late for ukulele group yesterday, but I did make it for the last half hour lol. They had cupcakes and I just couldn't say no. I've been having the weirdest dreams every night... real vivid ones. I wake up confused every morning, ugh.
We agreed months ago that one of the weekend nights would be reserved for date night but when he got the summer job on the boat he told *them* he would work Wed, Fri, and Sat. And he's been signing up for double shifts a lot. But when I asked him if there's another day he would like to do dates, he exploded in anger at me. I'm wondering if I should just take myself out today to avoid conflict?
Mom's old screws, wires, and rod in her ankle (from a break 7 yrs ago) is swollen and is requiring surgery. Looks like something may have shifted or come loose.
Btw, we did email pictures of the leak / rotting floor boards to the owner of the house. Waiting to see what they say.
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Ida, I usually can't sleep right before a trip either. Funny you were up crocheting, I'm usually fussing over what not to forget. In fact, I'll make a list of my supplements, tooth brush, tooth paste, toiletries, chargers, face mask, any eye drops / chap stick, and so on, and check them off as I go. Sounds like you will have a good time :)
Twin, I feel for you.... it's really hard to be around gatherings of people (especially family who can be so critical) when they can't see how much you suffer. On one hand you don't want them to see your pain and you try to put on that "I'm doing fine, thanks" face because you don't want judgements, being accused of faking -on the other hand you DO want them to be understanding of your situation. But whether or not they "see" your pain, it's so hard to enjoy anything when your body is screaming at you. I hope the birthday goes well and your pain cooperates enough. Sending extra chocolate chips!
CQ, enjoy taking it easy, hope tomorrow is a better day :)
Autumn, are there fires there? I hope you get some rain!! Very nice of your partner to get some take out.
Wolf, what a coincidence, I was looking for someone to hang out with today too! *Hops on plane* Be right there! Besides, I've never been to Fl, so I'm curious.
Fantod, glad the weather is doing better. We finally got our trade winds back and some rain yesterday too :). Enjoy the Datsun!
Arms sore. Had to lug some water to and fro. I've no idea how to care for turtles, so I'm reading online and hoping for the best till we can make or find them a better place to live. Ditto Mr. Water Snake.
Feeling so irate and tired, wish I could huge everyone, I was so upset that they spent money on fancy turf grass sod instead of just the same stuff as usual. This was *not* in th eminutes of any recent school board meeting.
I think the idea was "ask forgiveness, not permission"...
Lol hee hee