<~ me today I am thinking that I am gonna have to"unplug" a bit this afternoon, save my sanity or what is left. hehe!!!
On a really good note, at least I am not "in mourning" like I was the day after the election. Progress.
Not like I can do without a little less stress either. Yesterday was yet another one.
I get to the vet and they had an emergency so we ended up having to wait. That isn't a problem as I have been that Emergency before. But poor J. She was not happy, just shaking and trembling. By the time we got into the exam room, she was being her total stubborn butt self. We get her onto the table and she literally leans over the side so we had to stand against her so she wouldn't fall off. The leaning tower of brick-ness. She gained more weight and is now 65# of pure muscle. By the time we had the exam, the Dasaquin (not $90 a bottle) heartworm pills and abx and cortisone pills for the skin infection she has (she has been scratching a spot on her face that is now scabbing which is making her scratch more), I had to toss another $300 on the credit card.
Ack!
But that was nowhere near as stressful as what Gary said to me when I got home. He had noticed cracks all along the concrete blocks in the basement where you could see right through to the outside. He was worried that this was a structural deficiency and that we would need to get a structural engineer in. He called his dad who rushed right up to take a look. They were able to seal the cracks and he said it wasn't bad, but having water getting in the mortar then with all of the temperature changes it freezes, melts refreezes causing it to expand over and over. He thinks that sealing off the areas that the water is seeping in should do the trick.
But for several hours, Gary was in a panic that the house was going to cave in. It also was scary because the corner that had the cracks- the foundation is built around a boulder. Yup- there is a boulder holding up the corner of my house.
Interesting times...
Then I started dinner- which was turkey and vegetarian tacos. Tacos are a PITA as it but now I have to make a vegetarian filling too. I found a recipe to make your own filling because the frozen ones are super expensive. but dang it, another 2 hours on my feet. I would have someone help me but my kitchen is so small, it is hard to maneuver.
Thursday is the one night all four of us are together, so we are trying to make that a family night. We planned on a game night but I was so freaking exhausted that I said it couldn't involve and "jumping around or thinking." That is a huge limitation. hahaha!!! We agreed on Scattergories.
My brain wasn't working all that well, so when I wrote "Lego" for breakfast food starting with L, the fam looked at me when like I was crazy. So I repeated it- leggo my Eggo. Then I realized what I had done, they are all making fun of me. :rofl:
I was going to paint the DR room today. My goal yesterday was to clean the wall the cat is *still* peeing on
and run out and get the paint. But the afternoon had gone a bit sideways on me. I went to bed still thinking that I was going to do that, but when I woke up, I decided that I would do better cleaning and organizing here a bit and then spend the afternoon in my blanket scrapping. Good choice, right?Hope that everyone has a wonderful day and is able to ignore my :rant: up there.
Love and hugs and peace to all!
