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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Good morning.

Still feel fine, but the rash was a little itchy when I woke up this morning. Coffee fixed that. From the information that I can find, if I have corona, and I am going to have other symptoms, they should start showing up today.

Planning to spend the day on school and home/garden focused tasks.

Good Evening Everyone

Been on self imposed bedrest today and it has really helped.
So far only took two pills for the pain.
Will take another one before I go to sleep.

Did do a wash load of my clothes and hung them to dry in my room.

Kitchen is a mess because I have been eating and that makes dirty dishes.
But I will get to it someday...

Good Morning Everyone
"Clink!"

Sounds like that arrangement will work well, having a "hands on" instructor in the room with you online.

We are all hoping, crossing our fingers and holding our breath that Monday you get a negative test report.
(((((HUGS)))))

Your home has been trashed before and you have always been able to chip away and get it back on track.
We remember how every start to a new school year the house gets messy until you get into the new routine.
Please don't worry about anything there except the basics for now. 🙂

Every registered voter in the county gets an absentee ballot. Got mine yesterday.
We can mail it in or drop it off in a lock box at the county building.
The polls will be open on voting day for those who want to vote at the machines.
I will just drop my ballot off at the lock box.

Results should be in Monday or Tuesday. Everyone Please hope for Monday to avoid further disruption of my life and the lives of those who count on me.

Today, I teach pottery from home. An adult former student will be my hands in the classroom and I will be on interactive video.

I have already trashed my house again.

Glad getting the test was not bad, too uncomfortable.
How long did they say it will be to get the results?

Hoping the online teaching goes more smoothly tomorrow.

Please get rest, some decent food and have a good night's sleep without any annoying dreams. (((HUG)))

Since I am so old and decrepit any more
I am terrified of getting the seasonal influenza.
I allowed my fear of flu to motivate me to overcome my fear of making/taking phone calls and I made a phone call.
Found out I can get a free "old person" strength flu shot in town on October 7th or October 13th.
I WILL be there!!! 😀

The teaching online was awful, bytvthevtestcwas not bad.

Now I wait.

More teaching online tomorrow.

May October bring all of us blessings and peace. 🕊

Oh Subclinical (((((HUG)))))
I am really hoping you are having an allergic reaction to the detergent.
Take care, get plenty of rest and try try try not to stress.

Doing worse this morning than I did after grocery shopping.
Believe it was carrying the water.
Anyways, I stripped my bed and washed everything.
Made up the couch for the first time in so many weeks.
Now I really hope this evening I will be able to pull out and make up my bed.

Well,

I made it through two days.

I now have a rash on the roof of my mouth that I have never had before and webmd says this can be a symptom that appears up to two days before other covid symptoms.

Or I could be allergic the the laundry detergent I used on my mask.....

I called my boss and gave her the information and let her make a ruling.

So, I have a sub for 1.5 classes, and I am teaching remotely for 1.5 classes, and I have a covid test scheduled for 6 pm.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi CriticalMass
So sorry you got another headache (((HUG)))
I do believe the stress and rage you experienced earlier contributed to it.
Please try to divert/close your eyes if you have someone shine bright lights toward you.

Find some breathing exercises/meditations to help reduce the level of stress.
There will always be stressors in our lives but we can do things to help minimize their impact on us.

Went and got water this morning.
Have enough now to weather another month in bed if I have to.
Since it's just right by there I went to the food bank thrift shop.
The Reverend who runs it stopped and asked me how I have been doing.
Well, I told him.
He was very upset and told me to never do that again.
He said that nobody should suffer like that.
If I ever need help of any kind to just call the food bank and they will do whatever I need help with.
Food, cat food, water, and anything else.

I bought the cats a pretty new couch quilt for 4.50, washed it when I got home and hung it out.
Managed to get the water bottles stored safely in the pumphouse.

There will be free flu shots available at the fairgrounds and covid19 tests too if people want them.
But they say I can't have a flu shot because of my age.
I am supposed to get a different shot, a stronger version.
The announcement did not say where I can get a free one. 🙁
Maybe the county health nurse could help me?

Good Evening Everybody

Hi CriticalMass
I am doing the "Happy Dance" that you had that tarp down and the oil only ruined the tarp!!! 😀

WAY TO GO! on getting out donations for the sale!

Good luck with getting in all the tasks you need to get to.
Bunny playtime sounds important. 🙂

Hi Tatoulia
For crying out loud!!! Get the bathroom painted already.
🦡🦨🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡

WTG! for walking and YEA! for cleaning Fairies tomorrow. 😉

Hi Subclinical
Yes, this all must be extra hard for the littlest ones.
How would you ever know when one needs their nose wiped. 🙁

So happy they all looked happy, healthy and growing (((HUG)))

Hope you ae able to rest and relax in the evenings.
Be kind and forgiving of yourself for all the household chores you fall behind on.

Will be going soon to the garage sale pricing party. Roommate should be on her way back with her new car soon.

Last night I drove to the grocery store and the sun was very low and bright, so I went down a different street, only to have to stop and wait for a vehicle with extremely bright headlights to pass. In the store, by the frozen pizza case, I suddenly got one of my ocular migraines.

So I had to scrub the mission of taking a few more garage sale items over, fumble my way to checkout, sit in my van till the visual disturbances cleared, then slowly drive home.

I wonder if pre-migraine factors were already at play in my ragey mood of the morning, and then the light triggers were the final straw. Anyway, I'm more rested now and am going to take the advice of the security guy I almost walked into because I couldn't see. Carrots and blueberries he said, for migraines. Can't hurt to try. He may have meant because they're good for the eyes.

De-stressing is what I need the most, obviously. And going to work on that. The garage sale will keep me busy, but after that hopefully I'm free awhile. Have some things to do next week like get flu shot, spare tire, try to resolve computer conundrum, and other misc. Plus keep at the storage unit project. But can decide when to do what, no set schedule.

It'll be nice with roommate having her new car, too - she will be more free to come and go. Her old one was still driveable some, but she didn't like to go too far in it. So I was chauffeur which I didn't mind but her having the new wheels will give us greater flexibility.

I have just a few of everyone's prior posts to catch up on but thought I'd better fly by and post this - with the sale I may be busier but who knows.