Mindless Chatter Tues

Jewlieee

Someone told me that my car smells like a dog. Doh!! So bad that he wanted the windows down instead of the AC. At least he is honest lol. I guess I'll be cleaning the car out and buying some air freshener soon. He even asked me what year my car was because it's so dirty. Oy. I have only had it for like a month! This is how hard the dogs and I are on my vehicles.

Heehee, my car smelled horribly like dog a few weeks ago from taking them swimming. I had to vaccuum and clean it all out, but that's what my SUV is for, the dogs. 

 the neighbor at the back of me has got nutty and has been trimming everything with a chainsaw for over a week - not sure what look he's going for but the sound is irritating.  I might invite him to come do some of my trees and shrubs too.

Bugsy has torn our yard up looking for moles it is really annoying as there are holes everywhere.  He is completely obsessed.  I can almost guarantee that he is digging for one or has one as I type as he has been out for ages and is sight unseen Crazy beast!

It's been one of those tough days. I wont detail the difficulties at work, which would take a basic education in how electrical work is done. But it was raining. I had a pebble in my boot bugging me. And I broke a finger. Technically, the bone in the end of the middle finger on my left hand. I was setting down a wire stand we call a jack stand (for holding big spools of big wire, in this case THHN # 500 kcm)  and it bounced on the plywood in the mud and mashed my fingertip between the jack stand a wooden spool of 500. I was wearing work gloves, which kept me from losing skin. But I did use some colorful language. I stomped around the main electrical room, trying to walk it off. A co-worker who keeps a cooler full od ice and gatorade got me some ice water. After a while, I could re-join the fun. Opening a bucket of wire lube and getting some down the pipe. I have a helper who is an intern from a trade school. At lunch, with my fingertip swoolen and a purple fingernail, my supervisor thought I should probably go to the doctor and have it looked at. For a small injury like this, we usually keep it off of workman's comp. So, the company pays for it. X ray shows a clean fracture of that end bone. The next fun part was having a small hole made in the fingernail to allow the blood and fluid to drain. What hurt was when the doc had to press around the fingertip to encourage the draining. Anyway, it's dressed and in a finger splint. I got a scrip for antibiotics to guard against infection where the drainage was. And I had some Lortab from my last tooth extraction, so, I've had half of one which is starting to kick in and take the edge off that finger. Muddy wet feet with a pebble in one, snafus pulling the wire, and a broken finger. Other than that, the day's been fine with temps in the 70's. It's 5:38 pm CST right now and it's 73 F. That is unusual, to say the least, for August in Texas.

 yee-ouch Ron!  Glad the pain relief is kicking in

and 73* is pretty awesome 

Ron, that's awful.  I hope that you recover quickly!

DH & I were going to go get mani/pedis today, but that changed last night when he woke me up to tell me that he thought that he needed to go to urgent care.  He has, what the doctors believe to be, two brown recluse spider bites.  He has been miserable all day, & there isn't much that I can do to help.  I suppose that I should be grateful that DH is not whiney.  He's been so stoic.  The silver lining in this is that he is super cuddly when he doesn't feel well.  We spent most of the day curled up together.

I was also planning on going to meet my prospective new puppy.  I called and postponed our meeting.  Now, we will be meeting the new guy, Turbo, on Saturday.

 Amanda your poor DH!  I hope he heals quickly

Turbo - love it 

Ugh.

I spent six hours in a meeting today going through a YTD P&L, essentially justifying everything.  I'm exhausted.

Tomorrow I get to have breakfast with the same guy to justify my own job.  Wish me luck.

The boys were at daycare today since I had such a long day and they are all cuddly and tired now.  DH took my Mustang in for a "check up" today and, again, we have been offered over 70% of it's original cost (2001) for it.

Good day - bad day....  I can't decide.

Hoping Amanda's DH and Ron are feeling better tonight.

willowchow

Hoping Amanda's DH and Ron are feeling better tonight.

Ditto

I'm debating taking Gracie for a walk... I should go check the temps again... it's only going to get hotter this week...

That is all.

willowchow

Hoping Amanda's DH and Ron are feeling better tonight.

Thanks, Lori. It's been storming all night and I wound up waking up an half an hour early, so, it's about 5:13 am CST and I woke up at 4:30 am. Still sore and throbbing but I start the day with Motrin. The fun part of this is that I can wave to anyone and appear to throw them the bird. But it is hampering my style. I'm left handed.

ron2

It's been one of those tough days. I wont detail the difficulties at work, which would take a basic education in how electrical work is done. But it was raining. I had a pebble in my boot bugging me. And I broke a finger. Technically, the bone in the end of the middle finger on my left hand. I was setting down a wire stand we call a jack stand (for holding big spools of big wire, in this case THHN # 500 kcm)  and it bounced on the plywood in the mud and mashed my fingertip between the jack stand a wooden spool of 500. I was wearing work gloves, which kept me from losing skin. But I did use some colorful language. I stomped around the main electrical room, trying to walk it off. A co-worker who keeps a cooler full od ice and gatorade got me some ice water. After a while, I could re-join the fun. Opening a bucket of wire lube and getting some down the pipe. I have a helper who is an intern from a trade school. At lunch, with my fingertip swoolen and a purple fingernail, my supervisor thought I should probably go to the doctor and have it looked at. For a small injury like this, we usually keep it off of workman's comp. So, the company pays for it. X ray shows a clean fracture of that end bone. The next fun part was having a small hole made in the fingernail to allow the blood and fluid to drain. What hurt was when the doc had to press around the fingertip to encourage the draining. Anyway, it's dressed and in a finger splint. I got a scrip for antibiotics to guard against infection where the drainage was. And I had some Lortab from my last tooth extraction, so, I've had half of one which is starting to kick in and take the edge off that finger. Muddy wet feet with a pebble in one, snafus pulling the wire, and a broken finger. Other than that, the day's been fine with temps in the 70's. It's 5:38 pm CST right now and it's 73 F. That is unusual, to say the least, for August in Texas.

 

Ron I am sorry about your finger. That had to hurt like a bear! I got a BAD infection under my finger nail once, I caught the infection from braiding a horses mane he had it in his system (nasty thing that went through the horse show) Any way they had to "release the pressure" too. The doctor anesthetized my finger first (thank heaven) I couldn't watch so I turned my head, however I could "feel" the pressure be released even with anesthetic. It didn't hurt in my case but I can IMAGINE how it must of for you.  

Maxs Mom

It didn't hurt in my case but I can IMAGINE how it must of for you

What's dangerous for me is that I have a high tolerance for pain. Something can hurt me as much as it would hurt you and I can put up with for a long time. One time, I broke a bone in my hand and didn't realize it to some days later when the pain was still there and a knot from bone knitting back together formed under the skin. I can do damage like this and not realize that I broke something. I wonder sometimes if I learned to endure it from corporal punishment as a child and a combination of growing up around people in the military. As long as you're not dead, keep moving.

Having suffered a few other broken bones, I am mindful of how to avoid going into shock, get my breathing under control, how to release pain in short breaths, sort of like Lamaze.