Mindless Monday - Deb W.

The old lady dog at the shelter who was so ill and crippled was euthanized on Thursday.  Run free old girl...

I spent part of Saturday going around and looking for mattresses for my son.  Then I spent a good amount of time working in the garage to find places to store stuff, and moving stuff around in his old room.  In the garage, which my ex bf reorganized when he took all his crap, I found the 20lbs of sunflower seed I'd bought back in January.  I store it in old plastic cat litter containers that have lids that seal to keep the critters out.  He'd moved everything around and made it look neat, but I couldn't find a friggin' thing.  I was quite happy to find the seed and realize I wasn't nuts, I knew I'd bought some around that time.

The boss who works in the office is on vacation all week.  His two sons also work here and also took a couple of vacation days, which we learned by email this morninig.  They aren't good at communicating with the rest of us, and being sons of the boss (SOBs), can and often do come and go at will.  Let's see if either of the women speak to me at all today.

I see that Amanda got 700lbs of beef and Barbara and sisters are working on the mom situation.  Hopefully Bugsy is feeling better and Doug's roof is, well, covered by warranty.

ETA: glad Glenda is home safe.

ETA: Deb, thanks for asking.  The storms went around us.  We got rain, but that was it, thank God.

I've gotta get to it.

The best part of having a college kid home for the summer who can't find seasonal work is that you have a live-in designated driver.

I'm fully taking advantage of that fact.

Deb W.

I must really be getting old.  Now that I'm no longer exhausted, I've got all sorts of aches and pains.  Most likely from trying to sleep in the car, and from being IN the car for so many hours at a stretch.

Tina, I'm delighted that you found the sunflower seed.  DS "cleans up" sometimes and I can't find a thing!!  I know exactly what you mean!

Must do the accordian file today.  Having stuff that needs going through, well, it's like having a 600 lb gorilla sitting in the room....not bothering anyone, but just there when it shouldn't be.  And that probably makes no sense, but I just NEED to have it done.

Hope everyone has a great Monday!!

 I lost another pound and I"m finally weighing less than my SO! Sad to say, I still weigh 206 lbs, but when I started this I was 220lbs   61 more pounds to go before I hit the weight I want to be at (145 lbs). I was a size 8, sometimes a 10 at that weight and I felt great! My goal is to hit my target weight by this time next year (late May or June).

My weekend was good; the reunion was actually enjoyable though we didn't stay long because we had to drive back. All in all surprising, I would say.

Deb, you are too funny!  Kate must not be 21 yet.  Here, have a - it is beer-thirty somewhere!

Glenda, I was reading your story of the journey you just completed.  It's funny because when my son's dad passed away, I made all the funeral arrangements and pretty much did all the greeting at the visitation and wake, even though we were divorced and he had other adult children.  They needed help and even though he had an ex-wife after me, the kids turned to me for support.  It really strengthened our relationship and their understanding of how much I cared about them.  He died here in Michigan but was buried on Long Island and all his relatives who were there remembered me, not his other wives.  It was kind of weird.  I also took on most of the phone calls and paperwork after everything was said and done because his kids didn't really know what to do.  I didn't bat an eye - he and I had a son together, and regardless of everything else, it was important to me to be as solid as I could for all of them and to show that I really had forgiven him. 

I had to come to work to rest. lol  I got a lot done this weekend but was so tired last night I felt like whimpering.

Tina, glad the storms passed by you.  I saw on FB that Julie had to take shelter during SAR training. 

Deb, brilliant idea. :)

Sharon, congrats on the weight loss. 

I'm off to get some work done.

 Day 6 I think of the 98-102* temps with no storms and the yard is shriveling along with the humans and canine companion.  there is a breeze today though

I have some work to do today that I am dreading but it must be done - yuck

B seems to be doing better - I posted in the other thread that he needs some other stuff checked at the vet so I am going to test for Lyme's.  Isn't there a quick test for that?

Watched Green Zone last night - good movie

Sharon congrats on the weight loss - keep it up!

OK best tuck in to the onerous tasks that await me

Tina, you are a rock; a very strong woman, indeed.  I doesn't surprise me that you are the one people come to in a crisis.  Thank goodness the storms went around you.  Run free old girl.  Such a sad story.

You too Glenda...you are the rock in your family...the one that just innately takes care of whatever needs to be done.

Sharon, Woot!  Keep it up girl.  Great goal, good plan.  I'm with you all  the way.  I'm glad to hear the reunion went ok. 

I lost another pound too...I'm now 9 pounds to my goal.  So far, I've lost 16 pounds since the beginning of the year.  Feeling pretty good about this, and I guess the coffee theory was bunk.  LOL.  I've only had one cup of coffee daily since Friday, and guess what?  I'm not sleeping well again.  Of course, that could be attributed to all the junk going on in my life right now too.  Who the hec knows.

I had to do a dirty deed today (done dirt cheap).  I had to go let DH's assistant go for excessive absenteeism.  I felt bad doing it because she has a lot of problems in her life right now...but darn it we hired her to be IN the office to assist.  What a concept.  Since we are transitioning the way we do business soon...we won't be hiring anyone else.  So, I'll be doing more double duty again.  Oh joy.

Alex, you go away now.  Nobody wants you around swirling your nasty wind and oily water.  Be gone!

Tina, you are a far better woman than I am.  I don't know that I have it in me to forgive my ex.  For what he did to me, yeah.  But for what he did to my children, and especially my youngest DS.  If my sons WANT me there for support when he passes, I'll be there for them, but for no other reason.  And I've been remarried for 27 years, so there is a great deal of water under the bridge.  It's sad that not one of his 4 sons call him Dad.  It's a title that he never earned.  I guess I figure whatever wife he is on when he passes can take care of stuff.  So, you are a much better woman than I am.

The accordian file is finished.  Now I am done with the odious part of this and perhaps I can grieve.  The only time I have shed a tear over MY feelings was when I saw her body, and that was very brief because I had to pull myself together for the guys.  I cried for DH's pain, but not for my own.  So now that I've done what I needed to do, I'll be able to feel what I need to feel.

Sometimes being the rock is very difficult for the one BEING the rock.

And now, I have a clean house, clean clothes and a clean mind,so I can just relax today and HOPE and pray for the forecasted storms to keep things cool.  Even though I was uncomfortably warm in ME and NH, I am dripping sweat HOT here, even in AC.  But, bet I shed a few pounds in water weight yesterday!

Hope everyone who needs a good day today...gets one!

I found out that the teacher wanted for Eli is indeed going to be the one. Yay! Here's to hoping we have a better year. She's had him this summer so is used to him and his idiocyncracies...good thing! She and I can communicate well, too which is a big plus.

T Ball practice starts TOMORROW and I am excited...we went and bought his "stuff" yesterday..his baseball pants and sock...and a belt and CLEATS. This will be his first year with cleats..he was majorly stoked about them LOL. He's hitting like a fool off the tee at home and throwing better too...but that performance anxiety gets him so we'll see how he does at practice!

I missed the date for the kids Summer camp pymt so they got booted out lol. Oh well...I could use a break from waking up early anyhow. Our vacation is coming up...looking forward to that..rather unsure what the coast will be like tho. I am worried it will be even MORE crowded than usual because everyone is scared to go to Florida...we'lll see.

My kittens will be going back to the office for their big kitty shots and stuff week after the 4th. I am ready for a break LOL!

glenmar

Sometimes being the rock is very difficult for the one BEING the rock.

Very true statement.

I forgot to mention earlier that we are weaning Buddy off of Previcox!  Yay!  Now that he is on the Hills J/D, the vet says we can take him off of it which is good news.  So, 1/2 a day for this week...and next week 1/2 every other day.  I've got to keep a close eye on him.  But this is good.  He's been getting milk thistle so I feel fine about his liver health...plus his labs came back good when he was in last month.  And, his little purple booties help greatly too.  The Hooligans ignore his feet now.

 Sharon, congrats on the weight loss!!

I have so many bug bites I'm about to go nuts!!! I itch everywhere!! And I have a picker in my finger that I can't get out.Also, I have little pokes all over my legs from the pickers going through my pants yesterday while bush whacking through the prickers. gah.

I have training outside with Abbie tonight but I don't think I can handle more humidity and bugs today. I'm waffling back and forth about it.

sharismom

The old lady dog at the shelter who was so ill and crippled was euthanized on Thursday.  Run free old girl...

- That just makes me really sad. Run free sweet old girl.

I'm really ticked at myself and probably should use the 2x4 on my head. I somehow missed making my online credit card payment that was due last week. I get email alerts and do it all online, so I'm not sure how I missed it. I was going to blame in on the credit card co. but found the email alert the sent me. I hate paying late fees, espcially when there's no reason for it other than being a dunder head.

I think we were at 105 yesterday and should be about the same today. The AC was set too high last night, so I woke up around 1ish to turn it down and found a pile of vomit in the hallway thanks to Sassy. After I did my best to clean that up, I was wide awake and now I'm dragging.

I still have a ton of work left over from last week but hope to make a dent in it today. I am verrrryyyyy much looking forward to a 3 day weekend too - yay!!

ETA - Congrats on the weight loss Sharon!!

Being called the rock is so much more flattering than being called co-dependent.  LOL

Glenda, it doesn't make me better, each person copes in her own way.  Now get me off on a tangent about my dad and you'll see a different side of me.  Suffice to say it was so bad that when he was terminally ill, I refused to go home and take care of him.  When he died, there was no funeral, only a small service at the funeral home, and I was 800 miles away when it happened.

Yay Buddy - weaning off meds!

edited for grammar/spelling.