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[maystone]

I'm still tired. Heh.

Busy, busy day. Mostly running around, but it takes up a lot of time, eh. Tomorrow will be more of the same. I'm hoping for a stay-at-home-and-get-things-done day on Wednesday, but time will tell. I feel so behind on everything. I need a list. Several lists. A list of lists. Yeah, that should help. (Umm, that was sarcasm.)

(Note to Dar: Val is still straining, poor guy. Maybe some slippery elm tomorrow?)

Sorry about that. Both Dar and Maddie's computers are kaput, so there's some musical chairs going on with all of us. Hopefully that will be all set to rights soon.

Mommacat and her kitties (another great fake band name, folks!) are doing well from what I can see. Apparently she has the tragic habit of taking her kittens off to hide them when they reach a certain age but are still defenseless - and then she forgets where she hid them and they die. I'm not sure when she's going to be doing that with this batch, so I kind of have a knot in my stomach when I go to check on the little feline family. So far, so good. We're really going to have to come up with a plan for protecting the little guys from momma's bad instincts. Anyone want a kitty?

I got a package from my brother and SIL today (squirrel socks, protein bars, and a plastic iguana. It's a thing.) and a most generous gift certificate from malterre to LUSH, because I am going to pamper myself or else she's going to kill me, right? Bwah! Damn, I never thanked you properly in email. OK, now I'm all embarrassed.

My doctor's appointment is tomorrow. I wonder how it'll go. I think she thinks I'm a hypochondriac/nutcase with probable drug seeking behavior. Or I could just be paranoid. (See "nutcase" in the previous sentence but one.) I'm hoping that she takes this complaint seriously, and I can get to the bottom of all this pain and aching and fatigue. I was telling Dar the other day that I had a bit of a breakthrough. You know how I was moaning about getting the gbs done so that I would have better mobility and yet here I am limping and barely able to climb stairs? Well it just occurred to me how much worse everything would be if I hadn't had the surgery and lost all that weight. I'd probably be in a wheelchair now. So let that be a lesson to me: it may not be a pretty walk these days, but at least it is walking.

I was joking with my brother about how much I represent the stages of human evolution when I get up in the morning. The first couple of feet I'm walking all hunched over, shambling along with my knuckles practically dragging, then I slowly get more upright until I get to the kitchen where I'm able to stand erect. The Supremacy of the Human Species! I rule.

Enough nattering. Me for bed. Oooh, one last thing. I was watching some TV, trying to lure myself into sleep when I saw that one of the channels was showing "North and South." According to the info, it was the Patrick Swayze Civil War mini-series cheesefest, so I figured what the hell. That oughta knock me out. Instead I think I stumbled across the show that many on my flist were all gah-gah over: northern England during the 19th century, labor troubles, star-crossed lovers thingie. I only saw the first part, and now I don't know how it ends. I guess it's a happy ending for the lovers anyway, but I really wish I could track down the last two hours or however long it runs.

Night all.

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[petranef.livejournal.com]

Squirrel socks!!! I assume you mean socks meant for you that have pictures of squirrels on them, rather than socks made for squirrels - or, ghods forfend, socks made from squirrels! ;)In either case, I demand pictures! :)

[maystone.livejournal.com]

The socks do indeed have little embroidered squirrels on them. If someone could figure out how to spin yarn from squirrel fur, I'd be first in line to buy them, but until then I'll have to settle for these :) I'll try to remember to take a pic of them before I wear them out to the paddock and get them all grungy.

[caerwynx.livejournal.com]

OMG! I love N&S like a ...very loving thing that one loves really a lot. Here is my "Tea with Mr Thornton" icon!

Love. Love, love, love.

That was for you, NOT N&S.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Well, it really sucked me in, and now I'm jonesing to find out what happens in the rest of the story. Mark just got a membership to Blockbuster, so I'll have to nose around and see if they carry it. It is out on DVD, yes? Please say yes.

Hee! So much loooooooooooooooove! Awwww, you make me happy :)

[caerwynx.livejournal.com]

Yes! I have it, as a matter of fact, so I know it's not hard to find.

You could always come to visit...

[malterre.livejournal.com]

Well it just occurred to me how much worse everything would be if I hadn't had the surgery and lost all that weight. I'd probably be in a wheelchair now. So let that be a lesson to me: it may not be a pretty walk these days, but at least it is walking.
Good attitude to have!

Waking up=human evolution-Comedy Gold :)
And do go pamper yourself, I was so torn on the gift packs I figured you could pick your own. I was *sorely* tempted by the caramel/honey soaps..mmmm

And yeah, you guys are a real haven for the strays-in every sense of the term *laugh*

[maystone.livejournal.com]

We should have named our place Stray Haven. Bwah!

I'm working my way through the list on the LUSH site and reading the comments to get a hint of what the various products are like. I have to be wary because of all my allergies, but I've found several that I can - and will - soon be calling my very own :)

[saintpip.livejournal.com]

Have you already had them check to see if it's fibromyalgia? My mom has it and the symptoms sound similar.

[maystone.livejournal.com]

I'm getting x-rays and blood work done, but I'd be very surprised if it turns out to be fibromyalgia; I'm missing some of the big markers for that condition. Thankfully. Your poor mom! That is a most dreadful condition; please give her my best wishes on dealing with it.

[saintpip.livejournal.com]

I will, xiexie. :)

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

Poor kitties!!!! Do keep us posted!

And as to:I was joking with my brother about how much I represent the stages of human evolution when I get up in the morning. The first couple of feet I'm walking all hunched over, shambling along with my knuckles practically dragging, then I slowly get more upright until I get to the kitchen where I'm able to stand erect. The Supremacy of the Human Species! I rule.

I'm sure that these people: http://www.creationmuseum.org/
would not appreciate your analogy!

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Heh - I come from those people. I was raised in an evangelical Christian family: the Bible was the literal word of God and all that. Many of my cousins still adhere to that philosophy/theology/dogma but a few of the rest of us saw the light. So to speak :)