What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?

Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'


Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?

Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Hil R. - May 24, 2018 10:17:11 am PDT #3843 of 8219
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yay good drugs, Jess!

I cleaned up most of my bedroom, and I sent the doctor a message asking whether my additional blood test results are back yet. Still need to call the psychiatrist about missing the appointment yesterday.


Hil R. - May 24, 2018 10:28:42 am PDT #3844 of 8219
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

OK, called the psychiatrist and left a message.


Laura - May 24, 2018 11:15:00 am PDT #3845 of 8219
Our wings are not tired.

Good girl! I need to do some of that calling stuff since my doctor would like to see me take a few tests. I will.

Did get blood work back. Again, borderline girl. Like probably 20 years at this level or a bit lower. A1C at 5.7% which is exactly on the borderline of PRE diabetes, and glucose of 109, which some doctors call borderline too, while some say 100 and others 129. Note to self, no cookies the day before testing! My neighbor brought me some chocolate cookies his sister sent him from Peru and it would have been super rude not to eat some, right? Still no cholesterol results which I was more worried about than the sugar since I would instantly recognize symptoms if my sugar was out of whack.

In the biz story on my labs! I knew instantly that my lab results were in because part of my job is to manually file labs that don't file automatically because the name or DOB is wrong. I do this for all my customers, not just my doctor. Someone on the lab order had a typo in my last name so mine bounced out to be mapped. Ha! I saw them before the doctor.


Scrappy - May 24, 2018 11:45:35 am PDT #3846 of 8219
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

My beloved spouse was just diagnosed with diabetes the morning and he's pretty bummed. His doctor advised a ketogenic diet. so it's gonna be lots of eat and cheese chez Scrappy.


Laura - May 24, 2018 11:53:53 am PDT #3847 of 8219
Our wings are not tired.

It is an adjustment, but with fixing the diet the craving for banned stuff goes away too. If it can be controlled by diet that is better than taking meds, IMO.


Atropa - May 24, 2018 12:19:13 pm PDT #3848 of 8219
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'm done with Vampire Ball prep! The outfit is done, and the flower crown was finished last night with only one minor burn from the hot glue gun.


Laura - May 24, 2018 12:31:59 pm PDT #3849 of 8219
Our wings are not tired.

Yay! Looking forward to pictures, Atropa.

I've prepared myself for the doctor call by checking my labs for the past 20 years. Glucose in 1999 was 102, followed in 2000 thru 2018 with scores of 112, 95, 106, 100, 103, 104, and this year 106. He can't say I am not consistent. If he wants I can pay a bit more attention and no doubt keep it under 100.


Hil R. - May 24, 2018 1:48:04 pm PDT #3850 of 8219
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just realized that the landlord is using the upstairs apartment as an AirBnB. (And I feel kind of stupid that, in all the "sketchy things that might be going on upstairs" thoughts that have run through my head in the past few months, based on the noises I've been hearing up there, that one never occurred to me, even though it probably should have been the most obvious.)


Java cat - May 24, 2018 4:11:19 pm PDT #3851 of 8219
Not javachik

I pulled weeds and cut leggy growth and hauled that gardening stuff up and down the stairs all afternoon. My back hurts, but I had a shower and was lying down with my legs up on the wall, reading fb. Sometimes I don't want to be a nice person, though I do it anyway. I've got 2 friends of friends at my house right now, one on couch, one in extra br. Both have section 8 housing issues, both have health issues, bith are temporary. And I just agreed to go help the friend who connects me to the one with all the chronic bowel problems cuz her truck died after she loaded with all her farmers market baked goods. I feel really whiny about it as you can tell. Oh well, life gets dull when it's just me and the cat. I'd better get going.


Trudy Booth - May 24, 2018 6:07:17 pm PDT #3852 of 8219
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Is your landlord allowed to do that? If he's not that would be fun to mention next time he bitches about clutter...

Of course, now you know why he's bitching about clutter. He'd like two AirBnBs.