Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.

Spike ,'Potential'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DavidS - Mar 29, 2024 1:23:13 pm PDT #29431 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm so looking forward to seeing you, Shir!

I've managed to write out three checks and get them in envelopes and stamps. I shall step out into the rain and mail them shortly.

I'm resentful I can't pay these online like a normal 21st century business process.

That may be the outer limit of my productivity today aside from picking up a prescription.


Dana - Mar 29, 2024 1:26:29 pm PDT #29432 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I made TWO appointments today. Over the phone.


dcp - Mar 29, 2024 1:56:48 pm PDT #29433 of 30000
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

...three checks...envelopes...stamps...mail....

Although I had a bad experience with certified mail last year, I still think it is worthwhile if you are sending anything related to payments or legal processes by mail.


JenP - Mar 29, 2024 4:02:07 pm PDT #29434 of 30000

DH came home from the hospital yesterday, and all is well. Thanks, Universe.

I finally succumbed to the FB advertising and bought one of those heated air straightening/curling things. My hair is stick straight, and I used to hot roller the hell out of it in the 80s. I've always wanted wavy/curly hair.

Anyway, about 10 minutes later, and voila! I didn't do it the way the cool kids do today... sort of leaving the spiral mostly intact, but on-purpose mussed, which I like but also don't quite know how to do yet. But still, curls! Fun.

Long week. Looking forward to weekend. I have lunch with a NEW friend tomorrow. I don't make a lot of those, so that's pretty exciting. Tonight, I order in. I'm betting we watch a movie, too.

What are people up to this weekend? You people, that is.


Laura - Mar 29, 2024 4:32:09 pm PDT #29435 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Oh, fun with hair! Enjoy.

I just finished getting my nails done. Have to post a picture. Took my MIL out to dinner after that. Tomorrow I have a memorial for a friend. Sunday I want to nap. Maybe on the beach. Somewhere in there I really need to clean my house but I have to figure out where I am going to get the energy for that. I miss doing the Easter baskets I used to do for the boys even when they were adults.


JenP - Mar 29, 2024 4:40:01 pm PDT #29436 of 30000

I miss getting an Easter basket. I'd probably miss giving them to my kids if I'd ever had kids. In short, Easter baskets are fun.


Laura - Mar 29, 2024 4:55:21 pm PDT #29437 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

They are fun. Hiding them was a big thing in my family.


Steph L. - Mar 29, 2024 5:27:10 pm PDT #29438 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

What are people up to this weekend? You people, that is.

Errands tomorrow and changing the sheets and riding the bike and then storing up energy for Easter with Tim's family, where we will be repeating last year's harebrained scheme of hiding 300 eggs for 14 kids (well, only 12 kids, because 2 are babies, but we'll probably mark off a small flat area for the babies where we just have a handful of eggs lying on the ground for them to look at in utter bafflement). That is still way too many eggs per kid, but the chaos is actually fun.


Sheryl - Mar 29, 2024 5:48:42 pm PDT #29439 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Tuesday I went down to breakfast and noticed blood on the stairs and on the bathroom floor. Didn't know where it was from until Gary called me at work and said it was from Luna, and I should come back to take her to the vet. I did that, then went back to work. The vet noted Luna was dehydrated, had lost weight and was congested. They gave her fluids and an antibiotic shot, and sent me home with an appetite stimulant to put in her ear once a day, lactulose to give her orally every 6-8 hours and instructions to mix Miralax into her food.(She was also constipated)

I brought her back on Thursday for a followup. After noting how difficult it was to get the Lactulose in her, it was decided that I would give her Miralax twice a day. I was also given an antibiotic to give her once a day to help her congestion. That is not easy to give either.(And why would an antibiotic for a cat smell like bubblegum? Makes no sense.)

Otherwise, an ok week. Mr S is on spring break and was with the nanny most of the time.


Calli - Mar 29, 2024 6:16:45 pm PDT #29440 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I’m taking one cat in for his semi-annual blood work tomorrow. No real Easter plans. There’s a sunrise service in a big garden that would be lovely if it wasn’t, by definition, at sunrise and also 45 minutes away.

Health~ma for Luna.