Dirty snow. That's about all I have to say. Well, you know I have more...this dirty snow and cold has me down. Iowa Winter is depressing enough for anyone, but, add crutches and canes and you get some anger issues too. I have such a hard time getting out and into the damn van, which is always covered in snow and ice that it's a chore just to go to the store. I went yesterday and stocked up, I put all my meds on delivery and thought I could hole up for awhile. I should have known better. Now my mom needs to go to the store, even though I asked her yesterday. Alissa called from school and said she forgot her swim suit and she has swim club today. She has no idea how hard it is for me to get out. I also found another parking ticket, this one for blocking snow removal. I have gotten out of two because I called them and told them, I have no fucking driveway. I'm already parking a half block away and I'm handicapped. The city has a responsibility to knock out any curb to make driveways, free on request. I requested it in November. The lazy fucks put flags in my yard and sat out there eating donuts and drinking coffee in their truck. I could see them. Fuck it. I'll just pay this one. I'm tired. I think I've lost that battle and I know when to quit.
The house is cozy warm (and the gas bill, surprisingly low) except my bedroom, where there's no vent. I have to keep the door closed or the cats pee in my bed to define ownership of me. My cats are brain damaged, I'm sure of that now. The two younger ones continue to fight, though now nutless Marvin Gaye is not the aggressor. Indie refuses to participate in their Guntown behavior and sleeps on a pillow I left on the dryer, unless he's sleeping on the couch with me. The desktop is in the bedroom where it's cold as hell, except the bed, where I have an electric throw. I only blog on the desktop, so it's not condusive to good blogging efforts right now. Not that I've been blogging good for ages. Crabbie told me on the phone, that I'm not funny anymore. I said, I don't feel funny. I feel cold. Right now, it sounds like Bumble Bees. It's Chi Chi starting a fight in the next room. Remember when I wasn't Cat person? I wish I had listened to me. Fuck these Cats.
Spell check says I suck, but, gives me no corrective alrerantives, so spell check can lick my twat flaps. What's up?
PS, Lis also joined a club which helps senior citizens. The irony.
Did I say that?
ReplyDeleteWell the only good thing about winter right now is that the days are getting slightly longer ever so miserably longer. Everyone has an unfunny day or two. Crabbie knows that....Watch all the comedians make fun of Sarah Pallin right now. Once you get past disgust it is pretty hysterical. She makes up words and can't finish a sentence you betchya what is not to love.
ReplyDeleteI used to have the cat problem on the bed. I started putting a plastic shower curtain on the bed and spraying that with lavender (I think!) It was my neighbor's cat that used to come in and mark the bed his territory. I'm not sure that actually worked because the cat disappeared about that same time.
ReplyDeleteI've had so many unfunny days it's not funny.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that your bedroom is so cold, and that is where you usually blog from. That sucks. Can someone put a vent in there for you? I know it all takes money. That also sucks.
ReplyDeleteI had a health scare two weeks ago. I had a weird thing in my vision, and very high blood pressure, so I left my unit at work and spent time in the ER. The visual thing stopped, but the pressure stayed high for quite awhile. I was off of work for a few days, and have now had my last immediate check up for the time being. It has been interesting. The upshot is that I have been having migraines for many years, and was misdiagnosed and told that they weren't migraines because my eyes didn't tear when I had them. So it's probably been 20 years of just dealing with it. The blood pressure is mostly under control now. The weird visual thing was what is known as an aura. I had no idea they look like that.
Anyway, the neuro opthamologist I saw today reassured me. And, I don't need an MRI. I was dreading having an MRI. I had a bad experience, and it left me with claustrophobia.
George has been here a couple of times to get things. The time has been up for awhile now, but it works out better for me if he takes some stuff and I don't have to work out how to get rid of it. He took his old truck and a butt -load of train magazines. There were 6 boxes of those. I love it that they are gone.
I am going to try to have a family dinner here within a week or so. My house is a wreck at this point, but I hope to make a major dent in the clean up tomorrow. My brother is able to walk with a cane now, and is eager to have a family get together as we didn't see each other for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I just feel exhausted, and aways have an upset stomach because they quadrupled my blood pressure medication since the end of September, and that is one of the side effects.
Other than that, not much going on.
Christina
Only checking in to confirm I am still kind of alive, in pain though. And easily distracted. Watched some movies today when I actually felt good enough to accomplish something. Noooo, glance at the tv and end up actually watching a couple of movies. So the mess is still untouched. Made some chicken noodle soup this last week. Tasted awful. I need a housekeeper, a cook, a chauffeur, a personal organizer, a bill payer. Then I'd be fine. I do my own damned laundry though. Can't stand the thought of others doing my stuff.
ReplyDeleteLis in a senior center, what a hoot!!! Perfect. And doubtless she'll be a princess to them. While g'ma is a crone.
If anyone want to call me, my number is 712-542-9593
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I think about how hard it is for you to even get into a car and drive somewhere with all that snow. I can't imagine how hard that must be, especially being incapacitated. Wow! We don't have those weather extremes here and that makes me happy. Just heat, bush fires and drought. But I live in the city so fires aren't a scare and we have water on tap and I have a fan for the heat. Is there any way you can make a ramp outside your place and mount the curb to park on your property? Or would your council and the snow prevent that? Fuck! Even walking a block from your car to your house sounds like a trial. I've been hearing on the news all day about the snow storms in the eastern coast. I filed for divorce the other day and it has rained non stop since, it's like an entire cleansing gift from above and I'm loving it. My blood pressure is down to 120/70 for the first time in a decade, that's a real indication of how stressful my marriage was. Hope your staying warm in this weather,
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These newfangled phone things, I tells ya.
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