I checked my work phone this morning, mainly to look at scheduling, and ended up taking care of two "emergencies" that people were hopping about this morning, then promptly dumped it on the charger to ignore it once more. They can have my time when I'm back on the clock Wednesday. I did end up having to reschedule a doctor's appointment because the ( Read more... )

The husband and I do a Lego advent calendar each year, and as we were opening today’s door this morning I casually mentioned that I had heard that advent calendars were falling out of favor. He expressed some dismay, then I said, “Yeah, it seems their days are numbered.”

Thankfully he didn’t hit me. ;)

Tuesday morning the husband and I went and got our second monkeypox vaccine shots. Mine has expanded out nicely in a flat pink splotch that's bigger around than a golf ball, but not as big around as a baseball; his has barely raised past the immediate dime shaped bit where the needle went in. Lucky dog. At least it isn't itching too badly, but I ( Read more... )

Literally. The husband took off for the day to hang out with friends, and had made some noises about how "crowded" he felt the main level was getting, so I dug into a few things down there to straighten them up before he had a chance to put things "away" in places I'd never find them later ( Read more... )

The husband and I finally got appointments for this morning for the monkeypox vaccine here in PG County, a process that should have been done and over with months ago, but a lack of vaccines and a screwed up scheduling system meant long delays. But, fast forward to this morning and I drove us over to a local county health center for it. While we ( Read more... )

Our power went out for a little while yesterday afternoon, and it apparently got a good distance around us, because my dental office was also hit. Had an 'every-six-months' appointment this morning, and they were still having problems getting into the computers. Thankfully all I needed or wanted was a cleaning, and that didn't require a computer. ( Read more... )

After getting the grump off my chest here, the rest of the awning installation went well. It will definitely help the availability of the deck on our top floor - almost full coverage of the deck, dark fabric to offset the white flooring which, while cooler as serving as the roof of the bedroom, is not good for staying cool on the deck itself (plus ( Read more... )

After much drama (unresponsive vendor, supply chain issues, etc.), the husband's deck awning is getting installed now. So of course he's at work while I'm the sole one at home. And of course he didn't take the existing deck umbrella down. And of course the screw to hold it in broke (the handle came unglued), and then of course I couldn't find ( Read more... )

Took today off as well as yesterday (because why not?), mostly because if I had Thursday off for a new bed delivery, I might as well have Friday off, too. The husband is out of town, so a free day to do whatever. Unfortunately the day started early with an emergency request for drafting assistance from the Hill, so I worked for an hour or two ( Read more... )

Been a busy and tiring month since the last entry ( Read more... )