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Post by daisylu on Jul 14, 2023 14:30:43 GMT -5
Sitting on the front porch listening to the rain.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 14, 2023 14:37:47 GMT -5
One of my mom's sisters had dementia and was living in a low income senior apartment. She was afraid to leave because she couldn't find her way home and would only let mom and a brother in to her apartment. Her son couldn't deal with the dementia so he had quit visiting. She fell and broke her hip. The hospital would only release her to a nursing home where she never understood why she was there. She wanted to go home and by home, she meant the home she lived in with her husband. A nursing home that accepted Medicaid was found in 2 days. Her son never visited her there. Sadly, this isn't the first person I know of who refuses to visit relatives in nursing homes, or any other type of facility. It "depresses" them. Well, how do they think it feels to live there?!? These poor people need visitors, and need them badly. Another aunt was living in the same nursing home. Both aunts received visits from their siblings and my dad two or three times a week. Numerous nieces and nephews also stopped by to visit both of them. I visited when I was home visiting my parents until she cried several times because she knew she should know me and couldn't figure out who I was. I couldn't stand to see her cry. She'd always say come give me a hug but I don't know who you are. As each of my dad's siblings went through nursing homes and living in senior apartments, dad made the rounds each week to visit. I would go when I was home. When the sister my parents used to vacation with was in a nursing home, they went twice a week. They would take her tomatoes, which she loved. She did tell dad some horror stories about her treatment and he always raised a fuss at the desk with management.
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Post by giramomma on Jul 14, 2023 14:44:53 GMT -5
Encouraged. A few more well paying jobs popped up that I can apply for. One seems to be a repost that I didn't apply for the first time.
So, I still have options if this one doesn't pan out.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 14, 2023 15:10:19 GMT -5
One of my mom's sisters had dementia and was living in a low income senior apartment. She was afraid to leave because she couldn't find her way home and would only let mom and a brother in to her apartment. Her son couldn't deal with the dementia so he had quit visiting. She fell and broke her hip. The hospital would only release her to a nursing home where she never understood why she was there. She wanted to go home and by home, she meant the home she lived in with her husband. A nursing home that accepted Medicaid was found in 2 days. Her son never visited her there. Sadly, this isn't the first person I know of who refuses to visit relatives in nursing homes, or any other type of facility. It "depresses" them. Well, how do they think it feels to live there?!? These poor people need visitors, and need them badly. A friend of our family, something happened to her son as a young adult, and he has been in a facility for at least 20 years. She goes to see him every day. One of my male coworkers took care of his Mom when she got really sick 4 or 5 years ago. He was doing everything, including cleaning her, even though like he said to me “you know I didn’t want to have to deal with her lady parts”, but he did, because his Mom was his girl. He finally accepted that he couldn’t keep doing it all, and she was moved to a facility to care for her. He went to see her and sit with her every single day, either on his way to work, or after he got off work at night, often both. When he went on vacation with his wife, he made arrangements for someone else to go sit with her every day while he was gone. Apparently the facility she was in, would put up different inspirational messages posted at the entrance, and sometimes he would post a picture of the message on FB, and say he saw it at this “place he stops by every night”. I knew it was at the facility his Mom was in. He’s never really wanted to hear that he was a good son, or how he took such good care of his Mom. To him, he was only doing what he was supposed to do, and he did it because he loved her so much. Everybody that knew him, knew that he was crazy about his Mom. Unfortunately, she got COVID and died early in the pandemic. After the pandemic started, he couldn’t even sit with her anymore, no visitors were allowed in the facility. Then she got COVID and died. I can only imagine how difficult that was for him. He and I talked a little about it, but I mostly just listened because I didn’t know what to say. I am really in awe of how devoted he was to his Mom when she needed him the most, and I have a lot of respect for him for how he cared for her. But imo, that also says a lot about what kind of Mom she was. It’s been a couple of years now, and he still is not really okay after losing her.
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Post by giramomma on Jul 14, 2023 15:18:06 GMT -5
I am now trying to deal with crap. And walgreens giving me an update about where I am in the call line every 10 seconds is not useful.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 14, 2023 15:46:08 GMT -5
Just found out it's going to cost at least $7,000 to fix my DH's F-250.
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Post by daisylu on Jul 14, 2023 15:48:37 GMT -5
Security camera arrived today, was easy to set up. The cat was doing the thing where she just stares at me through the bay window, so I started talking to her through it. 🤣
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 14, 2023 16:01:12 GMT -5
Oh Nooooooooooooooooo! I just found a long hair on my chin!!!!!!
Why didn't my DIL see that and tell me?? I saw it in my makeup mirror, well its gone now.
We are off to visit a discount store in Lacey.
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 14, 2023 16:22:14 GMT -5
I should be cleaning bathrooms, since I have to leave by 9am tomorrow. my friend L arrives Sunday night for the week. she's going to work from my house in between work trips. instead, I am parked on the deck for an old episode of Law & Order and a crossword puzzle book. it's finally cooled off and the furniture has dried off. I'm probably opening the windows overnight, it's glorious out here rn.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2023 16:24:54 GMT -5
Okay, so I just got a really fun volunteer project . Despite being the only person on our board of directors without a college degree, I appear to be the only one who can create a correctly spelled, punctuated, and formatted Word document. That means I have to edit the new proposed corporate bylaws (15 pages) and create a separate red-line version tracking the proposed changes, both of which must be posted to our website. In the process I hope to convince our president (a really close friend) that it's "bylaws" not "bilaws"; she is notorious for her spelling errors. Oh well, it's going to be 100 or hotter every day for the next week so it's a good indoor project.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jul 14, 2023 16:34:50 GMT -5
Just found out it's going to cost at least $7,000 to fix my DH's F-250.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 16:37:04 GMT -5
Good morning, warrior invisipeeps, doing battle with irritants and miscreants of all life forms and inanimate objects that need attention. Welcome to Friday. I hope your day finds your efforts are rewarded handsomely. And, that all dust-ups from the days before are resolved to your satisfaction. Today I'll be readying for the marketplace tomorrow. I need to frame some more 5 x 7's, mat some other pics, and put price stickers on almost everything. And, hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. Scattered thunderstorms are forecast. The weather is nothing if not variable. I spent yesterday playing more with my website. I reduced the watermark from my 3 initials to just one which helps the images look better. And I categorized the photos. Now I need to figure out how to get the categories listed on the site pages. I'll print some more business cards, too. I put rocks in the weight bags to steady the legs of the canopy in the event of wind. That should work. I don't have a dedicated egg pan. Of course, I don't care for runny yolks except in poached eggs, so it isn't a problem. I can cook DH's over easy eggs without an issue. My non-stick pans do get hand washed. We're due for some rain later today. Yesterday morning Franklin the Dog and I saw the sun rise, unobscured by smoke or cloud cover. The Fantastic Beast which knocked me down is named Franklin.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 16:39:34 GMT -5
I have no strength in my hands, either, plus my broken wrist is still hurting me. I can't open anything, even my windows, or cat food that has a peel-off top. Zero strength. I'm so glad I bought that Robo Twist...it really works! Opens all jars with no problem. In other news, the thunderstorm came with really high winds and hail. It knocked out the power, broke my tomato plant, and whipped my herbs out of the window box. I don't think I have enough basil left for my pesto. FuckWhen the power came back on, I had no internet or TV. I spent over an hour on the phone with a Bell technician, from India of course. I didn't understand a word he was saying, and I had to keep yelling at him. 'Can you speak up? I'm deaf!' do you have any baby spinach? I always throw a little into my pesto to make more of it. I have no spinach, but that's a good idea.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 17:04:09 GMT -5
Reading about Lisa Marie. Her story is pretty damn ironic. I googled, because I didn't remember her being like Melissa McCarthy or Chrissy Metz.
I mean, I also know how childhoods follow us for our whole lives...it's different seeing that in someone else though. You'll notice that the article on abc doesn't mention weight loss surgery. Of course she's eating small portions. She's got no place to put the food.
Granted, she could have had the surgery after the article came out. But, folks are saying "years ago."
I'm not saying we should all go out and eat our weight in cheese curds and fries every day. It also seems like there's a happy medium between that and going to extreme measures, like surgery, if you have just a few extra pounds.
Did you know that Elvis never had sex with his wife after she gave birth? Apparently, he wouldn't have sex with any woman who gave birth. That's so bizarre!
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 14, 2023 17:06:27 GMT -5
I've taken several months off, but started applying for jobs again today. Based on the #'s my boss gave me last year we're actually still doing ok, but if this is the busy season there's just no way I'll have a job come the slow season.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 14, 2023 17:08:46 GMT -5
Sitting on the front porch listening to the rain. I really wish I had a covered porch. I really like watching and listening to rain. Enjoy!
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 14, 2023 17:16:00 GMT -5
Security camera arrived today, was easy to set up. The cat was doing the thing where she just stares at me through the bay window, so I started talking to her through it. 🤣 I’m not very good with keeping up with my phone when I’m at home. It might be outside while I’m inside, or inside while I’m outside. Or as DD jokes, in the East wing of the house when I’m in the west wing lol. So more than once, Mister has told me through the camera on the deck, to call him. I am not a fan, because it always startles me to hear him talking through the camera. But I have also been known to use the camera to yell at squirrels and tell them to go tf away when the camera alerted me that one was on my deck. Mister has talked to the digs through the camera over the garage when I’ve had them out on that side of the house. It just confuses them so far, because they can hear him, but can’t find him lol.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 14, 2023 17:40:58 GMT -5
You all probably don’t remember, but for a few years, I talked about how badly my wardrobe was lacking, and I didn’t know where to even start trying to get it together. I literally had to go try to find something to wear if I needed to dress nicely, and I actually missed some events because I didn’t have anything appropriate to wear and couldn’t find anything to buy. I had a few items that I liked and fit me well, but it was all mismatch, they didn’t necessarily work together to create an outfit.
And it was seriously overwhelming to me, to try to build a wardrobe from scratch. It didn’t help that I apparently am missing a female gene because I don’t like shopping.
Then I discovered StichFix. I have used them for several years now. And I’ve gone in the opposite direction of not having a “wardrobe”, to having wayyyyy too many clothes now. Now I have lost the weight I gained after I moved here with Mister, although I don’t recommend the method at all, but now my clothes fit me again.
So tonight, I know I can pull something together from my closet and feel good wearing it. I’m not vain, well maybe a little bit, but I do like to feel like I look good when I go out. Actually, I probably am vain or something, because when I really get all dolled up, I feel like I’m the bees knees and whatever else you might want to call it, as long as you aren’t trying to dim how I’m shining lol. If I feel like I’m really showing out with all my chocolate goodness shining, I feel like EVERYBODY needs to see me, so take me on a world tour, or at least here and there in whatever city I’m in lol. But that’s very rare that I’m that extra, and I admit it’s probably some arrogance involved in those moments lol.
I don’t feel like putting that much effort into going to dinner tonight, but I’m glad that I don’t have to stress out about what I’m going to wear to dinner, like I would’ve had to do before.
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 14, 2023 17:47:33 GMT -5
I know you're not really looking forward to this, but try to make lemonade. I hope you have a better meal than the last time you went there, and that the woman you don't like isn't a twat at dinner.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 17:56:39 GMT -5
Reading about Lisa Marie. Her story is pretty damn ironic. I googled, because I didn't remember her being like Melissa McCarthy or Chrissy Metz.
I mean, I also know how childhoods follow us for our whole lives...it's different seeing that in someone else though. You'll notice that the article on abc doesn't mention weight loss surgery. Of course she's eating small portions. She's got no place to put the food.
Granted, she could have had the surgery after the article came out. But, folks are saying "years ago."
I'm not saying we should all go out and eat our weight in cheese curds and fries every day. It also seems like there's a happy medium between that and going to extreme measures, like surgery, if you have just a few extra pounds.
Not sure when she had the surgery, did find this from January 30, 2023. More details about Lisa Marie Presley's final months are coming to light. The daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley was reportedly on an extreme weight loss regimen and taking opioids in the months prior to her death, family sources told TMZ. ET has reached out to the Presley family for comment.
Sources told the outlet that Lisa Marie, who died on Jan. 12 at age 54, had plastic surgery and began taking weight loss medication two months before stepping out for the Golden Globes, which became her final public appearance. As a result of the regimen, the outlet reported that Lisa Marie lost 40 to 50 pounds in six weeks.
The outlet additionally reported, citing family sources, that Lisa Marie was taking opioids again, an addiction she'd long struggled with.
At the Golden Globes, which Lisa Marie attended in support of the Austin Butler-led biopic Elvis, she seemed to struggle on the red carpet, as she had difficulty standing during interviews and needed assistance walking.
That is A LOT of weight to lose in 6 weeks. It's not that much, according to Dr. Now on "My 600 Lound Life." He asks his patients to lose 100 pounds in 2 months. Granted, that's for obese people. Was she obese?
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 14, 2023 18:03:39 GMT -5
I know you're not really looking forward to this, but try to make lemonade. I hope you have a better meal than the last time you went there, and that the woman you don't like isn't a twat at dinner. I will be on my best behavior, I promise. Even if she gets on my nerves, I know how to smile sweetly and insult her in a way that nobody will be sure is an insult, except for maybe Mister, since he already knows I don’t like her. Southern manners can be a double edged sword, with insults couched very politely. And I’m pretty good at that. I’d rather not resort to any of that though. She knows I don’t like her, but she doesn’t know exactly why and what I know about her, because I’ve never confronted her. But if she has any sense, knowing that I don’t like her should be enough that she’ll leave me alone, because I could cause her some problems if I was a messy type person. Im headed in to take a shower and get dressed. Pray for me LOL!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 14, 2023 18:11:39 GMT -5
When I was a rep payee with nursing home clients, I was often the only visitor they had and I was only required to visit monthly. I was babysitting my great niece then, so sometimes I would stop by to see them.
One lady cried when I gave her a Christmas card. She was such a sweetheart. I missed her when she passed.
The saddest one I had was a woman younger than me. She had gotten MS as a teenager and it hit her hard. She was in a nursing home for over 30 years before she died. She had a gentleman friend who rode the bus to visit her every day. Her eyes lit up when she talked about it. I can not imagine being in a nursing home over 30 years.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 14, 2023 18:14:45 GMT -5
It was suggested that I get grab bars for the door that comes from the garage in to the house. Mostly because it's a big step and not easy to do after surgery or with the blood clots.
It sounds like two nephews will be coming over tomorrow to install them. They do take good care of me. I told them I don't need it now, as in today, but getting ready because that step bothers me a lot.
The thyroid med is helping with fatigue and strength returning. The last of the antibiotics will be gone on Sunday.
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Post by daisylu on Jul 14, 2023 18:16:35 GMT -5
Not sure when she had the surgery, did find this from January 30, 2023. More details about Lisa Marie Presley's final months are coming to light. The daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley was reportedly on an extreme weight loss regimen and taking opioids in the months prior to her death, family sources told TMZ. ET has reached out to the Presley family for comment.
Sources told the outlet that Lisa Marie, who died on Jan. 12 at age 54, had plastic surgery and began taking weight loss medication two months before stepping out for the Golden Globes, which became her final public appearance. As a result of the regimen, the outlet reported that Lisa Marie lost 40 to 50 pounds in six weeks.
The outlet additionally reported, citing family sources, that Lisa Marie was taking opioids again, an addiction she'd long struggled with.
At the Golden Globes, which Lisa Marie attended in support of the Austin Butler-led biopic Elvis, she seemed to struggle on the red carpet, as she had difficulty standing during interviews and needed assistance walking.
That is A LOT of weight to lose in 6 weeks. It's not that much, according to Dr. Now on "My 600 Lound Life." He asks his patients to lose 100 pounds in 2 months. Granted, that's for obese people. Was she obese? I am terrible at guessing people's weight but from the pics I saw right after she lost the weight I would find it hard to believe that she was even over 200 pounds.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 18:22:15 GMT -5
We have reservations for dinner tonight, with 2 other couples. Mister’s friend/mentor from his job, and their other close friend, who is moving away for a job opportunity. I am even sad he’s moving, because is a great guy and he has been an awesome friend to Mister. He and I have had some real conversations about life and things, and I’d like him even if he wasn’t Mister’s friend. I just love him even more for being such a great friend to Mister, and I call him my little brother. They all met at the same time 9 years ago, and just clicked with each other and became great friends, when none of them have even a handful of people they consider friends. Anyway, I’m not really looking forward to it. I know the men, and I kinda know the mentor’s wife, but I don’t like her. She works in the same building I work in. I’m okay with the other wife. We haven’t been around each other much, so I don’t really know her that well. And I’m not even really liking Mister that much at the moment lol. I don’t even like the restaurant we’re going to. We went there with Mister’s family for his birthday a couple years ago, and the food wasn’t good to me. But the mentor chose the restaurant, and I dare not complain. I’ll just have to try to find something on the menu that should be hard for them to mess up. Not steak though. When we went there for Mister’s birthday, I paid $50 and $60 each for a steak for me and YD and over $30 for a damn pork chop for Mister, and all of it was less than mediocre. Between appetizers, entrees, drinks, and the tip, my bill for me, Mister and YD was almost $300 and I was NOT impressed (I didn’t pay for his parents and his brother because I didn’t invite them, they invited themselves when they found out where we were going lol). So I’m not even sure I’ll get a good meal out of this ordeal lol. So yeah, this should be fun. Imma go and put my game face on, because I do care about Mister’s friend, and the dinner is for him. And I know Mister is genuinely sad about him moving away. Lord please don’t let that lady talk to me though, because I don’t do well pretending, when I don’t like someone and even if I don’t let it show (and I won’t, not tonight), it’s going to piss me off to have to try to pretend, for the sake of not ruining the evening for the guys since I know this means a lot to them. Mister knows I don’t like her and she knows I don’t like her, so please just be cordial and then ignore me. I don’t think her husband knows I don’t like her, and I’d prefer he not know, because my reasons are not something I’d be willing to discuss with him. Imma be on my best behavior tonight though. I can always cuss her ass out some other day if she really gets on my nerves tonight. Well, when you go in thinking you'll have a bad time, you'll probably have a bad time. Try to think positive thought.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 18:41:58 GMT -5
Sadly, this isn't the first person I know of who refuses to visit relatives in nursing homes, or any other type of facility. It "depresses" them. Well, how do they think it feels to live there?!? These poor people need visitors, and need them badly. A friend of our family, something happened to her son as a young adult, and he has been in a facility for at least 20 years. She goes to see him every day. One of my male coworkers took care of his Mom when she got really sick 4 or 5 years ago. He was doing everything, including cleaning her, even though like he said to me “you know I didn’t want to have to deal with her lady parts”, but he did, because his Mom was his girl. He finally accepted that he couldn’t keep doing it all, and she was moved to a facility to care for her. He went to see her and sit with her every single day, either on his way to work, or after he got off work at night, often both. When he went on vacation with his wife, he made arrangements for someone else to go sit with her every day while he was gone. Apparently the facility she was in, would put up different inspirational messages posted at the entrance, and sometimes he would post a picture of the message on FB, and say he saw it at this “place he stops by every night”. I knew it was at the facility his Mom was in. He’s never really wanted to hear that he was a good son, or how he took such good care of his Mom. To him, he was only doing what he was supposed to do, and he did it because he loved her so much. Everybody that knew him, knew that he was crazy about his Mom. Unfortunately, she got COVID and died early in the pandemic. After the pandemic started, he couldn’t even sit with her anymore, no visitors were allowed in the facility. Then she got COVID and died. I can only imagine how difficult that was for him. He and I talked a little about it, but I mostly just listened because I didn’t know what to say. I am really in awe of how devoted he was to his Mom when she needed him the most, and I have a lot of respect for him for how he cared for her. But imo, that also says a lot about what kind of Mom she was. It’s been a couple of years now, and he still is not really okay after losing her. My son loves me and even at 38, he tells me so every single day. I wouldn't want him at the nursing home every day or twice a day. I'd want him to visit maybe once a week or even once every 2 weeks. I'd want him to have a life of his own, and that kind of dedication should go towards his wife and children. That's how life should work, and not spending all his time with his mommy at the nursing home. We used to have such visitors at the home where I worked. They'd come every single day and once we even found one man curled up with his mom in her bed. It's not normal. Let me guess....this guy was single? They're always single.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 14, 2023 19:04:58 GMT -5
I already told my son, ....'when I'm in a nursing home, just make sure I have cable. You don't have to visit all the time. I'm good.'
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 14, 2023 19:09:41 GMT -5
We have reservations for dinner tonight, with 2 other couples. Mister’s friend/mentor from his job, and their other close friend, who is moving away for a job opportunity. I am even sad he’s moving, because is a great guy and he has been an awesome friend to Mister. He and I have had some real conversations about life and things, and I’d like him even if he wasn’t Mister’s friend. I just love him even more for being such a great friend to Mister, and I call him my little brother. They all met at the same time 9 years ago, and just clicked with each other and became great friends, when none of them have even a handful of people they consider friends. Anyway, I’m not really looking forward to it. I know the men, and I kinda know the mentor’s wife, but I don’t like her. She works in the same building I work in. I’m okay with the other wife. We haven’t been around each other much, so I don’t really know her that well. And I’m not even really liking Mister that much at the moment lol. I don’t even like the restaurant we’re going to. We went there with Mister’s family for his birthday a couple years ago, and the food wasn’t good to me. But the mentor chose the restaurant, and I dare not complain. I’ll just have to try to find something on the menu that should be hard for them to mess up. Not steak though. When we went there for Mister’s birthday, I paid $50 and $60 each for a steak for me and YD and over $30 for a damn pork chop for Mister, and all of it was less than mediocre. Between appetizers, entrees, drinks, and the tip, my bill for me, Mister and YD was almost $300 and I was NOT impressed (I didn’t pay for his parents and his brother because I didn’t invite them, they invited themselves when they found out where we were going lol). So I’m not even sure I’ll get a good meal out of this ordeal lol. So yeah, this should be fun. Imma go and put my game face on, because I do care about Mister’s friend, and the dinner is for him. And I know Mister is genuinely sad about him moving away. Lord please don’t let that lady talk to me though, because I don’t do well pretending, when I don’t like someone and even if I don’t let it show (and I won’t, not tonight), it’s going to piss me off to have to try to pretend, for the sake of not ruining the evening for the guys since I know this means a lot to them. Mister knows I don’t like her and she knows I don’t like her, so please just be cordial and then ignore me. I don’t think her husband knows I don’t like her, and I’d prefer he not know, because my reasons are not something I’d be willing to discuss with him. Imma be on my best behavior tonight though. I can always cuss her ass out some other day if she really gets on my nerves tonight. Well, when you go in thinking you'll have a bad time, you'll probably have a bad time. Try to think positive thought. Yeah, you are probably right. I’m already at a 6 or 7 because of Mister and we haven’t even got to the restaurant yet. Fuck it.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 14, 2023 21:43:26 GMT -5
Sitting in a brew pub in Salmon Arm. We made it up here without too many issues. We had to drop the mutts off first, and discovered the northbound lanes on I5 backed up for miles so we took the scenic route up to the border. It probably added another 45 min to the trip. Got in around 6, got to the B&B we are staying at (same room as last year) and tried to hit an Italian place for dinner. Massive wait without reservations so punted on that idea.
Royally pissed at myself. I left my Kindle at home, I thought I had thrown it into the top of my duffle. I also forgot to check my cord bag and it was empty. Luckily, I had a spare in the car.
Bad haze in the area which sucks. My eyes are burning badly.
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