A Domestic Goddess I Am NOT... And Pillow Fights

Content Warning: Medical Eastern Nude Training Tool Pictured and Testy Post Content.

 I'm Nine Pre-Scheduled Posts ahead, and this one should have been the 10th but I screwed up and forgot to Schedule it for Next Month... so, you'll now get a Two-Fer Post Day instead.  *Winks*   And 9 other Posts behind this one will Publish later than this one, so, it's out of sequence, sorry.  I feel so accomplished, which, is kinda necessary, coz around the House here I feel like a Slacker, a Domestic Goddess I am NOT!  After our great Kitchen Organization, which I was so Proud of completing and has improved function dramatically, well, I just stalled out and didn't gain momentum.  

And the other Rooms are easier than that Project was, so, I could and should motivate myself to tackle each Room in rotation now, I just. have. not.  In case you were Wondering, I'm putting up Imagery or Subject Matter Content Warnings on some Posts now, so that Dear Readers can make a Choice not to continue if they may find Images or what I have to say offensive to them, as a Courtesy.  I apologize for nothing I Post, as long time Readers know me well enuf to realize, it's Voluntary to visit any Blog, not Mandatory.  Everyone is Welcome, but don't complain about Content, it's my Space and Visitors are here freely and I Post freely.   Above is a very Creatively Cute Halloween Homemade Costume.  Autumn is already on my Mind before September even rolls in.

The Daughter has been picking up my Slack around here, she knows lately I'm in a Tense Head Space, got a LOT on my Heart and Mind.  I'm not pushing myself since I don't wanna Burn Out completely or get Testy with everyone and project outwards my current Internal Struggle.  Dark Dawn can emerge if I'm duly Triggered tho', Fair Warning to all!  *Winks*  The RV Garage Mahal will get some attention from me come Autumn when it Cools enuf to even be in there.  Right now I also feel overwhelmed just walking in there, so, I also have to be in the right Head Space to take it all in and make progress.  And perhaps I'll feel more motivated to also attend The Gym more often?  But, so. far. none. of. that. is. happening. either.   See a pattern there?  *Bwahahahaha*  And, tho' we are getting out and doing more Environmental Cleanup with consistency, and Blogging with consistency, I still stall out in other stuff less enjoyable or I just don't wanna do.

There's the Key, when you become Retired and in the Rhythm of Retirement Mode, you really don't wanna HAVE to Feel like you MUST do something, even voluntarily.  And what you don't wanna do, sometimes you just don't do it.  I balk the moment I Feel like I HAVE to do something, and so I put it off for as long as I possibly can now.  I didn't used to be a procrastinator, now I almost excel at being one!  And I've got Present Help now since The Daughter really has been on top of things and partnered with me to be helpful if I direct her on what I want done.  I just am not a great Partner in the Doing of it, so she and Mando usually do it instead.

He thrives on being busy, so does she, so they're like Ants and I'm like a Slug.  They'll find things to do without me even having to delegate.  I do appreciate that.   And I spoke too soon about everyone being Well now and nobody else getting Sick, coz now The Son has come down with something and had to call in Sick to Work!  He almost never does that and is splayed out on his Bed like a Starfish, in the Dark, feeling Dreadful.  I Hope he hasn't come down with what Princess T had, but I fear he might have?

Princess T said the Week she was out Sick from Work they told her a bunch of other Co-Workers also were and they're dropping like Flies.  The Son works in a large Warehouse setting with lots of Employees too so it's probably a similar scenario?  Some people will come to Work when they're Sick and spread contagions, not staying Home when they should.  Perhaps financially they can't afford to miss any Work, mebbe they have no Sick Days or worry about being Fired, but it's irresponsible when you've got something contagious, to infect everyone else so they're now Sick and missing Work too. 

When any of ours are Sick I tell them to call in and their Employer will just have to Deal with it.  Better a Company doesn't have infectious Diseases and Viruses spreading like Wildfire in their midst by Sickly folks feeling like they must still show up to Work.  I can't imagine a Sick person is gonna be all that productive and on top of their Game either.  When I'm so Sick I can't Work it's obvious I wouldn't be any asset to anyone at that time.   So, we've got another one Down now... and only The Man and I have been spared thus far and he really NEEDS not get something if he's to have that 2nd Heart Surgery.

Later Today in fact I'm going to be calling his Cardiologist, Dr. Singh, to find out when they predict he will be having that 2nd Surgery?  I know they opted for Hospitalization to have it done Inpatient, which I was glad of, but, perhaps they're short on Beds/Rooms right now?   It's the Season when people will begin to need more Hospitalization for various things that become serious in Fall and Winter.  I need to get us in for our Annual Flu Shots and COVID Booster, but, I know before a Surgery they want that kind of thing delayed until afterwards, which is why I've waited. 

 Don't know if Vaxxes will be 100% covered now either by Medicare like they have been in the past?   We do have the Covidiots and Anti-Vax folks in Charge now so who knows what preventable or once irradicated illnesses will make a comeback?   Like Measles has, and is killing Kids again, due to Conspiracy Theorists being in Leadership who discount Science and Facts in favor of Quackery and Draconian practices they want to force upon the rest of us?   And they have their devout Followers who would voluntarily offer up their precious Children to Die needlessly of preventable illnesses coz they latched on to some unproven theory far more dangerous and deadly.

I dunno, burying your Child becoz you failed to Vaccinate them against something preventable just proves to me unfit Parenting and failing to adequately protect them, and willful Neglect that constitutes a form of Child Abuse.  Especially when they interview said Parents and they are staunching still defending not doing the Right thing by that unfortunate Child and they'd do nothing differently... REALLY... are you fucking Mental?!  Those Kids should have been taken away from them then, if a Dead Child would mean they profess they'd still do nothing differently to ensure said Child was able to Live and Thrive!!!  WTF?!  That is one stubborn Whack Job of a Parent not Fit to Raise Children then!

Anyway, I know Doctors are lamenting that so many people are running with low information now rather than reliable information to base their decisions about Health and well being upon.  They have to be the ones running damage control behind bad decisions being made about Health and well being.   They're the ones who put their own Lives on the Line during COVID to treat those that got it.   Many of whom were Covidiots who refused the Facts and bought into misinformation, lies and Conspiracy Theories, so had assumed the risks that go with Stupidity and willful Ignorance.  Too many Died that didn't have to, once Vaccines were developed and made so readily available and FREE!  Natural Selection then had it's way with them.

LATER:  Well, I did get my Ass in gear and we went down to the River and did Environmental Cleanup and got some more River Stones.  We spent about Three Hours, it was Cloudy and Breezy, not all that Hot for a while, then it was... terribly Hot, Humid, and, that was that, we Tapped Out.  A Young Hispanic Woman Sells 3 Homemade Burritos with 2 Canned Drinks for $12 every Day near the River.  We got some for Breakfast, she makes her own Tortillas and the Trio is wrapped in Tinfoil, One Bean & Cheese, One Ham & Egg, One Bacon & Egg, they were very good for the low price.

Where she set up her Truck and Sells them is by some Mini Farms and that Farmer has loads of Chickens and all the Hens had a slew of Baby Chicks, Adorable!  They were learning how to scratch and forage like their Mamas and it was so stinkin' Cute to watch them as we ate our Breakfast by the Canal separating the Mini Farm from the Main Road.  The Farmer also has Goats, White Ones with Black Heads... they too had given Birth to their Young, little Minis of their Mamas.  When I looked the Breed up they are a small Rare British Breed called a Bagot Goat.  This Farmer must Raise them and he's got a lot of them in his Pasture.

Now I kind of WANT Chickens... yeah, I know... seeing those Baby Chicks with their Mothers just melted my Heart to watch them, quite bucolic, I could get used to that.  We'll see when The Young Prince moves back if he still wants to Raise Chickens?  If he does all the Work and I just get to enjoy them, and get Eggs, well... he knows what he's doing and has Raised Chickens before.  This Farmer just lets his roam his Property and they seem quite Happy.   There are several Goat Farmers in our Mini Farm Community.  One Guy has Llamas.  Several have Horses.  One has Steers.  Lots have Chickens and other Birds like Peacocks.  One has a Pet Pig... a full grown full size Sow, she wears a Harness!

I just watched the best Movie on NetFlix called "THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB" starring Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Tom Ellis.   It was a Drama with a lot of Comedic Dialogue in it.   I'm liking a Movie over a Series, which takes some Binge Watching.  Even if a Series is good, getting thru it when you have ADHD is hard, I start getting Restless and needing a break, so it takes me a longer time to get thru a Series and I don't like spending Hours doing anything involving sitting Still.  *LOL*  Anyway, back on Topic, I'd LOVE to live in a Historic Building converted to a Retirement Home like the one they had in that Movie. 

  The Historic Englefield House was the setting, it's a Private Residence not open to the Public really.  The Interior dolled up by the Film's Design Team.  They did an exceptional job of it.   I wanted to LIVE there... there were Online Images of some of the Interior Sets which I Loved, but was unable to successfully Crib to Share here... dammit.  It was Old World Conservatory Style with lots of lush Plants... Sublime!!!  Of coarse only the most affluent of Residents would ever be in a setting like that in Real Life as a Retirement Home, but, it was Dreamy, even if just on the Canvas of the Imagination.

I didn't get around to calling The Man's Cardiologist, coz even tho' this isn't an Elective Surgery, and is necessary to unclog that 2nd blocked Artery, it's also not an Emergency like the 1st one was that had to be unblocked immediately.   So, I'm sure arranging a Room for him on the Cardiac Ward and time in the Operating Room is in play, since they do plan to admit him and have him stay a few days like the last Surgery required, due to his high risk factors and complex Medical History.  Dr. Singh and I were in Agreement about that, I didn't have to talk him into not doing it as an Outpatient, like some folks can have done with Stints.

I'm having a Side Effect now with the higher dose of Ozempic that is unpleasant and Gastro-Bowel related, not sure how I feel about it yet.  Will talk to my Doctor about it tho'... since, some Issues I can live with and this one I'm not sure I'm okay with if it's gonna continue to be a problem?   I'm giving my Body and Bowels time to adjust... but the Medication can give you the Trots and some slight accidents if you have accompanying flatulence with the Gut Issues it causes.  Yeah, Fun Times.   Shitting yourself even a little bit is a major concern and tho' I was told Digestive Issues are known, you always Hope you won't have the more unpleasant Side Effects of any Medication.

And being told, well, this will stabilize the dreaded Diabetes that is out of Control no matter what you do, reduce your A1C, and help you lose Weight, but you'll shit yourself a little bit every time you Fart... well... not sure that's a Trade Off I'm Okay with, you know?  *Bwahahaha*  I know, TMI, but, I'm just not that Old that I'm ready for Pullups as my Undergarments yet just becoz I have to take a certain Medication for a Serious Condition.  Dammit.   Trulicity just wasn't cutting it anymore and I had no Side Effects from that Diabetic Injectable.  I was Okay with a low dose of Ozempic, but this higher dose definitely has created this Situation and so I'm conflicted about whether to keep taking it?  I do have to address it somehow tho', with consults with my Doc about it.

There's a new Movie coming out "ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER" with Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio that I think I might like to see.   I'm having insomnia becoz my Pillows got accidentally switched when The Daughter changed all the Linens on our Bed and washed everything.  I'm a Pillow Snob and I have MY Pillows.  Well, she accidentally put mine on her Dad's side and now he's convinced, with addled Dementia Brain, that they're his and I've got his shitty Pillows, which aren't Down filled and I can't get to Sleep on, they're not comfortable!!!  I'm gonna have to sneakily put his Pillowcases on the Right Pillows without him seeing/knowing, in order to get MY Pillows back!  *LOL and Le Sigh*

He has always liked Foam Pillows and I've never slept on anything but a Feather Pillow in my Life and I don't like Foam, I prefer Down actually.  But convincing him he has MY Pillows is futile and I don't want him getting too used to mine coz he's getting his back one way or another!!!  *Winks*  He gets contrary about everything now becoz he doesn't even remember what he always liked or always used, so he'll swear YOU have gotten it Wrong and just gets more agitated if you debate it.  *Le Sigh*  So, he'll now have to Deal with me having a lack of Sleep and see if that gives him Pause?   So, Yes, we're having Senior Pillow Fights!  This is what it's come to in our Golden Years!!!  *Bwahahahaha*   It didn't help that a Police Helicopter was circling for what seemed like over an Hour in the area at Two in the Morning with it's Search Lights on!!!  That's unsettling, and LOUD enuf to Wake the Dead!  But, I'd Pity the Fool that might try a Home Invasion here Tonight, I'm not in The Mood not to be very confrontational and Go very Dark and totally Mental!   

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Dawn...The Lazy Bohemian Insomniac