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      Is dreamviews barely loading at the moment, or is it just me?
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      Quote Originally Posted by yuppie11975 View Post
      Is dreamviews barely loading at the moment, or is it just me?
      It's a known issue. We've reported it in our Bug Reports thread.
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      Rave: DV is still slow but running much better tonight.
      Rave-ish: three cats are now gone... only 17 more to go
      Rant-ish: My BP is still running higher than it should. My bottom number especially. I googled it tonight and that can be a byproduct of sleep apnea. Huh. The Dr. asked about that during my visit. Looks like he's going to schedule me for another sleep study. Blah.

      Today was nice and peaceful for the most part. I had to take Paula to the Dr for pain (she had surgery last week). Other than that, I was on strike. My back hurts too much to move more than necessary.
      Which is a rant lol. Backs been everywhere from. 4-8 on the pain scale. Hurts mostly when I move.
      Getting old sucks. Avoid it for as long as you can

      Beddie-by time. Sweet dreams, DV.
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      **Edit**
      Double post. So scratch that. DV isn't running so well after all lol.
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      Yeah it's very frustrating. The site is borderline unusable at the moment
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      Rave: DV seems to be running a lot faster if nothing else. Now to see if this double posts

      Rant: For 3 days, I've been sleeping without my uppers. It's very weird, lol, but all went well until last night. I hyper-extend my jaw so much that my lower lip can cover my nostrils And last night, I made use of that "ability" and ground my upper gum right below that strip of skin that connects to your lip. It was exceptionally sore, but (THANKFULLY) not injured in any way.
      I've silver nitrated my ulcer some 3 times now. Even when I zap the wound itself, a blister forms AROUND it. When the blister is pulled away, there's a perfect hole in the center It's that hole I'm trying to seal.
      It is losing depth though, so I guess it's getting better.

      Rave: When I left to take my daughter to work yesterday, I grabbed my extra e-cig battery and popped it in my device... only to discover it hadn't charged I had a coupon for a Mark 10 device, so I bought it for the drive. Then I went to the vape store on the way home. I brought my 2 dead batteries with me to ask if they needed replaced (wear and tear) and I asked them if I could buy a fully charged battery
      My dead batteries just needed re-wrapped, which I thought was neat. They had a bunch of colors to choose from, but I just went with red. Now I have 3 good batteries.

      Rant: I keep getting bit by "house flies". I googled it. They're actually (most likely) "Stable Flies". Those little demons are vicious. I have to wear a long sleeved shirt, but they like to land between my fingers while I'm gaming. I don't notice until they bite me. When I lay down to go to sleep, they dive bomb my iPad (which I play for 2 hours before actually falling asleep ) They daze themselves then I squish them... then have to clean my device and remove the bodies. Stupid friggin bugs. I may have to break down and buy screens for the windows. This is getting ridiculous.

      Rant: The fleas, too, are getting on my last nerve. I have the only AC in the house, so my room stays cold enough to keep them away for the most part. I still have to DEET my legs and feet though just to go to the restroom and walk through the house.

      Rant: To add insult to injury, I now have zits in and on my nose Seriously? As if this ulcer wasn't bad enough? GRRRR!

      Rave: I finished the season of Chicago PD and Med and I'm back to Grey's Anatomy (almost done with the second season). I'm also loving my game, even though it's buggy as heck right now; I've had to restart multiple times; and now my character will soon starve to death because no animals are spawning I need to find a grocery store to loot.

      Life is quiet and fine. I hope all you DVers are doing well
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      Rant: I am sooooo sleepy today. I even managed to sleep in until 11 (from midnight, got 6 1/2 hours all in all after tossing and turning )
      I'm also bored-ish. I've been binging Grey's Anatomy and playing my game. I want to craft though, but I'm too disillusioned about my ability.
      I'm also cold. My hands are almost like ice. But I can't turn up my AC. The insects will eat me if I do

      I'm also seriously wondering if I can live off of strawberry milk. What I drink are 14 oz bottles of Nestle Nesquik. 150 calories; 10 mg cholesterol; 100 mg sodium; 400 mg Potassium; 24g Carbs (22g Sugar); 8g Protein. 10% A; 40%Calcium; 25% D. But it has no Iron or Vit. C. But times all of that by 2 because the 14 oz bottles actually hold 2 servings.
      I get my C and B vitamins from pills. I can easily start taking D3 again.

      Maybe that's why I'm craving ice and meat. Not enough iron. BUT, I normally eat a bowl of Lucky Charms for breakfast. (Actually more than that because there's 26 servings in my box and I go through 1 box a week) Hmmm... There's 25% Iron in one bowl. My iron should be okay then.
      I'm curious to get my blood work back.

      Also, for months now, I'm always curious as to why my big toe nail looks blue when I take a shower. I've always written it off as a trick of the light or the hot water. Yesterday, though, I had my feet on my desk and- sure enough- my toe nail still looked blue to me. I googled it . I saw a nail chart and the color is actually gray. And just my big toes. Interestingly enough, the gray color can signify arthritis. My big toes are gouty.

      Rave: the pit of my ulcer is gone completely now. There remains a slight "abrasion" and tenderness but that's it took it friggin long enough.

      Rant: I have a yucky, sickly sweet aftertaste in my mouth. It must be from the milk (breakfast today). My cereal's been giving it to me for the last few days too though.

      So sleepy. So cold. I think I'm going to go crawl under my covers some more.

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      Rant: I'm lonely here in this thread again.

      Rant: My brain is legit. broken today. I have no idea what broke it. It took me 30+ minutes to understand the price of my gas $2.03. It would not compute. And now my body thinks it's in pain. I keep catching myself holding my breath (which is the only time I hold my breath-when I'm in pain). But I feel no pain. I actually feel pretty okay other than the broken brain

      Rave: I cooked some chicken liver in my tiny oven. I bought tiny aluminum muffin-type trays. I melted a little butter in the tray, added the livers. I cooked it just a little too long but with some seasoned salt, it was actually very good.
      My kids think my room smells like McD's now Must be the butter smell.

      Rave: My new diet seems to be going well so far. I still have a bowl of Lucky Charms for breakfast. Now that I know I can do it, I'll have some liver for lunch; organic peanut butter on honey wheat bread for a snack and my strawberry milk before bed (dinner). Unless hubby feeds me.

      I was trying to find a high iron snack. I can't eat fruits or veggies (if it can cause gas, it bothers my ulcer; if it's anything fruit/berries, it bothers my reflux). But I love chickpeas. It's not "great" in iron, but it's okay. Same with peanut butter.
      NOW, I need to figure out a way to get walking into my routine. I keep hinting to hubby to buy bikes. There's a great trail at the college everyone bikes and walks and he has a truck we never use, so we could start using it to haul bikes there. We need a new hobby besides eating

      Rave: the biting fly population has dwindled a great deal. THANK GOODNESS and FINALLY!!!! I dislike a lot of clothes, and I was having to lounge in a sweater to keep them from biting me through my shirt

      Rave: the ulcer is completely gone. There only remains some very slight tenderness and swelling.
      Rant: But that zit in my nose, became a boil on my nose. I broke down and lanced it today so- hopefully- that will be the end of that.

      Rant-ish: Hubby starts vacation for a week after tomorrow. He has no idea what he wants to do. He wants me to tell him but I don't want to do anything. There's nothing I want to do and nowhere I want to go. But he's going to feel useless and depressed if we don't do *something*. I told him today that we should stay local and take it easy, but go shopping for boots and bikes. He talks about those 2 things all the time. For years now lol, but we've yet to get either.
      I worry about the girls' job if we go away. Their car isn't ready in the least. If I go away for a week, Destinee will get fired (Paula's still on medical leave). Blah....
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      My rave would be that it is 06 weeks 06 days 23 hours 37 seconds until the total the eclipse were I live!
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      Quote Originally Posted by Zhaylin View Post
      Rant: I'm lonely here in this thread again. I told him today that we should stay local and take it easy, but go shopping for boots and bikes. He talks about those 2 things all the time. For years now lol, but we've yet to get either.
      I worry about the girls' job if we go away. Their car isn't ready in the least. If I go away for a week, Destinee will get fired (Paula's still on medical leave). Blah....
      I'm still here My email notifications quit again....
      Bikes are a winner, I have 3 of them..A trike and a 26" and 700m for getting speeding tickets..They are Walmart specials, Nothing fancy..And I have a university bike path too along with Allegheny State Park across the road ..
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      Recently I've been working pretty tirelessly to get my life together. I'm going to be turning 20 soon, and that's kind of triggered a bit of an existential angst within me. I remember stumbling across this forum when I was just a kid, and in a couple of months I'm going to be 10 years off turning 30. That's been a pretty sobering thought to me. I've been clean off drugs, applying myself to my studies more, and been pursuing the completion of at least one productive task per day. It's been a pretty slow and gruelling process, but I guess I'm making progress - piece by piece.

      Not really a rant, rave or complaint - just a stream of consciousness.

      I hope all of you are doing well
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      DreamVixen, my hubby's excited too. It falls on his birthdate.

      Wobly I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a recumbent bike, but good golly they're so expensive. Hubby's been hohumming the whole thing so we'll end up not getting any and just talking about it for 2 more years We're not doing anything for his holiday. My taxiing the kids has been on-going but ends on the 10th Paula traded in her jalopy for a jeep. It's old but it climbs hills lol. We got it titled and registered at the DMV today.

      Yuppie!, my daughter-in-law (and maybe even my daughter) goes through that phase from time to time. I'll tell you what I tell them. Age is just a number. You reach a certain mental age and just stop after that. I'm forever 30-ish. That's about the age I leveled out emotionally and hit my peak maturation. My hubby's forever in his 20's lol (he's 73, I'm 43). It's great that you're setting goals and doing stuff to reach your dreams. Just don't feel like the world is going to end or you're a failure if you don't accomplish "x" at a certain time. And also keep in mind that goals and dreams change as we grow and mature. Be flexible with yourself and your timeline, be realistic, work hard, be forgiving with yourself.

      My mouth sore completely healed and when it did, my BP normalized. I stopped taking my BP meds, but at my follow-up appointment, Dr still wasn't happy with my pulse (102 resting), so he wants me to try to keep taking at least 1/2 of it (it's so small it turns to dust when I try to cut it. He wants me to drink that dust lol ). I bought another pill cutter today (lost my last one), so I'll see if I have any more success with that.
      Rave: I see the sleep study Dr on the 24th. Maybe I can get back on Provigil. I doubt it though. They'll probably just end up increasing my Gabapentin and give me a breathing machine if it's THAT bad.

      Rant: I'm no longer nocturnal but I function worse with this new schedule. Once I'm off taxi duty, I'll see if that changes. Being awake during the day definitely has it's perks. (The world operates most effectively 9AM-9PM ) I'm in more of a brain fog though, I remember my dreams less, I seem to get less done. I feel discontent, unproductive, unmotivated to the MAX. My whole existence revolves around feeling content so I don't like this one bit. If it doesn't change once I'm free from duty, I'll be changing my schedule back.

      Rave: The puppy is such an adorable turd. He practically lives outside. He's always in the yard or under the RV. He greats me when I return from driving. When I see him, I grumble: "I'm going to get your nose" and I hold my hand in a sort of claw. He snarls his nose and jumps up so I can grab his nose. Then he lightly bites my hand and we do that all the way inside. It's gotten into such a habit, that just holding my hand that way will make him react Or just saying the phrase will. I showed the girls yesterday and Destinee practically rolled on the floor laughing. She loved it so much. But she called it a trick. Harrumph. When the tickle monster attacks small children, is that a trick? No, it's a parent playing and interacting with their children.

      Rave: My blood work came back "excellent". I guess my iron is fine. I have no idea why I'm craving ice then.

      Rave: Can't remember if I wrote this, but last week I stopped by thrift store and got some stuff. One of the items was a baby toy. It's a duck with a rattle thing at one wing, a mirror in the other and an abacus like thing in it's chest. I bought it for my bird. He was apprehensive at first but now he loves it. He's always looking in the mirror (he has 2 bigger ones in his cage and the cage itself sits in front of a wall mirror ). I am now pleased I got it for him.

      Rant-ish: I opened my pill organizer this morning and there was a worm in it. What the heck! It wasn't a maggot. It *almost* looked like an inch worm, only it was orange and didn't "inch". When I went to move it, it had attached a thread to my hand. Hmmm. I googled it and it's likely a moth caterpillar. Wonderful. I either have a million moth babies in my room or in one of my pill bottles... but no, they can't be in the bottle because they'd be dead from lack of air. But how'd he end up in my organizer? They snap and latch shut. He must have fallen in while I was sorting everything. Very weird lol.

      Hope everyone is well.
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      That was actually really well thought and insightful advice, Zhaylin. I appreciate it - thank you!
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      Any time Yuppie

      Rant: I'm freezing. And sleepy. And have reflux. Again. For the third day in a row.
      I'm freezing because I'm weird. Apparently, that's the only reason seeing as my iron is fine and I'm not running a temp. My AC was set at 70 (just cranked it to 76), but my hands and feet are icecubes. I'd put on more clothes or socks but the fleas stop me. I want to see the buggers and get them off my legs before I sit on them and have the fleas get under my clothes
      I think peanut butter cookies and my vape (?) is causing the reflux.
      I've been sleeping terribly because I keep waking up at night, popping my toes. Eating fish with hubby during his vacation is killing my gouty toes. I LOVE fish. This is going to be very hard.

      Rant: My daughter-in-law is sick again and wants me to take her to the hospital or to a walk-in clinic. She has a vehicle. Why does she need me to taxi her? I feel like a jerk for telling her no, but come on- the hospital is 5 minutes down the road and the clinic is 10. She's being all paranoid about her new trade. It's an old Xterra and the overheat sign came on. It had NO coolant in it. A friend and her father came over, added coolant, checked for a leak but couldn't find anything. 2 days later, the liquid is still there!!!!! But she doesn't want to drive it until she has a pressure test. Hubby says, if it's a pin prick leak (if there's even a leak at all), it would be cheaper to carry extra coolant and fill it as needed than pay a mechanic to search for the problem and fix it. I've exceeded my obligation. It's time for them to drive themselves.

      Other than all that, life is quiet and fine. We're having seafood for diner again tonight and I told hubby I'm taking a break from the rich food after this... and he goes back to work on Monday, so we'll be eating "out" less anyhow.

      Rave-ish: I'm going in to $200. more debt. I still owe hubby 4 more months (@ $50. a week) til I pay off what I owe for my sons bill... blah, which means I'll be paying, what, 2 more months after that? BUT, I'll be getting a much needed oil change with it, then getting some cheap vape juice at the mall ($32. for 120 ml which is great considering I pay $23. for 30ml normally). It's not the best tasting stuff (it's not bad, just not great), so I use it to stretch my great flavors.
      I'll likely be doing all of that on Tuesday.

      Oh yeah, the power was out for about 3 hours yesterday. A huge storm moved through the area and knocked out power for some 5 miles. I was surprised they got it fixed so quickly.
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      How the heck do I simplify this problem for google?
      I was just about to fall back to sleep. I was partially on my left side and my knees were bent just a little. I stretched and tensed my left side and I rubbed the top of my foot against my left thigh from the knee to just below my butt.
      Then WOWZER! Charlie Horse (?) from hell.
      It hurt to try to straighten out completely. It hurt to try to go into fetal position. I was just stuck in that partially bent position trying to rub it out.

      That usually happens to my calf. I don't think I've ever had one in this location before. I seem to always get the cramps when: a) I stretch in my sleep b) I stretch and rub a muscle with my foot.

      I'm kind of like a little kid needing their back rubbed to fall back to sleep so my foot applies pressure to an area and quickishly rubs up and down. Instant Charlie horse. What the heck lol
      You'd think after 43 years I'd learn not to do that

      I guess I'll start simple and just look up Charlie horse, then, perhaps: why do pressure and rubbing cause Charlie horse.

      Bah! I should be sound asleep for 2 more hours
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      I've felt rather, crappy all day.
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      Hope you feel better by now, DreamVixen

      I felt really bad earlier. I took my daughter-in-law to a pawn/game shop and I felt like collapsing. Instant nausea, headache, general blah. I figured I needed to eat something, but I *just* had lucky charms. I got to the car and noticed the time: 2:36
      I ate my cereal at 8:30AM I stopped at McD's and got a cheeseburger meal, got home and ate and now I feel a million times better.

      MAJOR RANT: My car headlights don't work on normal. BOTH bulbs either burned out or blew fuses I also had hardly any oil, so I topped that off.
      I go into the shop tomorrow. I hope that's all that needs done. My car's worrying me. It smelled very hot when I was driving around earlier (gauges were fine though).

      Rant: Taxi duty for at least 2 more weeks Paula's car doesn't have a huge problem though (THANK GOODNESS!!!). It needs a thermostat houser (houser, seriously? not housing?) It's going to cost about $300. all in all.

      Rave: I bought 3 mini-dresses yesterday for $5. each at Walmart yesterday. One of them just looks like an extra long t-shirt lol. The other 2 are very pretty though.

      Rave-ish: I'm going to ask for a $500. advance. Which means I'll be living on $150. a week for an extra several months.... but it will be nice to have a little mad money. The dealership will cost $90. UNLESS there really is something terribly wrong with my car. Other than that, I'll be in the city, so I want to buy some bulk e-juice and visit the craft store. I also need a new pair of sandals and I'd like to get a new fitbit with a heartbeat reader.
      I'm back on the high BP meds (1/2 does though) because Doc doesn't like my pulse. My BP is wonderful (108/73 last reading) but my resting pulse is still in the 100's. I think Doc is worrying about nothing. My pulse has ALWAYS been higher than normal.

      Rave: Been enjoying the heck out of 7D2D. Because the games will be wiped once stable comes out, I've been playing with cheats so I don't have to grind so much. I built an awesome house and I saved the specs so I can make it again.

      Hope everyone is well.
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      Rave: I saw 2 awesome things so far today. I was pumping gas and noticed this thing on the pump display. It looked like a flowering sort of seed- you know, how a small flower looks before it blooms. Ah yes, a bud. The thing looked like a seed of a bud. I wondered if it could be a cocoon but figured some jerkwad would have disturbed it. My curiosity got the better of me and I gently tapped it with a fingernail. It flew away. It was a moth
      Then, on the way home, I slowed at a place that usually has a lot of deer. I saw movement and thought it was a fawn. It jumped across some rocks and stopped. I smiled. It was a fox. I've maybe caught a quick glimpse of a total of 6 (since 1999) running across the road at night. But I saw one in all his beauty today.
      All of that made up for the rough start of my day.

      I slept through my alarm (or it never went off), so I didn't have time for my morning ritual: cereal, dogs meds, my meds, watching Gray's Anatomy, then leaving to take my daughter to work. I had to eat a few cookies in the car on the way to work.

      Rave: I went off script with my mad money. Hubby actually went for it (with much grumbling ). I bought a smart phone first. Boost Mobile actually used my Tracfone as a "trade in". I got to keep the tracfone and my number. I was accredited about $50. for the Android ZTE. I was added to my daughters family plan.
      I looked for my sandals but Walmart didn't have them.... bought my new Fitbit Charge 2.
      Had my oil changed and my headlights replaced ($86. ) Those were the only things Gretta (car) needed after all. *sigh of relief*
      I went to the mall, bought my bulk juice: the cheap 120ml bottle plus 2 30ml good juices.
      Went to the craft store- came out empty handed.
      Went to the cities Walmart but they didn't have my sandals either.

      I took one of my kids to the local Walmart that evening. I went in to see if the shoe stock changed. It hadn't. I figured I'd put the rest of the money on my credit card. I came out with a Huffy Cruiser bike ($79.) and a helmet instead.
      I rode the bike that evening and killed my knee
      I have $5. left lol.
      All in all, I am extremely pleased with the purchases. Hubby was a little grumpy that I jumped the gun without him... but then he realized he might dawdle forever and accepted it. He's been talking about getting a smart phone and a bike forever. I finally pulled the trigger.

      Rant: Mentally, I'm not doing so well. I can't tell which way is up and which way is down, so to speak. By the time night rolls around, I think the morning was the day before. I can't keep my days straight. To call this "brain fog", would be a MASSIVE understatement. I don't know if it's the Cymbalta, the fact I'm no longer nocturnal, the fact my daughter's weekend is on Tuesday and Wednesday, a combination of all those things or something else entirely. Whatever the reason, I detest it and want it to go away.

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      Thanks, Zhaylin.
      Rant: Unfortunately, I'm still not feeling well. At least, I don't have a fever anymore.
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      Glad the fever broke, DreamVixen. Hope you feel completely better soon.
      There's something going around here too. It's spared me so far but 3 other people in the house have been sick for over a week now.

      Rave: On the way to take my daughter to work, I spied something in the bushes against the driveway. I smiled and told the girls to get out of the car to see. It was a turtle Paula wanted to keep him, lol, but I told her no. I told her if she wants a pet turtle, to buy one from a pet store.

      Rant: On the way home, I kept falling asleep even though Paula talked my ear off the whole trip (she tool Vyvance today ) I ended up slapping myself.

      Rave: Mr. Monthly finally stopped by for a visit. He's 15 days late

      Curiosity: My new fitbit shows a breakdown of my sleep stages. No wonder I tend to remember so many dreams!
      I slept for 6hrs and 11mins. 37 minutes were spent awake (not even a percentage was given to it ). 3hrs, 12mins were spent in Light sleep (47%). 47 mins in deep sleep (12%). 2 hrs 12 mins in REM (32%).
      On average, the %'s should be:
      Light: 50-60%
      Deep: 10-25%
      REM: 20-25%
      That could also explain why I've been so infuriatingly cranky lately
      https://blog.fitbit.com/sleep-stages-explained/

      Those have been my typical readings for the last few days. I'll have to see what it says over a longer period of time but it's still curios to me.

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      it really is loney around here.
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      Wobly. I know, right?

      Something is wrong with my health. I seriously look 9 months pregnant. I googled extreme bloating and the only thing that seemed to fit me was a possible milk allergy. I drink 14-28 ounces of milk every day (and have for almost 3 months now). I bought some lactaid and have been avoiding milk (except for on my cereal), for the last 3 days. I still look pregnant. Then, after I drove the girls to work, I happened to look down at my leg and saw an indentation. It's from my chair. I tend to sit with my legs up or out or sort of "Indian style", so my leg rests on the arm of my chair. I last sat like that at 8:45AM. It's currently 10:35 and I STILL have that indentation
      SO- I'm retaining water. Not a milk allergy after all. Probably my kidneys. Which explains some thing.

      It's gross, but meh, I pee in the shower Sometimes standing is the only way I can completely empty my bladder and it's been that way since I was a teen. I can separate the muscles- kegal, bowels, bladder, but when I strain the one from my bladder, I have a syncope episode and nearly passout in the shower. I've learned that turning the water on cold snaps me out of that. Maybe there's a tear in it and I'm peeing inside my body yeah, I don't think so, but it kinda, sort of would be funny.
      BUT- my BP is normal. My blood results from a month ago are normal. My pulse is always elevated. I swore off Atenalol because it contributes to my brain fog. So, no dietary or health changes blah blah.
      I should probably have an ultrasound or something.

      Which is kind of funny. My youngest just snapped me that she has kidney stones. We might be in sync and she lives in another State.

      In other news.... I broke down and wrote a letter to the pound. I was planning on dropping of 3 cats (and 4 new borns). I got my buddy Simon and the momma and her babies into the car. We tried to get Ash in the car and she bolted. I went under the RV, sweet talked her then grabbed her by the neck (gently) and pulled her to me, but then she spooked again. I grabbed her tail and wasn't letting go. She looked like a demon cat out of a scary movie. All teeth and claws and raised fur. She nailed me a few times and bit me once then got away. It saved her life.
      It was too traumatic of a start to just dump the animals in the drop box (an enclosed shed which cages for dogs and crates for cats), so I took them up to hand deliver them. I put them in the cages, said tearful goodbyes. The lady there was EXCEPTIONALLY cold hearted. She told me, repeatedly, that they would be put to death on Monday (I took them in on Friday). They were past capacity. I tried to give her their letter because the web page for the pound says to leave animals with notes or a phone call because the more they know about the animal, the easier it is to place them. She angrily set the letter aside and repeated that she didn't need to know anything about them because they were dead.
      I was choking on my tears and actually told her she didn't need to be so hateful. I told her I never went out looking for pets, that they were strays. She said, "That's what everyone say. They just show up at your door."
      Grrrr... but she also told me she already had her cries for the day because she watched a tiny baby (kitten) in convulsions be put down.

      So, I went home and went to their FB page. I gave them 4 out of 5 stars. I said they provide an invaluable service and have one of the hardest jobs out there. That it can't be easy to put down animals because of overcrowding. That my only complaint is that they're cold and heartless towards people surrendering their pets. That a little compassion (toward people as well as animals) would go a very long way.
      I told my kids about the experience on the way home from work that evening. My daughter-in-law went to the same page and ripped them a new one lol

      Paula says they should find a new profession if they can't deal with it without being a$$holes. I have sympathy. There are too many animals and way too many irresponislbe owners.

      I got on their FB page yesterday, hoping beyond hope that I would see my animals pictures. And sure enough, they were there. Ms. Molly and her babies have been fostered. My buddy was also posted. And... get this... they even read the letter. In the letter, I wrote 'Either we have too many cats which confuses things, or he's a bit dumb. He has extreme difficulty using the litterbox' They wrote that he came with a long letter which [in part] "He's too dumb to use the litterbox" but he's had no problems since being here." that's not QUITE what I said. They also called him a Senior cat and wants someone to adopt him so he can live out "his golden years". When he live 20 years, his new owners are going to be more than a little confused. He's 3 years old at most.

      BUT, he's getting care, so I am very happy. He would've died within the week had I kept him. The fleas are horrendous this year. Simon has had flea drops and showers but he was infested to the point of anemia, malnutrition and extreme weight loss. He was my buddy. I figured, if they had to put him down, at least it would be faster than wasting away at home.

      Now, we only have to rehome Ash, Pasley, Mew and Mojo. And if the girls don't fix their cat Pumpkin, we'll be rehoming her too. Oh yeah, Ash has also forgiven me. She was meowing at me yesterday for pets and she even let me pick her up and love on her. My battle scars from her are superficial: 3 scratches and 2 bites.

      Hope everyone is well.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Zhaylin View Post
      Now, we only have to rehome Ash, Pasley, Mew and Mojo. And if the girls don't fix their cat Pumpkin, we'll be rehoming her too. Oh yeah, Ash has also forgiven me. She was meowing at me yesterday for pets and she even let me pick her up and love on her. My battle scars from her are superficial: 3 scratches and 2 bites.

      Hope everyone is well.
      My 2nd ex and I had a kitten factory when we lived in an old trailer in the mountains like you (We loved it there too)
      Once we decided to leave off the mother and 5 half grown kittens at the dairy farm so we loaded them up after dark and dropped them off as planned..To get home we had to go back the way we came so about a half mile up I turned around and when we got back to the dairy farm there they sat on their tails in a row just like we left them, waiting! Wishing!...My wife said "Keep Going"
      When we got home we still had 6 cats
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      lol, I took some cats to the pound eons ago. One of them escaped. The pound is some 3-5 miles away (as the cat crawls), and it found its way home. It lived out its life with us after that.

      Went to see about my sleep study. It was about 20-30 minutes down the road. I was afraid I wouldn't find the place. They don't even have a phone there! I thought for sure it would be in some hole in the wall place. But nope. I found it easily and it's a new looking doctors office. They're only at that location once a week though so they never hooked up phones.
      They took some blood and asked a few questions. I go to their regular office to pick up a machine and do an at-home sleep study Depending on what it says will determine if I have an actual study done or not. Very strange.

      After that, I saw my local Dr. as a walk-in. The only thing I don't like about him is that he's too rushed. He seemed concerned about my swollen belly too. He ordered me a CT and *gulp* a colonoscopy. I groaned and told him I was afraid he'd say that... and that hubby does NOT want me to have one done at our local hospital. He laughed and said "no one does" They have a record for killing people with those He also gave me some industrial strength stool softeners and insulin for my daughter.

      Being a Dr. in this town is a weird business. There's 3 major players. The hospital an hour and a half away bought out a hospital in a town 40 minutes away... and then they bought out our local hospital. They're slowly buying (or trying to) out all the local Dr's.
      Then there's the hospital gahhhhhhh...
      Being cryptic is too friggin confusing. Why are we even cryptic anymore in this day and age of blogging and FB. If someone wants to know who I am THAT badly, they can easily find out
      There's the Morgantown hospital (1 1/2 hrs away). They're the heavy hitters buying out ER's and Dr's. They bought out the Clarksburg hospital (40 minutes) and our local one.
      Then there's the hospital in Weston (near where I had the sleep study)... and then there's Elkins (where the girls work).

      There's doctors in our town from all those places. And a lot of doctors have clinics in all of those areas and commute or divide their days. Our local hospital is the one with the horrid reputation for killing people (though most people aren't privy to that info, I'm a Dr's wife with access to some of the gossip )
      Oh yeah... to make matters worse there are TWO different big hospitals in Morgantown. I can't keep any of these things straight.

      TOMORROW, I get to wake up at the crack of dawn to go to Morgantown to pick up that car part for my kids. They have an appointment at noon to have the part replaced locally
      After that, and appointments all over the State for the next 2 months aside, I should (should, SHOULD) be free after that. No more friggin trips to Elkins 4 times a day. I've racked up more than 10,000 miles since I started taxiing them I'm going to need tires by the fall. Hubby's going to grumble that the girls need to buy them. But really? They owe me tires for 10k miles? I need to google how long tires are good for.

      Time to eat some donuts, watch some Grey's Anatomy then kill zombies for a while.
      Then the question will be if I try to sleep tonight or get a jump on becoming nocturnal again. 6AM is going to come much too quickly!!

      **EDIT**
      What the heck? Looks like I'm one of the rare birds who get severe diarrhea from Trulance I just can't win for anything
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      Quote Originally Posted by Zhaylin View Post

      Time to eat some donuts, watch some Grey's Anatomy then kill zombies for a while.
      Then the question will be if I try to sleep tonight or get a jump on becoming nocturnal again. 6AM is going to come much too quickly!!
      You have sleeplessness? I had that once too...Lasted almost 5 minutes
      Actually I sleep all day and stay up and eat all night, I gotta go on a trip to Mi soon and need to turn that around, I rent a car for those trips and save my new car money for fish bait and gas
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