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It's not 10am yet, and already I'm not having a good day. May I be excused from today, please?

DD has some really bad :poop: going on right now and was absolutely adamant that she wanted no celebration, no birthday cake, no nothing for her birthday and that we should just act like it's any other day. Adamant to the point of shouting it. So I didn't so much as get or make her a card. When we went to the garden center yesterday, I paid for her plants/flowers and told her that they were birthday plants. Got the side eye.

Last night DGD came over wanting to use some of my fridge space for DD's birthday cake. Wut wo. Now what?

I was thinking about the day she was born. Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, was a grad student at the time and also worked at a local radio station. He'd go in at 6am and record the local news so that it could be played again at 7, 8 and 9, then go to class. He had finals that day, so I asked him around midnight to just drop me off at the hospital. It was very busy in maternity so there weren't any beds available, and I just sat and played cards with anybody who was available for a few minutes before being hauled off to the delivery room.

After he left the radio station, he was off to the first of his finals and when done got in the car to get to the hospital. Turned on the radio and one of the announcers declared that we'd had a baby, a boy. DD wasn't a boy. Anyway, when he got there, he asked to see the baby and was shown a baby wrapped in pink through the nursery window. Hm. Not a boy. He visited with me for a few minutes before going back for his next final and said he'd be back around 1pm.

In the meantime, I was in a room with the 17-year-old wife of a football player. All their friends streamed in and out all morning, little transistor radios glued to their ears, noisy as all get out. I was done! When the doc made his rounds, I demanded to be allowed to go home. When Whatsisname came back, I was dressed, DD was dressed, and we left. It was maybe five hours between the time she was born and the time I hit the road.

Sixty years ago.
 
@Georgiagranny: I hope your DD's issues resolve soon and happily.

As expected, DH & I are feeling punk today post-Covid booster, so there's nothing on the schedule.

I'm changing my website hosting company because GoDaddy's prices are so much higher than what other companies are charging. Migrating my sites to the the new host is turning out to be a lot more complicated than expected. Don't know if I'll have the brain power to address it today though.
 
Spent too much time trying to get the Max fire 11 registered without success, and then a call to the tech dept of Amazon... but eventually I was able to fill a Big Black sack of donations from the spare room. I feel I have at least another if not 2 more bags I could fill. I've got a big cardboard box filled with Towels I no longer need. All like new, but they are no longer needed, they were ''his'' .. we had different colours for him and for me... so his are all in the box. I'm going to drop them off at the local kennels and cattery...

MY OA is killing this last week or so. Normally it's during the wet season that it plays up... but my right hand is getting to the point now where I can barely grip a pen .. and have to use one of those chunky pens to be able to write, I can see the swelling and inflammation in the last 2 otherwise unaffected fingers..... and it also make it hard to brush my hair.. I could cope with all of that if it wasn't for the excruciating pain... 😖
 
Spent too much time trying to get the Max fire 11 registered without success, and then a call to the tech dept of Amazon... but eventually I was able to fill a Big Black sack of donations from the spare room. I feel I have at least another if not 2 more bags I could fill. I've got a big cardboard box filled with Towels I no longer need. All like new, but they are no longer needed, they were ''his'' .. we had different colours for him and for me... so his are all in the box. I'm going to drop them off at the local kennels and cattery...

MY OA is killing this last week or so. Normally it's during the wet season that it plays up... but my right hand is getting to the point now where I can barely grip a pen .. and have to use one of those chunky pens to be able to write, I can see the swelling and inflammation in the last 2 otherwise unaffected fingers..... and it also make it hard to brush my hair.. I could cope with all of that if it wasn't for the excruciating pain... 😖
Lovely avatar picture!
 
I put on my summer robe that’s 30 years old and it’s falling apart. It’s so soft I thought it was silk but looking at the tag it wasn’t and I did pay 100 for it which was very expensive at the time. I think I got my money’s worth:)). I went online and bought one on sale from Macy’s for 35.00.
 
My self-care day continues

After a facial, I’m sitting out under the tulip poplar, enjoying bird song, a fresh breeze and a new book. Sipping tea and watching a black and gold butterfly flit amongst the bright red lantana blossoms. The trees make deep pools of shade, a nice contrast to the bright green of the areas of sun-kissed grass

I look forward to watching a ballet documentary tonight 🩰
 
Lawn mowed.

I hadn't planned on laundry today but had to do some or no clean unders tomorrow:oops:

Gomphrena plants I ordered from Burpee a few weeks ago finally shipped and delivered. Yippee. They look healthy. I'll plant them tomorrow.

Still feeling awful about not even a card for DD's birthday. Gosh, by the time she decided it's okay to celebrate, there wasn't even time to knit one. Thass okay. I don't know how to knit.
 
Not good. Some days the major accomplishment is looking at life the way it truly is, with all its horror and so many terrible memories, and staring at it, and accepting that some people are just plain evil. Psychology doesn't like the term "evil". They like words like narcissist, and personality disorder, subconscious bias, and sociopathic tendencies, but Lordy that's a lot of letters used up. So many complex explanations for a simple, 4-letter word.

I think that's why I swear so much now too - I have a lot of pent-up anger at the evil. But I'm not really a confrontational person. When I feel myself getting angry at evil I tend to extract myself from the situation, IF I can.

I wish I could find an online Torture Survivors Group or something, right? Kidding/not kidding. I swear to God, when I call around looking for trauma treatment, they will not return my calls. That pisses me off.
 
Spent too much time trying to get the Max fire 11 registered without success, and then a call to the tech dept of Amazon... but eventually I was able to fill a Big Black sack of donations from the spare room. I feel I have at least another if not 2 more bags I could fill. I've got a big cardboard box filled with Towels I no longer need. All like new, but they are no longer needed, they were ''his'' .. we had different colours for him and for me... so his are all in the box. I'm going to drop them off at the local kennels and cattery...

MY OA is killing this last week or so. Normally it's during the wet season that it plays up... but my right hand is getting to the point now where I can barely grip a pen .. and have to use one of those chunky pens to be able to write, I can see the swelling and inflammation in the last 2 otherwise unaffected fingers..... and it also make it hard to brush my hair.. I could cope with all of that if it wasn't for the excruciating pain... 😖
Really sorry about the OA. It's bad. I just have regular arthritis and not in my hands much. I wear Isotoner or copper-infused gloves if my hands ever bother me. That's usually only after driving or typing for many hours. I love my Isotoner gloves. I wish it were stylish to wear gloves at all times in public again like in the 1940s & 50s.

My copper gloves work too - they are fingerless. I have been taking Glucosamine + MSM the past few days and it seems to have helped!
 
Not good. Some days the major accomplishment is looking at life the way it truly is, with all its horror and so many terrible memories, and staring at it, and accepting that some people are just plain evil. Psychology doesn't like the term "evil". They like words like narcissist, and personality disorder, subconscious bias, and sociopathic tendencies, but Lordy that's a lot of letters used up. So many complex explanations for a simple, 4-letter word.

I think that's why I swear so much now too - I have a lot of pent-up anger at the evil. But I'm not really a confrontational person. When I feel myself getting angry at evil I tend to extract myself from the situation, IF I can.

I wish I could find an online Torture Survivors Group or something, right? Kidding/not kidding. I swear to God, when I call around looking for trauma treatment, they will not return my calls. That pisses me off.
you're so right. When my soon2Bex did what he did to cause the break-up of our marriage, I went into therapy for the first time in my life, the break-up was so devastating. He was a character who I would really describe in retrospect as psychopathic...... but at the time ( 2 1/2 years ago) .. the therapist would insist on describing him as a Narcissist... I kept telling her I didn't believe he was, but she always looked slightly miffed ... as if that was the only label that made sense to her.. ...
 
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It's not 10am yet, and already I'm not having a good day. May I be excused from today, please?

DD has some really bad :poop: going on right now and was absolutely adamant that she wanted no celebration, no birthday cake, no nothing for her birthday and that we should just act like it's any other day. Adamant to the point of shouting it. So I didn't so much as get or make her a card. When we went to the garden center yesterday, I paid for her plants/flowers and told her that they were birthday plants. Got the side eye.

Last night DGD came over wanting to use some of my fridge space for DD's birthday cake. Wut wo. Now what?

I was thinking about the day she was born. Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, was a grad student at the time and also worked at a local radio station. He'd go in at 6am and record the local news so that it could be played again at 7, 8 and 9, then go to class. He had finals that day, so I asked him around midnight to just drop me off at the hospital. It was very busy in maternity so there weren't any beds available, and I just sat and played cards with anybody who was available for a few minutes before being hauled off to the delivery room.

After he left the radio station, he was off to the first of his finals and when done got in the car to get to the hospital. Turned on the radio and one of the announcers declared that we'd had a baby, a boy. DD wasn't a boy. Anyway, when he got there, he asked to see the baby and was shown a baby wrapped in pink through the nursery window. Hm. Not a boy. He visited with me for a few minutes before going back for his next final and said he'd be back around 1pm.

In the meantime, I was in a room with the 17-year-old wife of a football player. All their friends streamed in and out all morning, little transistor radios glued to their ears, noisy as all get out. I was done! When the doc made his rounds, I demanded to be allowed to go home. When Whatsisname came back, I was dressed, DD was dressed, and we left. It was maybe five hours between the time she was born and the time I hit the road.

Sixty years ago.
I love the image of the kids streaming in with their transistor radios. Those were cool back in the day. Had a little strap and an antenna.

If I were you I'd check back in after a day or two and see if DD wants a gift card, then send her one. Sometimes it's just a bad day. I hope she feels better and the :poop: gets flushed.
 
Really sorry about the OA. It's bad. I just have regular arthritis and not in my hands much. I wear Isotoner or copper-infused gloves if my hands ever bother me. That's usually only after driving or typing for many hours. I love my Isotoner gloves. I wish it were stylish to wear gloves at all times in public again like in the 1940s & 50s.

My copper gloves work too - they are fingerless. I have been taking Glucosamine + MSM the past few days and it seems to have helped!
I also have the isotoner gloves. They have given me some relief when the weather is bad and the inflammation wasn't too bad.... but now the hands have moved into stage 3 ( well the right hand more to the point).. and newer bone spurs are being created it's very sore, and the gloves are just not helping..

The OA in my knees are eased for 3 months at a time with Cortisone injections... I might have to ask for the same for my hands...
 

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