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The life of Andee has been both boring and incredibly... stressful isn't the right word. Collections of little things all demand my attention and wow they add up, lets just put it that way.
Friday: I took one of my leftover vacation days intending to spend it catching up on errands and sleep. That ended up not happening. Instead I accompanied the kids' grandfather to Auburn to pick up his new car, after which I got to head off in his old one to pick up the kidlets. It is looking likely that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cell23 and I will be purchasing it, but in the meantime we're... I guess borrowing it? It's got a few problems and a ton of mileage, but it's a Honda so it should hold us until we scrape together enough for a newer one somehow. Meanwhile you would think driving all the way around the state would be stressful in itself and it was, but only because it had been six months since the last time I really got to drive further than up the hill and back and I am rusty at it, but being able to sail down the highway singing along to the radio? Food for the soul. It also meant we had happy awake children arriving at the house instead of sleepy cranky ones and that's a bonus.
The kids: Eh, maybe not a public post for that. They're fine, nothing huge, and we had a pretty good weekend but ... yeah. Stuff.
Cat drama: Oh Moony. He had about a week and a half of peeing like a normal continent cat and then over the weekend it got bloody, frequent and everywhere again. (thankfully, again, he is sticking to on plastic and other easy to clean surfaces.) For now, back on the antibiotics until I can get a urine sample down to the vets office and tested. Old man can't catch a break. In other news, the cats seem to have finally crossed the threshold into full acceptance of each other and the relative newcomer insofar as they can all be on the bed together snuggling the humans. Which is cosy and lovely.
State of the Me: Still fighting my way upwards through this latest round of ick, both in the headmeats and the near constant exhaustion... meats? At least part of it can be explained by a rougher than usual period and maybe a touch of seasonal affective disorder, hoping that February will herald brighter days. We'll see. Considering the cat, car and some family stress (two more members of my extended family have passed away in the past couple of weeks and while I was not close to either person, it's still messing with me) plus old headnoise I thought I'd made peace with rearing its ugly, hydra-like heads, managing myself is a bit of a challenge. Mostly dealing by hermiting, farting about on the net, and yeah I know I said I 'd take a break but I got really twitchy without a bead project so I started a bracelet to pass the time hahaha it's a problem I know shut up.
Very recent development: EPeen just decided to throw a temperamental old lady computer fit when trying to connect to the husbeast's online 13th Age session. Am now digging around in her brain trying to pull out why the webcam is not only not talking to the browsers, it's crashing them. She's probably overdue for this, she's been running like uphill flowing molasses lately. *sigh* I really need to start saving for her eventual successor. More shit to worry about, hooray.
Even more recent developments: Just got some terrible news about a friend. Right, out of can, going to flounce off and read Sano Ichiro for the rest of the evening. *sigh* I'd like a day that isn't a shit parade, plzkthnx.
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Friday: I took one of my leftover vacation days intending to spend it catching up on errands and sleep. That ended up not happening. Instead I accompanied the kids' grandfather to Auburn to pick up his new car, after which I got to head off in his old one to pick up the kidlets. It is looking likely that
cell23 and I will be purchasing it, but in the meantime we're... I guess borrowing it? It's got a few problems and a ton of mileage, but it's a Honda so it should hold us until we scrape together enough for a newer one somehow. Meanwhile you would think driving all the way around the state would be stressful in itself and it was, but only because it had been six months since the last time I really got to drive further than up the hill and back and I am rusty at it, but being able to sail down the highway singing along to the radio? Food for the soul. It also meant we had happy awake children arriving at the house instead of sleepy cranky ones and that's a bonus.The kids: Eh, maybe not a public post for that. They're fine, nothing huge, and we had a pretty good weekend but ... yeah. Stuff.
Cat drama: Oh Moony. He had about a week and a half of peeing like a normal continent cat and then over the weekend it got bloody, frequent and everywhere again. (thankfully, again, he is sticking to on plastic and other easy to clean surfaces.) For now, back on the antibiotics until I can get a urine sample down to the vets office and tested. Old man can't catch a break. In other news, the cats seem to have finally crossed the threshold into full acceptance of each other and the relative newcomer insofar as they can all be on the bed together snuggling the humans. Which is cosy and lovely.
State of the Me: Still fighting my way upwards through this latest round of ick, both in the headmeats and the near constant exhaustion... meats? At least part of it can be explained by a rougher than usual period and maybe a touch of seasonal affective disorder, hoping that February will herald brighter days. We'll see. Considering the cat, car and some family stress (two more members of my extended family have passed away in the past couple of weeks and while I was not close to either person, it's still messing with me) plus old headnoise I thought I'd made peace with rearing its ugly, hydra-like heads, managing myself is a bit of a challenge. Mostly dealing by hermiting, farting about on the net, and yeah I know I said I 'd take a break but I got really twitchy without a bead project so I started a bracelet to pass the time hahaha it's a problem I know shut up.
Very recent development: EPeen just decided to throw a temperamental old lady computer fit when trying to connect to the husbeast's online 13th Age session. Am now digging around in her brain trying to pull out why the webcam is not only not talking to the browsers, it's crashing them. She's probably overdue for this, she's been running like uphill flowing molasses lately. *sigh* I really need to start saving for her eventual successor. More shit to worry about, hooray.
Even more recent developments: Just got some terrible news about a friend. Right, out of can, going to flounce off and read Sano Ichiro for the rest of the evening. *sigh* I'd like a day that isn't a shit parade, plzkthnx.
New icon is appropriate.
