Well, it's still morning over on my side of the Atlantic, anyway. 9.53 am, to be exact.
I overlsept a bit, but that's okay, as I don't actually have to be into work until 5pm. My arthritis I'm happy to say is much, much better today, despite me having to have to go out into the cold yesterday on a bus, to get some "messages" as my glasgow friend would say.
Yeah, I accidentially underbought cat food on Friday...not a good thing, that. I'd have to hear Flamey whinge and moan every morning noon and night for the rest of the week, if I didn't give her a tin of soft food. I heard a big crash in the middle of the night, and woke to find their dry cat food bag on the floor, with half the contents spilled out of it. Nice. I looked at their three very innocent looking faces and told them I should make them eat that, just as it is. They of course, pretended that they didn't know what I was talking about, so I ended it sweeping it all back into the bag..so they may get a bit of dust or whatever in with their dry cat food this week, but it's their own damn fault, the cheeky little buggers.
I also had run out of milk, and had forgotten to buy the veggies for the stew I'm making tomorrow--and you know, I could just eat beef and gravy, but that's not all that nutritious, is it? But I did pretty well for my 10 dollars yesterday. I not only got the cat food, milk, one very large tottie, a bag of carrots and an onion, but also a can of Pringles, 3 tins of tunafish, a package of blueberry muffins and some margarine. Well pleased with myself, I am.
And, I had 5 dollars left over for cab fare, so I wouldn't have to freze my arse off for 30 minutes, waiting for the bus home...which turned out to be a very wise choice on my part, apparently. You see, I waited in the cold for the bus about 27 minutes (according to my watch), in a 11 degrre F windchill--and dang, that wind was rather brisk out there, yesterday.
I cam home and was quite chilled for much of the evening, and developed a rather unpleasant sinus headache. Thankfully gone now. Then I had traded the headache for heartburn part of the night through, from the turkey cutlet curry I had made myself for my evening meal. It's all good now, though. Had my breaky of honey-nut toastee-o's, and I'm raring to go this morning. Well...sort of. I had planned on getting up around half past eight, but didn't wake until 9am...not on my own. Boot's tail was the culprit today. He's a big guy and has a long, rather hefty tail. It started out thumping against my bum, which I mostly ignored...but then he shifted, and suddenly I had a furry snake-like thing whapping me in the forehead and nose....I have to say that I wasn't well-pleased by that, and I'm afraid I rather hurt the wee guy's feelings. Made it up to him, of course. He's really probably the most sweet-natured and gentle cat I've had in 40+ years.
It's a lovely sunny day today--not a cloud in the sky, and the sky as blue as a cornflower. It's still rather cold though. It's 13 Fahrenheight degrees as I write this. It's the calm before the storm though, as tomrrow the WTEN weather man says we're to get a one-day winter storm, dumping 9 to 12 inches of snow on us. Well, that's not so bad. Better than 2 or 3 feet snow, or worse, a flippin' ice storm...hate ice storms. I'd rather have snow. Guess I'll be needing my tall wellies to walk to work tomorrow, then.
I will say that one of the few blessings of no longer owning a car, is all the winter palaver us upstate Northern and western New Yorker's must go through, every year--getting your windscreen wiper blades changed to winter one's, the snow tyres or all-season radials put on the car, the windscreen washer fluid changed to one with anti-freeze, and yes, getting the antifreze checked, the battery checked, getting the snow brush-ice scraper and a blanket and a compact shovel all stowed away in your car...bleh.
So, I've got to go do some things, and I promised someone I'd read her stories she'd sent me, and I'd only gotten part-way through with that last night, and I've some minor chores that need seeing to, before I begin another work week. Hope you all are having a good Tuesday. Cheers.
