
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
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Meanwhile, we've got four members of the team off work because they've tested positive. YD has only just got back to teaching school (tested + the week before, had to self-isolate until Monday); OD tested + yesterday, is feeling a bit rough, fortunately she's on maternity leave so no loss to the workforce, her husband is negative. We're all getting very very tired.
I've got a sore arm from my shingles and flu shots, but feel okay otherwise.
It's been a long boring day in the hospital.
Tell all the thousands of people who have lost loved ones to covid before the vaccinations were even being offered that the covid vaccination is just a big money grab? I'm sure if a vaccination was still in the works some people who are anti vax would be criticizing the powers that be for not getting one out yet. Demanding there be one and would be the first in line waiting for one.
How hard is it to pull your vaccination papers out of your wallet? Big whoop!
One of the rudest forms of argumentative comments are when one person says, for example, "I feel bullied", and the next person says "No one is being bullied".
It gets so very tiring, and is boring.
When my dH does this, I increase his dosages of Vit D 3; Sublingual B-12; and Magnesium. All good supplements for clearing up the mind and rude behaviors.
I have yet to hear a single person have his or her mind changed one whit by anything that is said by anyone else. It must be a sign of increasing age and shortening temper that I rarely get to the end of the program without switching off nowadays, but maybe "oh turn it off for heaven's sake" is as good a solution as any?
PS Ohdeargod I just checked and there are 285 episodes available to download. Maybe they could use them to supplement white noise in interrogation suites.
i wish us all well :).
i'm thinking about various attacks recently, on people's messages...
sometimes even intentionally "misunderstanding", so as to put someone on the defensive...
intentionally putting words into someone's mouth they never said...
example:
A: this is - sometimes - a good solution.
B: you just said it's always a good solution. it's not always a good solution!!!!!!
another example:
A: maybe you feel bad because...
B: you just said it's wrong for me to feel bad!!!!!
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i think unfortunately, also on this website, some people enjoy creating conflict, or antagonizing someone, or trying to provoke, etc...
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it's unfortunate (whenever/wherever this happens), but on this particular website, so many of us are already going through tough times (obviously). so that makes these attacks EVEN more unnecessary, unkind.
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it is ok for us all to have different opinions.
let's not attack someone, just because their opinion is different.
there are kind ways of stating one's opinion, and "attacking" ways.
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also, we can (me too), be humble to realize that even though we realllly believe something, that doesn't mean it's necessarily true. it might really turn out, someone else's opinion was 100% right.
(that goes for anything...views on vaccines, facilities...best dinner recipes!)
:)
(actually, regarding dinner recipes, as you all know...don't follow my example. i continue eating Twix).
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i wish us well!
i see so much love in so many people here.
:)
as i mentioned recently, some people i just want to hug :).
like geaton.
:)
geaton...you manage to make your aunt belly-laugh :).
amazing :).
it's not easy to make anyone belly-laugh...let alone an elderly, sick LO.
i'll find a way to make my parents belly-laugh too!! :) :) :)
have a great saturday, everyone!!! :) :) :) :)
hug!!
i do realize that the laughing comes from the movies.
you had said you found many good movies for her.
but still -- it's you and your family, who organized/found the movies that work, to make her happy/smile/laugh :).
great about your son!!
laughing so hard that ones cries...great!
:)
i'm smiling as i type to you :).
bundle of joy :)
She is a remarkable Monarch! Saw her in her beautiful pale blue dress today, the anniversary of her ascension to the throne, but also the date of her father, the King's death. She was on her feet though! Carry on!
I am reminded of the photos of residents at the AL, all dressed up in Hawaiian shirts and Lei's for an event. My sister wrote, LO was more like 'propped up' in wheelchair, not doing as good as pictured.
BTW, it was a year later that he died. We never know.
Search for Santa Monica, CA live webcams-there'll be sun!
Be encouraged.
(Thanks to CWillie for teaching me about the live webcams the world over.)
BTW, what is the temperature there? (I could google but I'm lazy LOL)
Sun 06
73°
/51°
Sunny/Wind
Mon 07
74°
/49°
Sunny
Tue 08
77°
/57°
Sunny
Wed 09
79°
/60°
Sunny
Thu 10
78°
/54°
Mostly Sunny
Fri 11
79°
/56°
Mostly Sunny
Sat 12
77°
/55°
Partly Cloudy
Sun 13
77°
/53°
Partly Cloudy
Mon 14
75°
/50°
Tue 15
71°
/49°
Mostly Sunny
Wed 16
72°
/48°
Partly Cloudy
Thu 17
71°
/47°
Sunny
Fri 18
71°
/48°
Partly Cloudy
Sat 19
70°
/46°
Have never been able to distinguish between partly cloudy and mostly sunny.
Lol.
I think the Queen has gotten frailer since her dear husband died. I think they had a true love.
So sad that she is without her long time love and support.
In the dream I was with my mom. We were spending the day together, window shopping in the mall, going for lunch, the usual things I did with her when she was alive. But the odd thing was that in the dream the roles were reversed. She was me and I was her. So for instance when we were in the mall she was walking a bit too fast and I was thinking "oh, I wish she'd slow down a bit" When we went for lunch the waiter kind of ignored me and she ordered for me. Then we ran into my brother and he kind of patted me on the head and said "oh, I'll drive you home" I was thinking like my mom would have, "try asking if I want a drive home, maybe I'd like to walk"
At the end of the dream we were in the lobby of a nursing home and the director of the place was describing all the great things to do there and all I was thinking was "but I'll end up in my room all day cause I can't do any of those things anymore"
When I woke up from this dream I really felt that old people, no matter what state they are in really want to be heard and asked what they want and how they feel and not be spoken over and have their feelings and desires disregarded. I know that is probably an obvious thing and with a lot of aging people it's not possible to always give them what they want but it was an odd feeling in the dream to be on the other side of things and feel what it's like to have the shoes on the other feet so to speak.
I hope I never made my mom feel that. I know I tried really hard to let her be heard but I'm sure I sometimes just bull dozed her in a way.
Start now, being heard, before you get old.
Practice.
Speak up while you still can!
Not only do you get the normal sun exposure, but it is intensified reflecting off the snow and the higher elevations also play a factor.
TS1 once borrowed a sunlamp, sat with her face within a few inches of the lamp, then told her friends at school she had been night skiing! What an idjit! Her eyes were swollen shut the next day and she couldn't go to school.