Here’s a gift for you, mom! Love, Hobbes
Hobbes barfed on me this morning.
He hopped into my lap while I was sitting at my desk, like he usually does, to cuddle with me. He dry heaved. I said, “Oh no you don’t”, and tried push him off, but it was too late. He heaved a second time, *GAK!*
It wasn’t much, and was mostly liquid. It happened so fast it was more or less projectile, but splattered mostly on the floor. A tiny bit of digested food landed on my chair and my pantleg.
MMmm. Thanks, Hobbes. 🙄
lay the funk down…
Someone totally crop-dusted the hallway at work earlier this afternoon. The offender was nowhere in sight (naturally), but day-am!
If you’re gonna do that, could ya at least do it where not many ppl travel?? :sick:
we bid her adieu…
I took little green car to the car doctor yesterday, as her a/c wasn’t blowing as cold as it used to.. I also had them check her brakes while she was in the air, as there have been issues with the rotors warping.
The diagnosis? The compressor on the a/c is shot.. it runs but isn’t pumping. The rotors are again warped, and also needed new pads on the front.
Total estimated cost of the above repairs?
$1500.
Little green car’s Kelly Blue Book value is only $1250 on a good day. If I were to have chosen to get the a/c fixed, and the brakes, that plus what I spent getting it tuned up a couple weeks ago and new tires, would have totaled about $2100. Somehow it just doesn’t feel right, spending more money to get a car fixed that it is even worth.
Sooo…. Josh and I mulled it over, and decided to drive her down to Saturn to inquire how much they would give us for her in trade for a new car. Sales manager looked her over, took her out for a spin, and stamped “$1500” on the paper. (note: I did NOT tell them about the a/c compressor nor the brakes) She marked A/C = cool (note: it did run cool, just not frigid like it used to), and I made sure they knew about the brand-friggin-new tires.
So, after a little bit more mulling over, quick finance calculating in my head about how much a new car payment will take away from paying down credit cards…... we decided to trade her in. A/C is almost an absolute must in Phoenix, especially if one drives 45 miles ONE-way in the middle of the day, when temperatures are approaching their highest. Oh, and I forgot to mention, that the thermometer on the car was also found to be cracked a while back, which regulates when the fan turns on… That was going to cost us over $200 to replace, so bring that total to $2300 to get the green car back in optimal working condition. Neeeoope. Not gonna happen.
So, rather than spending more than $1500 (in one chunk) to get the car fixed, we traded her in, getting that much toward the new car, and paid another $1500 as a down payment. And get this.. we managed to get 0% financing!! I swear my jaw hit the floor when they told us that, we’ve never gotten that low before (the VUE is at 9.9% I think).
I suppose you’re probably wondering which car we decided to buy, eh?
head scratcher…
How is that our company, whose name maybe only 3 out of 10 people have heard of, is still struggling with finances…. Yet, we have some majorly successful companies* as our customers, whose names even an eskimo in an igloo would know, and we’re not close to breaking even?? I just don’t understand it.
❓
zero tact…
Someone at work just got slammed onto my shit-list this morning.
He done messed with the wrong bitch. Prick.
Blue Man Banana goo, dam traffic, and a car-b-que to boot
We went to Vegas Sunday afternoon for an overnight stay, with the obligitory visit to see Blue Man Group at the Luxor. We were 2nd row center. I dressed nice, in black slacks and a blue shirt (it was just a coincidence! really!). We’ve sat in the “poncho section” a couple of times before, and have yet to get wet or slopped on, including the one time we did wear the plastic ponchos (which was the very first show we saw).
Until now. Avert your eyes, show spoiler to follow in the extended….
non-drowsy, my ass!
Ok, so it doesn’t exactly say “non-drowsy” on the box, but if it’s a med for daytime, you’d think they’d make it non-drowsy!!
I’m talking about an allergy/sinus med. All the rain we got recently is making some trees go absolutely NUTS with the pollenation, and rather than making me sneezy, I got a massive sinus headache and so much sinus pressure I swear my head was gonna burst. So I bought some allergy/sinus stuff and the headache has gone and the pressure has eased up (but not completely gone).
And now I’m about ready to fall face forward on my keyboard and snooze away… I guess it’s a good thing I opted to hang out at work for 2 hrs longer than normal so I don’t have to waste gas driving all the way home, then halfway back across town to sign our mortgage re-fi docs… I don’t know that I would have made it home without dozing off. :gulp:
new toy of torture…
I’m on a roll here.. two posts about my cats. Ha!
Anyway, last night when I went shopping for dinner fixins, I bought an empty spray bottle. The cats have been getting into trouble recently (they’re four years old this year, what the heck is up with that?), by climbing up on areas they’re not allowed, tearing up some carpet near the bathroom (I can only assume to chase after a twist tie), and trying to sneak into my office and to where they couldn’t go before (since it’s a lot cleaner now than it used to be).
So, I bought the bottle, brought it home and filled it with water. I used to do this with a water pistol, but eventually the cats (specifically, Fawkes) started to not care if they were sprayed. Hobbes has always been deathly afraid of water (he will freak if even one tiny drop lands on him), but with Fawkes, it comes and goes. Sometimes he could care less, other times he runs.
With this newly filled water bottle, all I have to do is point it in the general direction of Hobbes, and he bolts like a bat out of hell. Fawkes, for now, is running when I spray him with the water. We’ll see how long this lasts for him. I kind of home he doesn’t get accustomed to it, and that it doesn’t lose its usefullness with him, because he’s the worst at trying to sneak into my office.
While it’s not exactly fair, I do let Hobbes into my office, because all he wants to do is either sit on my lap, on my chair behind my back, or on the top of the back of the chair. At least, while I’m in here. If I’m not in here, he’ll go exploring behind various pieces of furniture.
Fawkes, on the other hand, has ulterior motives when coming in here. Being that he is obsessed with twist ties, and he knows there are some in here, that is primarily why he tries to sneak in. If I happen to leave my office door open a crack when Josh calls me into his office to watch a movie trailer, for instance, by the time I return to my office, the door is ajar and Fawkes is on my chair with his neck outstretched toward my desk (sometimes his paws are on the desk) searching for twist ties. Or, if I happen to be using some wire to create an armature for a sculpture and there are bits of wire laying about, he’ll go for those. It’s all the same to him. But as soon as I enter my office if he’s doing that, he runs. He knows he isn’t allowed in my office, yet he continually tries.
As I’ve been writing this, he’s tried twice to come into my office, and both times I’ve shooed him away with the water bottle. I have to leave the door open while I’m in here, otherwise I’ll have both cats pawing at the door and whining.
But anyway, I expect to have a little fun with the water bottle, if even for a short time. I think it may work best if I can catch Fawkes off-guard while he non-chalantly strides into my office like he owns the place. */water bottle at the ready/*
easy to fool…
My cat, that is.
Fawkes lets us know when he’s hungry. Unfortunately his bowl could be half full, and he’d still complain he needs food.
So, we decided to start fooling him. We pick up the bowl, carry it over to where the food is stored, dig into food with the scoop, and act like we’re dumping more food into the dish. Shake the dish a bit to “fluff” the food, and then set the food back on the floor.
He’s fallen for it at least twice.
Well, I never did claim he was very intelligent.
wart. Wart!!
Bleh. So the dr’s verdict is, it’s a wart. Pooey.
Oh yeah, I hadn’t brought it up here before, had I? Heh.
Anyway, small growth on my left index finger. Figured it was a wart, but dr confirmed.
Then proceeded to freeze it with liquid nitrogen. Then put some sort of “blistering agent” on it, then a band-aid. Said to take band-aid off in about 4 hrs, and come back in 4 weeks for another treatment. Whee!
Josh said I should just try an over-the-counter treatment rather than pay another $25 to go back to the dr in 4 weeks. I may try it out, but if it doesn’t work, I’ll go back to the dermatologist for another freeze.
Since I figured that is what it was, I’ve been careful not to touch ppl or things with the part of the finger that has the wart, since they are contagious. So if you ever see me doing stuff sans my left index finger (i.e. holding it away from the rest of my hand, much like one would do with the pinky finger while drinking tea), that is why. :-(
But anyway.. now my finger hurts after the freezing & blister stuff. Since the band-aid is still on I don’t even know what it looks like now. Before they put the band-aid on I caught a glimpse of it and it was white (from being frozen), but it’s prolly all red & angry now.
So, anyone have any suggestions for an over-the-counter treatment that works? I haven’t tried any yet but I’ve heard some are a waste of money…
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