I have loved you for a thousand years, I’ll love you for a thousand more

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It’s Friday, that means it’s Beat Bobby Flay on the Food Network. I like the show, because I like what Bobby cooks. And I have a short attention span, and it’s only a 1/2 hour long.

And the puns.

Quesadilla? Case closed.

I mean if I can’t cook full flavoured dishes here, I can at least watch someone cook with spices. I think when Crystal gets here, I’d love to make a spicy Shakshuka. Anything really. Just spicy!

Because, I’m starting to get tired of potatoes.

I’m not doing too bad here. Tired, but in a pretty good mood. The weather is helping. When I went out to get the weekly newspaper, it’s bright, no wind, and warm. Warm is good!

The coffee didn’t really help, so I’m drinking water. At least I’ll be hydrated, which is always good.

I love you, and I miss you.

I have died everyday, waiting for you

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I’m not ever going to go to sleep early again. Bad dreams for a couple of hours. 9:40-3:30 wasn’t too bad, just a little warm. I went to the bathroom, and got something to drink. Back to sleep. That’s when the bad dreams started. I’m not going to go into details but it was not a fun 3 hours sleep. I hope it doesn’t affect my day. Right now, I’m just waiting for the coffee to finish brewing.

So yeah, I’d prefer not to dream for a few days.

It was a long day yesterday drove to SlightlyBiggerTown to get some groceries, and to check out some books. The books, while old, are still being sold full cover price. Mom said to check Amazon, and they’re 50% the price. So they’ll be ordered.

Then it was off to AnotherSlightlyBiggerTown to get the rest of our pellets for the wood stove. That went off without a hitch, and we were soon on our way to get actual groceries. That didn’t take too long and soon we were at home. From there I brought in the groceries, and spent the next hour or so, carrying in the pellets.

That last line.

It’s gonna be a long day, and there’s nothing at all planned. I hope the coffee helps with my mood. It’s rather melancholy. I have either a half hour or an hour to perfect my fake smile and enthusiasm for the rest of the day.

Happy Friday.

I remember doing the Time Warp

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Good morning! Happy Thursday! It’s almost Pre-Friday! Almost. There. You can do it. It’s bright, sunny, and I assume somewhat chilly out there, because that’s what Canada does.

Today is gonna be a long day. Trips to two SlightyBiggerTowns. Each about 2 hours away, but it’s in a rather large loop, but it’ll still be a long day.

The German lessons are going pretty good so far. I unlocked level one yesterday, and I’m still in first place, but I know that’ll change, and I’m ok with that.

But for now, coffee. Happy Thursday!

But listen closely, not for very much longer

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Hey. Hey. You know what day it is? duh, it’s the day before the night before Friday, y’all. Come on, this is all pretty basic information.

I need coffee. It needs to brew faster. Like yesterday.

Speaking of yesterday, my grandmother went to get her nails cut at the nurses office. With COVID happening, they’ve shut that down. They just opened up and this was her first visit back. The nurse noticed that she wasn’t using her walker. My grandmother told the nurse that she can’t use it because she gets stuck every where in the house.

That’s false.

I’ve moved stuff around in just about every room in the house to ensure she can get around with the walker. And trust me, she can fly with that walker. Yesterday my mom was livid. One of the rooms she said she couldn’t get around in was her bedroom. My mom pretty much rage cleaned that room. I moved stuff around, and made it a lot better in there for her.

I think it was about 9 my father called, he said he’d be pulling an all nighter fixing a “straight cut header”. I think it cuts the head off straight or something, so my mom offered to bring out his dinner. We left the house at 10. Mom needed me because she has trouble seeing in the dark. Yeah. As Crystal says, it was a ‘Scent of a Woman’ style road trip.

Lemme tell you; it gets DARK out there. No lights from a city, no street lights. Just pure terror inducing darkness.

I did manage to spot 3 deer, and a mouse, all bolting across the road.

It is a blast to hear the GPS say “in 600 meters, turn left, and travel off road.” Or; “in 250 meters, turn right on to unpaved road.”

Made it home at 11, and fell right to sleep.

Madness takes its toll

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Hey I am. Awake. I don’t think I moved at all last night. So my back is just a little tweaky. But that’s ok, we have to wait for Canadian Tire to call us, telling us the pellets are in. I don’t have to worry about lifting anything for at least a few days.

Coffee.

Yesterday afternoon, I registered to vote. Lemme tell you, voting wise, I’d rather vote in the United States. You only have two choices. There’s like 6 or 7 in this province. Only 2 or 3 actually matter, but there’s too many choices. For the love of dog, just tell us who to vote for! Haha

It looks like another gray day here. I discovered, it’s not really cloud cover here. A lot of it is smoke coming from BC, who’s is coming from Oregon. It’s still grey and depressing.

My mom and grandmother bickered all day yesterday. My grandmother who went to bed at like 6 the day before yesterday, was up and dressed at 7 am. Which means she was probably up 6 am. So she was wicked over tired. She didn’t have a good day yesterday. I feel bad for her some days with her dementia. it’s really has to be just as hard for her, as it is for the people around her. I can see habits in her that my mom has, but doesn’t realize it.

Wow this post kinda turned dark and sad didn’t it? I apologize for that. I didn’t mean for that to happen. But sometimes it does.

I love you, and I miss you.