We can take a bit of a breather

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We can take a bit of a breather.
We can skip to the practical part.
We can skip to the time of neither.
When we’re together, even when we’re apart. 
It’s been a warm week here in TinyTown. With the heat in a farming area, comes allergies. Yesterday, it was very bad for me. It felt like my brain was oozing out my nose. So I took a Claritin ( that’s 4 years out of date). It made it bearable enough to make it to town to do grocery shopping, and have a quick bite at the local A&W. We got home and the meds wore off, so I took another one. And for a few hours, felt great. 
By about 6ish, my head was starting to stuff up. By bed time, I had a headache, and my face felt so full. So I went to bed. No podcast, no letter writing. I passed right out waking only to pee, and to see the lightning storm. 
 
This morning, woke up to a headache and a severely stuffed up head. I took some Advil, and chased it with some coffee. The headaches gone, but the head is still stuffy. Went out to check the mail, and grab the weekly TinyTown newsletter. Again, disappointed that I wasn’t mentioned in it, considering the local gossip came up to me a couple nights ago, called me by name, and knew I was at the museum. Creepy!
Sometimes, sitting on Main St. while talking to the Editor, it’s like watching Canadian reality TV. A couple nights ago, I watched what the Editor dubbed “Box Boy” run/walk up the street with a box on his head. He made it all the way up the street without falling, or even hurting himself. I though that was a feat in itself. 

 

 
That’s about all I have. So if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go and melt on the couch, and watch some NCIS. 
Happy Friday 😀

How I miss having something to do

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So part of my “Go the Hell to Sleep” regimen, is to listen to a podcast, and write to the Editor. So I’ve been listening to Warhammer 40k podcasts. (Shout out to Canhammer, and Look Out, Sir!) Which makes me want to paint the miniatures. I mean my mom and gramma have their arts and crafts. Me? I have TV, and books. That’s what I have to do to pass the time right now. I think I have the 9th edition rule book bookmarked, but it is a little hard to read on a 4 inch screen. 
 
 
I did that. Minus the base. I never thought that I could do something like that. Yes, it’s rough. And I will get better at painting. I really really miss it. I really want to ask to go to <insert big city here> to go and simply drool over the models and the paints. But I can’t see me driving 2+ hours to drool over something that I can’t afford. It would be different if it was an inexpensive hobby where I could grab a mini and the paints needed at an affordable price. Sadly, that’s not the case.  One mini set for the Sisters of Battle and the paints needed for it (and goddamn it that excellent handle to paint with), you’re probably looking $140-$175 after taxes roughly. So yeah, a guy with enough money to afford a stamp to mail a letter, that’s really not affordable. 
 
I mean I can bake, but that’s a whole ‘nother headache. I no-baked today, and I was given a candy thermometer to use. I don’t need a candy thermometer for no-bake cookies. So, yeah. I have to wait for Shady Acres to go down for their afternoon nap, to do anything. 
I can cook, but same problem I get with baking. I get mom-splained. And there’s diatary restrictions, and dislike/fear of any type of spice. When I used to cook with the Editor, we’d use spice for flavour first, and then heat. But flavour first. The Spice rack at Shady Acres is pretty bland. There is a bottle of Red Pepper Flakes – except, the flakes are brown now. 
I have cook/baked a couple of times. But it’s unnerving, because I feel like I’m being watched. The hovering is strong around here.  I don’t even want to mention that I love to do the laundry. I couldn’t handle all the instructions I’m sure I’d have. 
 
Ok I’m done feeling sorry for myself. Happy Monday.
 
On a happy note, I did tape on the ole PVR the first episode of Good Omens last night. Hopefully my dad likes it. Everytime the commercial for it came on, he’d look up and watch it. Maybe he’ll like it. If not, I’ll watch it by myself. 

Sunny Saturday

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It's been a busy day here at Shady Acres. My parents went on a 10-12 hour round road trip to get a part for my dads work truck, so it's just me and my gramma holding down the fort today. 
I got up at my normal time, and made some coffee to get through the am. I chatted a bit with my editor, as I waited for gramma to get up. She did, so I started cleaning. I've always been good at cleaning other people's stuff, so I started with some sweeping and then the vacuuming. 

That's a pretty good representation of Shady Acres, minus the fog. But not really. So after the vacuuming, I swept the kitchen floor, then steam cleaned the kitchen floor. Quickly used scrubbing bubbles on the shower, then called it done. Like the cooking here it was a lot easier when my mom isn't here. Before she left, I got a good 10 minute instruction on how to vacuum. 
I've owned at least 4 or 5 vacuums in my life, I think that I can figure out a Mr. Fancypants Dyson vacuum. It was the same when I was making homemade noodles the night before. I believe I'd rather cook when they're all on their afternoon nap. By myself. No helicopter instruction. I think she's just done this by herself for probably 30 years, it's hard to give up the control. 
But the house is a little cleaner than it was this morning, so I feel accomplished that it's done. By my calculations, the rents should be home around 5 or 6. Then babysitting my gramma will be done. Not that I've really done any babysitting. At 89 she's still pretty self-sufficient, just a little wobbly, and riddled with arthritis.
Not a bad day. Not a bad day, indeed. 

Dark

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This, by far, is the best television show out there. Let's not even look at the “plate of spaghetti” that they call a story line. The lighting and cinematography in the show is simply amazing. 

Never have I seen a dark cave like this look so immense and dreadful. It looks like it would stretch for all of time.
It's been a while since I've watched Dark. So in preparation, the Editor re watched the series. I don't have the unlimited internet here in Tiny Town, so I opted to just watch the final episode in season 2.

Lemme tell you that the episode flew by, just like it did when I watched it the first time. I think it too a re watch of the first season before I could even grasp what as going on. I'd say it took about 15 minutes to remember the characters and what as going on. Do you feel bad for some of the people? Should you? I still don't know what to think. The plot is a lot easier to understand when you watch the seasons at least twice. Trust me. 

So all that I can say is watch it. Watch it for the love story, the time travel, the whodunit, the family tree, the secrets. Just watch it. Trust me, you'll like it. You'll like it even better with subtitles. 

And you'll come back and watch it again.