(no subject)
May. 8th, 2020 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravena_kadeI am out of sorts...like a lot of people.
Staying in isn't great for me...never was.
Dad is not great company for me. He's not doing anything wrong... but... well...he thinks the president is great... and I say " you can think that but I don't"... and I just don't want to hear him.
Visited the cousins last week ( 10 ft away in their yard) and the conversation turned to how I should sell my house and get something smaller with Dad... Like I should sell in a pandemic? I want to watch out for Dad, but I have a few years before I want him in my apartment.... everyone, including Dad thinks Im stupid for not wanting to buy another house. Sigh.
I need more physical activity. I am sluggish. My hands hurt. Need to get back with the anti inflammatory foods.
It doesn't help that I sit tethered to a work computer all work day and the sun is shining and when my work time ends it is cloudy cold and sometimes rainy. Tomorrow will be rainy.
I was really disappointed yesterday when I found that a ground hog has taken up residence in my tree stump garden. Working in my bedroom by a window I could see that 15 pound rodent climb out from the stump. Made me sad and my brain went down every destructive thing these creatures can do.
Work sucks. I start at 4:30 just to try and get things done. The job that should take 1.5 hours is taking four...because of VPN issues. It has me really down.
Better news is that I am trying to work up a way to garden around the Ground hog... tall containers for annuals and herbs. They don't like lavender. I do. They don't eat day lilies so that is good. I will also chuck some hot pepper flakes and maybe some used kitty littering the stump hollow to try and get the critter to move on.
I am thinking that when I get to the north ocean waters I am going to fill some bottles with sea water. Some to paint with and some to wet the stone circle I have my orange garden chair in... to charge it. All of the bigger stones are from my walks at my beach in Ipswich. I just hope I can get to my beach this year. If they don't run the shuttle bus I am going to have to be creative about finding a ride just for one day.
I also think I may have found something to do at work that interests me. Earlier this week my boss sent me procedures she wrote for a function I could not follow them as she is missing many steps. She is not great at wringing instructions. The other people in my team also do not write... I may not be able to write prose, but I was trained in writing documentation many years ago... We shall see.
Staying in isn't great for me...never was.
Dad is not great company for me. He's not doing anything wrong... but... well...he thinks the president is great... and I say " you can think that but I don't"... and I just don't want to hear him.
Visited the cousins last week ( 10 ft away in their yard) and the conversation turned to how I should sell my house and get something smaller with Dad... Like I should sell in a pandemic? I want to watch out for Dad, but I have a few years before I want him in my apartment.... everyone, including Dad thinks Im stupid for not wanting to buy another house. Sigh.
I need more physical activity. I am sluggish. My hands hurt. Need to get back with the anti inflammatory foods.
It doesn't help that I sit tethered to a work computer all work day and the sun is shining and when my work time ends it is cloudy cold and sometimes rainy. Tomorrow will be rainy.
I was really disappointed yesterday when I found that a ground hog has taken up residence in my tree stump garden. Working in my bedroom by a window I could see that 15 pound rodent climb out from the stump. Made me sad and my brain went down every destructive thing these creatures can do.
Work sucks. I start at 4:30 just to try and get things done. The job that should take 1.5 hours is taking four...because of VPN issues. It has me really down.
Better news is that I am trying to work up a way to garden around the Ground hog... tall containers for annuals and herbs. They don't like lavender. I do. They don't eat day lilies so that is good. I will also chuck some hot pepper flakes and maybe some used kitty littering the stump hollow to try and get the critter to move on.
I am thinking that when I get to the north ocean waters I am going to fill some bottles with sea water. Some to paint with and some to wet the stone circle I have my orange garden chair in... to charge it. All of the bigger stones are from my walks at my beach in Ipswich. I just hope I can get to my beach this year. If they don't run the shuttle bus I am going to have to be creative about finding a ride just for one day.
I also think I may have found something to do at work that interests me. Earlier this week my boss sent me procedures she wrote for a function I could not follow them as she is missing many steps. She is not great at wringing instructions. The other people in my team also do not write... I may not be able to write prose, but I was trained in writing documentation many years ago... We shall see.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-09 09:36 am (UTC)Hugs
no subject
Date: 2020-05-09 12:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-05-09 11:15 pm (UTC)as far as selling and buying something smaller... i honestly don't think it's a bad plan. and farther away from the water. but i know you love your house and the sea.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-09 11:51 pm (UTC)I just don't want to share a single house with my Dad. I need to keep an eye on him... but I want privacy too. If I do I give up all hopes for being with anyone, or even being just myself. No 55 year old guy wants to sneak around an 77 year old.
I don't like how he does things. I don't like even his TV shows. He thinks Trump is awesome...
I now eat dinners I don't like just because I have to feed him
He tells me I am the landscaper and they bitched about every idea I had for making the front of the house look nicer.
Its not that he is being bad...its just that he is old and just being an old man
no subject
Date: 2020-05-14 05:36 pm (UTC)but wow, i feel sort of guilty for freaking out over *our* new assessment, and how i'm going to afford it all, given what you're looking at.
i have my fingers crossed for your work boss not being an utter idiot.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-13 02:12 am (UTC)I don't think you're stupid. Why would anyone think that NOW is a good time to make a big change like that? I actually want to start looking for a house, but not until this pandemic is over.
when my work time ends it is cloudy cold and sometimes rainy.
I'm having the same issue. I'd love to get outdoors, but it seems like every time I get the chance it's cold and/or rainy. =(
I will also chuck some hot pepper flakes and maybe some used kitty littering the stump hollow to try and get the critter to move on.
Ah, I see you're already on the case. Ignore the comment I just left on your other post.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-13 07:34 pm (UTC)I wanted the house to be an investment and provide income. Cant get any support on that idea.
As far as The groundhog goes, the biggest thing is to plant things they won't eat. I saw it early enough before I sunk a bunch of money into flowers.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-13 08:21 pm (UTC)Which I think is very wise of you. You're planning ahead and it doesn't sound like the rest of your family (even the bankers) are nearly as sensible about money as you are.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-13 08:28 pm (UTC)I am a lower income person trying to make sense of the world.
no subject
Date: 2020-05-13 10:32 pm (UTC)