Wednesday, January 25, 2023

I Do Not Think I Will Be Dying From This


 I woke up this morning and did not want to get out of bed. It was almost nine o'clock. Another ten or so hours of sleep for me! I felt pretty crummy when I did get up. Slow and so achy. But as the day progressed, I felt better and after one more negative covid test, I am assuming I just don't have it. It is quite possible that the boys had something BEFORE they got covid and that's what I have although Jessie says that her symptoms sound just like mine and she does have it. 
I still don't want to go to Tallahassee to get a PCR test. 

I am such a whiny bitch. I really am. 

We had some very exciting weather this morning. Phones going off with tornado warnings, high winds, pouring rain- a real storm! But we did not get any tornados and although there are lots of limbs and branches down, no real damage that I can see. After all of that passed, the rain has fallen on and off all day and it has been warmish, although due to get cooler again tonight. I feel so sorry for people who have suffered injuries that cause them pain when the weather changes. Our weather lately cannot make up its mind, swinging from one extreme to another and I think of all the aching bones and joints making people cranky and short-tempered. 

I actually left the house a little earlier to go to take the trash and stop into the post office. No one was there so I felt like it was okay to go in. I noticed that My Gypsy Soul Boutique was not open and I wonder if it has already tanked. I would not be surprised. Such a crazy idea to open a shop like that in Lloyd but still- sad as it was someone's dream. I would have been glad to buy things there if they had had anything, anything that I wanted. But they did not. 

I walked around the yard a little and found that camellia in the photo up top. It was growing on the bush that was here when we moved in. The one lone camellia bush. It's a strange bush in that it has both red and pink camellias. I do not quite understand but I suppose it's due to a grafting. 

And so another day of languor, leisure, and lazing around here. More mending, this time on an ancient favorite dress which is, to be honest, threadbare. Again- more hobby than garment. I did a load of clothes which is hardly physically challenging. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel like putting my toe back into the river of life. 
So to speak. 

And Mr. Moon? you may ask. 

Ah. He's just back from town where he got a new valve for my shower and worked out at the gym and went by Publix for me. So I guess he's okay.

I finished watching both seasons of "My Unorthodox Life" this afternoon and I have to tell you that as always with these stupid shows, I feel a small amount of grief when they're over. I get so invested in these people! It's ridiculous. Then I started rewatching a series on Hulu called "Fleishman is in Trouble". 
You know what? I can't stand this show. I find the protagonist (played by Jesse Eisenberg) to be unreal, unattractive, and I do not care about him. There are many sex scenes with him in them and IT IS NOT ENJOYABLE TO WATCH THEM! I have nothing against sex scenes. They can be fun. But not with this guy. 
No thank you. 
And Claire Danes? 
I don't know. I want to like her but I just can't warm to her although I did love her so much in "The Royal Tenenbaums." Oh wait. That was Gwyneth Paltrow, pre Goop. 
Never mind. 

Whatever, I do not think I'll be watching any more of that. It's odd, isn't it, that I can enjoy, love, and adore the trashiest of "reality" series and yet cannot stand so much of the scripted material on TV? I suppose I set way higher standards for those. 

Mr. Moon has already replaced the valve and turned the water back on so it's time for me to go cook supper. But first...look what arrived today.


I am so excited. When did I become the old woman who loves and adores new gardening and yard work tools? 

I do not know. But here I am. And happy to be. 

Love...Ms. Moon

34 comments:

  1. Whatever you have you are doing all the right things like sleeping and taking it easy.
    I might see if we can get My Unorthodox life here. I don't really like reality shows but I'll give it a go. I find they seem more scripted than the scripted ones!
    The camellia is lovely.
    And I covet your kneeling thing.

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    1. I agree with you on the scripting! Of course these things are at least partially outlined. You'd probably wonder what in hell I found to like about this show if you did watch it. We all have our quirks, don't we?

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  2. I am not sure those covid tests work that well. But take it easy and listen to your body as they say. Not sure I always want to listen to mine, as it tells me to do all kinds of stuff that's bad for me. But you get the idea. That camellia is absolutely beautiful.

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    1. My body is ALWAYS telling me the wrong things to do. It is NOT reliable. But I have been taking it easy.
      I love the camellia too, still with raindrops on it.

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  3. I'm not sure what that thingie is. So I guess I'm not much up on gardening equipment. Do take care not to overdo when you feel a bit better.

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    1. It is a kneeling bench so that when I work in the garden, weeding for instance, I can kneel on it and have those handy handles to help myself get back up. And its padded for my old knees. It also flips over to be a seat. Quite practical!

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  4. Yummy colors! bright pink and soft green- yummy! That is the exact same garden thing that i gave to
    Dennis for some occasion a couple of years ago. He rarely uses it but I think it is swell. I would use it if he decides that he hates it. It is good because flipped over it becomes a seat, as you know. Glad you do not have covid- the aftereffects, they say, can be debilitating.

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    1. You should ask Dennis if you could share the gardening bench with him. And yes, I know it becomes a seat if you flip it over but I am not sure when I'd want to sit in the garden. Is that a thing? Just...sitting in the garden? Well, if I decide I want to, I will have a handy thing to sit on.

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  5. I had one of those. Laura uses it now. I gave up garden kneeling a lifetime ago, and just sit. Word to the wise: if you leave it out overnight (dew) and in the rain, the seat gets wet. It will dye the cloth on your backside green, and it does not wash out. Best to consign yourself to the same pair of jeans all summer.

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    1. I basically have two pairs of overalls dedicated to gardening and yard work because of the dirt stains I get on my knees. So- I'm good! But very good advice.

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  6. Oh my gosh. I just got the same gardening bench-- detail-wise, looks like the same brand. Arrived last week, unpacked and used for the first time just two days ago. (Only for sitting-- I'm just not a kneeler, and don't mind bending way down from a seated position. )
    I was born the same year as you. Must be something in the air.
    I like it a lot-- keeps my legs/knees from going off in all kinds of crazy directions, as happens when I sit on the ground to get nice and close to the soil.

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    1. Perhaps your arms are longer than mine! I'll try the seated thing too. That's so funny that we both got the same things this week.

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  7. You said that you are rewatching "Fleishman is in Trouble". I am wondering if that means that you have watched it all the way through once? I ask because it is very different from other series because it is based on a novel and has a beginning, middle and end. Its not designed to have more seasons. To me the characters were really complex and the perspective changed as the story developed. I really loved it even though all of the characters were flawed. I remember Clare Danes from that TV series "My So Called Life" that she did in the 90's. It was a really progressive teen story and daughter never missed it.

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    1. No. I have not watched it all the way through. I've watched about five episodes, I think. And yes, I realize it's based on a novel. I may go back at some point and give it another go but for now I have no interest in following that story. Perhaps I should read the book.

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  8. I started watching "Fleishman is in Trouble" and I really got fed up with that idiot screwing everything in sight!
    Love the camellia, too!
    I wonder if you ended up getting a low dose flu. That's pretty much what your symptoms sound like. Glad you are feeling better, whatever you caught!

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    1. He did go crazy there for awhile, didn't he? Are women in NYC really that horny for unattractive liver doctors?
      I could have a low dose flu. Who knows?

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  9. I felt awful last night, my back, and this morning I had a sore throat and my skin hurt. I took it easy too, coughed up some kind of crud, and feel much better. My honey took me out for supper because Jack got picked up by his grandma this afternoon so we were free. It was nice and very tasty.

    I also took Heidi for a good, long walk, 5km, and my foot didn't hurt. Huzzah!

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    1. Ugh. That sounds horrible. I'm glad you feel better. And I'm also glad that the Big Guy took you out for supper. A well-deserved treat! And look at you walking and feeling good! Huzzah indeed!

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  10. I didn't finish the comment. The flower is beautiful, as is that kneeling, gardening thing. Hope you have a good night and feel yourself again tomorrow.

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  11. Hoping that, whatever it is, you bounce back quickly. Glad Mr. Moon seems unscathed. There are so many bugs floating around. That kneeler looks very handy, especially with that attached tool caddy (I think?).

    Let us know what happens next with the My G-Word Soul Boutique. It's sad when one's entrepreneurial dream goes belly-up, but it does seem like a difficult location for it.

    Chris from Boise

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    1. Yes. I can put my trowel in that caddy. I'm always losing it. Why do they make trowels with green handles? Red would be better.
      Yeah- that boutique made no sense to me. I remain completely baffled that someone would think they could make a profit there selling what she sells.

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  12. I'm glad you are feeling at least a little better, plenty of naps should help. I'm not a fan of sex scenes in anything, I think they go too far with them these days, they're almost porn.
    That's a lovely garden kneeler.

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    1. Well, I don't really have anything against sex scenes. If they're not completely weird or something.
      I do like my new kneeler.

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  13. I often wonder what you mean when you say " taking the trash". Don't you have it collected? Is it all of your " waste"? We have a council collection every week. In our front garden are 5 various bins. A black wheelie for glass , hard plastic and tins. A green wheelie for garden waste, a black box for newspapers and cardboard , a smaller caddy for food waste, and a brown wheelie for everything else. The brown one is collected along with the food caddy every other week, and the other week it is the black, green, black box and also food. The daft thing is that different councils throughout the country have different coloured bins so if you are on hols or visiting you have no idea what goes where!! Hope that you are feeling better.

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    1. Nope. Our trash does not get collected in Lloyd. I think you can pay a private company to do it but we don't. There's a trash "depot" I guess you'd call it just about a block and a half away where they have the giant containers we dump our trash in. They used to do recycling but don't anymore which is horrible. But yes, we just take our trash down there and dump it in the big containers. Then the county picks it up from there.

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  14. It's good news that you're starting to feel better...
    And some of the shows are shocking to me...now even the men walk about in the nude, full frontal... cheapens things.
    Love the knee stand!
    hugs
    Donna

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    1. Oh, I disagree, Ms. Donna! If women can walk around in the nude with everything showing, the men should too! It always seemed so sexist to me that only women were shown completely nude as if we are objects whereas men are so sacred or something that they have to be protected from anyone's gaze.

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  15. I had the same reaction as Boud: "What IS that thing?" I feel bad about MGSB. Maybe it's still open but only by appointment or at reduced hours, which would make more sense for a shop like that. Can you imagine sitting in there all day every day hoping someone will show up?! They should make it an antique shop. I bet a good antique shop could survive in Lloyd and even draw people from Tallahassee. (Which you might not want! LOL)

    I haven't watched "Fleishman" yet. I want to read the book first.

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    1. I walked past MGSB today and there are no new notices in the windows or on the doors. I HAVE imagined sitting in there all day, waiting for a customer- any customer- to show up. That's got to be so disheartening. I don't think an antique store would work. It's such a small space that you couldn't get a dresser and a decent-sized table and chairs in there.
      When you read that book, give us your thoughts, please.

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  16. I have that exact same garden bench / kneeler and use it whenever I am out weeding (which is not often enough).
    Hope you feel better soon, Mary.

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    1. I can't wait to try out my new garden implement!

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  17. You had our Tuesday weather. Tornado did some damage in Pasadena, a part of the greater Houston area on the east side. We got hard rain with hail and high wind with 30 mph gusts. And now it's cold again.

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  18. Cold here too, lady. Funny how we are always getting your weather.

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