Can't Do Everything
5 Jun 2025 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveIt's been a week. The drugstore's automat prescription renewal still tells me it's not time to renew, even when down to one pill. Thank goodness humans are still available. Work went okay. I served seasoned, microwaved potatoes. I think fewer people are shopping and several I talked to were from out-of-town. Then this happened before I left for work on Tuesday:
The tree made a big boom. It missed our yard and my poor garage. It landed on the neighbor's trampoline. Then another limb went down the next day. I had thought about burning near my tree stump to kill the roots. I am so glad I was working in the driveway instead. I do have work to do back there. I still have to tame the jungle. The tomatoes need a trellis set up. A ground hog fence needs to go around the garden. The angelica must be chopped down. The list goes on and on.
Chrono headed to Chicago today. Hopefully the chemo side effects will stay away for the weekend. I am anxiously awaiting her safe arrival text. Blurry vision and neuropathy are the common side effects of this particular drug. I am poised to leave if need be to assist. Load-in is tomorrow. Hubby was a childish pain by announcing that he may have had a petti-mal seizure. He hasn't been sleeping. He fell asleep in his chair. He was aware I'd walked by but couldn't wake himself up to speak. He said this so I wouldn't leave. This is intentional. As he ages, his behavior approves that of a 5 year old. As I am writing, he screams something incoherent so I run down the stairs. He is yelling Good Night at the top of his lungs. Perhaps 3 yrs old is a better analogy. Epilepsy and dementia go hand in hand. Some days are better than others.
Why am I writing this publicly? Folks should know the real reason I am not at Gulf Wars or at Pennsic. I am a caregiver first. An income would be nice. I haven't had time to update the website or to send newsletters.
I can manage to pop out and weed or plant green beans while YouTube babysits him. Today was hot and it took longer for Chrono to leave. She does have to take things in smaller increments. She is super sensitive to sunlight.
Pots needed a wash before getting put away.
In reality, I would not consider leaving Hubby alone. I would have taken him with. It would have cost more than the show is worth to take a hotel room. However, a show of this caliper has a long waiting list. Chrono would not want to lose her spot.
I managed a shower, dishes, and some knitting. I got my butt over to the farmer's market. We were totally out of maple syrup and honey. This is an allergy thing. A capsicum allergy means that even the bees cannot be pollinating pepper plants for our honey. June is when beekeepers harvest spring honey - no peppers. I got berry blossoms. Next time I'll pick up honeysuckle before it's gone for the season. After that, maple sugar is what we'll use.
The recipe for strawberry rhubarb jam has been calling to me. I don't have enough strawberries. Can anyone ever have enough strawberries? I found some at the Farmer's Market. Food preservation will happen tomorrow. I still worry about power outages with the June storms. The US is in for a wakeup call. With NOAA and weather services being cut, storm predictions are not good or accurate. Instead they have gone to AI to predict shit. Good luck with that one. Six fingers on a hand, 2 left feet, monkeys feeding runaways in South Carolina, sure AI can do the job. So can a Ouija board.
I picked up more meat to pressure can. I have a lot of catchup work to do. Turns out my new senator from CT is on the energy committee. I live in PA. This is a sore point. (Y'all ain't from around here)I fired him off a letter about the BBB. He needs to know how that hurts his constituents. Will he even read it? I doubt it. I hear it's better to call. Apparently my electric bill went up 20 % as of June 1st. I might need to implement a policy, no lights after sundown. I have solar but no battery. Time to do some research on that. Who am I kidding? I can't even afford a lawnmower. (Know anyone with hungry goats?)
Pansies got planted
The tree made a big boom. It missed our yard and my poor garage. It landed on the neighbor's trampoline. Then another limb went down the next day. I had thought about burning near my tree stump to kill the roots. I am so glad I was working in the driveway instead. I do have work to do back there. I still have to tame the jungle. The tomatoes need a trellis set up. A ground hog fence needs to go around the garden. The angelica must be chopped down. The list goes on and on.
Chrono headed to Chicago today. Hopefully the chemo side effects will stay away for the weekend. I am anxiously awaiting her safe arrival text. Blurry vision and neuropathy are the common side effects of this particular drug. I am poised to leave if need be to assist. Load-in is tomorrow. Hubby was a childish pain by announcing that he may have had a petti-mal seizure. He hasn't been sleeping. He fell asleep in his chair. He was aware I'd walked by but couldn't wake himself up to speak. He said this so I wouldn't leave. This is intentional. As he ages, his behavior approves that of a 5 year old. As I am writing, he screams something incoherent so I run down the stairs. He is yelling Good Night at the top of his lungs. Perhaps 3 yrs old is a better analogy. Epilepsy and dementia go hand in hand. Some days are better than others.
Why am I writing this publicly? Folks should know the real reason I am not at Gulf Wars or at Pennsic. I am a caregiver first. An income would be nice. I haven't had time to update the website or to send newsletters.
I can manage to pop out and weed or plant green beans while YouTube babysits him. Today was hot and it took longer for Chrono to leave. She does have to take things in smaller increments. She is super sensitive to sunlight.
Pots needed a wash before getting put away.
In reality, I would not consider leaving Hubby alone. I would have taken him with. It would have cost more than the show is worth to take a hotel room. However, a show of this caliper has a long waiting list. Chrono would not want to lose her spot.
I managed a shower, dishes, and some knitting. I got my butt over to the farmer's market. We were totally out of maple syrup and honey. This is an allergy thing. A capsicum allergy means that even the bees cannot be pollinating pepper plants for our honey. June is when beekeepers harvest spring honey - no peppers. I got berry blossoms. Next time I'll pick up honeysuckle before it's gone for the season. After that, maple sugar is what we'll use.
The recipe for strawberry rhubarb jam has been calling to me. I don't have enough strawberries. Can anyone ever have enough strawberries? I found some at the Farmer's Market. Food preservation will happen tomorrow. I still worry about power outages with the June storms. The US is in for a wakeup call. With NOAA and weather services being cut, storm predictions are not good or accurate. Instead they have gone to AI to predict shit. Good luck with that one. Six fingers on a hand, 2 left feet, monkeys feeding runaways in South Carolina, sure AI can do the job. So can a Ouija board.
I picked up more meat to pressure can. I have a lot of catchup work to do. Turns out my new senator from CT is on the energy committee. I live in PA. This is a sore point. (Y'all ain't from around here)I fired him off a letter about the BBB. He needs to know how that hurts his constituents. Will he even read it? I doubt it. I hear it's better to call. Apparently my electric bill went up 20 % as of June 1st. I might need to implement a policy, no lights after sundown. I have solar but no battery. Time to do some research on that. Who am I kidding? I can't even afford a lawnmower. (Know anyone with hungry goats?)
Pansies got planted
