Oh, how we need to start walking again
Today was a disaster, enough to make me take a 6 hour nap
No, pulling me out of my chair is not acceptable
No, pulling me around the parking lot is not acceptable
No, yanking me around is not acceptable
Yes, I am out of patience with the fear-of-linoleum game
Spring, no snow, daily walks – we BOTH need them!
I’m just tired
Tired of snow
Tired of canceling plans
Tired of classes being canceled
Tired of trying to figure out how to make up classes
Tired of winter
Only 20 days till Spring
And two more storms predicted – a foot of snow on Monday? I’m too old for this shit
Spring – what a wonderful word
Only 24 days away. I expect a blizzard on March 22nd.
Once again I find myself annoyed by people who are posting that they want more snow, they want a huge storm. I thought we just had a pretty big one, 20 inches isn’t exactly a coating, folks. I think they do it to annoy, which is annoying in itself.
So instead of working on things for school, I’m staring at the computer and thinking that I hope those people who want a foot get one, right up their asses. I don’t comment any more. It’s just not worth it. But I really do hope they get a foot.
(Up their asses)
I just submitted my homework and I’m not feeling good about it. But I couldn’t stress about it any more, it’s done and that’s that. I think I’m okay, I only have to get 60% and I’m sure I did at least that.
On to more fun!
It’s Monday and I’m sick of Winter
Yesterday, actually a week ago, the fearcasters starting talking about a massive snow storm that was gonna bury us for weeks and months and FOREVER! As it’s gotten closer, it’s gone from, “oh, crap, we were wrong, not gonna be anything at all,” back to “OH MY GOD WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!”
I follow a couple of weather pages because I have snow anxiety and I need to know the forecast so I can worry for days instead of just hours. A few are saying that it’s too soon to call for specific amounts. (Thank you) Others are screaming about blizzards and snow being measured with yardsticks.
A few have commented, before being totally shut down, that it’s merely causing panic to talk about such huge amounts this far out. Others are screaming that people need to be prepared! Because WE MIGHT ALL DIE!!!!!!!!!!
Four years ago we got back to back storms. One dumped 18 inches, and the next one, a couple days later, dumped a foot. I hated every minute of it. But we survived. We got bottled water, we got beer, we brought wood down to the patio so we could get it easily if we needed it.
If we get a ton of snow, we’ll survive. We don’t really need to know days and days before the event that we MIGHT get snow. I just don’t understand the need to have updates for days in advance.
Is the gear I seem to be in today. Yesterday, I was a barrel of energy – I got a lot of stuff done. I crashed at about 11:30, then read awhile, knit a bit – almost finished a cowl, it just needs to be pressed – and finally went to bed at about 3:30. I woke up at 8:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Five hours of sleep? No way is that enough! I got up after trying for 20 minutes to go back to sleep, futzed around till it was time to go to the chiro, and got home from there at 12:30.
And I’ve been singularly useless since. I suppose I should review for tonight. And vacuum. But I feel like taking a nap.
It’s been a few years since grad school. I had forgotten how stressful it is to be a student. Holy cow!
I’m taking a class online to learn to teach online. It’s interesting, and I’m learning a lot, it hasn’t yet been as much work as I expected but the homework! I want to get it right, I want to make sure I have everything done, I didn’t do well on one of the quizzes and I stressed about that for a whole day. On top of this, I’m teaching two classes that I haven’t taught before and I feel like I’m relearning all that information, too.
And then there’s the stupid weather, which is stressing me out, even though I’m trying not to let it. Forecasts for Wednesday on Sunday just don’t make sense to me. Things change too fast. I was following one weather group, because they were pretty accurate and didn’t hype, but they’ve gotten really popular and now they’re posting things, in huge letters, like “POSSIBLE STORM! SHARE! SHARE!” Oh, please. Can you just quit it? And get spell check, for heaven’s sake. I can’t put much stock in a group that can’t spell “guidance,” when they’re using that term over and over.
I keep hearing people say they love snow, they love winter. Really? I love putting on 8 layers of clothing to take the dog out, so he can stand there and stare at me like I lost my mind. I love trying to walk on ruts and hills and valleys of frozen, ice covered crap, because it melted, refroze, and then got another layer of snow on top of that. I love twisting my ankle one more time (or twelve) because of the ruts. Yep, that’s a whole barrel of fun. I love wondering if I’ll make it up the driveway, if school will be canceled and if it is, how are we going to make up the time we’ve missed? I love being cold, and I really love the way my chondritis flares when I’ve been shoveling. Yeah, there is just SO much to love. Oh, wait, I forgot how much I love the ice storms – when the power goes out. I am grateful for the fireplace, at least we had heat. I love trying to make plans, only to have them canceled because of snow. I just freaking love every part of it.
K, end of that rant. I’m tired. This is really really tiring! I still have all the regular stuff to do, and trying to plan around storms is just adding to the stress. But I’ll make it through. It’s only a little over a month till Spring, and then a weight will lift.
I just realized it’s been almost 3 weeks since the initial foot injury
Yeah, it’s not a problem, no reason to go to the doctor
feh
The little things we take for granted.
I took Max for a long ride, and 15 minutes after we got home, the power blinked off. What? How can I obsessively check the weather without a tv, without the internet, without constant updates about how it might snow a week from next Tuesday if the stars align correctly? DISASTER!
The small fact that the furnace wasn’t running and it’s Winter and hence, kinda cold, was a minor worry.
Or maybe someone was trying to tell me something – the power came back on right after the news ended. 🙂 I guess I’ll have to check elsewhere to see if we’re all gonna die next week.
Meanwhile, I think I’ll plan a trip to Hobby Lobby next week.
I am not accustomed to sitting around and doing nothing. I love my days off, I love to sit on my swing and read and watch the trees and the critters, I love to zone in front of the tv for an hour or so ~~insert admission of addiction to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills here~~ and I love to just lose myself in a computer game.
I also like to get up and go to the bathroom, get a drink, wander about, think of twelve things I need to do right now and dash off to do them, and THEN settle back down and do nothing for a few minutes.
I managed to twist my ankle, and do some damage to my foot in the process, the other day. It hurt at first and then settled into a “well, that wasn’t pleasant” kind of ache. The weather has been frightful. Max had surgery and wasn’t able to do much. It was a nice day, and we both seriously needed to get out and go for a walk.
An hour later – “wow, this thing has swollen up and hurts like HOLY SHIT IT HURTS!”
I couldn’t put any weight on it at all. I was hobbling around, holding onto stuff, cursing and laughing. How can you not laugh when you did it to yourself?
The next day, still swollen, still hurting, I was grounded. I spent the day with my foot propped on a pillow, ice bag draped around it, unable to get a shoe on, and thinking this would be just great, I could just be a slug all day.
I was so bored by 6:30 I wanted to cry.
Today, feeling much better, and actually able to get a shoe on, I took a walk up to get the mail.
Back to my chair with my foot propped up.
I ever end up really hurt, it’s gonna be ugly!
I wish
Apparently my best trick is pissing people off
Well, we all have to be good at something
Suziecreamcheese Sings the Blues 
