Happy Halloween

 TWIT and I would like to wish you, faithful readers, a very happy Halloween.  

Personally, I've been tricked and now I want some treats.  This week, I came down with a pretty strong case of Pink Eye in my right eye.  I've been using some eye drops, and have been wearing my [annoying] glasses since Thursday night, and my eye is slowly getting back to its original color.  But I'm not ashamed to tell you as I type this, I am wiping away tears with a Kleenax: I just finished chopping an onion for my chili, and I've never cried like that before when chopping onions. 

But I digress.  After I get my chili done, and after we watch our church service online, I'm heading up to Walgreens for BOGO free bags of candy.  Don't judge; the Old Man and I deserve our share of Halloween candy, too.  

Saturday Updates

 Well, faithful readers, for the past few days I've been dealing with a bad case of pink eye.  Luckily, it's been quite a while since I've had it. 

The OTC drops seem to be working, thank goodness.  My eye isn't as red as it was yesterday.  But trust me - if it isn't better by Monday I will call the doctor.

Till then, I will continue to wear my glasses, which I hate to wear because they fog up when wearing my mask.  But it is what it is.

Stay tuned. 

Flashback Friday

 

Tiresome Tuesday

 Today just wore me out.  I hit the ground running the minute I clocked in at work, and didn't stop until after 5:00.  Then it was visits to two Walgreens before I was able to get a prescription for the Old Man.  Then it was home to fix supper, which took longer than I thought.  The dishes are in the dishwasher, and everything is cleared away. Then I had to lug a 50 pound bag of chicken feed from the van to the carport, and then go feed and water the girls.  I wish ( key word) I could go to bed right now.  

Shingles Shot Updates

 Thank goodness the Old Man was feeling much better today, and his bruise is healing.  I'm still having soreness in my arm.  It still hurt last night when I turned over on my left side.  But I'll stop whining now. 

I Officially Feel Old

Yesterday, I got my first shingles vaccine.  It made me feel old.  But I'm pushing 60, and after making it through the Covid pandemic unscathed, I sure as hell don't want to get shingles.   I get my second shingles shot after Christmas.   Then I'm going to wait a while and get my pneumonia vaccine.  I decided it was best to get all of these vaccines now while I still have good insurance before I retire.

I'm not going to lie - the shot yesterday hurt way more than my three Covid shots and my flu shot.  I got the shot in my left arm in preparation (since I sleep primarily on my right side) and it hurt whenever I rolled over on my left side.   

I'll stop whining now.   

Flashback Friday

It's a little over a week until Halloween.  When I was a kid, I would have put on many different costumes by now, trying to find the perfect one.  Instead, I'm trying to get shingles vaccines booked for me and the Old Man.   That's life when you get old. 

Still Distracted

 I'm still distracted tonight, faithful readers.  But tonight, I'm blaming it on the Old Man.  For the last 20 minutes, he's been switching the cable channels back and forth from the Houston/Boston game to Mash and it's making me crazy.  If I had access to any Xanax, I think I'd take one.

Stay tuned. 

Distracted Again

I apologize again, faithful readers, for being distracted.  Nothing is wrong but I've once again been distracted at home and at work.  

There's not that much news to tell anyway, but I do try to post something every day, and feel bad when I miss.  

Thanks for still reading TWIT. 

Covid 19 Update

 We have four friends that have made it through Covid 19 in the past few weeks, and now we heard of two more that just were tested positive. 

This isn't getting much better.  I'm just thankful that me and the Old Man have our three shots, along with flu shots, and are feeling fine. That's all I can ask for. 

Flashback Friday

 This was my Grandma's favorite time of the year: MLB playoffs.  She loved watching them.  Back in the day, they would come on in the afternoons.  She would make sure supper was on the stove so she could sit in her rocking chair and watch the ballgames.  Her favorite team was the New York Yankees; mainly, because she loved Reggie Jackson.  A friend gave her a Yankees ball cap, and she would wear it proudly when the Yankees were playing. 

I guess it carried over to me and especially to the Old Man - because we've been watching the playoffs for two weeks now.  And will continue to watch in Gram's memory.

A Wacky Wednesday

 We had more than our share of wackiness yesterday, faithful readers.

First of all, once again, we didn't get our newspaper.  I think that set the tone for the rest of the day.

Secondly, something went wacky with the cable - the Old Man couldn't get it to change channels.  I came home during my lunch break and after about five minutes, everything was in working order.

Thirdly, we had a power outage at work for about an hour.  "Just an hour", you are probably thinking.  But that hour was during our busiest and most critical time of the day when it comes to production.

I'm hoping for a much less wacky Thursday.

Stay tuned. 

Prayer Requests

 One of our most dear friends at church died on my birthday back in January.  She was the minister to the senior adults.  But more than that, she was an awesome prayer warrior.  Her gift was praying for people -- over the phone, in text messages, emails or snail mail.  Since she died, I felt like it was my job to continue her prayers -- praying for friends, family and strangers if they asked for prayers.   

Since then, I can't begin to tell you the times that the Old Man and I have gotten phone calls, texts, and emails asking us to pray for them.  I truly feel like we are doing what we are meant to do - carry on for our dear friend Vicki's prayer ministry.

That having been said, we've got a list of twelve friends and family that we are praying for today.  We've got so many people on our prayer list that we are going to start our night prayer time in a few minutes so we will get everybody covered.

So, if any of you, faithful readers, have prayer requests, just let me know and me and the Old Man will get you all prayed up.

Thank you again, Vicki, for your prayer legacy.  I hope that we can do you proud to carry on. 

Covid 19 Update

Today, they laid to rest a dear coworker from the factory who died last week from Covid.  I also found out another coworker tested positive a couple of days ago and is having a pretty rough time with the symptoms.  And we found out that my cousin's husband's neice's (stay with me) 8 year old daughter and 13 year old son both have Covid.  The boy is especially in need of extra prayers -- just a few weeks ago, he rang the bell and finished his cancer treatments that he's been going through.  This kid has fought cancer for over two years.  And to make things worse, he is Autistic. 

This is getting more scary to me than it is getting better, faithful readers.  All I can say is to wear your masks, keep your distance from others when possible and get your vaccine. 

Security Tip Sunday

I've noticed a very disturbing trend lately: people hanging their work ID badges on their rearview mirrors.  As a security consultant, and as a person who [I think] has common sense, I do not recommend this. I noticed 4 ID badges in plain sight when I walked from the parking lot into the grocery yesterday.  The badges give a lot more information to thieves than you think.  First of all, it has your picture.  Then your first and last name.  And where you work.  Thieves could look at the badge, see your name and know that you are not at home.  It only takes a few seconds to do an online search to get an address.  And it would only take a few minutes for the thieves to get to their house and break in - knowing full well they aren't at home.  Same thing for during the work day. 

I know keeping track of your work ID badge is just one more thing you have to keep track of, but keep it in your purse if you are a woman, or if you are a man, keep it with your wallet at home on your dresser.  Or put it in the glove compartment.  Just remember that you put it in the glove compartment. 

 

Covid 19 Update

 The Old Man and I are now officially triple vaxxed.  We went Thursday night and got our third Pfizer booster.  We woke up yesterday morning feeling fine - not even the least bit of soreness on our arms where they gave us the shots.  We still feel fine, thank the Lord. 

It was a bit ironic to me that on Thursday - the day that we got our third boosters - a friend/coworker died from Covid.  He wasn't vaccinated, and from what I heard, the guy died alone in his house.  And it could have been prevented.  

It Was A Weird Wednesday

 Yesterday sure was a Weird Wednesday.  Me, the Old Man, some friends, co-workers and kinfolk had weird vibes going on.  I was thankful when 10:00 came around so I could just go to bed and hope for a better, non-weird Thursday.  

Stay tuned. 

Thank You, Monday

 My Monday started out pretty shitty.  The garbage bag was leaking all over the kitchen floor as I started to take it out to the big garbage can.  Thank goodness I caught it in time and dragged the kitchen garbage can out to the big garbage can to keep leakage down to a minimum.   And before that, I had double bagged two Kroger bags and poured some old veggie soup in it to throw away, only to find the bags had a small hole.  But once again, I was able to intercept and avoid more leakage.  

Luckily, those were the only two big messes today.  The rest of my Monday went great. 

Stay tuned. 

Thank You, Saturday and Sunday

 I would like to thank Saturday and Sunday for coming this week.  

This week was without a doubt the busiest week I've had at work in years.  We are backordered on so many pumps that we normally would have thousands, if not tens of thousands, in stock.  It's truly a scheduler's nightmare.  But I made it through the week, and don't have to schedule anything for two days. I sure will be taking advantage of that.