Insomnia is a curse.
It goes like this: I am tired. Time to sleep. 11pm, 12am, 1am. Still awake.
Oops, I must have dozed off. What time is it? 3am.
I might as well get up.
By noon, I am exhausted and take a nap.
3 hours later, guess who wakes up? Where am I? What time is it? Who am I? Who’s your daddy?
It’s not bad enough that I don’t know what day of the week it is, now I am all hosed up over my sleeping habits.
I know what it is: It’s the heat wave. I wait and wait for summer, and then? It’s 95 degrees for days. My brain is slightly off kilter from stress of living in the year 2020.
It is time to break loose!
Lunch is scheduled with Mr. Cutie Pie and the Princess; our Friday tradition.
Tomorrow is the grand opening of the PattiShack Tiki Bar. Lots of friends, food and fun on the horizon.
For all my friends, stay cool, safe and be sure to schedule time to have fun this weekend!
Wolf
My new job
A burning desire for a hot fudge sundae today, reminds me of KD Lang singing, Constant Craving.
It was absolutely delicious, as I sat in the car, eating, parked in the busy strip mall, watching people, doing whatever they were doing.
It was almost like a movie. I was the private detective, watching for sinister action.
There goes another person into the pizza shop. That makes 3 people, in just 5 minutes. I hear they have terrible food. Must be a front for the mafia.
A very strange man, walking and talking to himself. Oh no. He is heading in my direction. I wonder if he is a hit man. I know he wants my sundae, big time.
A young guy, entering the ice cream store. He comes out with one ice cream cone. It is yellow or golden. Looks awful. He hands it to his passenger, a lovely young girl, and drives away. Quite suspicious.
A man is loading boxes onto the back of a truck. He continually enters the store, come out with a box, then loads it onto the back of his truck. I believe he has wiped out the store of every box they had. He keeps looking in my direction. I hide behind my ice cream sundae, pretending I don’t see.
Many people waiting in line to get into the liquor store. I hope they are checking the IDs. Most of them look like they are still in grade school. The virus is affecting young and old, creating a new generation of drunks.
A masked man tries to get into the hemp store. The door is locked. I know the owner is in there. I saw her enter the store earlier. She did seem a little spaced out. The masked man turns around, asks me for a match. I told him arson is against the law.
The cell phone business must be slow. One of the clerks has been outside on the side walk, smoking her ass off. I might go over there when I have finished my sundae to see if she can spare a cig.
An older gent drives up in a cute little convertible. He thinks he is so cool. He isn’t. He tried to talk to me. I tell him,”Dos Cerzevas, por favor”. It is the only thing I know in Spanish. He leaves.
Wow! I finally finish my sundae and my surveillance work. I love this job!
I just might do it again tomorrow.
Wolf
I am a wilted cabbage with a condition
Bee Bopped over to the neighborhood bar on its first indoor dining day.
Is that a word? Bee bopped?
Nevermind.
There they were! Pam, Colleen and Lisa!!
So good to see them!
Waited for my luncheon date.
She didn’t show up.
But, as the day wore on, 5 of my buds showed up to toast to old times.
420: Time for me to leave, but I didn’t. Not for another hour.
It was a priceless moment in time.
Today, I “hopped” over to K town for breakfast, and saw a cotton tailed rabbit, 3 drunk birds, and a wild turkey.
Jesse served me, outside, while I chatted with a friend, and her puppy, Lulu.
Next: Schedule the Mammogram. First call: We stopped doing mammograms at this facility. Next call: Nope! You have to have a special type of prescription for your condition, and your doctor did not provide the correct one. Ok so, back to the doctor, to get another prescription.
You know what? It’s ridiculous, having a condition.
Right now, the heat is blasting away. Not good for dogs, cats and old people, especially old people with conditions. I better not get a heat stroke, or I will have to call for another prescription, for the additional condition.
I think I will visit Kim in awhile, to catch up on her life. It’s the only day she works at the local bar, since she is managing another establishment. So busy! I don’t know how she does it.
I am looking like a wilted cabbage head. I love being a gorgeous cabbage.
Stay cool, stay safe and stay away from conditions.
Wolf
Tim and Scooter: Love these 2 goofs!
Not exactly feeling that the kid would show up with a bad back.
He did.
Ok, so let’s eat, drink and be merry,
Then, the blue eyed God showed up.
Way too persnickety for me.
Ok, so i lied.
Timmy: Have you ever found that women are crazy about you?
2 drinks and food. Then? Get the heck out.
Hey, this place is dynamite!
We ate, drank and had a fabulous time.
The garage at Matt and Bree’s?
A wonderland that Alice could never experience
However, I dd. Today. A crazy afternoon, in the midst of the Covid BS.
Is Alice is taking pills to morph into a rabbit or whatever?
Le t us not judge.
We are all a little goofy!
I am craving lettuce and vodka.
In other words, a rabbit with issues.
May you all have a wonderful evening.
We are all individuals, looking for nirvana.
Guess what?
The only way to find it, is to be yourself.
If you still cannot find it, come on over tomorrow.
We will skip the light fandago, turning cartwheels cross the floor.
And open a bottle of Irish Jameson, and turn a paler shade of white.
What a wondefrul day!!
Wolf
Cut off again
Plan? Lunch by myself.
Actual? Ran into a couple of goofs,aka friendly goofs, I have known for years.
Ate, drank and then?
You can’t have any more drinks.
Why not?
You want the truth?
Yes.
You can’t handle the truth.
Ok, I will have a few brews to go.
Off I went, to continue with the festivities.
3 more friends: music, beer, slushies, perogies and wings.
Geez, I wonder why I am so tired.
Good night all (6pm)
Today? Date at noon, with a wild man who drives lawn tractors into pools.
Stay cool, be safe and hug a goof!
xoxoxoxoxox
Wolf
Don’t let the summer pass you by
Isn’t it fun meeting new people?
My doctor was not available yesterday, to see me. I like him, but he does not have the best “bedside” manner. Quite, cold, actually.
As a substitute, I got to visit with Rebecca. Wow! Charming personality, warm, friendly, knowledgeable and a hoot!
Only one test for now, to see what is going on, and I like that! One at a time.
Wouldn’t you know it? No pain when I got to the doctor’s office. It comes and goes. Yesterday, it went. Today? Back again.
To take my mind off my condition, it was time for a pizza, beer and music. Sissy and I played music trivia, and then, as the night wore on, we switched to listening to our favorite tunes. Before I knew it, it was 11pm.
This morning, my friend dropped off veggies from his garden. What a sweet guy!!
The heat and humidity is excessive again today, so I am considering having an early lunch at Specs. The only drawback? I have to get dressed.
I love a lazy, hazy day. The summer comes and goes quickly, so I try to soak in all the vitamin D I can, on the deck, relaxing with a book.
Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
Be safe, stay hydrated and eat an ice cream cone or two!
xoxoxoxoxooxxoxo
Wolf
Loose screws
I wonder who told the nurses at the doc’s office that I have a few screws loose.
They keep calling me, to remind me of my appointment tomorrow.
Yeah, ok. Yes, I remember. Thanks for calling……again. What’s that?
How am I feeling? Well….
Really now. Do I have to go over that again?
I just say, “Great. How about you?”
10 minutes later, the phone rings again.
“It’s me again. I forgot to ask, Are you quarantined with anyone? or been around anyone who has had the Virus?”
I’m not quarantined but how do I tell if someone has the virus? I heard millions of people are infected, walking around, some masked, some not. And many have no symptoms. So I am not sure if I know any of those people.”
“Do you have a fever?”
“I can’t tell. With this weather, I am hot all the time.”
“Do you have trouble breathing?”
“Only when I walk up a flight of stairs.”
“How long has this been happening?”
“Oh, ever since I got old.”
“Just one more thing: When was the last time you had a mammography/”
“Let’s see, about 100 years ago, or maybe it was 200. My memory is shot along with my breathing.”
“Would you like me to call you tomorrow morning to remind you of your appointment?”
“Sure.”
(I wanted to say: “Silence! I kill you! ” )
Stay safe!
Stay hydrated!
Until next time,
Wolf
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I did it. I wonder now: why?
I wonder now: Should I have done it? Or shoudn’t I?
Call the doctor, that is.
I was “interviewed” by the medical staff today. More like interrogated.
Pain? Yes.
Constant? No
How severe? and on and on and on.
All I wanted to do was to schedule a mammogram.
Nope.
You have to come in, we need to find out what is going on, and do some diagnostics.
In other words, it is not up to the patient to suggest a procedure. The patient is not a qualified medical expert.
Ok, so now what?
Ultra sound, chest xray, and a complete history on my breathing problems since I came down with the covid 19 in late February. The virus is, in some cases, continuing to surface months later. Oh yeah, and a mammogram. Surprise, surprise.
But first, a follow up interview, with the doctor, with his diagnosis and testing requirements. Geez. I can’t wait.
As a rule, I would jump over to the nearest bar, after these lovely discussions, but today, I did something outrageous. I ordered a large hot fudge sundae, with whipped cream and a cherry and ate the whole thing.
I am not supposed to eat ice cream. It makes me sick: lactose intolerant. I did it anyway. The rebel in me surfaced, while I indulged, enjoying every bite of the forbidden “fruit”.
I might have to eat cheese cake tomorrow.
For now, stay safe, hydrated and happy!
Love to all!!
Wolf
hot and impotent
Don’t worry, I am not going to mention how hot it is.
Well, Ok, just this one thing. It is hot; not “just” hot, but beastly hot.
Do you like sweating? Do you ever recall sweating while sitting at the computer, doing not much of anything?
Question for y’all: If a person drinks quite a few beers the night before, does that person sweat out the alcohol the next day? (asking for a friend)
And while we are on the hot kick, the weather forecast is for exceptionally hot weather, for the next 2 -3 months.
The way I feel today, I may not last through tomorrow.
I am melting faster than the glaciers at the North Pole.
Moving on to my other least favorite topic, the virus, some doctors are claiming that a blood thinner may be the answer. Something about how those little round things get tied up by the thinner, and render the virus impotent. Now isn’t that a highly scientific explanation?
Keep cool
Stay safe
Choose to have a happy day.
Wolf
Friday: the new tradition
The Friday luncheon: When? Every Friday. Here’s the chain of events:
10am: Text from the cutest guy on earth: “Are we doing lunch today?”
Reply: “Of course.”
1015am: Text from the Cheetah: “I will see you shortly.”
Reply: “Super.”
12 noon: The lunch crowd of 3 saunters in.
Question: “Outdoors today? It looks like rain.”
Answer “Who cares if we get wet? Remember when the tsunami damn near killed us a few weeks ago?”
Drinks are served. and served, and served.
Oh yeah, and lunch, of course.
Lunch, by the way, is not a priority.
We talk, laugh, and forget about time.
Friends stop by to chat for awhile.
It’s 420pm. Are we still here?
I guess it didn’t rain.
Not a word about politics, religion or the virus.
The world kept on turning as we kept on laughing.
Don’t ask me what we talked about.
It doesn’t matter.
Another fun Friday luncheon.
It reminds me of this:
“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.
It must have been Friday!!
Wolf
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