March chitchat

[agate]

Here we are in March, and one good thing about March is that it isn't January or February, and Spring might be a real possibility.

If you're dealing with snow and ice right now, that Spring idea seems like a mirage.

I hope people will check in here, especially those who have been making themselves scarce.

More snow was forecast here for yesterday and today but so far a few flakes fell and vanished. This last snow, with its missed grocery delivery and its total silence around here--office closed, no mail delivery, and very little evidence of any vehicles moving in the parking lot outside--was so unsettling that I looked into dairy deliveries as a possibility.

Years ago in Massachusetts, and again in Washington state, for a while I used a dairy delivery. It was a way of assuring that at least some food was fairly reliably coming in regularly. It worked well. You had an insulated box that you kept outside your door, and every week on a certain day your order--butter, milk, cheese, even ice cream--would appear, and you'd pay the bill, which wasn't exorbitant.

This probably won't work here in this building because of a problem with building access but some people reading here might want to think about inquiring about it in their area.

The dairy I looked into here was offering some other items besides dairy as well--all locally produced and some available only in season but there was quite an assortment to choose from.

A new month, and let's hope it will bring good weather and good health for everyone reading here!

[Ikoiko]

Oh, yes. We had a milkman when I was a child.

[agate]

So did we, and I can recall bringing in the (glass) bottles of milk and how they had to be shaken up to mix the cream on top with the rest of the milk unless we skimmed the cream off so as to have cream.

[Virginia]

We had a milk man too. I don't remember if we bought anything else from them, but I expect we got butter and maybe a few other things.

If I am not as wordy or around quite as much lately, I am just feeling really bad. MS sensory stuff has been really acting up. I did go for my hair appointment Monday and then on to the grocery store. I didn't get as much as I usually do, so I will need to go back soon.

Agate, you had mentioned that Murdough was very persuasive when he was on the stand during his murder trial. He was, but he didn't win me over because he can, according to his former law partner, very emotional and often cried during trials that they would conduct. However, he mainly didn't win me over because it was when he was on the witness stand that he finally told he had been where his wife and son were minutes before they were shot. He had even been lying about that. Why would anyone lie about such a thing? Especially over something like that?

I hope Snuggles injuries are healing well. I also hope Jingle is doing good.

Our weather has, overall, continued to be too warm for this time of year. We have days that cool down, but then it heats up again. I think the weather got confused with N.C., Oregon, California and a few other states.

[jingle]

Virginia - how kind you are. Thank you. I've been having a not so good time. Both of my very precious cats have been very sick and the vet hasn't done much. Today, finally,
both seemed to be feeling better, ate and didn't throw up once. And something very strange and vey awful happened to me. It's too complicated and too s ......... aggg. I called my neuro and made an appointment and then called my local MD who did an incredible number of tests and set up an MRI in two weeks. I'm terrified that the nasty brain tumor is back. It was supposed to be back several years ago - it's the kind, oligodendroglioma - that does return. Today I tried to check on my Visa card to see the balance --- oh, good grief, it's been stolen or whatever you call it.
Aren't you sorry you mentioned my name and had to hear all this?

[agate]

jingle, I'm so sorry you have this worry. I hope the tests won't show a return of the tumor. For the next couple of weeks I hope you can find something distracting so you won't think about the possibilities.

It's too bad about your cats too! Watching them suffer is difficult to put it mildly. A vet once told me, "Cats throw up a lot" and I think he meant that it was usually no big deal. I hope your kitties will be getting over whatever was going wrong. (With the cats I had who tended to have hairballs, they sometimes went through a couple of days of upset stomachs before the hairball came along, but that may be TMI...)

Take care and take it easy, jingle. You can always express yourself here.

[agate]

We had a milk man too. I don't remember if we bought anything else from them, but I expect we got butter and maybe a few other things.

If I am not as wordy or around quite as much lately, I am just feeling really bad. MS sensory stuff has been really acting up. I did go for my hair appointment Monday and then on to the grocery store. I didn't get as much as I usually do, so I will need to go back soon.

Agate, you had mentioned that Murdough was very persuasive when he was on the stand during his murder trial. He was, but he didn't win me over because he can, according to his former law partner, very emotional and often cried during trials that they would conduct. However, he mainly didn't win me over because it was when he was on the witness stand that he finally told he had been where his wife and son were minutes before they were shot. He had even been lying about that. Why would anyone lie about such a thing? Especially over something like that?

I hope Snuggles injuries are healing well. I also hope Jingle is doing good.

Our weather has, overall, continued to be too warm for this time of year. We have days that cool down, but then it heats up again. I think the weather got confused with N.C., Oregon, California and a few other states.

Virginia, I'm sorry you've been having a rough time. Maybe the upcoming change of seasons does things to us?

I had another weird episode of a memory lapse the other evening. I had one of these about 15 years ago, also in the evening, and it was scary. This one the other day was different--shorter, and it was routinized things I couldn't remember. Every day I count up the calories in everything I've eaten, and I know those calorie counts by heart. But the other day I couldn't remember them. It was that kind of thing that had just dropped out of my mind. I couldn't remember the order I usually do exercises in.

I'm just glad that these episodes have gone away. Guess it's part of aging.

Yes, Murdaugh has too bad a record, and people who are as addicted as he seems to be just aren't rational, or so I've always heard.

[agate]

If memory serves, Howie hasn't asked not to be mentioned when he isn't heard from. Howie hasn't been here in over a month.

HOWIE!!! We really need to know that you're doing OK or if you're not doing OK, maybe we could find that out and send some positive vibes.

[Ikoiko]

I made about a million doctors’ appointments today. I am only slightly exaggerating. Really only 5, but I still need to make one with my neurologist, and I had 3 in the last week. I know you guys would understand.

[Ikoiko]

Oh, I forgot that I am also supposed to make an appointment with PT.

[Virginia]

Agate, so glad you mentioned Howie. I have been concerned because it has been so long since we heard from him. Howie, please let us know what is going on. We are all getting worried.

Jingle, what a time you are having. I am sorry everything is hitting you like this. I know the wait for the MRI must be hard. We are all just hoping the tumor has not returned. If you need to talk we are here for you. I hope the cats are alright now. We will be wanting to hear from you so when you can keep us informed as to how things are going.

Agate, I am having the same kind of things happening to me as you are. There are times when I can't remember how to do the simplest things that really are part of my everyday life. Wednesday night I messed up a shot so now I have to try to get each shipment just a little ahead of time. It is disturbing to say the least.

This morning I have had two messages from the Fraud Department at my bank. Someone in Florida tried to use my debit card two different times this morning, both times for a substantial amount. Now that card has been cancelled and they will issue another one. The only problem is that is all I use when I am out. I pay for everything by debit card in person, but I never use it from any mobile device or any other way, only physically. How could anyone get it?

The above is on top of being alerted yesterday that a MasterCard had been issued in my name. It actually was approved. I told them to put a block on it. I don't know if it happened or not. I have had to deal with so many people, I have tried to take names but it is getting hard to know who I talked to last and about what was said. I went through 4 people yesterday just to stop that credit card.

Today is my wedding anniversary. Sunday will be the anniversary of my husband's death. Maybe that is having some affect on my thinking. Some years it does and others it doesn't.

[Ikoiko]

V, I only use my debit card to get cash. I use my credit card for all other purchases, because it has a lot more protections built in.

[agate]

I've heard that too, about credit cards being safer than debit cards. I use my debit card only when I absolutely have to. I put most purchases on MasterCard, and at the first of each month I pay off the essential bills (before the new month's money comes along) and I use whatever is left in my account to pay down the MasterCard. A couple of times I've been able to pay the balance in full, thanks to the COVID bonanzas.

jingle, yes, we are here for you. We may be mere placeholders for a site that had its glory days some time ago, but here we are, holding down this place, maybe keeping it from going away. And you are helping to do that. Thank you for sticking with us.

[Virginia]

Ikoiko, maybe I will try that, but it seems I am being hit from all angles. I will talk to the bank about it.

[agate]

Virginia, when you say

I pay for everything by debit card in person, but I never use it from any mobile device or any other way, only physically. How could anyone get it?

I understand that there are ways.


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I'm going to try sending an e-mail to Howie. If that gets nowhere, I'll call.