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thanks for the new thread :) i closed the other one

TFTNT!

We're in for some really high winds. I had to run out earlier and rescue the covers for my patio furniture. One of them blew right off. We've had a bunch of quick power blips, too. Internet on... Internet off... Internet on... :fingers_crossed:

TFTNT!

Just popping in to say hi! I've had such a crazy week, and lots of traffic/accidents causing traffic on my way home today resulted in me needing to go straight to my job instead of home to nap because there wouldn't have been time to go home and do anything but turn right around and drive the half hour to my job.

Thankfully a perk to working at a hotel is there's a lot of beds. I popped into a spare room and slept on the sofa for an hour before my shift started. That power nap and a 5 hour energy will get me through my shift tonight.

Welcome back Nicole! Hopefully "crazy" translates into a lot of fun and not only a lot of traffic.

That perk sounds like it could be way too tempting sometimes, but I'm glad you were able to get at least a little rest.

Aww well i am glad the hotel has beda then :)

There was a really big storn here last night but i slept right through it. I cant believe it lol

It's good to hear from you, Nicole! Glad you got some sleep, at least. :)

After my shift I went home and slept for 12 hours. It was glorious.

Sounds amazing, Nicole!

So there's an elderly lady who lived across the street from me - she was 80 and passed away last week. She and my neighbor, who I've gotten to know a bit, were good friends. Turns out that lady had a small dog - something like a long-haired terrier of some sort - just the kind of dog I'm looking for - and the family wants to find a home for her. My neighbor is going to see if she can contact them and see if they will let me adopt her. Wish me luck!

Aww good luck with that!

I hope it works out for you, Heidi!

aww good luck on that

Well, unfortunately for me, but probably fortunate for the dog, one of the woman's nieces decided to adopt her. I would love to have had her, but it's nice she's going with someone that she at least already knows. It might also have been confusing for her to still be in the same neighborhood but a different house. The adjustment would be much harder for the dog.

And so the search continues... :puppy:

aww :( but i am sure you will find the perfect dog for you

Sorry to hear that, Heidi. Good luck with your ongoing search.

I harvested the first crop from my garden. Just enough kale for a couple of salads - but it was really delicious. To get it any fresher, I'd have to bite it off the plants! :lol:

It's been years since I've been able to grow anything, and I just love being able to grow my own. :)

https://i.imgur.com/oLoFiYd.jpg?1

For once, my Kentucky Derby pick (War of Will) didn't come in last - or even close to last. For me, number 7 in a field of 17 is practically a win! :lol:

It was a field of 19, so even better!

Heidi the garden thing is amazing

I am SO enjoying my garden. Sometimes I go out there and it looks like the plants have grown to twice the size they were the previous day. Can't wait for some of the other things to be ready for picking.

I have slept...SO MUCH...the past few days.

My crazy couple weeks ended with the Kentucky Derby, or rather, my overnight shift right after the Kentucky Derby. I got home from that at 8am, was asleep very quickly on Sunday, and woke up at midnight. I was awake until 3am, just three hours, and then fell back asleep until 9am. I was awake until about 3pm and then was back asleep until 9:30pm. I never sleep this much. It just really caught up to me.

aww take some pics :) my mum is great at gardening. i really am not :(

and wow that sounds tough. get all the sleep you can get

Rant time about the stupidity of my health care plan.

I have anxiety. That means I can't make phone calls. I needed to get an ETA on my health card since I just had to switch plans, so my mother called just to ask how long cards take to come in.

The lady on the phone asked her for my name, address, and phone number. Then she asked for her name. Why my mother didn't just lie and say she was me I don't know, but she didn't, so they said "well we can't talk to someone that isn't her." So then I took the phone from her, said "I'm her," and they were like "okay what's your name and date of birth?" I told them, and then they told me everything.

Like I get HIPPA. But like...it wasn't a separate phone call. They weren't going to give the info from my mom, but someone else taking over the same call, then providing super basic information that any of my friends know (name and birthday) they were convinced it was me? I called them on it, and they said "oh well we go on the honor system."

Molina Health, friends. If you're worried at all about the security of your info, don't use them.

It's crazy the things they make you do for HIPPA - and after it all of it, there's still no real security around your information.

I was in one of my doctor's offices about a year ago, and as usual, a nurse led me to a room and asked me some questions which she wrote down on a form - this office still uses paper forms for a lot of their records. She tucked the form in my file, put the file on the door and walked out, leaving me alone to wait for the doctor. Only she left the computer in the office on, with the records of another patient up on the screen. I could have read anything I wanted to about this other person, probably looked up anyone else and likely changed things all around or erased things if I'd had a mind to do something like that.

When the nurse came back I mentioned it to her and suggested, very nicely I thought, that she should probably be more careful to secure the computer before leaving someone alone with it. She acted like it was no big deal. While I loved the doctors in that office, I'm glad I moved and have a whole different set of doctors now.

Que Sera, Sera Doris Day. Though you've been off screen and out of the public eye for a while, I still remember growing up with your movies and television shows.