For the boy

The look of pleasure with a new toy.

Close up of manly grill cleaning.

I have to work tomorrow, yes these degenerates are working on Memorial Day because they make triple time. I am just thankful there should be no nasty meeting. So here is hoping for an easy day. Especially as I have to plan a route around all the parades and memorials. We are big on that here in the Pointes. And have to remember to put the flag out.

This cat is hilarious. She is so pretty and playful and social. She even lets me pick her up and carry her around on her back for a bit. When I start kissing her like a dog she does object. She loves to lay on her back and have me rub her belly and her throat. Then she grabs my arm and acts like she is catching me. Very gentle little nips.

The harness is not working out real well. Big Daddy left it on her so she could get used to it this morning and she came in to see me with the stupid thing around here waist like it was a fashion item. She very patiently waited until I got if off and we told BD, nope. Only when she is actually going for a harness walk. Which may be never.

About 6 weeks to Curly, cannot wait.

Shingles Update

Love these more than I thought I would. They last a long time.

Well we are now down to a dull throb once in a while so they pain is eased considerably. It is still ugly and a little itchy. Today is my first day working with no Aleve and no Zyrtec and so far okay. The funny thing is my face is completely cleared up. I get rosecea and it shows up during stress (like the shingles) and whatever meds I am on worked on that too. I am thinking the steroids.  I still fatigue easily which brings up bitch number one.

 My boss decides to come to the plant and pick up some parts, quite an armful really. He calls me when he gets here to tell me his badge won't work. So now I know he never set foot in the plant when I was out. Then I had to carry the parts out to him, and I was whipped. When I got home he called and first asked how I was, I told him very tired. He said me too. WTF.

Then he proceeds to ask me questions about the shit we just talked and texted about for the last hour.

Then his boss calls me to ask the same stupid questions. WTF.

We have the cat harness so this should be fun, but Big Daddy is in Mexico so I won't be for a few days.

This will be my first time taking care of both the animals alone and I am not sure how this is gonna work. Zoey cat is much more demanding of food and attention than Sammy Dog. She was watching me get ready this morning and started demanding some attention and I told her mommy is not a morning person.

They might be working this Memorial Day and I will be stuck with it if they do. Can't wait to find out.

Progress, thank God for good insurance.

It was so cold and wet I did not get pics of the glorious bulbs that bloomed. We had a lot of blooms.

They just named the new bridge to Canada the Gordie Howe Bridge. Canada really does not want the Ambassador bridge family to continue in any way in the bridge business. They are paying for the bridge, the customs plaza and now named it after the most beloved hockey player in Detroit. Wow. Gordie was a Canadian, so a win-win.

The new meds seem to be working, still painful as hell but it looks like the swelling is going down and it is turning all colors and looks to be drying up. Wow. If it is at all possible get the Shingles Vaccine. This "disease" or whatever it is called is a bitch and a half.

Another symptom of the Shingles is confusion. Yep, I was very blond. Told my doc I felt like I took a stupid pill. That is clearing up also.

Punkin Head was sending us a harness for the cat and I hope it gets here soon. She wants outside so bad she can't stand it. Big Daddy got her toy, it is like a yellow sheet with a ball that rotates underneath and she loves it. We put it out in the morning when she wants to play and we have not had coffee. That is the only time she gets it. I do the laser pen at night and she loves that too. She is not that great with the fishing pole but that may be my fault as I have not practiced enough with her.

Time for another nap.