Lyn's Licks & Laughs...with alter egos Bobbie Cole & Sunny

moving, muscles, mayhem

Have moved. Just haven't finished moving. Internet, cable, all that jazz come on Tuesday. Yesterday the new dining table, chairs, and kids' new bed arrived. I've discovered muscles I didn't know I had, while others are rebeling and letting me know how pissed off they are.

Right now am Dudley sitting for Carol (God bless that woman for rescuing me today/tonight) while she's at a ballgame. I have a promise to get a book in to an editor, and it wasn't happening at home, so I'm working on it tonight and tomorrow morning until C arrives. Then Jackie is kidnapping me - lol. Have I mentioned that I adore my friends???

What I have learned...a new appreciation for those who work fast food. They've kept us afloat the past couple of weeks. I've learned that my legs are still useful, that I CAN climb stairs (over and over)...I just can't carry anything heavy, and I tend to fall (that balance thing that comes with head injuries). BUT...I can grab a box of books or clothes and do the "old lady with the walker" thing getting them up those flights of stairs. Hoist box a couple of steps ahead of me, climb using box as the walker. And so on...

I can also rig up a makeshift closure for a fence that isn't fixed yet so that I don't have to take the dogs out on a leash any more. That 'driving a team of horses' thing was kinda wearing on me. Was beginning to feel like Charlton Heston with chariot and horses in Ben Hur. Didn't realize I was losing weight until my jeans dropped to my ankles when I coughed once. Ack. Broad friggin' daylight while in the garage waiting on a repairman who took care of the front part of the fence. (I took care of one corner of the back.)

Have had Taco Bueno till I'm turning avacado green and my kidneys hate me.

Got on internet at Carol's tonight and cleaned out the mailbox. Thanks to those of you who haven't sent me a ton of mail. A pox on those who have. (just kidding...well, maybe a mild case of rash)

On the good side, I have an office again! YAY!!! And what books I'll read within the next month (if all goes as planned) will go on the big new bookcase while others slumber in the closet. Not having them all out there again collecting dust. Daughter-in-law loaned me her laptop for the weekend (mine crapped out...the LED/monitor went kablooey).

To those who know how grave my dad's health situation was during the move, he's better. For the phone calls I've missed...sorry, phone is acting up and I don't always hear it ring. Have to keep an eye on the red light that alerts me I missed a call, damn it. The Kids are fine, except had to go to an emergency care clinic with DIL whose ankles and legs are swelling from being on them and working such long hours even during the move than afterwards at night cleaning out the old place.

Till next time...hugs...thanks for caring and popping in here while I've been gone.
~ Sunny Lyn

posted by Bobbie (Sunny) Cole @ 9:49 PM 4 comments

moving sucks

'nuff said?

less than a week...yay...(groan)

no smoking. have a writers' meeting I'm in charge of on Saturday. moving day is Saturday - lol. house is a total wreck. dogs are losing fur every time they meander the path to the back door. kids are grouchy as hell. all I'd need is for Mother Nature to visit, but there'd be a big star in the east since no ute since 1997. but then I'm looking for a miracle of some sort this week. that, of course, would be a disaster, no? don't need any more of those.

coffee pot is on the fritz, has to be cleaned with vinegar most likely, to remove residue, mineral build-up. ants invaded...and kids blame the houseplants. uh, no, but might be that the freakin' dishes need to be done instead of sitting in the sink, and trash needs to be bagged and hauled out. doh. (when's the last time YOU saw an ant carry an aloe vera to his hole rather than food?)

beer...bourbon, backrub, Calgon, something...please, carry me awaaaaaaaaay.

posted by Bobbie (Sunny) Cole @ 10:32 AM 6 comments