June 23rd 2023 Random Ramblings

The landlords' repair guy I mentioned last week came near the start ofthe time slot he gave us, and he wasn’t here long, so he had been and gone bythe time last week’s post actually went live, but not with enough time for meto come in and edit the post.

 

It turned out one of the issues we could have dealt with ifwe’d known what to look for: we thought the heater in my craft room/office wasn’tworking.  But it turned out it was onlyturned off (though why it was turned off we have no idea).  But, hey, the person doing the inspection on behalf of the landlord didn't figure it out either, so at least it wasn't just us.

 

We hadn’t noticed that it wasn't working before this past Winter, because it wasmore a storage space than a functioning room for most of the first two years wewere here, but I definitely noticed this past Winter when I was in thereregularly.  All Winter I’d been making dowithout it, making use of blankets whenever it got cold enough in there that Ineeded to do something to keep warm while working in my room, and learning itwas for nothing was both funny and frustrating – especially frustrating.

 

I’d checked, and thought I’d found and tried all the knobsthat controlled whether it’s on and how high. Apparently I’d missed one I didn’t know to look for, because it was onthe opposite side to the rest, and not so easily spotted.  Now that one is turned to the “on” position,my heater works.  Not that I need itright now, since it’s been pretty hot most days (though thankfully cooled down a bit after we had some rainstorms at the start of the week). But at least I’ll be able to make use of it when the cold weather comesthis Winter.

 

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My Mam came out of hospital Friday evening.

 

They had things to the point where there wasn’t reallyanything they could do at the hospital that couldn’t be done either at home orvia outpatient appointments, so didn’t see the point in keeping her in thehospital any longer.  I’m sure I don’tneed to tell you how happy she was to get to go home, even if she does need people coming in every day to help her do things she can no longer manage for herself, which I know she finds frustrating.

 

Hopefully she won’t end up back in hospital again anytime soon.

 

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Because of my Mam's health, and what an energetic pup he is, itwas decided that Cai should be re homed.  So,the woman who had been taking care of him while Mam was in hospital this secondtime has him.  She's a friend of a friend.  The woman was given the optionof keeping Cai, or us re homing him elsewhere, and she decided to keep him.  I hope he gives her many happy years of companionship.

 

Izabel went back to my Mam though, since Izi is more manageable.  She was picked up on Saturday, shortly before lunch time, by one of the people currently helping my Mam.  Izi was very happy to see her Mami again.

 

I think Lilie kind of misses Izi, since the two of them werebecoming great friends.  But Logan is definitelyglad Izi has gone home.  I'm sure he's glad not to have her joining forces with Lilie to gang up on him.  Plus, he shares my feelings about keeping socializing to smaller groups as much as possible.  He did a sort of doggy happy dance when she left, and then stretched out on the bed for a long nap.  LOL!

 

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Lilie and Logan have a vet appointment on Monday (June 26th)at 3:45pm and 4:00pm respectively.  Don’tworry.  It should just be a smoothroutine visit; it’s time for their annual shots and health checks, that’s all.

 

Normally we’d get a ride from one of my parents, or pay fora taxi, but with neither of them driving right now for various reasons, we’retrying a new transport scheme for disabled and low income people that’srecently started up around here, which will be a lot cheaper than the taxiwould have been (which is one of the main points of having the scheme, theother being help with transport for disabled and elderly people).

 

I like the fact it's an option for more than just those of us with disabilities, since most places with schemes like this will only take people who don't come under the disabled or elderly labels if they happen to be traveling with someone who does.

 

It sounds like a great scheme, so I hope it’s as good as itsounds, since it will come in handy for us a lot if it is.

 

It should be fine though, since it was recommended by myAunt Bev (who mans their phones sometimes, was the person who gave my Dad thenumber to give to us, and also happened to be the person who answered the phoneto me when I called to learn more about it) as well as a family friend namedLaura who I’ve known since childhood (who is related to the guy who runsit).  Ah, the joys of living in arelatively rural village where it seems like everyone either knows or is relatedsomehow to everyone else.  LOL!

 

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My spoon reserves are still pretty low from the events of the past couple of months, but I did manage toget some rest time in during the past couple of days, which helped a little.  Just as well really, since I’m one of the peoplewho have been chosen to host for the virtual parts of the ACB’s 2023 convention,starting with the virtual only portion that’s currently going on, andcontinuing throughout the first week of July with the hybrid convention.

 

So, if I’m slow replying to comments, visiting blogs, etc,it’s because I’ll be resting when I can between hosting assignments, since I’mpretty sure I’ll need to if I’m going to  make sure I have the energy to do them well.