It was 35 degrees this morning. Yikes.
So far, I’ve spent this, my second day off in a row, going to the grocery, debating some wingnuts on the Psychotic Farmers Forum (yeesh!), and painting and caulking.
In an hour, The Termite Dude is coming. He’s merely checking termite traps, but I’m going to ask him if he has any of the environmentally sound solutions available. In this part of the world, you have to treat for termites, or else.
Fingers crossed, I’ll finally finish painting the living room tonight! Courage, biscuit!!
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12:10: I check the forum chock full of profession trolls to see if they’ve taken my bait of trolling a homesteading forum full of troll wannabes. I then rush to the homesteading forum full of troll wannabes to see if they’ve been trolled yet by the dot army.
I try to tell myself I really should be over such immaturity, but it doesn’t work.
12:24: I resume caulking.
1:06: Termite dude arrives early …
1:26: Termite dude leaves, but not before informing me termite system I have is already nontoxic.
1:27: I change back into disgustingly smelly painting clothes and make a strong cup of coffee.
What kind of nontoxic termite thingie do you have?
Exterra. I don’t know if it’s the borax-y kind, but I do know the Holistic Pest Control dude I knew a few years ago said environmentally friendly systems were getting ready to be widely available.
1:31: I suddenly realize Termite dude was flirting with me in a very non-player kind of way. I immediately begin tallying up how long it would take me to get those french doors and new cabinet doors in the kitchen if Termite dude and I hook up.
1:32: I chastise myself for having such materialistic thoughts, The reptilian mind part of me begins sulking because it can’t have what it wants.
1:35: Damn! I’m getting my typical Aztecan aura that always precedes a migraine for me. I rush to bathroom to throw up and take boiling hot bath to stop migraine in its tracks.
Oooh! Migraines are nasty. I hope it wasn’t your sexy reptilian brain and materialistic thoughts that brought it on.
I always found strong coffee helps to ward off migraines, if I could drink it dowh during the aura.
I always thought my auras were Mayan. What is it about pre-Columbiain art forms? Are they embedded in our collective brains?
Thankfully for me, no migraines (knock on wood) since menopause.
I hope you feel better soon, dear biscuit
Yes! Very strong coffee zaps them!
I should have realized one was coming on this morning because the sun was making my eyes hurt.
Fortunately, I think I’ve vanquished it …
Caffeine works, oddly enough, because it it is a vasoconstrictor. So is Sudafed, which explains why the combination is my sure-fire secret migraine remedy discovered by me some 30 years ago.
At the time, the theory was that migraines were caused by blood vessels in and near the brain slamming shut, so doctors always told me that A) there was no scientific way caffeine+Sudafed could possibly work, and B) the pain relief was therefore obviously all in my head. (Well, duh. That’s where migraines hurt.)
Since then the whole lovely prostaglandin theory of pain has emerged. Seems that the migraine pain is actually caused by prostaglandin release when those slammed-shut blood vessels relax and start to open again. So if you pinch ‘em back down again, the prostaglandins aren’t released and your migraine eventually gets better.
Of course, your blood pressure goes up temporarily from the pseudoephedrine, but it’s a small price to pay, in my opinion.
Oops, I sound like Doc.
biscuit, feel better soon.
Oh, I’m fine now. A little post-almost-having-a-migraine tipsy, but the combination of throwing up (because it’s always something I’ve eaten that triggers them, I suppose) boiling hot bath and strong coffee always zaps them.
Aura gone, no headache …
Now back to considering matrimony with the termite dude.
(heh. I originally wrote “matrimoney.” Channeling Dr. Freud.)
Zee reptilian mind eez a treecky mind.
Argh. It’s not Exterra. It’s an Exterra systen, but it’s something else.
I’ll call them Monday to find out.
3:06: Throwing caution to the wind, I take the dogs for a ride on the sofa. Mayhem erupts,
3:08: Having fulfilled my evil mission of disrupting the dogs’ naps, I return to caulking.
“Ride on the sofa?”
visions of the couch being pulled around the room by a miniature John Deere tractor
More like the couch being pushed around the room by me.
3:59: I spend several minutes cursing Dutch Boy for having not only the worst paint ever, but the ugliest semi-gloss brilliant white in the world.
4:00: I become chagrined when I realize this is what I get for grabbing pant out of the bargain bin at the local lumber yard. I decide to focus my energy on getting a pressure washer and finding the water cut off valve for the outbuildings before winter arrives.
4:02: I suddenly realize my requisite Day After Tomorrow dvd is gone. I cannot survive winter monsoons and ice storms without it. I plot on a way to get it without paying shipping fees.
4:44: I am stricken by visions of a lovely baked potato drenched in garlic, olive oil, Bragg Liquid Aminos, perhaps a touch of my frozen basil, a mountain of freshly ground black pepper and maybe even some yogurt.
4:46: I scurry into the kitchen and begin rooting around.
My darling biscuit – in between Termite Dude, Dutch Boys, your reptilian brain and tormenting the dogs, how do you ever get any painting/caulking done at all?
I rather like your approach to otherwise unpleasant tasks – breaking them up into palatable morsels, however.;)
The Baked Potato sounds nice, though. What are Bragg Liquid Aminos? Other than not knowing what that is, the potato sounds yummy-noms!
I love Bragg Liquid Aminos. I’ve been using it for so long, I don’t even remember when I first discovered it. It’s a bit soy sauce-y, but not really – much milder and a great addition to savory dishes. Also great for salad dressings.
I wonder sometimes how I get anything done, too.
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