I've tried to start this thread multiple times, but I don't really have anything interesting to say. I walked to work again today, but I feel that's in the "yeah, so what?" range now.
Good day, all. Day two of training the new peeps... they still seem happy. I'm betting this won't last long. Now let's just see if we can get Mikey to STFU and let the rest of us take over with the training class.
Otherwise, just another beautiful day in the neighborhood. Presently 67* and sunny. Looking for a high in the mid 80's and hopefully no rain.
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As you may have seen on today's photo, we just had a thunderstorm roll through. We're supposed to be prime for more weather today and a friend on FaceBook said she saw an armored tornado vehicle in town as she was going to work.
I got the broken part of my tree down, cut up, and loaded so I can haul it to the tree dump on my way home for lunch.
The boy has his first baseball game tonight - weather permitting.
There is a new robot battle show on the Science channel called "Killer Robots" hosted by Grant of "Mythbusters". The show concept is not new as "Robot Wars" and "Battle Bots" were way ahead of this one, but it's still fun to watch the destruction. Anyway, one of the robot builders ("Team Toad") lives in Texas now, but his mother lives just down the street from us. Kinda cool to see someone on TV and be able to say "Hey, I know his mom."
Good for you, Mz! I think it's great that you've been walking to work. *high five*
All I want is to live my life on the down low, but my kids just keep trying to make it interesting for me Today in the life of DS -- Jacob has not been taking his meds (he doesn't know I know -- I counted the pills last night). Today he is going to the Marine Corp physical -- Of course, the services don't enlist those on meds for depression, much less phychosis, but he will have to find out his way. This morning, I discovered that Isaac has been throwing his fish oil capsules in the trash!
I feel like the clown at the carnival over the water tank.
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Oh goodness, DS! Next you'll have to wrap the pills in peanut butter, shove them down the boys' throats, hold their mouths closed, and blow in their faces to get them to swallow. My advice is to wrap them in a towel first and give them a treat afterwards. ;)
Some days are more stressful than others and I want to just lose it. But I'll take any good day that comes along. I was joking with THE MAN that maybe I would do just that -- lose it -- so I could have a mini-vacation at the nuthouse.
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
Morning all. As I was about to get into the car this morning I saw something move in the grass out of the corner of my eye. I followed up on it and it turned out to be a baby turtle. And it was a real turtle, not a box turtle. That is not something I really see at my house. I don't know exactly where he came from. It would seem like such a long trip to get to the creek for such a little guy. I wanted to pick him up and take care of him but I don't know much about turtles. I do know that he was out of his element. But I left him be and went off to work. Maybe I should have saved him and given him to someone I know has a turtle in a tank. I could just pick him up, give him some water and lettuce and leave him confined all day though. I fear that he will not survive long.
Anyway, work on.
-- Edited by confuzzed on Wednesday 1st of June 2011 10:01:05 AM
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Actually Fuzzy, you did the second best thing by leaving him be.
The best thing would've been to take him to a safe place at the closest water system, like the creek. Taking him into captivity would probably be the worst thing you could've done.
Turtles are harder to take care of than you expect. They need a big tank and lots of filtration and a place to get out of the water and bask, they are omnivores so you'd feed him both lettuce (though something more nutritious than iceberg) and something like earthworms, and they live about 20 years. And once they are in captivity, you can't release them back into the wild because they can spread disease.
I wanted to take him to the creek but didn't really have the time. And, like I said, I didn't want to leave him in my house all day alone and scared. If I see him when I get home I will help him get to the creek.
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Now let's just see if we can get Mikey to STFU and let the rest of us take over with the training class. 
Today in the life of DS -- Jacob has not been taking his meds (he doesn't know I know -- I counted the pills last night). Today he is going to the Marine Corp physical -- Of course, the services don't enlist those on meds for depression, much less phychosis, but he will have to find out his way. This morning, I discovered that Isaac has been throwing his fish oil capsules in the trash! 
