I have never liked my Dad at all
I broke one of the cats' bowls again
Lord, I hope the police will verify that if the insurance company starts squawking about a police report!
Love and support to the victims and their families, and a great deal of hope that the death toll is lower than expected. 
I hope everyone's okay!
I understand. Trust me, I understand.
I've been keeping an eye on the news. I really hope no one here lost anyone close to them in the Grenfell Tower fire. Personally, I'd appreciate it if our British contingent checked in, as and when you get the chance. The pictures on the news were horrific, and the stories I've been reading online even more so.
Margret
Thank goodness the rabies shots have changed. I heard those into the abdomen were hell. We got three painless shots about two weeks apart. No reactions to any of them, but they made us wait 30 minutes before leaving just in case. Had we shown clear evidence of a bite, we would have had to have the painful injections right at the site. The regular shots were $350 each and had we had to have the others, they would have been $750 each. Thank goodness insurance covered them. The cats had to have boosters, too, even though they were current with their shots.It's been a long time since I posted here and it looks like I have a lot to catch up on!So much has been going on for everyone!
tallyollyopia all I can say is that you have the makings of a wonderful article in all of those awful experiences. You're such a good writer and you bring each episode to life. I bet a lot of people would really relate to what you go through!
LTS3 I think you are perfectly within your rights to skip a few times at your Mom's. It might even encourage her to dial back her behavior a bit if you take a break and let her know why. My kids did this to me and although the situation was very different, it did make me take another look at how I interacted with them and to try to improve my side of things. Even if she doesn't change anything, at least you will have had a break. Every week is a lot, especially when you are working and have other things going on in your life.
Mother Dragon Ouch re: rabies shots. When I was a kid, I had to have the whole series and this was back when they gave them in the abdomen. (That's changed, I think). OMG. I can still remember the bottomless dread every time we went and the pain. Anyway, you have my sympathy!
artiemom Good luck finding a new perfect throw. I'm wondering how you're going to convince Artie that the new throw is just as good as the old one.
Also, hoping for a better day for him tomorrow.
arouetta That's a pretty awful bus ride experience. It's like you got all of the negatives in one day - not a very good introduction. It was kind of you to recognize that you were probably dealing with someone with autism rather than a garden variety creep at the bus stop although that question about living alone would still give me pause. I'm glad you are okay.
I used to work on a research farm that was a major summering spot for large numbers of Canada geese. The worst part of sharing their summer home with them was the goose poop since it tended to have a magic attraction for the underside of shoes. The geese themselves were okay. They strutted around, letting us know they owned the place, but in the many years I worked there, we never had a Goose Incident. They really are so beautiful and watching them all take off in a cacaphony of honking was pretty wonderful.
My daughter told me a way for getting burnt on stuff out of pots, and it definitely helps. Boil water in the affected pot with dish soap and either a cut up lemon or a dryer sheet.
I bought extra food so I won't have to go out. Crazy people hike in the mountains here and some have to be rescued when they get heat stroke or run out of water and can't get back down.
Ouch!
I'm glad you caught it when you did.Some places are just scary. For a cat or dog, that means places where other frightened animals have left fear scents. I.e., the vet's office and the groomer's.
Be careful about feeding deer. They're gorgeous, and it's enchanting to see them in your yard, but they're likely to destroy your garden. (They don't think of it as destruction, of course. They think of it as grazing.)
I love deer. I don't have a garden but one year I was growing some tomatoes in containers. I saw two very big deer eating some sunflower seeds in the back yard. I was thing how beautiful they were until they started heading around the side of my house where I had my tomatoes. I opened up my door and yelled at them and they took off. Nobody but nobody messes with my tomatoes.Ouch!
Some places are just scary. For a cat or dog, that means places where other frightened animals have left fear scents. I.e., the vet's office and the groomer's.
Be careful about feeding deer. They're gorgeous, and it's enchanting to see them in your yard, but they're likely to destroy your garden. (They don't think of it as destruction, of course. They think of it as grazing.)
Margret
I believe it was Garrison Keillor who observed that there are places where people only lock their doors during zucchini harvest season, because if they didn't lock their doors then they'd come home to find the kitchen all full of zucchini. But nobody ever worries that they might come home and find the kitchen full of homegrown tomatoes...
He answered the phone and crankily asked what I wanted and why I bothered to call. *Click* 
