@RamenCatholic I'm headed to my local dispensary tonight actually! We have 2 chains but I'm going to the unionized local one.

Watching "Stephen King's Silver Bullet" on Tubi. It's from 1985 and has a bunch of stars: Laurence Tierney, Gary Busey (before the traumatic brain injury), Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables), and Corey Haim.

Got my first birthday present from @Tom_Artist !! IYKYK #spaceballs #SpaceballsTheHashtag

For those outside the US. please remember, only about 1/3 of the voting age population voted for this president. About 1/3 of us voted for Harris. And 1/3 didn't or couldn't vote.

I live in a Dem heavy city in a Republican state. We are marching, we are calling our representatives and senators, we are boycotting, we are doing all the things we can to change this. So please don't paint us all with the same brush. Please don't say "USians believe..." because we don't. Please don't say "Red states..." because we aren't a cohesive "red" in any state.

Thanks, from a blue dot in a blue city in a red state in the US.

@RamenCatholic Yes! It's a great feeling.

@RamenCatholic I use a backpack, and I wore my fleece jacket this morning, so I can shove it in the backpack with my travel coffee mug and lunch Tupperware. It should *just* fit. 🎒

@RamenCatholic It fits!!

@RamenCatholic No wonder I'm overheating in my office! Today's high was supposed to 40F, so I dressed for it with leggings. I just checked, and here in Ohio it's 52F! Guess I need to pack my jacket as I won't be wearing it on the commute home. 🥵

@TheBreadmonkey I think @RamenCatholic has that covered

@RamenCatholic ikr!?! Like I was just surfing a few days ago then I realize that it's been 30 years since I've been on a surfboard! How the hell is that possible!?!?!?

Watching my first Hammer Horror: Lust for a Vampire.

@nora always return your library books, even if late, even if they've billed you. We just want the book back and have leeway in waiving fines.

@bmacDonald94 both of these are excellent books. I've read Confederacy of Dunces several times, one of the few books I've reread multiple times.

Can yinz send some healing juju my way? My Achilles is at a level 9 pain today (my level 10 is spinal fusion surgery, so you know shits bad).

@FlashMobOfOne we wanna watch it but are forced to watch the Bengals. Ugh.

We got a postcard today reminding us to vote from a lovely person named Ana. Thank you Ana, we're voting Blue on Monday!

Hubby of course threw the postcard out before I could take a pic. Ah well.
#Ohio

@BalooUriza I have a friend who live near this last Kmart. She goes there to shop just because she wants it to survive.

If you're interested in live weather maps, this website shows the current conditions of Hurricane Milton. https://www.windy.com/?26.611,-80.174,5,i:pressure

Household Covid update:

I tested negative Thursday, Friday, and this evening. Hubby still tested positive Friday and his symptoms have worsened so I've taken over the master bedroom except for meals that we share in the living room with the window wide open. He's sleeping on the air mattress in the studio. We did watch football together today with both of us masked and the window wide open.

I go back to work tomorrow where I'm masked so that should be fine. The test is to see if I can make it through the day. I'm up to it mentally but physically I'm not sure.

We're interviewing a candidate tomorrow at work and I'm scheduled to be at the interview dinner, so that will be a long day. There is outdoor seating at the restaurant so I'm hoping that having another unmasked in a public setting being forced on me doesn't backfire.

@matthewlittleNC @fatbot I have a torn Achilles right now, a year after injury I'm finally seeing a surgeon. Why? The original orthopedist said diet and exercise will cure the pain as it's just from being fat. For 6 months I was walking daily on a torn Achilles before she sent me for an MRI. When the MRI showed the tear, she finally gave me an orthopedic boot and sent me to an ankle specialist.

Working with the ankle specialist, the first thing he said was "I see your record. This is an overuse injury, not an injury from being fat." For 6 months I was making it worse!

This is the care I get for being fat. No amount of exercise is going to fix a torn Achilles!