Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Took Mama T-B. to doctor in raging monsoon,  man.

Returned her and handled Uncle T-B.'s mail, still in Skilled Noosering facility senior he man man.

 

Lunch was 2 ham sandwiches, ingest we man.

A major, tap-napping, over-zzz'd siesta was then taken, glorious man.

 

Delivered Mexico purchase to neighbor, commissioned job man.

Din-din was onejar of gefilte fish*, ingest we man.

     *from previous supermarket closeout, onejar now left for financially savvy we man

 

Tried to call TV station to learn popularity of donated ties, couldn't raise anyone man.

 

We have itineraried Many (2+2) ESs for Friday, all nicely proximal man.

However, it is supposed to monsoon yet again,  man.

No idea when or how we can mow the lawn, getting desperate man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Scintillating Friday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Friday report, see man:

 

It wasn't all that bad a Friday the Many'th, no man.

 

Took HSM at bedtime, relief from agony we man.

It worked nicely, whee and glee we man.

Partly cloudy outside, so decided to mow lawn, beat predicted rain man.

We have been exceptionally fortunate all this and last years, note we man.

Got all but about Many (2x2x2) strips done before it monsooned, luck ran out man.

(Had we not rested for 2 or Many minutes, would have finished before it man.    )

Rain-soaked pants began falling down, had to hold them up and we need to regain weight man!  

Had to guide mower with one hand through wet grass, not easy man.

Managed to finish and get mower into garage, waterlogged we man.

Mower began dripping gross puddles of stuff from its underside, bleccch man.

We threw down some paper towels, completely gross man.

Off-cooled under ceiling fan, perspirational we man.

We were so wet that miu didn't want to enlap herself, no lap-miu for we man man.

 

After showering, retrieved Mini-B. for Two Guys lunch from BK*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *bought WUOC, financially savvy we man

Had Mini-B. sit in back seat for dry garage disembarkation, prescient we man.

It monsooned again as we pulled up to the casa, wow man.

A good Two Guys mini-visit was had, Two Guys man.

Managed to return Mini-B. during lull in monsoon, fortunate we man.

Siesta'd like a dead thing thereafter, zzz we man.

 

No Friday ES-ing, timing and rain man.

No planned din-din, still stuffed from BK we man.

We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) ESs and a GS for Saturday, all but one highly proximal man.

Maybe we can hit most or all before the forecast monsoon, avoid monsoon we man.

 

Uncle T-B. might be released soon from Skilled Noosering, finally go home senior he man man.

This might be on Monday, good day for it if so man.

Mama T-B. got pain-relief doctor caucus for Wednesday next week, hopeful we & senior she man man.

Proceeds from Uncle T-B.'s matured CD are pending, finally reinvest we man.

Possible date with EJC (Exotic JC) Saturday eve, must confirm we man with EJC man.

 

Party with the rubias tonight, finally cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Friday the Many'th, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Saturday GS/ES report, see man:

19 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) ESs and a GS for Saturday, all but one highly proximal man.

We eliminated the nonproximal ES, too-tired we man man.

The GS and one ES timed out, scratch them man.

 

The remaining Many (2+1) ESs yielded the take, see man:

 -- NIP bottle rubbing-alcohol, NIP eyedrops, Many (2+2+1) warshcloths, tailor's tape = 

          $Many ($2+1), deal man

 -- NIP roll Bounty towels, roll masking-tape, mow-lawning pants = $Many ($2+1), steal man

 -- toucans chicken noodle soup, onecan Chunky soup, ~half-roll wax paper, roll duct tape = 

          $Many ($2+2), deal man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2 +2)

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man.

Began ES-ing rather late, delinquent we man.

Aldi'd afterward, provender for Two Guys week man.

Lunch was the toucans of chicken noodle soup from today's ES, ingest financially savvy we man.

A nice (until infernal lawn crews began) siesta was taken, zzz we man.

 

The penciled-in date with the EJC is postponed, too-busy we man man.

 

Ex-Mrs. T-B. invited us for din-din, invite ex-she man we man man.

Din-din was cold tilapia (?), cold rice, & potato salad, ingest we man.

She & Mini-B. wished us Happy Father's Day, wish they man.

 

Visited Uncle T-B., visit we man senior he man man.

We brought his new shirt and one new pants, bring we man.

IV antibiotics end after tomorrow in favor of oral, great sign man.

We shall caucus with the wound-care nooser and social worker re discharge, caucus we man.

 

Went to Uncle T-B.'s crib to check mail and refrigerator, monitor we man.

Trashed many more long-expired products from latter, good ever-lovin' grief man.

 

Groceried for half of what we were looking for, half-satisfied we man.

Fielded call from Mama T-B., aysheep senior she man.

We fervently hope that pain-management doc gives her some hope, agonizing senior she man man.

Din-dinned and brushed indignant miu, How Dare You Ignore Us Like This Daddy man.

 

No plans for Sunday except to caucus with Skilled Noosering personnel, no plan we man.

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Did not leave the casa all day, ensconced we man.

Lunch was onecan of Chunky soup*, ingest we man.

     *bought at Saturday's ES, financially savvy we man

An attempted siesta failed, yard crews man.  

Din-din was onecan of chunk chicken breast, ingest we man.

 

In eve, it monsooned like an illegitimate male child, build another Ark man.

When it ended, ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought Mini-B., start of Two Guys week man.

Each had a Father's Day card** for us, finally man.

     **bought last-minute at full price, financially unsavvy ex-she man

Some Nerf football was played, rousing exercise man.

 

Movie night was 2 more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Possible news from Uncle T-B.'s Skilled Noosering facility Monday, possible discharge plans man.

And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

[mam521 2,508]

On 6/12/2025 at 7:44 PM, Dashinka said:

Ok, my view of driving in India.  Been to a lot of countries, and so far India takes it as far as driving.  Lane markings are just a suggestion, no such thing as a no passing zone on a two lane roadway, shoulders are meant to be used, horns are used extensively (not in aggression apparently), and turn signals are optional.  All that and they drive on the wrong side of the road!  😂😂😂

 

Eye opening, and of course anecdotal as I have not been anywhere in Africa yet.

Far East Asia...it's kind of all over I think.  Kuala Lumpur in rush hour was...special.  

 

Interestingly, Paris, when the police suddenly shut everything down in a blink of an eye and you're in an uber - not much different!  The instantaneousness of the gridlock was impressive as much as it was infuriating.  

 

13 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

In eve, it monsooned like an illegitimate male child, build another Ark man.

How many arks are we up to because it's getting a bit ridiculous!  Had a friend arrive into town yesterday just before the rounds started.  Warned him when he was working on his pretrip packing to pack an umbrella!  

 

Currently looking at skies that are clouding over...weather app says 100% chance of rain in about 2 hours 👎

[yuna628 9,873]

Brought home the remains of the little one last week. The vet never called about picking them up, so when I called them and asked about their status the tech immediately ignored the question and started talking about money in an obnoxious way. I knew where this convo was going.. pay up or no remains. It's bizarre to me, as I've been a client for 25+ years, have always paid my bills, and the vet had personally stated that I am only one of a handful of clients considered family enough to do payment plans. The bill is a staggering amount, but I had already told them I intended to pay it in full. Rushed there immediately to pay so I could collect them. The tech never particularly liked my dog so I didn't want them in care of his remains for any longer.

 

No idea what I will do with the rest of his belongings. Haven't the heart to move them without weeping. We did manage to get over to the shelter to donate the large remainder of his food. Hopefully there's some other special needs dog out there that can use it.

 

Dad's in the hospital again with some hospital acquired infection so I've been busy scrubbing everything I can. *sigh*

[Ban Hammer 14,271]

2 hours ago, yuna628 said:

Brought home the remains of the little one last week. The vet never called about picking them up, so when I called them and asked about their status the tech immediately ignored the question and started talking about money in an obnoxious way. I knew where this convo was going.. pay up or no remains. It's bizarre to me, as I've been a client for 25+ years, have always paid my bills, and the vet had personally stated that I am only one of a handful of clients considered family enough to do payment plans. The bill is a staggering amount, but I had already told them I intended to pay it in full. Rushed there immediately to pay so I could collect them. The tech never particularly liked my dog so I didn't want them in care of his remains for any longer.

 

No idea what I will do with the rest of his belongings. Haven't the heart to move them without weeping. We did manage to get over to the shelter to donate the large remainder of his food. Hopefully there's some other special needs dog out there that can use it.

 

Dad's in the hospital again with some hospital acquired infection so I've been busy scrubbing everything I can. *sigh*

if you bury him, perhaps bury the toys with him so he can play with them in heaven - which is where all dogs go.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

10 hours ago, mam521 said:

it's getting a bit ridiculous

More than a bit, si and  mam ma'am.

10 hours ago, mam521 said:

Many00% chance of rain in about 2 hours

Weather app P-Math error precised, see and si and  mam ma'am.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

8 hours ago, yuna628 said:

Brought home the remains of the little one last week.

This is the second-hardest part of the process, si and sigh Y ma'am.

Hardest is leaving the office after euthanasia with an empty carrier, cry man.

6 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

bury the toys with him so he can play with them in heaven

Charles is exactly right about this, si Y ma'am.

 

We read a newspaper column (unfortunately, not saved) many years ago in which the author speculated about Heaven.  His first line was, "In Heaven, every pet that you ever had in your life comes running to meet you."  Consider that, si and hugs Y ma'am.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man:

 

Some big news, si man.

 

Breakfast was 2 hard-boiled eggs, good thing ingest we man.

Many (2+1) hours spent helping Mama T-B. go non-aysheep about her magnified crises, spend we man.

Rush to casa to prep Two Guys lunch (PB&J sandwiches), ingest Two Guys man.

 

Rush right out (in monsoon) to Uncle T-B.'s Skilled Noosering facility, rush monsooned we man.

Caucus for a full hour with social worker, arrange discharge she man.

Unbeknownst to us, Uncle T-B.'s Medicare $ ran out as of Monday, surprise man.  

He will be discharged Tuesday for $Many00, extra day man.  

We don't see why we should have to pay for their negligence, no man.  

We took all nonessential stuff out of his room, ease the discharge chaos man.

Anyway, we will retrieve Uncle T-B. midmorning, probably in monsoon man.

And one pants (new) and several undershirts (new) are nowhere to be found, no man.  

 

Returned to casa to requests for din-din, request Mini-B. & miu man.

Din-din was nuked corn and hamburger steaks in gravy, ingest Two Guys man.

A dead-to-world siesta was then taken, blessed zzz we man.

 

We bribed Mini-B. to deliver our trunkful of Uncle T-B.'s stuff to his crib, in advance of arrival man.

We also briefly groceried to give Uncle T-B. something fresh to snack on, long time away man.

The bribe was Mini-B.'s bag of limón-flavored potato cheaps, bribe we man wee man man.

Mini-B. openly sneered at our price-comparisons, "why not just take the first one you see, Dad" man.

He further told us that it was "stupid" to look for store-brand cheaps, even if cheaper man.

We tried to explain that saving other people money was proper and courteous, si man.

We further explained that saving $2 now preserved $2 for something else wanted later, si man.

Mini-B. called us "stingy," afraid he'll learn the hard way in very early adult life man.

We solicit ideas on how to educate him before it's too late, contribute freely please man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. wanted to talk with us, yak ex-she man.

She and the Rojo have broken up, bye Rojo man!

The Rojo & daughters didn't want to go to Ecu next month, change-of-heart man.

The Rojo also got a tyrannical new boss and fears losing his job, understandable man.

He wants to be by himself, typical guy reaction man.

And he had just bought a new casa for everyone to move into, blended family man (!).

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. said, "Here's your key and here's your ring," bye man.

She retrieved the clothes et al. that she'd already moved into the new casa, retrieve ex-she man.

She will stay in her current casa, proximal to us man.

She didn't sound too super-broken-up about it, philosophical ex-she man.

This was something like a Many-year ([2+2+1]-year) relationship, good grief man.

We will monitor her emotional state as it pertains to Mini-B., monitor we man.

 

Movie night was 2 more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man.

Two bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This makes half a Manyzen for the week already, quota seemingly to be smashed man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Tuesday-on-Wednesday report, see man:

 

Breakfast for us was 2 hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man.

Breakfast for Mini-B. was 2 corn dogs, ingest wee man.

 

Up-cleaned miu-barf, gastrically prolific miu man.  

Got to Skilled Noosering facility on time for Uncle T-B.'s discharge, punctual we man.

Noosering consultation was thorough and efficient, a model for other places to follow man.

Uncle T-B. missing one pants & some undershirts, mistakenly taken by laundry man (?).

 

Got Uncle T-B. home & inside, relieved senior he man.

Loaded his pill-caddy with stuff from Noosering facility, load we man.

Went to lunchroom to retrieve him a lunch, retrieve we man.

Upon return, Uncle T-B. was fiddling with his electric scooter, good grief man.

His lunch got cold while we took down the item information for a new charger,   man.

We managed to extricate ourself, self-extricate we man.

 

Retrieved a lunch for Mama T-B., retrieve we man.

Mama T-B. engrossed in irritating Many-page questionnaire from Pain doctor,  senior she man man.

Many questions in there are truly stoopid,       man.

We managed to extricate ourself, self-extricate we man.

 

Returned to the casa, return exhausted we man man.

Mini-B. gaming with an amigo, delay lunchtime man.

We bought Uncle T-B. a Many-year CD at Many.Many% -- si man, Many.Many% -- interest, financially $avvy we man.

Lunch for Mini-B. was onecan of Chef B. S+Ms, ingest wee man.

Lunch for us was onecan of Chef B. mac & cheese*, ingest we man.

     *bought Many months ago on supermarket dented-can closeout, financially savvy we man

A deep siesta was then taken, zzz we man.

 

About a minute into the siesta, ex-Mrs.-T-B. called, call ex-she man we man man.

She sounded a bit shaky about her up-breaking with the Rojo, rattled ex-she man man.

We told her that everything happens for a reason, accepted by ex-she man man.

She will take Mini-B. to lunch on Wednesday, lunch ex-she man wee man man.

 

Din-din was breaded chicken fingers in honey-mustard, nuked mixed vegetables, & lemon cake, all from Aldi ingest Two Guys man.

No chica would ever consider such a din-din, culinarily ingenious we man.   

 

After din-din, we retrieved Uncle T-B.'s 2 'scripts and delivered them, retrieve & deliver we man.

Uncle T-B. seemed fairly cogent, hope he complies with hygiene man.

We extricated ourself rather efficiently, self-extricate we man.

 

Movie night was more Breaking Bad episodes, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This makes Many (2x2x2 +2) for the week, quota met already man.

 

And it didn't rain all day, imagine that man!   

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Must take Mama T-B. to Pain doc on Wednesday afternoon, last real hope for senior she man man.

No other plans for Wednesday, no plan we man man.

And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Edited June 18 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Wednesday-on-Thursday report, see man:

 

The day began with our only smile, see man:

We man:  Wake up, si wee man!  It's noon, si man!

Mini-B. (sleeping):  Oh, ####, zzz man.

 

Lunch was PB&J sandwiches, ingest Two Guys man.

 

Left to take Mama T-B. to Pain doctor, leave we man.

Mama T-B. more immobile on walker than ever, excruciating man.

Infernal doctor pretty much blew her off,   man.

Got her back after Many (2+1) hours, completely spent senior she (and we) man man.

What a waste,   man.

 

Mini-B. was with ex-Mrs.-T-B. during this time, non-Two Guys afternoon man.

She fed him a late lunch, 2 p.m. man.

 

At Many (2+2+2 + half-of-half an hour) p.m., we were called by Mama T-B.'s crib person, call he man we man.

"Mama T-B. fell and I had to call the EMTs to lift her up, si man.  She isn't hurt, no man."

(Such calls are informational, si man.)

We called Mama T-B., call senior she man we man.

She had slid off her computer chair and caught herself before a serious fall, rug-burn only man.

However, she was now on her sofa (gracias to EMT) and couldn't stand up, no man.

We offered to bring her BK, offer we man.

We and Mini-B. set right out, immediacy man.

Din-din was BK*, ingest Two Guys and senior she man man.

     *bought WUOCs, financially savvy we man

 

Mama T-B. tried to stand up on her own, fruitless man.

We tried for one solid hour to get her up, many fruitless attempts man.

Finally, she said that she ought to go to Emergency, sigh man.

It took a solid half-hour to get her packed, meticulous instructions man.  

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. collected Mini-B., si man.

We followed the EMTs to the hospital, si man.

By now it was close to midnight, si man.

 

Mama T-B. expressed her orthopedic issues, a great many man.

Routine bloodwork indicated cardiac troponin levels of Many00, heart-attack level man.  !!?

We stayed until nearly Many (2+2) a.m., no reason to stay further man.

They will admit her for observation for now, si man.

They will of course concentrate on the cardiac issues, big surprise with all that man.

We doubt that they will deal substantively with the orthopedic issues,   man.

We don't know what will happen when/if she gets out, sigh man.

 

Miu was frantically hungry, feed miu we man.

We will probably get less than Many hours of sleep, texts/calls sure to pour in man.

No party with the rubias tonight, obviously no cavort we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report and   we man.

[TBoneTX 47,503]

Mama T-B. still hanging out in Emergency, no beds man.

Expecting cardiac & ortho consults today, caucus man.

Shall lunch Mini-B. & ourself, then head over, plan we man.

[Ontarkie 14,947]

Oh man Tbone how scary.  Thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom.