It didn’t used to be like this. I never worried about getting shot. Now I do. There is an unusual person at my gym. He is a young man maybe in his 30’s. I thought he had a form of … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Worry
It almost happened again
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The background: I have quirks. (I know you are stunned!) I don’t like to see suffering and I’m partial to animals. I have a soft spot (some say it’s in my head but I think it’s in my heart). It’s … Continue reading
What would you do?
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I was waiting for my mocha latte inside Starbucks earlier this week and a guy walked in. He looked very Middle Eastern. That wasn’t the scary part. We have a lot of local people who immigrated from Syrian 30 years … Continue reading
Some more odds and ends
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It doesn’t matter that you “know” something in your head, the heart with its “feelings center” can overrule you. I had my annual cancer checkup this week. I had breast cancer over 13 years ago. Checkups always make me nuts. … Continue reading
Sassy cats — Miss Cha-Ching update or the angst of it all
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New cat Gracie was sick. She went from running 60 miles an hour to “down for the count” in a nano second. It was longer except that I didn’t initially notice it. Cats are not whiners. When they are sick, … Continue reading
The worry warrior
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Some people don’t care about much. I wish I was one of them. I care about a lot of stuff. Some of it is valid — who will take care of my cats if they outlive me — but most is … Continue reading
Observations on this and that
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My cat Mollie got caught in a mechanical recliner lift this week. Fortunately I was able to stop it immediately and reverse. She lost a large chunk of fur but was ok. Nothing broken. I, however, was not good. That … Continue reading
Dust in the wind
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The wind is very eerie. It reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe and all his disturbing stories. Dreary and drab and sad and scary. Birds, ticking clocks (or was that a heart?). All bad stuff. Some regions routinely get wild … Continue reading
Poor Mollie — For Animal Lovers
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Yesterday, sweet Mollie cat went in for dental surgery. I am not good at that sort of thing. I took her food away at midnight as instructed. When I did my potty run at 3 a.m., she was all chipper … Continue reading
One neurotic chick
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We went away for three days. Yes, three days. What a production. It wasn’t like throwing clean underwear in a bag (like when I was in my 20s). First I had to pack up old cat Jake, who went to … Continue reading