So we were watching the new SNL...

So we were watching the new SNL on Hulu last night and it had Peter Dinklage on it.  I was like "He's so small!"  Both Shaun and Shadow looked at me like I was crazy... They were like "YOU'RE small!"  I was like "But I'm wayyy taller than he is!"  And they were like, "No, you're really not."  So we Googled it.

Y'all... I got a whopping 3 and 3/4 of an inch on him.  I had no idea.  Apparently my perception of myself is wayyy skewed.  I've seen myself in photographs and thought I looked short, but I don't feel short!  I feel "normal" - because this is the height I've been for years and almost everyone has been taller than me for my whole life.

That is so weird and it messes with my head to think about it.  😂  I don't see myself next to people all the time from an outside perspective so I totally forget until someone reminds me (which happens a lot less than it did in high school) or until I see another person about my size and hear that I'm basically the same.

It's really interesting how perception of yourself works, isn't it?

I'm home from work.

I'm home from work.  I feel like crap.  Shadow sprained his ankle at the park yesterday evening so it's been a wonderful day of him missing school, me trying to get a doctor to see him (because I know nothing about these types of injuries and also because he had to have a doctor's note for being out of school), without straight up going to the ER, which is what Medicaid seems to expect you to do.  Blegh.  (Btw, he's ok - just supposed to take it easy this weekend.  Call Monday if it isn't un-swolled.)

I'm off to take (more) Ibuprofen and maybe clean up our hangout room.  I've, um, made a mess in there.  😂  I had help, though!  My lap table had a ton of nail polish and other stuff on it and Boo Bear knocked it over while scratching his butt like an Actual Bear.  So nail polish, stamping plates, etc, are all scattered about.  I still have a box of pretties that I got around my birthday last year that I never filed away, either.  So now I'm contemplating a change.  Help me.

All of my nail polishes are grouped by brand / bottle shape.  My brain works well with that system, but most people tend to group by color.  I'm CONSIDERING doing that, but I just don't know.  It seems like a legit system - especially when you're looking for a color and you might not remember what all brands or bottle shapes you have that contain that color, but it might actually drive me crazy.  I have no idea.  But whatever I do it'll probably have to stay that way for a while because I'm about 99% sure that I topped 1000 bottles as of my birthday last year and I just don't have time for that much re-re-arranging.  Don't judge me.  😂

Suggestions?

I failed every other day this week at exercising...

I failed every other day this week at exercising (besides Sunday!), but I walked today!  Super thank you to Carol for meeting me and walking the pups.  I needed that and I know Storm was super happy to see her again.  😃

I guess I'm off to do homework while I'm awake enough to think.  Maybe I'll sleep well tonight.  I sure hope so.  I've been struggling with that all week.  😕

Almost Friday!  Woohoo!  😃

I have felt like an absolute pile of turds ALL DAY.

I have felt like an absolute pile of turds ALL DAY.

I'm not done yet.

That is all.  🙁

The dog didn’t give you pinworms.

I heard this all of my life - that my animals would give me worms. Straight from a vet's mouth - that's not how that works. Good to know! 🙂

*****

Barry G Nicholls  · Anniston, AL

Veterinary parasite tip #2: the dog didn’t give you pinworms.

I sometimes receive reports that a family member told them that their kids got pinworms from the dog. There’s no way this happened because dogs don't get pinworms. Humans get highly contagious pinworms from other humans. Pet rabbits or horses can be infected with pinworms, but even those pinworms are species-specific.

I accidentally left the gas can outside yesterday...

I accidentally left the gas can outside yesterday when I was cutting grass.  Got home to see Storm starting to play with it.  😳  I got in the house and then went outside and grabbed it.  I didn't yell at him or make any fast movements towards him like I was angry (though I did lean down and take the can) - he wasn't doing anything wrong and I wasn't mad - that was 100% my mistake.  But he cowered down and looked SO SAD.  🙁  He broke my heart a little bit.

Carol, do you know if he has been hit before?  Or if he got into things he wasn't supposed to at his old home - did they punish him harshly or yell at him?  Because that just made me too sad.  My heart hurts right now.  I just had to hug him.

Made a 90 on my Trig test!

Made a 90 on my Trig test! My average in there is an 89. I feel encouraged. 😃 Maybe I can make an A yet! 😃 😃 😃

Edited to add:  AND I just finished my graphs - all of which I feel pretty confident about. And they are beautiful! ❤