Oh, painkiller!
You’ve set me free,
Oh, 650mg, aspirin-free!
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Today we shopped at Petco to replenish the food for our parakeets. While shopping, I kept whistling to the lone parrot in his glass enclosure. He had made a “sexy” whistle earlier. Later we watched the finches and baby parakeets. They stopped and looked at us. All the while, I kept whistling to the parrot until I couldn’t hear him near the cash registers.
Then we bought two pairs of shoes from Payless next door. It was buy one pair, get second pair half-priced. I Paw bought his “dressy-looking” slip-on and found the same, normal-looking-for-work, black shoew for work! Then we drove a short distance to the Michael’s store to get Maw’s “eggplant-colored” yarn. My vest is almost done.
Afterwards, I had taken a nap until I got up to see 2:11pm on my atomic clock. I then browsed oniine for another hour and went downstairs, expecting to do some gardening. Sure enough, Paw and Maw had finished eating lunch and Maw was already bringing her vegetable plants from the backyard to Paw who was digging holes in the front yard.
I had no choice but to help the two old timers. With the three of us working together, the yard work could be completed faster. The weather was beautiful with the crispy blue skies and fresh, COLD wind blowing to keep us bundled up in warm jackets. Some fluffy, puffy clouds of white were seen last night and this morning.
We pulled weds, which were really my tall, yellow clover flowers and ground covers of purple/white flowers. Some were already dry. Others were starting to dry up. I used a “bolt cutter-like” tool to snip off LONG branches of “fake rose” branches, which are more slender, willowy and non-productive.
The front was done and Maw had started pulling more weeds out back; while Paw dug four more holes for her veggies. I used the electric blower to free the backyard off eucalyptus and other leaves, dried twigs and branches and most especially DUST!
From 3:00pm to around 6:00pm, we worked. Maw and I took our showers. Paw was still watering the plants. He is usually the last to make sure everything is in place, just the way he likes it.
After dinner, washing up and saying the rosary, the pain set in. Maw and I took our painkillers and I still feel sore in my joints and in between the shoulder blade earlier from going outdoors to throw recycleable AFTER taking a shower. I guess the muscles froze a bit.
Now it’s time to go to sleep and recover. Althought I will continue to hate TPTB and pals, most especially that fat bastard and his kines; I have enjoyed whatever time outdoors with the twosome and indoors with the parakeets while encased in this damn fleshy body of lard from hell.
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