The last "normal" conversation I had with anyone "normal" was back on Saturday morning.
This morning I did ask my Hey Google pebble what time it was and she offered the correct time in suitably clipped tones. Apart from to the pebble I haven't said anything of note to anyone.
Just before I left work this morning one old soul piped up with
"Are you going to kill me ?" from under her duvet
"Of course not I'm a nurse here! I'm not a killer" I told her
"They said that about Crippen!" she twittered
I've just had four such nights this week..vet's bills arnt cheap
When I got home I started to watch Line Of Duty but kept awake until just after Kate Fleming's glorious put down of an investigating officer interruption of her meeting
I fell asleep soon after.
An hour or so later I found myself at the supermarket where I spent 50£ on nothing
Nights make you needy for movement and light
I must have looked even worse as minutes later I was asleep in the driver's seat my head and mouth against the side window.....I was dribbling like a bulldog
Without dogs but I wonder if any thought you were sitting there for 'dogging'.
ReplyDeleteNaughty naughty boy
DeleteLiving at our Home with the Full Time Caregiver Thing going on there are sometimes long expanses of time that I feel I haven't had a "Normal" conversation with anyone "Normal"... but then, they say I'm not either... so there's THAT! *Winks* It's THOSE conversations tho', the Abnormal ones, that bring the most levity to our lives tho', No?! *LOL*
ReplyDeleteSometimes a chat about the news of the day would be nice
DeleteI have for some reason slept most of the time - but slept well last night too.
ReplyDeleteWish I did
DeleteWhat does a non-cheese dusted mini tampon taste like?
ReplyDeleteDamn. I was going to ask that. I am guessing a bit like Black Pudding.
DeleteOh dear lord...
DeleteOkay, first I had to look up Black Pudding, and considering what tampons are used for, this is very clever. It's totally gross and disgusting, but clever. It also made me chuckle, being gross and disgusting myself. John, get your smelling salts and fainting couch.
DeleteBlogs are like creating mini monsters sometimes
DeleteFish pie with beetroot.
DeleteOh dear
DeleteI really need to learn how to keep my idle curiosity to myself!
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DeleteI'm just about to have some Black Pudding for my breakfast; I'll let you know!
DeleteAre they the same color as the "Cheese It's"?
ReplyDeleteOnly when dry
DeleteI can go days without speaking to anyone except the dog and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The only time I feel lonely is when I'm on a stretch of night shifts. I don't know why I should feel lonely then as I do see and speak to people, but they aren't 'proper conversations'. Not that the dog's conversational skills are up to much, but she's a great listener!
ReplyDeleteI tried that on Winnie but she is a diva and a critic and walks away
DeleteI have finally gotten used to being home alone with cats.
DeleteThey are great listeners and eventually purr while you talk to them which is very pleasant for all.
They do help when an unexpected wave of loss washes over you.
I'm only home-alone all the time because of disability. Due to a painful, quite mechanical problem with my jaw I cannot communicate easily at all, and people find it hard to understand me over the telephone. My cat seems to understand the degrees of pain somehow.
DeleteRest, rest, rest! Those overnight shifts must be grinding, but the money will be nice. Alexa doesn't understand, Albert would be better to talk with.
ReplyDeleteHe's out murdering rabbits
DeleteEvery man needs a hobby!
DeleteAt least your window wasn't down and you were snoring!....or was it and you were?
ReplyDeleteYes on both counts
DeleteHaving always lived with someone,family,roommate,husband,children.... I find myself in a similar situation... I have no one to talk to but my cats and today-the check out girl at the supermarket.
ReplyDeleteAnd I always worry if people run and hide when they see me, to avoid being talked to death.
I don't speak to the checkout girls....
DeleteLovely verbal pictures... I think you had me at the cheese dusted tampon...Ummm Hmmm...Yeah, you should really get out more often.
ReplyDeleteIf only
DeleteYour lunch/snack sounds *interesting*. Must try one of those cheesy tampons sometime.
ReplyDeleteIt wasnt
DeleteWhat do cheese dusted mini tampons taste like and where are they stocked? Can you buy them in a regular supermarket or do you have to go to Boots the Chemist? Can you get smoky bacon flavour too?
ReplyDeleteYes......Aldi
DeleteI've had to have a quick nap in the car a few times. I try to pick a parking spot away from everybody else and I always feel I should put a sign on my chest "Just napping" so if someone should come by after all they won't think I've offed myself and try to wake me up!!
ReplyDeleteI must have looked as though I had died
DeleteHas anyone other than John tasted cheese dusted tampons, mini or otherwise?
ReplyDeleteYou may be surprised mave
DeleteOnly the smoked bacon flavoured ones
DeleteBeing so tired that you can't sleep is the worst. I get days like that just short naps yuck.
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip
Some days are shite but there is always tomorrow John.
ReplyDeleteHugs.
When my mother was overtired and couldn't sleep, she would take a dose of aspirin (2; 325mg each) and would always sleep well thereafter.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I fell asleep in a parked car was when we'd pulled off the highway because we were too sleepy to drive safely. I awoke to find a state policeman looking at us through the windshield, so I smiled and waved. He smiled, waved, and walked back to his patrol car. As far as you know, you were unobserved as you slept.
Hugs!
There was a couple scoffing sandwiches in the car next to me
DeleteOh, so not so unobserved as I had assumed. After a night shift, I never had the energy to go anywhere except bed. The dog (a goodhearted mutt) would always join me.
DeleteHugs :)
Our relatives were visiting us this weekend, we took the kids to the cinema. I fell asleep 4 times and my brother in law slept through most of the film, we had to wake him a few times because he was snoring (very loudly) !! Are you still going to fat club? I started last week. I quite fancy that Kate Fleming quote on a t shirt it did make me laugh xx
ReplyDeleteYou can buy it
DeleteI wish I could have been there with you x Chin up x my ex has just made an abusive phone call to me so my daughter is arranging for me to have a new phone number and I will talk to the police again wish I had you to talk to and the fur babies to cuddle x
ReplyDeleteHe's an arsehole xx
DeleteWhen my late husband as somewhat disgruntled with somebody he would say iin high dudgeon ‘I would call him an arsehole but they are useful and he isnt’. Still makes me smile when I hear the saying. Big hugsxxx
DeleteI love the put down. Of arsehole
DeleteHere's to better days, John. With better snacks.
ReplyDeleteAmenx
DeleteI often don't speak to anyone for days on end apart from the cat. I quite enjoy being on my own, though. What on earth made you buy such a horrible lunch?
ReplyDeleteIt was cheap
DeleteThe snacks sound like they were not yummy, huh?
ReplyDeleteAnd the image of you totally asleep in your car is too cute! I don’t see you as a bulldog, though. Nope.
XoXo
Here's a Google pebble scary. My sister and I have always been indistinguishable on the phone, according to people who heard us. The other day, standing in the same room as my Google pebble, she asked her phone google a question. Her phone and my pebble answered her. My pebble that knows My voice. Oh well. Some days it's all I talk to, too.
ReplyDeleteCheese dusted mini tampons? Too funny.
ReplyDeleteI was at night shift last night - first time in several years (I used to work in a factory with three shifts, but I was almost 3 decades younger).
ReplyDeleteGod this is awful, and I'm supposed to wait until my rental car is picked up. Nope, I put the key in the lock box and will be asleep in ten minutes.
These night shifts must be horrible to you.
Oh well, I used to sleep a lot in my car when I was pregnant and when my kids were younger. Always chose a big and busy service station (safer for me) and either had car alarm on (it would go off when I moved and woke me up so I wouldn't sleep too long) or alarm at my phone. I still think it's better to sleep safely in a parked car than fall a sleep while driving.
As for normal conversations - I consider talking to my cats more normal than to some people...
You used to do night shifts when your husband was around. You made less fuss about them then. What has changed?
ReplyDeleteI do more now
DeleteI’ve never tasted a mini tampon, so I guess I’ll have to take your word for that. Do they taste different from regular sized tampons? (I’ve never tasted those either, so I suppose it doesn’t matter.)
ReplyDeleteOne day I'll spot you snoring and drooling in your car near the beach ... and take a photo 😆
ReplyDeleteWe watched "Line of Duty" and I have to say I still only halfway understand it.
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