Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2021

  • College Decisions vs Retirement

    I remember 1980, thinking about college and struggling with my major. Education major? English major? Education major with English minor? The other way around? Didn’t matter, less than a year out of college I was in the computer field. Now on the other side of my career I have another set of choices. Stock Index…

  • 4k

    I suppose I can say I did a 4K without even noticing. About a hundred posts ago I crossed the 4,000 post mark. It was only today that I noticed. It is entirely possible that 100 days ago I made a fuss about post 4,oo0 and I have simply forgotten. I made quite a fuss…

  • Booster Booster!

    Start counting, because the CDC says that in February I get another Covid shot. Of course, I have to assume this one will also do no good. How would a person know if they had any immunity? You don’t know. Four shots and no safety. Still staying in. I am a little ashamed to say…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 10/28

    This week the Buffalo went from this: … to this: He was originally: I feel he is done. I made up a few things, and added some things I felt should have been there –even if they weren’t. That white / black line on his back is not representational but I like it. He’s still…

  • Rewriting the Novel: It’s Fun Again

    Well, even though it is always the last thing to do with my discretionary time, I am enjoying the book again now that I’m done with the ending. I have made myself calculate how far I am every day every time I write, and it looks like I am 83% done with the first draft.…

  • Halloween Costume 2021

    I vaguely remember a work email that says we can dress in costume during a zoom party the Thursday before Halloween. The only thing that comes to mind this year is to put on my paper hazmat suit, and the swim goggles, and the air filter mask Gary used one time when killing bugs and…

  • Red Hat Society

    There was once a time in the 1990s when you couldn’t go to a tea room without seeing ladies sporting red hats with purple trim. There were the Red Hat Society, and back when they were new I was still too young to join. They were all ladies over fifty who dared to be fun,…

  • A Message From My Colon.

    Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ellen’s lower intestine, Colin Bowel. I said nothing when she spoke ill of me in the past, But now she has gone too far. She claims that it is fear of the new car that upsets her digestion. No. I upset her digestion. I run her life. Now…

  • Doctor’s Visit

    I was at the neurologist, IN PERSON. Terrifying. Happily, he did not try to shake my hand like he usually does. I was calm, until he got to the part of the exam in which he touches both sides of my face to test for any facial sensory loss. I pulled back. “You’re touching my…

  • Car Alexa

    Gary was listening to this commercial: “LOOK AT THAT!” he said. “THAT’S A BMW! THAT’S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT. WE COULD HAVE THE ALEXA IN THE CAR!” “Gary. That is what we bought. BMW owns Mini. We do have the Alexa in the car.” “NO! YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT!” “Well on the one…