It's 1am and I am still up and just a little tired. I did take a nap after dinner but it was only for about an hour and a half. I only know this because I was watching on episode of Bones when I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of the next one. I read the promo for each episode so I knew this was true. But that's not enough sleep to account for why I can't fall asleep now. Oh well. C'est la vie!
I went over to Cee's today for a bit just to get out of the house and to see how Cee was feeling. She said she was feeling better but I knew I could tell if she wasn't really and was just saying so. But she had eaten a decent meal the night before and, from my experience with the *bug*, I knew that she really WAS okay. I couldn't face anything more than chicken broth and that was only on the second day. The first day, it was just sips of ice water. But, on the third day, I was HUNGRY! And I also wasn't troubled by diarrhea for almost a day and a half by then. If you get that ugly bug, I feel for you. It's awful. Even the fever is bad because of how it makes you sweat.
The chicks are fine so far. It seems all they are doing is eating, sleeping, drinking water, a little pooping and pecking at the thermometer (it looks like a tiny tablet) and crawling over each other to get to it. At least they are getting exercise...LOL! I keep checking them to make sure they all seem to be active. All I have to do is try to reach for one (although there is ONE that seems to like my petting it) and they scatter. The one that likes my petting it may end up more of a pet than the others.
The Beast read in the *Chicken Farmers* magazine that, if you have a dog, it will become friends with your chickens if you let them roam in your yard. Since that is the Beast's initial plan (and then just closing them into the barn at night), I'm kind of anxious to see that. Right now, Baron doesn't seem the least bit interested in them.
The poor baby is still limping. We double checked his foot and leg and felt all over the bones and there's no swelling anywhere. We also checked his pads to see if that was the problem but they look fine...even healthy. So we are at a loss right now. The Beast says when we get paid on Wednesday, he will take Baron to the vet's office to have it all checked out if he is still limping. He was fine for a couple days so this is a real puzzle. I wonder if he has arthritis or something else causing this pain. He IS getting old and dogs do have that problem, too. Especially larger dogs....and he is definitely LARGER than most Dobermans.
I haven't taken a shower today...aren't you glad you can't tell?....but my plan is to take one in the morning since the Beast has plans to be gone for a while and I can take a nice long one....LOL. He hates when I do that but he takes BATHS for cryin' out loud! I'll bet our water usage is about the same. We never seem to run out of hot water with the way our hot water heater is set and insulated. So what's the problem with him?
I spent HOURS on FB tonight. I should know better than to do it in the evening. There are a ton more posts by then and I like to read a lot of them and see the videos, too. I know, I know...shame on me but I can't help it. Some things are so cute and/or interesting. Plus, I DO get the info on what my family and friends are up to and I like feeling that I am in touch even if that's the only way I keep up. My granddaughter, Sheepie, is back on FB and for that I am glad. She posted a couple pictures of herself and her new boyfriend. He's a good looking guy and she's such a cutie with her big dimples as an added touch. I'm just glad she seems happy. She wasn't for a while there.
My poor bff, Carol, has to drive to San Francisco tomorrow to pick up the two boys who will be back from their Caribbean cruise. It will probably be raining and she hates driving in the rain. She says she doesn't do well driving in it. Plus she's got open wounds on her legs (from blisters that broke open) and they are bandaged. I'm sure it's painful for her to drive, too. I will be worrying about her. I told her to contact me (even if its an email) to let me know she was home and okay. The boys live in San Francisco so she will be dropping them off fairly quickly and then returning home. She's been keeping their two dogs (one is a whiner) for them while they were gone but she's glad to be able to send them home. Her poor hubby is not doing well (he's in his mid-80's now) and hates that he just can't do some things like he used to. The price of getting old in body but the mind doesn't feel the same.
Even the Beast (he's 72...73 in July) is complaining about that. He's also got the problem of not being completely recovered from his strokes, even though those happened almost 15 years ago. He's lived with a dragging leg and constant pain all this time. He's just learned to ignore the pain since it's a constant companion. I understand how you can do that since I have neuropathy in my feet and that is also a pain you live with. I take pills to help keep it from getting any worse than it is but that only works so far. It doesn't stop the pain or the frustration.
Love you all. Be good. Stay warm, dry and drive safe. Most of all, stay healthy. ***Hugs***
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