Plans for today (2025)

[Barriehie]

I slept for 10 hours last night without waking up once and I feel pretty awesome! I don't think I've felt this rested in years. I am sure that steady rain helped a lot, and my neighbors dogs weren't barking this morning for a change. They normally ruin morning sleep (large German Shepherds, 4 of them) by their barking at nothing. And since it rained, there weren't Harleys blazing past our house, either.

Going to work this afternoon. I normally don't work weekends but I am working on 3 different projects (not mystery shopping and not involving consuming food) and 2 need to be completed by Wednesday, and today I have 3 locations from the 3 projects that are all in the same direction. Drinking tea ATM.

I envy your 10 hours of sleep! Lately I'm in bed by 10 when the lights auto off and 3 hours later I'm still awake. Tried taking some OTC sleep med and promptly threw that up...

 

[JAS_OH1]

I envy your 10 hours of sleep! Lately I'm in bed by 10 when the lights auto off and 3 hours later I'm still awake. Tried taking some OTC sleep med and promptly threw that up...

I didn't need to take anything last night. I drank no alcohol, either, except for 1 draft beer with our late lunch out. Sometimes, however, I take just 1 generic Benedryl and it knocks me out. Usually not for very long because we have a lot of noise pollution where I live, mostly my neighbors' large breed dogs (Shepherds or Shepherd mix) that bark at nothing (somel live outside and have a shed they sleep in). When all of them get going it's terribly annoying. One house has 3 dogs and the people on either side of them each have a large dog, so at various times they just stand at the fence and bark at each other.

During the week the sound of semi-trucks hitting potholes on the road makes the house shake, and the screech of brakes as people come up over the hill to the unexpected red light (because they can't read street signs) wakes me up as well. My bladder sometimes wakes me up, too.

I'm just glad for last night, it was blissful.

Okay in the shower and getting ready for work.

 

[TastyReuben]

Did your yard get flooded?

It’s very wet, yes, but not quite flooded…yet. We have a full day of rain today and tomorrow, on top of everything else.

I drove the back way up to the dealership, and the fields in many places are absolutely submerged. Felt like I was back in Minnesota (the land of 10,000 lakes).

but I won't be doing any of that (I'm thinking nor will you).

!

 

[AdaptAndAchieve]

I switched plans today and instead of a batch of cakes I made a chocolate tart, pics later, it's cooling atm.

And now ... I need to do the washing up

 

[TastyReuben]

I made a chocolate tart

Can’t wait to see a pic!

 

[karadekoolaid]

my neighbors dogs weren't barking this morning for a change. They normally ruin morning sleep (large German Shepherds, 4 of them) by their barking at nothing.

German shepherds are highly intelligent. They never, ever bark at nothing. They probably bark because (a) they want attention; (b) they need to wake you up so you don't waste your day sleeping; (c) they want food or (d) because there's a person moving around, about 500 yds away.

 

[Barriehie]

German shepherds are highly intelligent.
... because there's a person moving around, about 500 yds away.

500 yards away!

 

[JAS_OH1]

German shepherds are highly intelligent. They never, ever bark at nothing. They probably bark because (a) they want attention; (b) they need to wake you up so you don't waste your day sleeping; (c) they want food or (d) because there's a person moving around, about 500 yds away.

My neighbors dogs must be mentally challenged (probably inbreeding). Yes I realize it's an intelligent breed in general. There are exceptions, apparently. These bark daily at really nothing. It's been going on for about 4 years. I can see them out my back door as they stand in the yard barking...a leaf blowing across the yard maybe? Thats pretty menacing, lol.