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mousmeNormally working night shifts means I sleep most of the day away, but this morning I had my meeting with Ministry & Counsel at 9am, so exactly half an hour after I got home from work. Naturally the meeting went far past the hour it usually takes and lasted nearly two hours in total, and so by the time I was able to crawl to bed it was nearly noon. And then since KK was at the office today I had to get up at 4pm to medicate Rika, and then I only managed to catch a couple of non-sequential naps before I had to get up again to get the frogs fed and the dogs fed and groomed (we do "ears and teefs!" every evening) before bedtime for them. At that point it was too late to even try for another nap before work, so I just dawdled a little bit while putting on my work clothes and brushing my teeth and whatnot.
I wish I had something more interesting to write about, but unless I go into excruciating detail about M&C, there's not much else to report about today.
KK and I did have a chat which is part of a larger ongoing discussion about changing our spending habits to focus more on buying Canadian products. We've had conversations about this over the years, and our consensus has always been to prioritize local small companies as much as possible, but with the latest threat of a trade war with the USA and the likelihood of tariffs looming over us all, it now seems a little more urgent to convert some of our regular purchases.
Some things I don't think we'll change unless we absolutely have to. For instance, Peggy is on special food that I get from my vet that helps with her joint health, which is necessary due to her hip dysplasia, and it's made by Purina, which is a US company. I haven't been able to find a food made in Canada that has the same amount of glucosamine in it, although Orijen (which I used to feed to Sergent) comes pretty close. Orijen does have a much higher fat and protein content, though, which gives me some concerns about possible weight gain for her, which would be bad for her hips.
Anyway, KK is up to her neck researching alternative cat litter products for us. We've been using the Purina Tidy Cats litter for years because it's considerably lighter than your average clay litter, and that is very good news for my back, since I have to haul said litter up and down two flights of stairs. If my back objected less to lifting heavy things we could use normal clay litter, but right now that's not a great option unless we want me to be regularly incapacitated by back pain when I inevitably throw it out again.
Anyway, I fully expect this weekend to be a write-off. I will be working 12-hour night shifts, so supposing I get to sleep for 8 hours (which I won't), it leaves me two hours on either end of that sleep to drive to and from work, bathe and get dressed, and eat. Plus, tomorrow I have to carve out time in my day to program the announcements for Quaker Meeting to go out on Sunday morning, and that usually takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. So I don't expect anything else will happen other than my being extremely tired.
I wish I had something more interesting to write about, but unless I go into excruciating detail about M&C, there's not much else to report about today.
KK and I did have a chat which is part of a larger ongoing discussion about changing our spending habits to focus more on buying Canadian products. We've had conversations about this over the years, and our consensus has always been to prioritize local small companies as much as possible, but with the latest threat of a trade war with the USA and the likelihood of tariffs looming over us all, it now seems a little more urgent to convert some of our regular purchases.
Some things I don't think we'll change unless we absolutely have to. For instance, Peggy is on special food that I get from my vet that helps with her joint health, which is necessary due to her hip dysplasia, and it's made by Purina, which is a US company. I haven't been able to find a food made in Canada that has the same amount of glucosamine in it, although Orijen (which I used to feed to Sergent) comes pretty close. Orijen does have a much higher fat and protein content, though, which gives me some concerns about possible weight gain for her, which would be bad for her hips.
Anyway, KK is up to her neck researching alternative cat litter products for us. We've been using the Purina Tidy Cats litter for years because it's considerably lighter than your average clay litter, and that is very good news for my back, since I have to haul said litter up and down two flights of stairs. If my back objected less to lifting heavy things we could use normal clay litter, but right now that's not a great option unless we want me to be regularly incapacitated by back pain when I inevitably throw it out again.
Anyway, I fully expect this weekend to be a write-off. I will be working 12-hour night shifts, so supposing I get to sleep for 8 hours (which I won't), it leaves me two hours on either end of that sleep to drive to and from work, bathe and get dressed, and eat. Plus, tomorrow I have to carve out time in my day to program the announcements for Quaker Meeting to go out on Sunday morning, and that usually takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. So I don't expect anything else will happen other than my being extremely tired.
