The Bag Lady

This will be a long but true tale: Last night I was happily sitting in my recliner watching the latest Queer Eye episode on Netflix when something scuddled across my living room. A mouse. Now mice may be cute in stories and movies but in my own brand new apartment? No thank you.

It kind of stopped in the middle, turned around, looked at me and then proceeded to take a tour of the whole apartment. It gave me a chill! I called the Management and she just laughed. Apparently that is the usual reaction but I was not amused. She said, “well this was an open construction for a long time so there’s bound to be a few visitors in here.” Huh?

I asked her what they planned on doing to solve the problem and after chuckling a few times more she said, “well we might get an exterminator in on Monday or Tuesday”. OK. Meanwhile I’m sitting there frozen on my recliner picturing him in my bedroom, maybe on top of my bed and how was I going to get rid of him.

Subsequent call to my main guy/ helper/ grandson resulted in him laughing continuously and reminding me of how they can crawl anywhere, get anywhere, and when he wouldn’t stop laughing I finally said, “OK forget it, I’m hanging up now” and did. Boys!

Long story even longer concluded with the creature skedaddling underneath the door that goes to the hallway in the apartment complex. I quickly got anything I could find to barricade that door and went to bed. This morning life returned to normal—as if there is such a thing as normal anymore.

Is it ridiculous not wanting to remove the barricade?😳🙄😂🥴

https://lindaghill.com/2022/01/16/daily-prompt-jusjojan-the-16th-2022/

This week we are dipping our toes into the pool of OPPOSITES. Our challenge is all about “opposing forces” and the use of antithesis in our writing. You will need to use the two opposing words in your response – which can be poetry or prose.

Our words this week are:

– spend and save

– senior and junior

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Senior and Junior live together in rooms

Senior is contrary

But Junior is wary that

Senior’s extravagant taste looms.

Junior keeps a budget to save

While Senior’s spending staves

And the bank causes Junior brain fumes.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/opposing-forces-saturday-mix-15-january-2022/

Foremost, I need you to know this fact. I have never had sexual relations with…oh sorry, that was some other guy. I freely admit I have stalked a few ladies in my designer days but not to romance them, only to glean as much knowledge as I could from their incredible talents. Sadly this only led to a copyright disaster and now I am back at my initial job of cutting patterns.

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2022/01/14/designer-2/

https://fivedotoh.com/2022/01/15/fowc-with-fandango-disaster/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/rdp-saturday-stalk/

https://cyranny.com/2022/01/15/glean-word-of-the-day-challenge/?like_actor=102337606&like_hmac=eb8b0c12748e83521ac9fa64d004719a&postid=61045&like=1&source=sub_email

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/three-things-challenge-844/?like_actor=102337606&like_hmac=69bfdd020ad65a4c869bb28de142f37b&postid=78909&like=1&source=sub_email – free fact foremost

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https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/weekend-writing-prompt-244-cave/

Saw this and sorry, had to share it—it’s unbelievable that a sick elderly man was berated this way. The judge should be ashamed of herself.

‘If I could give you jail time on this I would’: Judge shames elderly cancer patient for unkept yard
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/01/14/michigan-judge-shames-cancer-patient-elder-zoom-orig-kj.cnn

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I worked as a census taker in Texas and took my job seriously. I even had to accompany one of my crew to a backwoods home where we were greeted with scary dogs and a homeowner threatening us with his rifle. It seemed a typical drug den but I confronted the man and never backed down.

The Trump administration’s tactics make me sick, trying to change the count to redistribute and force his political agenda all of which are illegal. Below is part of an email now outed to the public:

Be afraid aware people, be very afraid aware.

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https://lindaghill.com/2022/01/19/one-liner-wednesday-jusjojan-the-19th-2022-voice-to-text/

If you’re looking for a movie that has great actors and action unlimited try this one: Mission Impossible III. You’ll forget about Covid for a little while and start worrying about a rabbit’s foot😀

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“I say Wellesley, have you got presbyopia? It seems you enter the room with the tray at arm’s length!”

“Certainly not madam! I have no disabilities whatsoever!”

“It’s not a disease, Wellesley, it just means your eyesight no longer exists as perfectly as it once did.”

“My eyesight is perfectly fine, madam” as he sat the tray a good distance apart from her table setting.

“You know Wellesley, neither of us is getting any younger and certain youthful amenities slowly expire. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.”

At her urging, Wellesley donned his fairly new spectacles with a sigh of relief. Madam smiled.

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First I would like to thank pensitivity 101 for continually providing the three things challenge. It’s always interesting and fun, lovely photos and no restrictive rules☺️

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https://cyranny.com/2022/01/14/presbyopia-word-of-the-day-challenge/#like-61038

https://fivedotoh.com/2022/01/14/fowc-with-fandango-apart/?like_actor=102337606&like_hmac=c46e6f4462a846a44041c7a6963e1a48&postid=65608&like=1&source=sub_email

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Instead would be welcome for my sister in Vermont where it is -10F at the moment. Luckily she has a wood stove for cozy warmth along with a regular furnace. My temp is 17F, a regular heatwave in comparison.

https://lindaghill.com/2022/01/14/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2022-daily-prompt-jan-15th/