~cattleman cafe~ & another 24...

[abcowboy]

Nice that you'll get started on your garden Jude, it's always nice to get your hands dirty doing something you like to do.

Not much new to report here, getting the seeding closer to being done day by day. They are calling for rain showers for tomorrow so we might get shut down once again.

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe! Jude those rabbits are crazy. They eat up everything! The fence should definitely help. Ginger hope you are not too worn out from your company! Wishing everyone a great day. Sun is shining! 24 more please and thank you!

[dill]

Mr. D has ben battling those "wascally wabbits" (Elmer Fudd) here in our garden too, Jude! He had rabbit fencing around the garden last year, but this year they have been slipping in. Yesterday he took a good look at the situation and realized he had moved extended the length of his garden but had forgotten to reinforce the fencing along the new section. He took care of it yesterday so hopefully we'll be able to have some home-grown veggies without bites out of them!

Keep on rolling, Cowboy! You'll get it done. It's fun to see the fields all getting planted around here and then to see what is pushing up thru the ground in neat rows. It's either soy beans or corn around here.

Sun is shining here today too, Rava!

24 more for all of us here, please and thank you.

[Ginger999]

Beautiful day here too. I'll take another!

[Jude58]

Well, I spent about 6 hours in the ER yesterday after randomly passing out. The doctors did a complete work up but other than my blood pressure being high, couldn't find anything wrong. I have a tendency to stress out over little things, so I guess that I need to slow down and take a deep breath once in awhile.

Everything is back to normal today and after work I'm going to sit around and do nothing!

24 more for all of us please...

[dill]

Jude, that sounds scary! I'm glad they didn't find anything seriously amiss, but do please take it easy! Gosh, where were you when you passed out? Home, work, in the car?

I'm going out shopping with a gf today. I'm not a keen shopper, but it's nice to get out of the house and look around. We are going to "the outlet mall" nearby. It used to be a favorite destination of mine, but since covid, it has been struggling. Most of my favorite stores there have closed, but we still like to get out and stroll from store to store and see what we can see. There is a Skechers store there that I like to visit.

24 more for all of us here, please and thank you.

[abcowboy]

4:43am in Alberta, I'll have another 24 please, and thanks...

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Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

Hopefully the fencing will fix the critter problems in the gardens ladies, hate to see fresh produce wasted by only one or two bites taken out of them.

That must have been a scary situation for you Jude, and it makes it worse when they can't find the cause of it.

Fingers crossed that the rain stays away and we should finish up seeding in the next few days if everything goes well.

[Ginger999]

Jude, that's so scary! Did they suggest a follow up with a specialist? Take care.

Taking my friend to the airport this morning. I'll take another!

[Jude58]

Ginger, I have a follow up visit with my regular doctor on Monday, so I'll have to wait and see what he thinks. Dill, I feinted in front of all my dinner guests, talk about embarrassing! I think that I was stressed and overwhelmed while making dinner and trying to time everything so that it would be ready to eat. I think that I just need to slow down and breathe once in awhile. One of the reasons that I drank was to put a damper on the anxiety, and it worked for a little while, but afterwards I always felt worse. Dealing with problems in sobriety is much more difficult than just losing yourself in the booze, but in the end it's worth it.

24 more for all of us please...

[dill]

Oh Jude, so sorry it happened at your dinner party. I completely understand the stress of coordinating a meal. I'm not really brave enough to do it anymore. I just have meals with family and do the best I can. Of course everyone feels free to pitch in as needed. Perhaps it was low blood pressure. I'm sure your doctor will review your meds with you and figure this mystery out!

Off to volunteer this morning.

24 more for all of us here, please and thank you.

[abcowboy]

4:42am in Alberta, 24 more please, and thanks...

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Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[Rava]

Good morning cafe! Jude I am so sorry about your fainting. How scary in front of your guests. I am sure that was a dinner to remember. I don’t entertain because it stresses me out too much. Hopefully it was just a fluke. Keep us posted. Been busy setting up our little home. Going to hang a cabinet today. We are supposed to get beautiful weather for the next 5 days. Hope everyone has a great day! 24 more please and thank you.

[Ginger999]

I'm with the rest of you, entertaining stresses the hell out of me! So... I don't.

My friend made it back to Iowa around midnight last night. She's was a lovely, easy guest to have for a week but it's still nice to be back to our normal lifestyle!

I'll take another!

[Mulburry]

Oh Jude, so sorry it happened at your dinner party. I completely understand the stress of coordinating a meal.

This happened to my mom once and they also did the full gamut of checks and ended up pinning it on stress. I've also had panic attacks where I've felt like I was starting to black out, but never actually fully fainted. So very possible it could be that, but of course always good to get it all checked out. I always try to remember as well, that no matter the situation no stress or anxiety is worth affecting your health over.

P.S. We've sure had some bipolar weather recently, completely sopped in rainy and cold earlier in the week (might as well have been January), and now a couple of absolutely gorgeous days, with nice moderate temps (16-17C) where it's actually enjoyable to be out in the sun. Not gonna last, but have to take the good days where you can.