piddyprints
piddyprints's JournalMy Social Security is pending.
Mine comes the 4th week of the month. It’s a few days early, so I didn’t actually expect to see it at all. Just checked for the fun of it. So, yeah, this is good.
But while I was relieved, I was also thinking, “WHY THE FUCK DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MONTH THAT THOSE CROOKS ARE IN POWER????” 
Got my income tax refund.
I filed on Jan. 31 and the refund was deposited today. Maybe they haven't broken that yet? Someone else posted that theirs came in a week, so I've been checking every day. Knowing someone else got their quickly gave me hope.
Anyway, I'm relieved. 
I have hearts to give.
If you need one, please reply. I’ll check back in the morning.
Update: I have 4 left. I'll keep checking in. 
What is going on with the mail?
The tracking on my packages says they're at my post office, or the post office of their final destination. But instead of then being "Out for Delivery," they're "in transit to the next facility." Then they go to a neighboring town. WTF? My post office said they never actually got to them, but they will eventually. I've had at least 3 packages all out lost since before Christmas. One went from Ohio to Dallas, TX, in order to get to Virginia and it took 3 weeks with Priority Mail.
I know DeJoy has been a nightmare, but why has it gotten exponentially worse just in the past month or so?
Question about Bluesky...
I was able to get it onto my iPhone and signed up, etc. Then I downloaded the app to my computer and tried to sign in. I did write down my password, but it doesn't work. So I tried to reset it. I have been trying for 3 days to get a reset code, but I never get one. (Yes, I have looked in my Junk folder.) Now what? I can't even change my password on my iPhone because I need a reset code for that.
Also, what is my username? piddyprints or piddyprints.bluesky.social or my email address?
TIA
Update: I emailed support and got their auto-reply. I don't know if that's good or bad at this point.
I wish...
I could be warned if a post or any replies to it contain a picture of that disgusting glob of orange goo before I open it. My goal, for the next however many years he'll be shitting on our country, is to try to stay informed without having to see pictures of that disgusting filth. It's like having PTSD along with the current and upcoming trauma. I had to severely limit my DU time after the election because it sends my stress level up. However, I would like to stay informed. Can't that be done without actually having to look at TSF-porn? I stopped listening to NPR years ago because they insisted on forcing his whiny voice over my speakers.
Anyway, that's my wish.
Took Simon to the vet today.
Don’t know how many of you remember MissHoneyChurch. She fell in love with baby Simon kitten while visiting us in early 2007. Of course, we kept him here, as she couldn’t ship him and quarantine him. He was such a tiny thing. Every time she visited, he acted as if she had never left… until last year, when it was just too long for him to remember.
He has been in kidney failure for about 2 years. He stopped eating yesterday, so I took him to urgent care today. His weight is still good (almost 12 pounds!) but he just wasn’t feeling good. Doc gave him some different shots to help him feel better. But he is definitely on borrowed time. He’s sitting next to me for “wine time” now, looking like he might be interested in some supper in a few minutes.
Many of our pets were born in 2006 and 2007. Simon is the last one of that batch. We had to say goodbye to 17-year-old Sarabi in May. I have a 21-year-old cat who came to me separately. She is also in kidney failure, but doing well so far.
It’s hard. Just saying… I love them all and wish they could live forever. Just glad we have an excellent vet care here and we’ll do what we can to make them comfortable and happy.
🥰
Here’s to all the wonderful DU pet lovers. 
Didn't expect to be this close to a MAGAt rally.
We had business in Asheville, NC, today. Had some trouble parking at the garage where we can usually find a spot on the first level. Turns out there’s a Trump rally here. 
Asheville is pretty much a blue dot, so some of the locals expressed their dismay. Apparently people are coming from red outlying areas. We were told he had to pay cash up front for the venue. Good move on that point, Asheville! I saw women with Trump T-shirts and flag outfits (which has always struck me as disrespectful), bumper stickers, the works. I didn’t bother to find out exactly where they were going.
We live in very red TN, but no one ever bothers to come to our immediate are and I have recently seen very few bumper stickers. Somehow I found being in Asheville today more shocking and upsetting. Maybe it’s because we’ve long seen it as our relatively safe haven that is now being polluted by the orange shitgibbon and his mindless minions.
I continue to ask myself and anyone who will listen: How can so many people be supporting this degenerate piece of shit scumbag? How can women of any color be supporting him? Doesn’t it matter to them that he’s a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, women especially? WTAF! It’s disheartening, to say the least
Glad we’re on our way home so at least we don’t have to see the mind numbing stupidity quite so up-close. I’ll soothe myself with Kamala news and videos once we get home. Maybe pull a few weeds and name them all after MAGAt sycophants.
So what happens to our donations
to Biden/Harris if they manage to knock Kamala off the ballot as well?
What I know about polls.
I am a retired senior.
I vote in every election.
I vote for Democrats straight down the ticket.
We have 2 cell phones in our household and just ditched our landline a few years ago.
I usually answer phone calls, even if I don't recognize the number.
I have lived in 6 states, multiple locations in each state.
I have lived in my current house for 17 years.
And I have never been called. No one in my family has ever been called. Not once.
Glean from it what you want, but I'm a bit distrustful of polls.
That is all.
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