Charmion, you're lucky you didn't hurt yourself or break something and have to replace the parts you were working with. Good job, no matter if it took a while. Last year I tried to replace a cabin filter in the SUV and couldn't get it back into the slot - you need to be a contortionist - next visit I asked them to put it in place and was lucky they didn't charge me for it. Doing things yourself, or at least starting, is part independence and part hoping to save a service call charge.

My annual checkup after blood work was today, and I asked the question that has been on my mind for a while: if I had stayed at this weight over the years and not gained the 45 pounds I lost, would I have so much droopy skin under my arms, etc? Nope. That's a special feature of losing weight when you're older. Joy/Not. Long sleeves for the foreseeable future. A bonus question involved having friends to lunch, one diabetic and one vegetarian, and what to feed them. :)

I have to repair a couple of holes that asshole Cookie this week tore in the dog beds that I put out last week, then cover them with the ugly couch-cover stuff I used on them last year. It's cool enough now that they need the warmer more encompassing dog beds. It's always something.