Shenanigans

It’s fairly mild today, with slight humidity, but comfortable.  May it last!  Jerry just got off my lap a moment ago, so I’m taking advantage of a free leg to type!  He’s moved over to have Don pet him and try to mooch some peanut butter biscuits!  Don is still in pain, and still refuses to see a doctor, but complains that he’s cold and needs the heater— in 25C temperatures.  I’ve been threatening to call 911 if this continues… I anticipate fights if that happens!

I had an attack of coughing last night, which led to a bout of heaving that lasted about 5 hours from 12:30 to just after 5am… then I finally fell asleep until 10:30.  Most frustrating.  It was almost like an extended allergy attack… I’d stop coughing, go back to bed, and start over again.  It may be (now that I think about it) that I have a reaction to the laundry detergent— we’d just changed the sheets to some freshly washed ones that still had the “just out of the washer” scent.  I’d recently changed the detergent that I used as the one I had is discontinued.  If it happens the next wash, I’ll switch to unscented.  I’m also wondering if it’s possible to develop a food allergy suddenly… I’ve noticed that when I eat potato skins — whether in mashed, fried, baked or otherwise — my tongue and throat start to itch and my face goes red so it seems that potato skins and I are no longer friends.  I now have to ensure that there is no trace of skin on any potato that is cooked, and I avoid ordering them in restaurants now.  Most irritating, as double baked stuffed potato skins (especially as done by my mom or sister) are delicious.

So I was watching a few various shows and I have a burning question… how many adults get up after sleeping all night, pat their hair smooth and immediately go into action?  Personally, after I tumble out of bed, even before I “stumble to the kitchen… yawn and stretch and try to come alive 🎶” (thanks Dolly!) I need 5 minutes uninterrupted in the bathroom or else I’d be hopping and dancing within a few seconds!  But I watched one where someone was trapped in a dungeon for almost 24 hours, falls asleep on a stone slab after climbing there to avoid rats, and when found the following morning, simply jumped up, walked up 3 flights of stairs and out into the garden to show how a killer hid some key evidence… I’d at the very least, have made a pit stop!  But no!  Our protagonist is shown walking up the stairs doing a plot point expose, and walks straight out the front door and down a path.  Then in another, 2 people are storm-stayed in a small storeroom where they slept on a wooden pallet… the next morning they’re found, still asleep, by their colleagues, and immediately jump into the car and head off to search for evidence.  I call shenanigans.  It would be more believable if there were some breaks or something; I don’t need to see them actually doing anything, just an awareness that the human body has needs — as for that, let’s discuss eating, shall we?  Storm stayed in a storeroom for 24 hours, no food (I’ll assume they managed to catch and drink rainwater) and they don’t even stop for a sandwich?  

OK, it’s clearly silly season.  I’ve just rediscovered Death in Paradise which while I wasn’t looking has ballooned into 15 seasons!  I have just over a month to watch them before my BritBox subscription ends… I’m blasting through these, Yes, Prime Minister (which really shouldn’t be so funny as it’s so true to life); Sister Boniface, Shetland and a couple of others.  When I say “blasting”… I watch a max of 2 hours a day, so either 2 1-hour shows, 2 half hour shows and a 1 hour show or a movie.  After that I get bored and restless and find something else to (usually) read.  Right now I’m in the middle of The Secret History of Wonder Woman which is fascinating and I have to stop before bed or else I’d never get to sleep!  Good night!