election day tomorrow...

what will happen? not sure. will wait and see, do not trust polls or any of the positive media speculations. i fear trusting them.  i do hope for a very clear message, then we shall see how it all falls out.  for sure comfort in the fact that he isn't currently in office. cuts some of the shenanigans that happened last time. 

i went and voted early. took just over an hour i think. no drama. cool stickers. chatted with the one lady next to me but really nobody else. we'd laughed because it was chilly waiting outside and this older lady came up with a walker.  she was offered a few times to go inside early by the election worker but she very loudly said she was a real Alaskan and the cold didn't bother her at all. a few minutes later she and her walker were led inside...i looked at the lady next to me in line and said something about i guessed she wasn't as real Alaskan as she had said.  the lady said something about her mother always telling her if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all...to which i responded, my mom said that too and then would turn around and gossip about all the other ladies in church.  at this point we both laughed and we were line buddies. 

feels good to have the vote done.  now i just wait. 

fall turned to ice which then turned to snow. the shoveling has begun. it's been weeks since i wrote, sorry. i haven't been busy, just lazy. i have done my walks and actually have gotten stuff done. 

still organizing and filling the shed.  just cleaned up Halloween decorations.  got nearly 30 trick or treaters despite the snow storm. tough Alaskan kids and their parents. i didn't put up the candy slide. instead i put spider web/spiders around the entrance of the front door.  i did have some bags filled with non edible halloween treats. they were a hit.  will have to repeat that. not everyone wants candy and many are also happy with both.  with fewer trick or treaters it's fun to spoil the ones that do show up. 

i enjoyed my last stretch off watching the Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series. just happened i was off and so i was able to enjoy several games. a few just the last few innings but they won!! New York had several errors that turned around the last game.  crazy game really. i spent many a game in years past at Dodger Stadium watching games. mostly with my brothers. lots of fun memories

wore my Dodger caps with pride last week. 

got the cats to the  vet.  both were due for vaccines. both have lost 2 pounds.  i'd noticed it with Miss Breezy. pretty dramatic.  thought for sure they would do labs. she is nearly 12 these days. 

she has been oddly much more active around the house. going all over the house freely, up and down the stairs. good to see. 

the crv is scheduled for its tire changeover next stretch off. also scheduled for a consult with the surgeon to put my uterus back where it belongs. i absolutely hate making appointments. i had to schedule a class for work.  my license is due this month so i'll have to complete a bit more CE since it's easier. so tasky stretches off but also productive

i also got the cards and calendars made at shutterfly. i do feel like i've been getting stuff done lately. 

random "wild" rabbit. 

the to do list is always there but it's so great to check off a few boxes. 

my last work week was on call one night and then the next night, which was day light savings 13 hour night, i was a sitter. the patient slept nearly the entire night. finished a book. played games, watched tiktok/reels.  so the dreaded 13 hours passed by relatively smoothly. i always work that shift.  after all these years you would think i'd plan ahead. 

i also applied for a per diem job at the urgent care.  not holding my breath but it would be perfect i think. worked on my resume.  they have free templates but then you have to  pay to get the writing removed from the template. half debating forwarding the template off with that on there. lol. anyway. i kept myself busy at work. my next shifts are election night and the night after.  yikes!

that could be nuts or not. the orange idiot has made it very clear that he will contest it all again.  he never accepts a loss. his cult has been prepped to do battle.  will they? when cults fall it's usually ugly and his cult is large. they will believe zero facts. it's crazy.  the guy literally was miming performing fellatio on a mike stand the other night. i so wanted to send that clip to all my trump loving relatives with "this guy?".  i actually thought it had to be some AI thing...what politician/person would ever do something like this in front of a crowd of people.  i mean if you were a comedian i guess. 

the orange idiot had a very racist rally in Madison Square Gardens a few weeks ago.  he had a comedian there who said some extremely offensive stuff. his act was vetted by trumps team.  they took out calling Kamala the C word but not the other offensive stuff. all the speakers said offensive things. he had a cast of the usual nut jobs. 

had a conversation with someone and abortions came up.  this person is left leaning but it was just eye opening for me.  many just do not really know what an abortion is. we have avoided the term so often that the right had made it a dirty word meaning that you are killing a living fetus because you just don't want to be a parent.  abortion is a general term for a lot of things. like miscarriage. a miscarriage is another term for a spontaneous abortion.  we do not say that though. i think if you told maga women who were having a spontaneous abortion that they were having a spontaneous abortion they would flip the hell out.  also a D&C (dilation and curettage) is an abortion.  many have had these and don't realize it was an abortion they actually had. we do not use that word as often as is technically the case, we use other terminology. 

spontaneous abortions are classified further.  threatened, inevitable, complete, incomplete, recurrent and septic. certain cases require medical intervention to rid the body of retained tissues, including but not always the fetal tissue. 

it covers all pregnancy loss prior to fetal viability. around 20 weeks. i think after that still birth terminology may come into play. i do not work OB/GYN. i do work ER. 

from what i understand many churches will not baptize or offer burials for fetal tissue or fetuses/still births. the bible states life begins at first breath. the bible also seems to be fine with stories that kill off children/pregnant women so clearly their God was not as into fetuses as they are. the flood tale is a huge example. how many thousands and children, pregnant women would have drowned in a global flood?

gotta hit the shower soon, then walk the dogs. a day of peace. tomorrow, well we shall see

I've been driving the Element since the snow fell. later this week i'll get the tires changed over but for now, when the snow falls, it's great to have the old car that really could be hit and it's fine. i keep the winter tires on all year since i rarely drive it. 

fall colors before the winter hit

much of the last mushrooms are covered in snow now. the bear bread can still be found. 

i do love the peace that comes with the darkness and the snow.  i'm feeling ready for bed by the time the sun sets now and i have to remind myself how early it is still

have been watching,"this is us" series. i'd tried it awhile back but i think it was too complicated for my very distracted brain. 

bed rotting is a winter activity. 

don't think i'll have any Monday walkers today. covid sort of killed it off in general. it happens. 

these bear breads. you can tell the growth before the tree fell as opposed to after. gravity is real

just a few photo's of the cute baby walrus that was rescued up north and taken care of at the SeaLife Center. i was super bummed that i never got to see it. in the past they have given the public a chance to get a peek. not this time.  new director maybe the reason. not sure. made me upset though. they snuck the little thing out of state without telling anyone anything about it. not cool in my mind.  she came from here and now if we want to see her we have to fly to Florida. 

the birds have mostly left. i do hear there are a few cranes still out there, a few swans. not sure why some birds delay. perhaps they just love it here and dread the long flights. i'm not big on the travel myself so i can certainly understand that. 

those birds have some long flights.  exhausting. 

made pumpkin bread and seeds.  delicious. always sad to say goodbye to Halloween.  really liked the pirate theme.  will do that again.  when do i put up Christmas...not quite there yet.  

i also bought outside camera's so i'll have to get those put up at some point. 

she is super cute. 

good bye mushrooms...hello snow. 

this one below looked like a little troll cursing someone out. 

lichens above

a few drives before the roads get icy and more risky. i'm a fair weather driver for the most part.  also the darkness slows down the road trips. no point making long drives just to sit in the dark for most of the day. 

i cabin up and enjoy a different peace. 

i best get the rest of the day started. the calendars arrive today.  i always think, oh this one isn't that good this year, but in the end i like the calendars.  i pared down a bit.  there are less and less cards being sent out and the Christmas stuff just decreases as you get older. 

laughed as i got an invite for a great niece??? not sure what she is...she got married on a saturday and i got an invite in the mail on the friday, the day before the wedding.  at some point you just have to decide that you aren't going to send gifts.  my family is large and it's not practical. but it is funny to get an invite the day before a wedding a thousand miles away. nothing says, we don't want you there, but please send a gift more. lol. 

i haven't attended many weddings in my family, i live far away and in truth with Mormon weddings i wouldn't be allowed to attend the actual wedding so that would have meant flying out to watch people go into a building i'm not allowed into. 

alright off to start the rest of the day

thankful for A. Halloween and all the fun B.  the Dodgers and all the great memories C. that we still have the right to vote even as other rights have been taken away. fingers crossed.