Little known fact. The excellent advertising by the drug manufacturers has turned me into a hypochondriac. Believe it or not, despite our busy work schedule, I do find time to watch a little TV. Barb, not so much. She is too wired to sit down for more than a few minutes and is usually in the kitchen doing something while I watch TV. This usually occurs in the morning before we get active, again at lunch and something to end the day as we wind down.
My venue of choice is usually YouTube where I catch up on the news of the day or find out what the latest "have to have" bourbon is. Of course, this means I have to sit through in-video ads. Threequarters of the ads seem to be of some new medication. As I am watching the ad, I will shout, "Barb, can you come here"? When she walks into the room, I will turn to her and say, "I think I have Vitiligo", or "I think I have psoriasis", or whatever the ailment of the day is on YouTube. Other times I will just yell out, "Barb, I need Rinvoq!" Barb, I need Mounjaro!" Sometimes when I am in the deer blind I will randomly text her I think I have (fill in the blank).
Of course, when you become of a certain age (60 I think) you have to add the word "The" in front of the main word you are going to say. So instead of saying, " I think I have eczema", I say, "I think I have THE eczema". Half the time I don't even know what the ailment or medication is, Barb is just roll her eyes and say something like "No, honey, you do not need The Numlivia". She has agreed with me twice however, once when I told her I needed The Cialis, and again when I said that I think I have cognitive decline. For some reason Barb she agreed with me on both of those!
The side effects might scare some away, but I am a fan of high blood sugar, weight gain, high cholesterol, comas, strokes, suicidal thoughts, diarrhea, tremors, uncontrolled body movements. sleepiness, vomiting, indigestion, nausea and even death. Sadly, I am not sure if I am pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant, so I better just stay away from some of these medications.
Such is the life of a hypochondriac. It was actually a pretty slow week on the J-B. After leaving the farm, we stopped in Dickenson and spent the night at Phat Fish Brewery again.
We stopped outside of Rapid the next day where we met friends and former neighbors, Doug and Lisa for lunch at JR's BBQ in Summerset. Little did we know we would be seeing them in just a few days!
The first 24-hours after getting back from the farm we did not do too much. It was cold and windy with sustained winds at 20+ and temps ranging from 28-48F. No one wants to be outside in that. So instead, we worked in the garage and processing room. I organized and put away my duck hunting stuff, cleaned my shotguns and worked on the generator in the camper.
If you recall, we bought a new generator a few weeks ago to replace the one that is not working in the camper. What a pain! You have to drop the old one down through the bottom of the camper, disconnecting all the wiring and each of the mounting bolts then dropping it to the ground. "Dropping" it being the key word as this thing weighs over 100lbs. While I did not drop it, it was not a gentle lowering of the generator either. It's still a work in progress as I needed a wire splice kit which went on our list for the next trip to Rapid.
Meanwhile, Barb worked inside the camper where she tore out the carpet around the toilet. Who puts carpet around a toilet?!?! She said it was absolutely disgusting. She had to remove the toilet itself as the carpet was actually underneath it. Once that was done, she set about replacing the carpet with vinyl planking as she did the rest of the floor. A little while later, when I went inside, I found her on her knees at the dog wash scrubbing the toilet while making gagging noises.
As fun as that sounds, the next day it was time for some real fun when we went up to visit our niece Alana up in Spearfish to watch a few football games. One game led to two, which led to three which led to us spending the night before sneaking out at 5am the next morning and heading home. We had kind of planned on it and had packed accordingly.
What a good time! This was our first football get together in their new home with their new tv room. Talk about a big screen TV! To give you an idea on just how big the TV is, we had Alana stand next to it for perspective.
It was actually dizzying at first until your brain adjusted to it. But what a great place to watch The Sports Ball! We spent the day watching the Vikings lose, Denver win and the 49'er win the night game. Alana and Ryan actually had a bet riding on the 9'ers game and since they won, Alana now has to wear 49'ers gear every day they play through the rest of the season.
The dogs played and played and played. Well, Zoey, Sophie and Loki. Dakota just laid on her bed and watched.
I gotta go as I think I have a UTI, early on set dementia or maybe early menopause, I need to look it up on The Google to know for sure!
We finally bit the bullet and now purchase the non-ad version of YT. We use it a lot, Sue often has it on when she’s doing her knitting, and it’s most inconvenient to have those commercials pooping up. It was actually a birthday gift initially.
ReplyDeleteYoutube seems the way to go these days. Everyone seems to watch whatever they are interested in. I use it mostly to figure out how to fix things. :) Definitely cooler here now in the mornings. Not quite freezing but soon. Poor Barb fixing that toilet ... not the best job, and yes .... who puts carpet in a bathroom anyways. It will be nice and clean for your next adventure.
ReplyDeleteI struggle with a couple of those myself. Nice looking bucks. I hope you get a chance at The Next One.
ReplyDeletePS. It’s been 1 day with no stink bugs finally. Hoping the are gone for good!!
That was me. Ug. Add early dementia.
ReplyDeleteFriends from overseas comment on all the drug commercials here. It's gotten completely out of hand. Like I'm going to tell my doctor what meds I need?? Don't know what you two will do if you ever run out of projects. Barb's toilet beats your generator! I can't believe how many bucks you get. 90% of our visits are nursery herds.
ReplyDeleteYouTube ads are great! I learn new words like perineum for areas of my body that I never knew were significant to have a name. I also learn of new diseases compared to bent carrots for parts of my body that I do find significant and thankfully not deformed. When I compare this to how demure ads were when I was a child, I can't imagine what my kids will be forced to watch when they are my current age.
ReplyDeleteNice looking deer! You have been busy. My husband is taking a hormone everyday for breast cancer, he has to take it for five years...mood swings, depression, anxiety and hot flashes...they put him into male menopause it is an adjustment. With all the ads on TV that say ask your Dr about ____ I am amazed that more people are not hypos:) I laugh everytime I see the bent carrot ad:)
ReplyDeleteIs there a pill I can take so my friend’s illness doesn’t slip off on to me? Maybe I should wear protective goggles while reading certain blogs, or maybe I should wear a whole hazmat suit. Oh my, I suddenly feel …..faint, dizzy, nauseous, ……..
ReplyDeleteI agree, Barb’s toilet out does your generator. How did you get so lucky to find such a pretty, smart, handy dandy lady like her? I wonder what the secret is?
Do all of the deer in your area have the white patch on their necks or is that something from the camera?
Good luck with the hunt, although I’m guessing you will need Barb along, just in case. lol.
Deb