SORRY WE'RE AWOL

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

I'm sorry we've been absent from the blogosphere. We didn't have internet for a week or so. I thought I'd die without something that didn't exist when I was young.

My modem was old and needed to be replaced. I actually hooked up the new one without breaking anything.

I'm also not feeling my best. I enjoyed work over the holidays. It was pretty quiet, which made for a nice change.

We were closed on New Year's Day and then I had the next two days off. I got a migraine and started sleeping for hours and hours. I built my way up to staying asleep for 20 hours a day. Franklin and Penelope would wake me up in the wee-wee hours of the morning to let them out and back in so we could return to the cocoon.

I called a wellness program that my employer provides and told an adviser about my predicament. She said, I think this is a medical problem. Your doctor should check your thyroid.

That's how I found out that I have hypothyroidism. I started taking medication for it, but I continue to fight to stay awake. My doctor says it will take a while for the meds to build up in my system.

I'm also having frequent migraines. I've had migraines for years, but never so often and for extended periods of time (two or three days of migraine, a little time off, and then another migraine).

I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow so we can talk about the migraines. Her nurse actually volunteered to call me tomorrow to make sure I wake up for the appointment. How nice and helpful is that?

The following is something one of my sisters posted on Facebook. She asked other people to copy it and put in their own answers. So I did.

Now I share it with you, and I hope you'll copy it and enter your information. I'm curious about you. You can share in your comment on my blog, or on your blog, or on Facebook.

Or you can comment about how weird I am now that you know more about me.

How old are you: 59
Surgeries: 3
Tattoos: 0
Shot a gun: No
Quit a job: Yes
Ever been on TV: No.
What do you drive: Nissan
Hit A Deer: No, but a deer hit me.
Ridden in an ambulance: Yes
Sang karaoke: No
Ice skated: Yes
Rode on a motorcycle: Yes
Stayed in hospital: Yes
Favorite fruit: Banana
Favorite smell: Peppermint

Skipped school: Lots
Dogs or cats: Dogs
Last phone call: Robot
Last text from: Domino's Pizza
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Watch someone die: Yes
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi
Favorite pie: Chocolate
Favorite season: Autumn
Sunrise or sunset: Sunset

Penelope is distraught because she hasn't gotten to tell you about her Kissmas gifts. Her post will happen as soon as we can manage it. 

For those of you who wonder about Franklin and the not-a-doughnut, he still won't do anything other than step on it very, very carefully to retrieve his bedtime treat. When I feel better, I'll lie down on the not-a-doughtnut. My presence will make him more interested in it. 

Or he'll take my place in the bed.


Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

FRANKLIN FRIDAY FINALLY ON FRIDAY: I'M NOT SURE WHAT SANTA PAWS GAVE TO ME

Hi! Hi, Every Buddy! HI HI HI! It's me, me me me memememememe, Franklin the Bordernese and I don't charge a fee to love me.

Kissmas was really great even though Mom went to werk. That werk stuff is dumb.

She had treats for us, though, and Santa Paws left gifts.

I don't know understand what my gift is. At first I thought it was a big, chocolate doughnut, but it doesn't have a hole in the middle. Don't tell Mom I tasted it a little bit and it is definitely not a doughnut. Here's what it looks like:

Don't you think it kinda looks like a chocolate doughnut?

Mom keeps patting the not-a-doughnut and saying, It's soft, Franklin. You will like sleeping on it. You are getting kind of old to sleep on the floor. I think you will be comfortable if you use it as your bed.

The not-a-doughnut is in the bedroom, but that doesn't make it a bed. THIS is a bed:

It's the bed that Mom and Penlapee sleep in. I been invited to join them, but Mom snores so I prefer to sleep on the red rug in the bedroom and I am not too old to sleep there.

Maybe someday I will figure out what the not-a-doughnut is. 

I'll tell you when I know.

Next week, Penlapee will show you her presents.

Okay I love you bye-bye.

I am way too dognified to sleep on a thing
that looks like a doughnut.

FRANKLIN FRIDAY ON MONDAY: WE BEEN SAD

Hi. I know I said I would come back soon to tell you about our Kissmas presents, but we haven't done any blogging around here because Mom goes to that stupid werk and because we are sad. Our good friend Mrs. Ducky, who leaves nice comments on our blog and sends Mom funny grammar cartoons, lost her Bud. Mom says Bud was Mrs. Ducky's hubsend and they were married for a long, long time.

this is me being sad

this is Penlapee being sad

I promise we will start to get over our sad and show you soon what Santa Paws brought for us.

Mrs. Ducky is so brave that she is blogging at fishducky, finally! and sending out funny emails to her friends. If she isn't your friend yet, all you have to do is visit her blog and behave yourself, doing stuff like sit and shake, and she will be your friend. That's the kind of person she is. 

Mrs. Ducky is helping us feel better at our house (we are also missing Favorite Young Man right now, but he'll be back).  She sent an email to Mom that said her Bud would have liked Mom because *snicker snort* Mom is bat-shit crazy. *snicker snort*

It's true. Mom is *snicker snort* bat-shit crazy.

Okay I love you bye-bye.

We love you, Mrs. Ducky.