I must be coming down with something. I kept getting chilled yesterday despite the fact the day was gorgeous! I did not make it to Wallyworld. I did make it to Ace Hardware for birdseed. Jake loves it there because all the red vests want to give him pets. They even load the bags of bird seed in the back of Drover for me. I never turn them down even though I was the one who hefted those bags into the buggy/cart in the first place.

Anyway, I got home, managed to get a little work done–like setting this up to post on time. But I was achy and breathing was a chore. Don’t know if it’s a cold or what, but I went to bed yesterday and napped. No telling how I’ll feel today.

MOONSTRUCK: RETRIBUTION goes live in four days. I’ve had a few clicks on the Books2Read link. With the ‘Zon, I’ll have no clue until after the book goes live on Saturday. Which is my birthday. In case y’all have forgotten. The only presents I want is people buying the book. 🙄 Hey, it’s my party and I’ll whine if I want to.

Okay, this is totally politically incorrect but I have to recount the cversation that occurred behind me in line at Ace. One guy was a farmer/rancher. The other guy was a workin’ man.

Rancher: “Ya know, all this rigamarole seems purty simple t’me. Ya got bulls and cows. If you don’t want the bull to make calves, you fix’ im. Then ya got steers. They ain’t cows.”

Workin’ man: *nods sagely*

Rancher: “Same thing with horses. Ya got yer stallions and yer mares. And geldings. Thing is, if yer racin’ ’em, ya don’t run a filly against a stud colt. No matter how fast that filly is, that colt is gonna run circles ’round her cuz he’s bigger n’faster.”

The workin’ man looked a little confused so I explained: “A filly is a young female horse. Stud colt refers to a young stallion.”

Rancher: “That there’s the thing. Ever’body knows there’s only two sexes. Male n’female. Just cuz ya geld a horse don’t make him a brood mare.”

At that point, it was my turn to check out. I left the two guys commiserating on the idiocy of “them folks out there on the coasts” and “must be all that salt in the air from the ocean. It pickles their brains.”

I managed to get out without laughing but then sitting in the parking lot waiting to pull out, I looked at Jake in the review and said, “That pretty much says it all, right? Ya can’t turn a gelding into a mare, no matter how fancy you dress him up. Or how pickled your brain gets.”

I’m going to take today mostly off. Except I have to hit Wallyworld today. I needs stuff. That said, my nap yesterday helped a bit. Hopefully veggie the rest of today will do the same. I want to feel good again. How are y’all feeling today?