The day is ticking away

@Rollo1 (16679)
Boston, Massachusetts
June 9, 2017 11:08am CST
Ever since I got up this morning, I've had a little twitch in my right eyelid. A pulsating little tic. A half-blink. Drives me crazy. A box full of nails fell on the floor. There arose such a clatter! There is nothing more annoying than picking up thousands (okay, dozens) of nails off the floor. Tic...tic... I started to knit something with a skein of yarn I got out of an old stash. It wasn't for quite some time that I realized that part of the skein looked like it had been dipped into bleach and was all discolored. I had to rip out all my stitches. Tic...tic... The Boy installed the AC in my bedroom window. Unfortunately, some time between last summer and today, that old AC stopped working. No cooling. None. Tic...tic... And the local news has emailed to say that we're going to have a heat wave. "At Last!" they cry. What kind of idiot gets all happy when they predict it's going to be record heat and desperately uncomfortable? Don't they know my AC doesn't work? Tic...tic... And the day ticks away.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Jun 17
All tic and no toc, there's your problem right there. Ying needs Yang like a fish needs a bicycle...
Fish on a bicycle
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A Guinness ad from 1996
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Jun 17
Shrimp don't need treadmills but can run on them, apparently.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
10 Jun 17
@Rollo1 Taxpayers' dollars aside, my preferred treadmill piece has to be by OK Go:
OK Go - Here It Goes Again
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Music video by OK Go performing Here It Goes Again (The Treadmill Video).
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Jun 17
@pgntwo Such an unusual skill. Just watching them makes me feel dizzy and unsteady on my feet. Of course, I was already that way.
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paigea
@paigea (36316)
• Canada
21 Jun 17
I get those eye twitches and they last for days sometimes. But I have never described it so beautifully.
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
21 Jun 17
Oh, thank goodness it didn't last for days. That would cause a secondary symptom - unbridled rage.
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paigea
@paigea (36316)
• Canada
21 Jun 17
@Rollo1 Amazing what one can get used to!
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
10 Jun 17
You have not had enough rest and plenty of extra stress, no wonder you have a tic. I do prefer that to a tick, though.
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
12 Jun 17
I have to agree, I would rather a tic than a tick.
rebelann1949
@rebelann (112961)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Jun 17
Wanna borrow Ally? She'd love to play with the water from your hose and then shake herself dry so close to you that it's actually cooling. It's gonna be about 100 this afternoon so I'll be out watering the pup and then I'll get watered too
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Jun 17
I think a good sprinkling will be in order this weekend. Keep yourself and Ally cool!
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112961)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jun 17
It's 100 now and we were out a while ago n she got good n soaked @Rollo1 now I'm ready to go out again, no A/C so I need to get Ally to cool me off a bit
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472000)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
Not the best day for you. They announced a heat wave that has to start yesterday. Thanks God (at least for the moment) they are wrong.
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Jun 17
We almost had a severe thunderstorm yesterday, and so far today, the heat wave is less hot than they said, so I hope they continue to be wrong about these worrisome predictions.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472000)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 17
@Rollo1 I hope too, today has been good so far, I hope that we are not going to have the anticipated heat wave the next week.
Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 Jun 17
Sorry your ac is out. Hope you get it fixed soon
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
12 Jun 17
It finally went away, but I don't like to think about it in case the stress causes it to return. Such an annoying thing is a twitching eyelid.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
13 Jun 17
@Rollo1 Yes it is an aggravation.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50596)
• United States
12 Jun 17
He got your air conditioner installed in the nick of time
Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
19 Jun 17
Now I'm not really sure whether you did have the twitch in your eye or not, but if so, they can be awful that's for sure. Any tics I now get move around I get them on my leg, arm or cheek along with my eye. We've never had air conditioning in any house we've owned and it's been hot this past week. Today seems a lot cooler, but I can't tell how much because the sun is currently on the thermometer outside and it's reading 90, but I have a sweater on, so I know it's probably closer to 65-70ish. If those tics last too long, hold your breath and count to 100, lol. Not for the one on your face though.
Angie
@andriaperry (117133)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Jun 17
I hope your day gets better
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AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Jun 17
Like most days - some parts are good, others are less so. My eye is still twitching, though.