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Post by Michelle on Feb 9, 2010 13:58:02 GMT -5
At the hospital, Jan connected with the whole floor staff. They just loved her. Although during her lucid moments she would slip into "Beat" slang, which was quite confusing for the younger nurse aides. Aide: "On a scale of zero to ten, Ms Armstrong, how would you rate your pain?" Jan: "Goose." Dad's day shift nurse is from Uzbekistan and the only one who can seem to get through to get him to respond. I think it's the Russian-sounding accent that gets this old harcore Marxist-Leninist going. He has been telling everyone who asks him if he's in pain, "No, I'm good" but she can get him to admit when he needs medication. She told us (imagine the thickest evil-Chekhov accent): "Nobody can escape my eye." Is your dad a huge Borat fan as well?
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Post by Michelle on Feb 9, 2010 13:59:18 GMT -5
Oh, hey - who else is watching this season of RuPaul's Drag Race? Awesome fab fun! I don't get the Logo, but the first ep re-aired on MTV and I was able to catch it. Fabulous!! (Imagine Johnny Weir saying that). If it continues to air on MTV as well, I'll definitely keep it on the DVR schedule.
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Post by Michelle on Feb 9, 2010 14:00:12 GMT -5
snow day #5 and I'm betting tomorrow is #6 -- mostly because the temps are dropping and the slush will freeze, although we aren't getting much more snow. Looks like you midwest S'cubies are going to get dumped on. Ayup. Driving to work today was quite unfun. Saw two major accidents and a semi trailer started fish-tailing right in front of me. Luckily, the driver got it under control.
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Post by Michelle on Feb 9, 2010 14:00:29 GMT -5
I had my TB shot. It wasn't exactly fun but it wasn't exactly horrible either. That picture of Booth as Cas - hee, hee, hee, hee. I finished my How to write a comedy monologue article. I feel so productive right now. (launches into a verse of I feel productive, oh so productive to the tune of I feel pretty from West Side Story) Good for you!! On to the next thing.
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Post by Michelle on Feb 9, 2010 14:00:51 GMT -5
Congrats!!!
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Post by Pixi on Feb 9, 2010 14:29:08 GMT -5
Congrats!!! Thanks Michelle. It's just a dweeby little article but it was fun to put it together.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 9, 2010 14:34:52 GMT -5
With the anniversary of Ian's passing coming up next month, I've decided to get out of Dodge for a few days. Will be going to visit my Dad at that time. I think it's a very bitter irony that Ian died the day after my mother's birthday and my mother died two days after Ian's birthday. *Big Mommy Anne hug* *returns Mommy Anne hug*
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 9, 2010 14:37:57 GMT -5
Oh, hey - who else is watching this season of RuPaul's Drag Race? Awesome fab fun! The ads for this looked hilarious! I'll have to check it out. I'm sure it reruns all week. On LOGO, right? Considering what an attractive woman RuPaul drags out to be, (s)he's a singularly unattractive man. Oddly, (s)he spends much of the show in mufti.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 9, 2010 14:42:57 GMT -5
Yesterday's win: cracking Mom up after she said "There are no more words left for how bad this is." "Well, fucked is still working pretty well for me." She is staying home today to rest while my sister and I go see Dad. Social workers came to the hospital yesterday. We're going to have to figure out whether he's going to get discharged to a skilled nursing facility or to hospice care. Depends on what happens in the next few days, I suppose. My sister went for a walk and brought a lovely bamboo plant with an Asian coin decoration from the Trader Joe's down the hill from the hospital yesterday. Very Zen looking. Dad studied Japanese in college and likes such things, but we couldn't keep it because they don't allow live plants in the rooms due to the risk of bacteria. I think she was upset with me for asking whether it was okay, but I told her it would be better to bring it back home rather than go back the next day and find they'd gotten rid of it. Well, time to shower and get ready to go. Check you later, S'cubies. Your Mom's a wise lady. Many s to you and to her. Don't forget to get adequate rest too.
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Post by Sara on Feb 9, 2010 14:44:14 GMT -5
I think there's some sort of low-grade wipe-out virus going around; I was so very not kidding when I said I wanted to go back to bed all day yesterday, and the only thing that got me up at all was the dual demands of taking meds at the right time and being ready to head to Seattle on Wednesday. Better today, except I also fell asleep early and didn't get up until Franklin and Sam were gone. Julia, there's this not-sick-but-not-awake thing lingering on, but I'm a hair better. ETA: I'm coming off a three week period which includes my husband being in bed basically all the time he wasn't at work for about ten days as he went through a meds change, so my detectors for this are turned way down just so I'm not screaming all the time. Yeah; I'm just cranky because I really don't MIND doing 90% of the baby-related stuff in the A.M., but I'd like for her frickin' father to at least appear to be trying to help. Like being out of bed before we leave the house, for example. It'd be nice if he could, say, play with her while I'm getting myself dressed so that she isn't confined to her swing for the duration. Or maybe (gasp!) he could get her dressed and ready to go while I get ME dressed. Also, I've been sick for a week, with your standard "baby now goes to day care" cold, and he knows it, and HE isn't ill - at least not overtly. I have little sympathy for "I'm very tired" at 7:30 when I've been up since 5:30, so tired I actually want to cry. Somehow, mothers never think it's okay to just stay in bed till 8:00 because someone else will give the baby her meds, change her, dress her, and feed her. Also, *I* didn't get a shower (for that matter, TMI, I didn't get to PEE until I got to work), but the first thing he did upon getting up at 7:35 was take a shower, so that he saw his daughter for all of five minutes before we left the house. It's not every day. But it's not okay, and he's a grownup. He should KNOW it's not okay. Just let me know if you need to employ a little Louisville therapy.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 9, 2010 14:46:45 GMT -5
, Shan *sigh* I wish I had more - I have new Emily pictures, but haven't transitioned them from camera to computer, yet. Also, I'm just...meh today. Dave was still in bed at 7:30 this morning, when I'd been up since 5:30. (5:00 if you count desperately trying to get the baby to take a paci and sleep for another half hour.) And he knows we (Emily and I) have to leave the house by 8:00. And when I commented on it, he said, "I'm really tired." No fucking kidding. Me, I *thrive* on no more than four consecutive hours of sleep. His 7 straight would be too much, I tell you. To paraphrase Cuddy from last night's House, no fight yet, but there's gonna be. Yes, I do see the parallel. Maybe you could ask Anne to lend you Mr. Bolty.
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 9, 2010 14:54:02 GMT -5
I had my TB shot. It wasn't exactly fun but it wasn't exactly horrible either. That picture of Booth as Cas - hee, hee, hee, hee. I finished my How to write a comedy monologue article. I feel so productive right now. (launches into a verse of I feel productive, oh so productive to the tune of I feel pretty from West Side Story) Go you!
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Post by Squeemonster on Feb 9, 2010 14:54:53 GMT -5
I'll probably read when when I go to put it up on your site.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Feb 9, 2010 15:01:42 GMT -5
I think there's some sort of low-grade wipe-out virus going around; I was so very not kidding when I said I wanted to go back to bed all day yesterday, and the only thing that got me up at all was the dual demands of taking meds at the right time and being ready to head to Seattle on Wednesday. Better today, except I also fell asleep early and didn't get up until Franklin and Sam were gone. Julia, there's this not-sick-but-not-awake thing lingering on, but I'm a hair better. ETA: I'm coming off a three week period which includes my husband being in bed basically all the time he wasn't at work for about ten days as he went through a meds change, so my detectors for this are turned way down just so I'm not screaming all the time. Yeah; I'm just cranky because I really don't MIND doing 90% of the baby-related stuff in the A.M., but I'd like for her frickin' father to at least appear to be trying to help. Like being out of bed before we leave the house, for example. It'd be nice if he could, say, play with her while I'm getting myself dressed so that she isn't confined to her swing for the duration. Or maybe (gasp!) he could get her dressed and ready to go while I get ME dressed. Also, I've been sick for a week, with your standard "baby now goes to day care" cold, and he knows it, and HE isn't ill - at least not overtly. I have little sympathy for "I'm very tired" at 7:30 when I've been up since 5:30, so tired I actually want to cry. Somehow, mothers never think it's okay to just stay in bed till 8:00 because someone else will give the baby her meds, change her, dress her, and feed her. Also, *I* didn't get a shower (for that matter, TMI, I didn't get to PEE until I got to work), but the first thing he did upon getting up at 7:35 was take a shower, so that he saw his daughter for all of five minutes before we left the house. It's not every day. But it's not okay, and he's a grownup. He should KNOW it's not okay. But he won't know until you tell him. And you can expect him to say something like, "But you seem to have it all under control!" or "I didn't know you felt that way!" or the big one, "But I never get it 'RIGHT' enough for you!" Then tell him how you feel and also what he can do to help you. Male minds work that way. You can always get mad later, after you've told him how you feel and what to do about it--and he still doesn't help.
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Post by Pixi on Feb 9, 2010 15:30:15 GMT -5
I'll probably read when when I go to put it up on your site. Don't say I didn't warn you when you're nodding off.
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