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[Jul. 22nd, 2008|04:17 pm] |
Answer: It will if their parents watch Fox News. |
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| ode to toby flenderson |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|01:33 pm] |
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| drugs |
[Jul. 20th, 2008|09:13 pm] |
I guess I can see how people get addicted to prescription painkillers. Percoset makes me feel so light and sleepy! But mainly I want the pain to lessen. More than anything I want it to stop altogether all on its own. That would be great, feeling 100% again. I wish I knew how long that takes.
We took Kona on a walk downtown today. We sat at a table outside the coffeeshop and everyone who walked by stared at her or remarked on her beauty. One teen girl walked by twice, each time saying to Kona, "Oh my god I love you!!!!" Heh. She is a pretty dog. We have fallen in love with her for sure.
Back to work tomorrow. I am going to take it easy, which means no running to catch buses. Ah well. |
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| convalescence |
[Jul. 18th, 2008|05:57 pm] |
Got a get well card in the mail today, signed by all my coworkers. I was sincerely touched.
Also got "The Botany of Desire", yay a new book!
I am really really looking forward to getting back to work on Monday. Heal, incisions, heal!! |
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| pain management |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|01:13 pm] |
I spent several hours on the sofa this morning, propped up on two pillows, under a blanket, with Sasha on my lap and Kona next to me, watching the Price is Right and Martha Stewart, while kind of passing out.
I love you, percoset.
But seriously this pain thing is getting old. Yes, I know I had surgery only six days ago. Really really looking forward to feeling normal and energetic again. Being able to run around with my dog, stuff like that.
The doctor told me I would miss a week of work, I don't know why I didn't believe her, but turns out she was right. |
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| recovering |
[Jul. 13th, 2008|09:40 am] |
Our nice neighbors invited us for dinner last night, we ate on their back porch. I was in a lot of pain, the percoset hadn't kicked in quite yet, and my appetite has been tiny, so I only ate a small portion of food. The grilled turkey was sooo good though. The weather was lovely. I announced it was Brian's birthday, and Cindy happened to have some cherry cake for us to celebrate. Nice, and low-key, how Brian likes it.
We went home, I was all loopy and went right to bed. The pain continued, but the meds put me to sleep. It was warm and Brian had the fan on. But I woke up in the middle of the night absolutely freezing. I had to wake Brian and ask him to pull the duvet over me -- sitting up is really hard. Then I got up anyway to shut off the fan. My teeth were chattering. My poor body would rather be warm than cold.
I got up at seven, wide awake, ate half an apple and popped more percoset. I drank some coffee on the couch and watched CBS Sunday Morning. Got a little high, and took a few naps. At 8:30 I decided to go out on the back porch with Kona and read a book in the morning sun. It was so peaceful.
This afternoon I finally get to bathe. I feel filthy and my skin is starting to itch, all over. I last showered on Friday morning. My incisions look gross, I really hope they do heal well, as promised. We'll see how it looks when the scabs fall off.
I think the pain is finally beginning to subside a bit. There is still gas pain in my shoulder, which is weird, and abdominal muscle pain, but it's a bit less than before. I think I will finally feel well by Tuesday. |
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| Looking for potential collaborators for an Irish language resource |
[Jul. 13th, 2008|12:39 am] |
I run the language website LingWiki, and recently I've been trying to find ways to make it a more relevant and useful resource. One way I've been doing that has been developing portals off of the main page to help people interested in focusing on a specific language, such as the one I've established so far for Japanese.
I'm looking to establish one for Irish as well, however my knowledge is nonexistent compared to my knowledge of Japanese or English, so I'm looking to the community for a few people who'd be interested in helping to expand the site. If you're not interested in creating articles or maintaining the Irish portal itself, another great way to help would be to fill in words on our essential words chart to try and make sure the basic words necessary for communication are covered.
Thanks in advance to all who offer to help! |
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| bday |
[Jul. 12th, 2008|02:21 pm] |
Happy Birthday to Brian, the best husband ever. Thank you honey for taking such good care of me the past couple days. I looooove you.
And since I have been pretty much out of it all weekend, we will make up your birthday gift/celebration later this month.
I want to go to the Oregon coast! I'll have vacation days in August, maybe we can go then. |
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| all done |
[Jul. 11th, 2008|09:45 pm] |
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I am back! I'll tell more later, but now I must go eat another Percoset. Feels like someone stabbed me in the gut. |
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| enjoy |
[Jul. 10th, 2008|07:32 pm] |
How about twenty Arrested Development animated gifs?
( okay! ) |
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