# Extended board leave- good wishes needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902 "2000-12-16T14:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/1 "2000-12-16T14:57:01Z")
Hello all- I will be temporarily leaving the boards- likely for a few months, except occasional reading when I can. I would not normally post something like this (as if people would sit around Christmas dinner saying "Hey- wonder where the hell Zette’s been??), but here is the reason for my absence. A very close friend of mine is 5 1/2 months pregnant and suffering from a lot of pain from an unknown source. She’s seeing the best doctors there are, and the prognosis for the baby is good, but she has been put on bedrest until further notice. (Very possibly for the remainder of the pregnancy). I am loaning her my laptop computer so she can get some work done, surf the web, and keep herself busy. She is literally bedbound and can’t sit at her computer at all- even to check e-mail. So that’s it folks- I’m looking for good vibes to go her way. She’s 35 and pregnant with her first child, and this whole thing has really put her in a funk. She can’t go home for Christmas, she’s stuck in bed with little to do, and I’m just praying to God that she and the baby turn out OK. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers and I’ll see you regularly in a few months. Otherwise, it will be an occasional post from the library. (PS- pray for me to get through my computer withdrawl. This is like cutting off my right arm giving up my 'puter 🙂 ) Zette ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/2 "2000-12-16T15:00:52Z")
(((Zette & friend))) I hope everything turns out okay for your friend, and I’ll be thinking of you while you’re gone. Keep us posted, if ever you can! ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/3 "2000-12-16T15:24:16Z")
Zette, Does your friend know about Sidelines? [http://www.sidelines.org](http://www.sidelines.org) . They provide support to moms on bedrest during pregnancy. They also have people she can email or talk to on the phone who have been through bedrest. Best wishes your friend’s way! –tygre ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/4 "2000-12-16T15:29:23Z")
Zette, what a wonderful thing to do! I’ll sent my very best good vibes to the both of you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/5 "2000-12-16T15:37:17Z")
{{{Zette and friend}}} I have always admired you, **Zette** , and I will miss your posts while you don’t have your computer. Please keep us updated on your friend and her baby, whenever you can. Back in April, I was put on partial bedrest for a few weeks (baby wasn’t due until the end of June). I was able to sit at my computer, but my all my other activities were extremely limited. During that time, I stumbled onto the Straight Dope site. The internet was real sanity-saver for me.🙂 BTW, baby made it to full term, and he’s sitting in my lap now, trying to help Mom type. Have a merry Christmas, and best wishes to your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/6 "2000-12-16T16:02:13Z")
Zette, I am sending healing thoughts and prayers to your friend.I sure do hope that everything turns out okay, and that you end up with a healthy, happy baby to hold. Too bad you will have to give her/him back when he gets fussy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/7 "2000-12-16T16:23:06Z")
You are so sweet!!! I needed bed rest for the last couple of months for my last two pregnancies, and it was really boring!! A laptop would have been the perfect thing to keep me from going crazy. I’ll miss your posts, but it’s for a good cause. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/8 "2000-12-16T16:24:58Z")
It’s wonderful thing you’re doing, Zette, but we’ll miss you while you’re “gone”. Just make sure you don’t forget to return here in a few months when you’re back online. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/9 "2000-12-16T18:01:43Z")
Hey, be good and come back when you can. Also, give my best wishes and good vibes to your friend. If it doesn’t hurt when she laughs have her check out [http://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html](http://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html) This site has made me, quite literally, pee my pants! ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/10 "2000-12-16T18:09:40Z")
Zette, oh no! I hope your friend and her baby pull through okay, and that the next few months are a nice break for you. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/11 "2000-12-16T18:14:06Z")
Sometimes I just cant understand how one person can be so friggin kind ALL THE TIME!! Arent you EVER selfish??? Zette, sweetie… someday all the nice things you have done, and all the caring you have done for others will come back to you tenfold. You are one of the most decent people I know. Your friend is lucky to have you. Check in when you can ok? I’ll miss ya, Kelli (seeing as how I will be posing 24hrs a day now that I am unemployed - I am REALLY gonna miss ya!) ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/12 "2000-12-16T18:31:56Z")
Wow…I can’t imagine having to be put on bedrest for that long…I know exactly how lucky I am that my pregnancies were EASY. Make sure you steer her our way. 😃 And, MAN, if I could, I would send you a makeshift system so that you could at least have rudimentary internet…I know how painful it’s gotta be to give up your system, but I also know HOW MUCH she will appreciate it. Eurah Koolchik, baybee. \ ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/13 "2000-12-16T18:43:38Z")
Sorry to hear about her bedrest, Zette, and hope all goes well for the pregnancy! You know we’ll miss you around here. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/14 "2000-12-16T18:44:09Z")
I think this proves that we have some of the best people in the world on our board. Make sure you send her our way so she can keep us up to date on her and yourself! Best wishes to Zette’s friend ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/15 "2000-12-16T19:00:45Z")
Zette, you are a very kind and giving person. I hope all goes well for your friend and her baby. What are you going to do with all your free time? Rose ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/16 "2000-12-16T19:06:17Z")
Once again, I am amazed by **Zette** ’s unending kindness. I’m sending good thoughts to you, your friend, and the baby. ((((((((((((Zette))))))))))))) I’ll miss you during your hiatus! ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/17 "2000-12-17T00:11:47Z")
{{{{{zette}}}}} That’s so sweet of you, hon…am hoping your friend gets back on her feet soon and that all will be well for the baby. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/18 "2000-12-17T01:17:32Z")
Sending you my deepest admiration, **Zette** and best wishes to your friend and her baby. It’s good to be reminded how much kindness, decency and hope still exist in this world. Veb ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/19 "2000-12-17T03:17:13Z")
What a wonderful and thoughtful gesture, **Zette**! Best wishes to your friend for a healthy little one. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902/20 "2000-12-17T07:17:11Z")
See you in a few months! 🙂 _sends happy vibes **Zette** ’s, **Zette’s friend** ’s, and **Zette’s friend’s baby** ’s way_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extended-board-leave-good-wishes-needed/45902.md?page=2)