I started my blood pressure meds today, and it’s kickin’ my butt. Really weak, and kind of dizzy. I felt so bad when I got to the game (straight from work) that I got the paramedics to take my BP. Thursday at the doc it was 160/100; tonight it was 120/70. I just hope this weakness goes away. I really don’t feel good.
Snakes lost tonight.
Off for a hot bath and bed…
Hi herbs! You’re welcome for the photos, I’ve got lots! I am in the midst of reading Mary Stewart’s Merlin/Arthur series myself. I think when I finish it I will need a King fix, maybe even go through the Dark Tower series again, at least that way when I am finished stupid winter will be over!
Silly Dotty! It’s 9:00 pm here! <grin>
Yaaay, Mom let me out in the snow!
Uh oh, left me out too long.
Remember when I said I was done for the week? I liiiieeed.
Okay, okay. But it wasn’t on purpose, for some reason my per diem job has unblocked the dope. This was unexpected.
Keep up these drunk posts though. Swampy, it wasn’t even nine o’clock fellah! I don’t expect a** Haze ** drunk post for another hour or so.
Sorry to hear you aren’t feeling well. I know that when I began taking bp meds I felt blah and tired. I don’t know if it went away or if I just got used to it.
Sorry about the Snakes losing, too.
Look further up, I posted kitteh pictures.
Feel better!
Pretty snow pictures, kai! And I envy you your lovely spruce and other evergreens. We had two big blue spruce in the yard of the house I spent part of my childhood in, and I just adore them.
And such great critters! That was definitely an alpha cat pose! And Satine is such a beautiful girl. Are her eyes really different colors, or is that just an accident of photography?
I’m sorry your meds are making you feel awful, SCL. I hope you get adjusted to them soon. That doesn’t sound fun at all.
My work isn’t as bad as my whining makes it out to be, herbs; it’s just that there’s nobody else to whine to during the day except the dogs, and they don’t care as long as they get their biscuits. 
At least you guys offer sympathy.
But it’s definitely a specialized field. Being able to type fairly fast is only about 20% of it, really; understanding what people say, spelling it right, punctuating it – especially since almost nobody speaks in actual, complete sentences – and learning the zillions of formats (since everyone wants to be different) is the majority of it. And the specialized terminology can kick anyone’s butt. Thank Og for Google. The other day I had to look up how to say, and spell, thank you in the Seneca language. I found it. <pats self on back> I’ve seen a lot of people try this and give up; just learning the basics takes a full six months, and that’s for people who have the typing speed, the vocabulary, etc.
But fun part, for me is trying to find all that obscure information that, once upon a time, we mostly had to guess at. I like to impress clients with it, even though I doubt they notice – although a job I did recently for the Smithsonian was so accurate I would be very, very surprised if they aren’t aware of it, since I was finding such things as the name of New York art gallery owners in the 1920s. You know, stuff anyone should know. :dubious: That was a fun one, actually; more of a challenge than your typical congressional [del]drivel[/del] job, even if it didn’t pay nearly as well. Sometimes I prefer interesting to $$, strange as that sounds.
And I’ve also created about ten million shortcuts using the auto-correct feature, to save myself keystrokes, so that’s always a mental challenge to try to keep myself sharp. It’s one big reason I’m able to produce as much work as I do – I think I probably have cut my keystrokes by at least one-third overall, and possibly more, as I’ve added more and more shortcuts and macros. It’s something I’m quite proud of, actually; I don’t know anyone else who’s doing it. I probably should consider marketing it, since it’s such a time-saver, and I’ve really created a whole system.
But I wouldn’t touch medical transcription with a ten-foot pole. Any time I have the urge, I remember my family doctor in New Orleans, who would pull out her tape recorder and dictate her notes on the spot – at about 500 wpm. That’s the kind of thing that makes me crazy. Give me a nice, boring accountant who speaks at 150-180 wpm that I can keep up with, sometimes for as much as a page or more without having to pause the recording, and I’m a happy camper.
Why am I still up at this hour? Oh, I know; it’s because I’m too lazy to get up and go to bed.
SCL, feel better. That before blood pressure sounded worrisome, so I’m glad that your bp is much better tonight. I hope you start feeling better too.
Great pictures, kai, especially the one of Satine!
{{{SCL}}}
I am awake and my back is hurting. Hopefully it will go away soon.
{{{SCL}}} I’ve been on BP meds for over 10 years now, so I don’t recall if I felt all tired in the beginning. I do know my doc and I went back and forth on different meds before finding one that didn’t make me swell up. So while I’m not qualified to offer medical advice, I did want to share that there isn’t just one answer - apparently different people react different ways to some meds. Good luck on finding what works for you!
**MamaTigs ** - I’ve gotten spam mail about doing transcription at home, and I thought about it… for about --><-- this long. It just doesn’t sound like something I’d enjoy, much as I love this here computer device. But yay that it’s a good fit for you! And I’m impressed with your macro building - sounds like what I used to do when I did design work - I had a library of frequently-used items that really speeded the production of drawings, although most had been built by someone else.
**kai ** - looking at your snow pics made me all cold! OK, that and the diet Coke I’m drinking, but still… but your critters are cute!
So, yes, plans for the day. Leaf mulching, I think. After breakfast at Bob’s. **FCD ** is still crashed - I think he had another bad night. He was doing some futzing on the boat yesterday afternoon and he came home with a big bruise on one hand and a pain in one arm. And since he’s been too much of a butthead to call his doc and ask for more pain meds (plus he’s supposed to be avoiding NSAIDS for another month) he doesn’t have anything to take for it. I’ve quit saying anything about it. It’s as effective as trying to reason with Taz.
Meanwhile, I’m caffeinating, reading the Sunday funnies, and thinking about hopping into the shower. Good times. And YAY for **doggio ** having a day off!
I’ll quit now - not caffeinated enough to remember anything else. Happy Sunday!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ here. Hangoverless too, thankyewverymuch. I slept well and have been up for about an hour messin’ around da cave. I need to cook rice to mix with the red beans and sausage. That won’t take long though.
Yay for the day off doggio! Snakes hope you adjust to the bp med soon. Like MOOOOOOM said, you may have to get it adjusted a few times til you hit the right thing for you. I’ve never taken bp meds but everybody I know who does went through a period of adjustment. The good thing is, it seems that bp meds today do a really good job at helpin’ to control bp, along with the other stuff I’m sure the doc told you to do.
Ok, off to do other things and purtify for churchification.
Later Y’all!
Up and caffeinating here - {{{{{{SCL}}}}}}; I’ll agree with what others have said, sometimes it takes a while to get adjusted to BP meds. I’ve been taking them for about 10 years as well.
Thanks for the info about transcribing, MamaTigs - it does sound very interesting at times, but definitely HARD work! And yay to you for working the macros. 
Swampy, that red beans, rice & sausage dish sounds delish - wish I was going to your church this morning. And congrats on NOT having a hangover this morning; I love those olives stuffed with cheese, btw–aren’t they good?! I’ve had the bleu cheese stuffed ones, but I’ve also had some greek ones stuffed with feta-delish! LOL I’m channeling Rachel Ray this morning, apparently. 
Okay, gotta surf the net for a bit; working on my post. Happy Sunday all. Oh yeah, I did NOT come in last place in that Geek Feud! Only 7th from bottom. 
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Back from breakfast. We moved the picnic tables in the yard so a little later when it warms a bit, I can go out and start mulching. But till then, I’ve got some more surfing to do.
I’ve also got to run to the store for some sody-pops. Yeah, exciting day for me here.
I’m tired of having a head full of snot. I’ve blown my nose so many times I’m dizzy.
thud
This is kinda weird, but I have a theory too.
If i don’t take one of the magic sleeping pills (Ambien CE) before I go to sleep, in the morning, I lay in bed sluggish just not wanting to move at all. If i DO take one, I get 7-8 hours of sleep and jump out of bed wide awake.
I’m figuring it’s because I get better sleep with the Ambien, huh?
A possible side effect of the Ambien though is that I get very vocal and squirm a lot when I dream. Which apparently bugs BusWife to no end. I don’t tend to have those kind of dreams when I am un-drugged.
yawn
stretch
Morning all. I was so tired last night after work I skipped the game. That’s tired. More Dexter today.
yawn
{{{{{Anybody who needs it}}}}}
I’m at work. It’s so exciting. Not.
Coke products are on sale locally - 3-12 packs for either $9 or $10, depending upon the chain. I checked at both - neither had cherry coke zero. FCD is not happy. Oh well, we’ll look tomorrow or the next day.
I’m about to change my shoes and get outside aboard John Deere, going on a mulching rampage. It’s sunny and almost mild, so yay! Back later, when the yard is pretty.
yawn
stretch
Indeed. I slept like a baby last night, when I finally heaved my behind out of this chair and into bed, and slept until I was slept out this morning. Which wasn’t as late as I thought it might be. That’s my regular indulgence on Sunday mornings, though; Papa Tigs gets up and takes care of the Idiots, and I can lie abed as long as I want to. Loverly.
So now I’m just caffeinating and contemplating getting some of my next batch of congressional [del]drivel[/del] partisan bickering done. It’s a beeyooootiful day here, so we’ll probably take the Idiots out for a walk on the trails out on Kent Island today, since Papa Tigs also wants to go to the outlet mall on the other side of the Big Bridge. Exciting day, wot?
Hi
I am posting from my friend’s laptop, without my computer glasses, on a keyboard I am not used to, at the end of my convention. no time to catch up - there’s a line for email checking :D:D
more when I get home.
Finally awake now, I slept a lot last night (crashed early). Dunno why I was so tired, I just was. But I need some coffee yet and one of the sticky buns I bought at the farmers market yesterday.
Now I’m waiting to hear from a friend if she will be back in town to meet at the mall for a sale and maybe a late lunch/early supper.
