But tis true. Either that or management. Sorry to all good managers out there, but sometimes I just shake my head at some of these people.
I dont’ do management because I only want to work PT. If and when I become a librarian, I would love to manage that. I have no interest in managing a hospital unit.
oops-hijack. It’ll get her outta your hair, at least, no?
Oh, I know it’s true. I speak from 22 years of government service here.
Yay, more for me!
But you still have to wipe it out when the cycle is done. Ha, ha! 
If the oven is done, go clean the bathroom; that always needs something done.
If you tell me that you have a self-cleaning bathroom, I’m coming to live with you, so consider your response carefully.
You’ll have to get through me first. And quite possibly his wife, come to think of it. I wonder if she fights dirty. I know I do.
When you get done cleaning your bathroom, could you come over here and bleach my brain? <shudder>
Sorry about your FIL, Smitty.
Only if ibuprofen counts. I’m on that, an anti-inflammatory, and an antibiotic. And I need to go rinse my mouth out with saltwater again. There’s a joke in there, I know, but I don’t feel like digging for it right now.
I’ve been playing video games all day! Go me!
:mad: jealous! :mad:
I cleaned the bathrooms on Friday, so there. I wish I had a self cleaning bathroom–how cool would that be? Very, indeed.
You don’t like me licking Johnny Depp all over? Jealous, huh? there, there <pats Zine on the shoulder>
Spats --the salt water actually does help the sockets heal. You heard that from a nurse. It’s true.
Quasi-Daughter also wants Johnny Depp. She fights really dirty.
I am making soup out of some leftover spaghetti sauce and a bunch of veggies. I don’t feel enthusiatic about it. I may stick it in tupperware for tomorrow. We have fries in the freezer, and I want cheese fries for supper. Not poutine, because we don’t have any gravy.
If we don’t have cheese fries then I’m making quesadillas with some nice homemade tortillas. I have a Costco pack of chicken breasts in the freezer, and I’m thinking about cooking and shredding half of them for instant taco/mac’n’cheese/casserole/quesadilla additions. Maybe I’ll try chicken caesar pizza, too. Yum.
I’m so very sorry - I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for you and your wife. Hugs and all kinds of good wishes coming your way.
Woohoo! I hope we can figure out a way to meet! This whole getting-up-for-work business really cramps my style… :mad: Be sure to share all details as you learn them.
And in new news, I got out just after 4 today. There wasn’t a whole lot going on, but the senior engineer wanted me standing by till 4. Three more days.
On Sunday, I’m meeting one of my oldest friends for a late lunch/early supper. She and I went through some of our early Navy training together in 1973 and we were stationed together in San Diego from '74-'76. We’ve stayed in touch over the years, and she lives in Alexandria, so she’s fairly close. This’ll be the first time we’ve gotten together in several years. I picked a seafood restaurant located between the two of us. FCD will join us unless he’s just too fried.
Someone asked about yesterday’s dessert? We got Snickers sundaes - 2 scoops of ice cream, caramel sauce, chopped up snickers bars, whipped cream, and a cherry on top. They were good, but I like the Reese’s sundae better - chopped Reese’s cups, peanut butter sauce and hot fudge over ice cream, with whipped cream and a cherry - mega yum!
Now I want ice cream. And all we have in the freezer is a box of sugar free popsicles. It’s just not the same. <sigh> Or instant chocolate pudding. meh Obviously my dessert needs are not being met by my freezer or my pantry.
I would like to lick Johnny Depp all over also 'specially if he was covered in ice cream.
I do believe that that would make todays all round crappy-ness much much better.
mmmmm, a Johnny Depp sundae. Yep, that’s what I’m wanting!
But what I really want is for Johnny Depp to cover ME with ice cream and then…
but enough fun for today!
Yorkshire pudding in the oven. Nummers.
All together now: work tomorrow–blech! I am scheduled for a meeting at 0800 and then a teleconference at 2pm. Query: how am I to do direct pt care if they keep pulling me off the floor to these stupid meetings? Apparently, there are two of me somewhere… :rolleyes:
Sorry to hear about your FIL, Smitty. Sounds very sad. Please keep us updated and feel free to vent.
How’s your roommate, Drae?
Lessee, eleanor, isn’t there a closet you could clean out? Or maybe something in the basement?
I just had scrambled eggs with potatoes and cheese and asparagus I’m considering having the last of the papaya for dessert. Or maybe some ice cream. There’s the ice cream store around the corner.
Welcome back, swampy! You sound all trained and stuff. It was quiet here without you. Or rather in the other MMP.
There’s a bar/restaurant called Frog, Bear and Wild Boar downtown. It’s a bit loud for my taste, but not too bad. As far as I know, they don’t serve any of the title characters there, though.
Hey, Shibb, I’m going to attempt to make it to Rue’s upcoming event. Can’t make it till mid-afternoon, but I plan to risk getting lost in the woods and Jungle Jim’s with whoever else is brave enough.
I really like Johnny Depp, too, but don’t necessarily like all of his movies. I’m not terribly attracted by The Libertine. But the idea of a sundae isn’t too offputting.
I’m definitely not a poet, so I’ll skip this outstanding opportunity to compose.
There’s more, but I’m still thinking about dinner…back later.
GT
Okay, I just went through the cupboard, fridge, and freezer, and I am not allowed to buy anything but veggies and sandwich buns for a couple of weeks. I have an absurd amount of food. No food shopping until I’ve gotten through at least half of it.
I think they did that on an episode of Tool Time.
How does that work? And does my being directed to do so indicate the presence or absence of stitches?
Lastly, when and where is this upcoming Rue-sponsored Dopefest?
I’ll let the medical personnel answer your salt-water stitch question, spats.
But I can answer the Rue one. It’s Saturday, May 20 at Caesar Creek State Park near Waynesville, OH. You’re attending, right?
GT
I am not an orthodontic hygienist (or whatever they call themselves),but it is my understanding that most wisdom teeth extractions* involve stitches that dissolve after so much time has passed. Surely you got a pamphlet or some such to read?
As for the salt water (warm)–IMO, it helps flush away sloughing tissue as well as bacteria. Not only that, but the salinity aids healing–your body tissue is salt water based. Have you ever heard of gargling with warm salt water to soothe a sore throat? The warmth causes the blood vessels to vasodilate, and the saline doesn’t form a coating on the throat (like sweet things) or strip the throat and mouth of it’s moistness (like acidic or alcoholic drinks do).
IANAD, but that’s my 2 cents.
*I don’t have any wisdom teeth. On Xray, there is nothing there. My dentist informed me that meant I was higher up on the evolutionary scale than other folk. Of course, that was always obvious to me, but modesty forbade me to proclaim it… 
When you do the salt-water rinse, be sure to just let it gently slosh and roll around your mouth. Don’t be doing any of that traditional rapid in-and-out sucking business that most people seem to do with mouthwash - you don’t want to suck the clots out!
Self-cleaning bathrooms? We’ve got a bunch of them here in SF on the sidewalks. Fancy French things that spray themselves down between users. More than one bum has tried to stay inside for a free shower. Not sure if it works, or if it’s even remotely pleasant.