Do you hear trumpets? :dubious:
I met this guy today. There are not many people who have both awed and humbled me at the same time, but he did. Me and Butch both.
Saturday was rotten, Monday was awful, and today was BAD!!! But it could have been worse.
I work in a cafe located in our public library, so today Security comes in and tells me my car has been damaged, with a capital D, in the parking lot. Some [del]asshole[/del] bad driver slammed into the back of my care and then ran off. So I had to call the insurance company, a body shop, talk to the police, and so on. The actual collision was caught on security tape, and someone got the license number. Due has been located, under what circumstances I am not sure of. When he left the library he struck another car, and turned the wrong way onto a one way street!
Thank goodness for AAA. The care has been towed to a repair shop, and they will help deal with the insurance. For now I’m borrowing my mother’s van. She has her own car. Given the age and type of the car,(it’s a 2000 Ford Escort) I suspect it will be totaled, although the vehicle is drivable.
It’s got to get better, right?
No MRI - poor **FCD **literally could not lie on his back. So we’ve got an appt tomorrow at another imaging center where they’ll drug him to get him thru it. We discovered that he’s much more comfortable in the truck than in the car, and he can’t get around without a walker - it’s gotten that bad since last Monday. I’ll work 4 hours tomorrow morning, then take him to Clinton, MD - lots of driving ahead for me.
I was going to take all day Friday off to prep for the party, but I’m thinking I’ll work half a day, and I may put in a few extra hours on Thursday. I only had 2 days of vacation time on the books, so I’ll be going LWOP when he has surgicals. I miss the huge amounts of leave I earned when I worked for the gummint.
Oh, yeah, and it’s raining. rah.
That’s the sort of thing I make if I’m voluntold to bring something for an office party. It’s cheap, easy, and most people will eat it. All it takes is some Velveeta and a can of Rotel tomatoes. That’s it.
I just saw Richard Simmons nekkid with veggies strategically placed. I don’t ever want to see that again. Ever.
Dinner is Taco Tuesday, courtesy of the sprog. I need to remember to sign off that he has prepared all three meals plus dessert for his cooking merit badge. He’s going to make a good husband for some lucky girl. 
:kvell:
Excuse me while I go scrub my brain!:eek:
Dindin has been ingested. 'Twas good even if it was a lazy way to make dindin.
{{{Cupcakes}}} here’s hopin’ you get a better car out of it all at least.
BigKitty 
Rockin’ wins this week’s award for most disgustin’ post. Nobody will top that! :eek:
{{{MOOOOOOM (and very gently) FCD}}} hope tomorrow’s MRI goes well.
Really? Was it necessary to share that little tidbit?? :dubious:
I love my front-loading washer except when it won’t spin because the load is unevenly distributed. My own fault for what I loaded in it. Lesson learned.
They are both good.
Desperately hoping to get out of retail SOON. Yep, I’m sick again.
Last day irking at the thrift store is tomorrow. Monday begins a six-week paid job search. Between 3pm tomorrow and 1pm Sunday, I will not be required to be anywhere at any particular time unless I decide to make a hair appointment.
baker, it sounds like you have had a run of luck made for a blues song lately. 
May your luck get better.
Finally got enough bedding laundered and dried to make the bed. The comforter will wait for tomorrow - it’s supposed to be sunny on Thurs, so maybe I can hang it out tomorrow evening. Fingers crossed.
Gotta load a few dishes in the dishwasher, then bedtime. C’mon Firday!!
Sleepification is ascendin’ on us. Thus we shall now retire to the boudoir.
Nitey Nite Y’all!
I worked. It rained. I made my shift supervisor cry(apparently being told you can’t just work when you feel like it is upsetting.:rolleyes:)
I am allergic to pistachios. Nothing else.
yep.
Hope they can gett FCD fixed up, Mooommmmm!!!
Good luck on the move, Sunny!
{{{{Cupcake}}}}
Good luck with the MRI, BBBobbio!
gotti, hope you finally get the company’s one good nurse.
{{Baker}} Hope the insurance folks treat you well. I suspect the guy (I am presuming it was a guy) who did the damage was (1) Not sober and (2) Probably doesn’t have insurance, so it may be on your comapny to make you well.
Cleaned my kitchen to about 90% MAL (Mother Approval Level), which for me is almost like new. Also hung the encased flag I got on retirement (flew over the capitol, it sez in the paperirk) over the fireplace, and haven’t heard any crashing noises, so I guess I did it right.
:(Where to start? No one loves me. I am pretty low. Hubs heart rhythm is holding normal sinus rhythm. I am tahred. I have scheduled my Jawja trip for mid June and will only miss four days of irk. I also have to take off on the 31 May to go back to Miami for follow up appt with cardiologist. Now hubs can go alone or take a friend but if I don’t go I will not get the full story. That gives me a 4 day weekend. I cleared with my boss my re scheduled trip depending on if hubs stays in sinus rhythm. I did opt out of the TDY to Washington State as it is just to far away. I was so excited when the save the date came up as I have never seen a big Tree.
What has me so bummed is my friend that was recently diagnosed with inoperable stage IV Pancreatic cancer. I feel so helpless. What can I do? I have sent gifts and her Birthday was today and I sent Lounge wear she said she loves. I also donated some annual leave. Not much but I can give more later. She emails me almost daily and told me today her pain level was a 9.5 on a scale of ten. How could she go from thinking she had an ulcer, which she did that started to bleed to Stage IV? My question to her was is the current pain just from the surgery to repair the ulcer or is this cancer pain? She has not responded yet. I apologized in advance if I said or wrote the wrong thing and she said ask anything so I did.
Obviously she is terminal. Any ideas on what I can do to help? should I just back off and leave her alone?
Cancer sucks. Need answers fast.
Actually, I love carrots! Raw more than cook though.
Actually -------- its an old Japanese ceramic lamp that used to belong the the OWs maternal grandmother. It is well remembered because it has these faces, small really, but with these huge open mouths. When a kid, her and all the cousins would try to open their mouths that wide so its sort of ingrained in their brains. We found it cleaning out Muvvers place back when she was alive but --------- someone has sprayed over the brown/bronze glaze with this ugly gray primer. I am still not sure if I can get it presentable and even if I do it needs rewired and stuff. But its one of those “one day” projects who day has come.
We’re doing yet another test of concept at work ---- having packages flown in from the Left Coast for local delivery. Late trucks have always been an issue now and then. Now we have to contend with late trucks meeting late airplanes and then getting to us. :smack: I was one of the volunteers to stay and help this along. The project is called Archangel by the Mother Company. I felt it necessary to point out that the actual archangel usually brings death and destruction to the Earth. My manager didn’t seem surprised that I knew and stated this small tidbit of information.
- We love you.
- Yes, Cancer sucks.
- Talk, listen, and if she mentions something you can do for her, do it.
- And you’re a good friend for doing all the things you;ve already done.
- {{{{{hugs}}}}}
Bolding mine. I so agree. I had an aunt that had liver cancer and passed away just over two months from the time of her diagnosis. My cousin, her daughter, gave over plans for a bigger wedding and moved it up so her mom could attend. And last year my mother was found to have two cancers, in her lung and spots on her spleen. The spleen got ripped and she had radiation and chemo for the lungs. So far so good.
Do you mind asking if your friend has religious faith? Do you? Either way, they deal with this kind of stuff all the time and have learned through experience what to say.
I’d ask her flat out if she wants company. She may appreciate folks being blunt and practical, when some others will get all sentimental. If she wants to be left alone, okay, but if it was me I’d love to have folks visiting, to take my mind off things. Does she need errands run? Does she have pets that need care? I’d offer any household help that she could use.
And don’t let your own health suffer, from stress, during this time, sleep and eat enough.
I’m sorry for your friend and for you, keep us posted.
Cupcakes that sucks. I hope your new car is more better. Yes, I said that. 
{{{Butters}}} my heart hurts for you. I had a friend who had terminal cancer. I tried to just follow her lead. Treat her like her, not some new, weird thing. I complained about my life, told her funny stories, and tried to include her in the real world. I’ve heard that the ill, and especially the terminally ill tend to feel isolated and as if they are not real people. I wanted my friend to feel that she could still contribute something to my life, if she wanted to. I wanted her to feel that cancer was not the only thing in the world.
{{{More hugs}}}