Yay for the second jab magic! Hope you and MrsMagic are both feeling better soonest.
Best of luck on FCD’s surgery Moooooooooom.
Irked, came home, sacked the trash (I set it outside and take it to the dumpster before irk tomorrow) and swept the kitchen, laundry, bathroom and entry way. Go Me!
It was announced who our new reconciler will be today. It’s the guy who I was pulling for (there were no bad candidates, but I think this one has more to offer the department). He’ll start in May. By June, I may be getting half day Fridays again on a regular basis.
Howdy Y’all! Today laundry got done, the smoker got all cleanded up, sup got cooked (a fair amount of irk to make N.O.T. sallit and baked beans) and et. Now, fartfest is on goin’. We did manage to squeeze in nappage as well. What? We’re grumpy old men and we need sleep!
Something weird is going on with my Dope. The dates are weird on the posts. Like May 22 and August 10, with only one or 2 ‘unreads’ having minutes or hours listed.
Did I screw up my settings somehow? Is Discourse suddenly sending me back into history?
I’m internet and tech hopeless, so please use short, simple words. Thank you.
I’m back home. Higgs was happy to see me. FCD called just a little bit ago - he sounded pretty good, but then, he’s on dilaudid…
I talked to his surgeon a bit after 7 - they didn’t actually get started till maybe an hour after they rolled FCD out of pre-op, so it was right around 5 hours. The doc said the procedure went well and indications from his legs were encouraging. They’ll keep him in the hospital maybe 3 or 4 days, then transfer him to a rehab facility. I’m going to make him go this time if he tries to blow it off like he did last year. He needs some serious work to get his strength back.
I have to go back there tomorrow - I forgot to leave his glasses, dammit! Plus he wants his laptop so he can work. Yes, he’s crazy. I’ll drop Roxy off when school is done, then head up there - with luck, I’ll get there before 5 and I’ll have about 3 hours to visit. Then I’ll come home and I won’t go back till the weekend. There’s stuff that needs tending to here.
But for now, deep sigh of relief. And I’m trying to wind down so I can get some sleep. SIL will drop Roxy off around 9 or so but we’re threatened with a T-storm, so it’ll be an indoor day, dammit. Maybe we’ll make cookies that FCD can use to bribe his nurses…
OK, that’s the latest. I need to crash. Thanks for putting up with my blathering! MWAH!!!
Evening all. Alarm went off at 3:45pm waking me from nappage. At 3:45:30, my neighbor knocked on my door, which I answered with a hastily thrown on shirt and the door half opened. Turns out she wanted to give me some Birthday cake (was good) and a “Schlock Mercenary” T-shirt. I have much better neighbors than I deserve.
BBBoo, just moused over your last message and it showed 20 April. Is there something I’m not checking?
magic, good news on the second jab.
red, glad your company can recognize good people for a job. Doesn’t always work out that way, as we all know.
{{{{{Nellie}}}}}.
B-Day cake has been assimilated and general internettin’ and readin’ are the order of the day. Picked up two prescriptions (Levothyroxine and Lisinopril) and now we’ll see how good I am remembering to take my medicine…
It’s happening in other threads and the suggested stuff is from May, June . I’m going to do my usual and see if it still goofy tomorrow. I just don’t want to miss new stuff.
Glad FCD is up to calling and placing requests. Bodes well.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 55 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 75, cloudy and windy for the day. I have a doc appoointment at nine-thirty. This is a follow-up from last week as she was a little concerned about my blood pressure, It was not in the real awful range but she wants to follow-up so we shall. I really like her. She’s super nice but will jerk a knot in you if she feels the need to do so. We shall also lay in provisions and I need to head over to the church house to take care of some church janitor Junior Warden duties. We shall go to our favorite Mexican place for a late N.O.;/early sup. OLÈ!
MOOOOOOM glad FCD made it through the surgery OK. Jerk a knot in him and tell him he will go to rehab. Cookies for nurses is always a good thing.
Miss_Owl I have no doubt that was Ruble messin’ around with doggio.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, bother of bothers, I suppose I must needs purtify and don acceptable bein’ about the public attire. Le Sigh.
Short but uninterrupted night. Bladder woke me around 5, followed by cats at the bedroom door. I was lying abed playing one of the stupid tablet games when FCD texted me to call him. Bottom line - SIL will wrangle Roxy today and I’m leaving around 10 to return to the hospital with glasses, laptop, and tablet. I won’t stay there too long - driving at night is really rough for me, what with the astigmatism, so I’ll leave there in order to get home at a decent hour, and I won’t return till late Firday, I think.
His main request, apart from glasses, is a Diet Coke fountain drink. I’ll need to stop somewhere close to the hospital to get it for him. That will require some research - the hospital is in a less-than-desirable neighborhood with not much nearby. I may have to stop in the city and haul the soda in!
We did discuss rehab, and I made it clear that he needs to go. I think he’ll be better when he has his laptop and can work and stuff. Meanwhile, I can finish setting up his office at home so it’ll be ready when he gets back. And I got to thinking about cookies - people might be wary of homemade goodies during plague time, so I may get some sort of store-bought gourmet treats or something for bribes.
OK, time for my morning internetting before I start gathering stuff for the trek back to Baltimore.
Morning all. Temperature is a balmy 37F and only getting to the mid-50’s today. So glad this is my non-soccer practice day of the week. Tru-Green is supposed to be out to aerate my lawn sometime today and need to run the Hoover around the place. Oh, and I remembered to take my medicines first thing this morning. One day down, 89 to go…
FCM, does the Hospital cafeteria have fountain drinks with Diet Coke?
OK, can’t eat for an hour according to the medical directions. How one suffers for their health…
Halfway through the week. Yesterday was an exercise in frustration with things related to work. Sometimes the stupid causes third-degree burns, and I received a few of them yesterday.
But, today is a new day and I only have one more wake-up this week.
Safe travels on your drive back and forth, FCM. I’m glad the surgery went well.
Okay, I’m getting annoyed now. I cannot get smilies, emoticons, or whatever to work. I looked at the guide, followed the instructions, and all that shows up are colons or dots. Ugh. Maybe it’s because I’m not a Charter Member anymore?
Today is full of training and several Teams meetings. Not to mention the several fires that will be sure to crop up that I need to put out.
I’ve packed up all the stuff he’s going to need. I’ve tended to a few chores that needed tending this morning. I can’t leave before 10 because they won’t allow visitors in before 12. So I have a little time to chill. Yay.
Taters - have you made the requisite sacrifice to the Emoticon Gods? (Yeah, I know, I’m sooooooo helpful!!) I used the smiley button/pulldown without issue, but I can’t imagine not being Charter matters.
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s been grey and dreary outside but has brightened up a bit now. Weather app says “This is, like, almost the perfect fucking day for shooting outdoor porn” and promises me 12C/54F all day, mostly sunny. Well, it was definitely not mostly sunny this morning.
Moooom yay for successful surgery! I hope FCD recovers well and does what the PT tells him to. Hopefully this will be a wake up call to him that he needs to concentrate in his health for a while.
Taters sorry to hear your work woes, I hate days like that.
Miss_Owl should we not be telling Doggio to be more grateful that Ruble did not send extra-large anvils instead? That would mess with him even more.
{{{{{nellie}}}}} just 'cos.
Nothing much exciting in my work day, I have staff reviews to write and I hate doing that bit of the job. I ask my team to send me their paperwork and I know for a fact they will have recycled the stuff they wrote last year and still expect me to miraculously get them a pay rise out of it.
Still, the sun has come out, it’s mid-week and I am off to the pub with friends tonight. And I have a cup of tea
I’m so glad the surgery went well, FCM - here’s to continued healing.
Hugs to you, nellie! Do what you have to do, but take care of those feet! You don’t want to have to send them out for repair.
Today is weird. We have some rezoning kerfuffle going on in our area that will shift all our elementary students to a new school district and I was silly enough to offer to be a spokesperson for my area even though I’ve got no experience. So…I guess I’ll learn or suck. Either way I’ll get to know more parents in the area and get to argue with people. So, a win-win.
Anyway, the day is bright and beautiful and frikkin’ freezing, Mr. Bigglesworth. It’s also ridiculously busy at work. Despite my name, I’m tired as all get out of talking to people. I got in my revenge run last night but not nearly long enough. Hopefully I get another opportunity this afternoon/evening.
He also made sure that the trailer of bags of empty bags got heaved onto the belt. That was a bitch to deal with. Oh, regular anvils go to the irreg belt. I’m in Smalls, so you’d have to order tiny anvils.
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