I just went and saw my friend J in the hospital. I've never been on that side of a visit before. I had no idea how exhausting it is.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
vw bug - Feb 15, 2005 4:11:58 pm PST #1291 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
P.M. Marc - Feb 15, 2005 4:15:09 pm PST #1292 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
To get a decent place in this city, one we'd want to live in for the duration, we'd need at least $65,000 to put *down*.
(Which, really, if we actually do have at least $40k in equity right now, isn't outside of possible, assuming I'm able to find work post-baby.)
Betsy HP - Feb 15, 2005 4:52:59 pm PST #1293 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I could almost certainly spend $80,000 on a parking place.
meara - Feb 15, 2005 5:48:42 pm PST #1294 of 10001
CRAP CRAP CRAP.
Anyone have any really good suggestions for taxes? Cause I just did mine and seem to owe $2400. I went over it a couple times and it still adds up like that. FUCK.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2005 5:49:30 pm PST #1295 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think if you're that much at risk, get thee to H&R Block or best equivalent.
beth b - Feb 15, 2005 5:54:53 pm PST #1296 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
tax accoutant - or do as ita said.
Nonian- hugs to your friend and her DH - that is just a crazy difficult thing for both of them - and thier daughter.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 15, 2005 6:13:15 pm PST #1297 of 10001
What is even happening?
When we had our birthing classes, the nurse described her three labors (all natural). The back labor sounded really painful.It's a bitch. One of the pesky things about it too (in my experience, at least) is that the nurses monitoring your progress don't seem to think you're as far along in labor as you actually are. I stunned my nurses in all three deliveries.
Plei, for what it's worth, nobody ever mentioned my placenta being up front (and I would think they would, yes?), and I had back labor, exclusively.
I've never heard of that before; I do know back labor is more common if the baby's face is anterior.
One of the reasons they were surprised Annabel was sunny side up was that I never had back labor.Fwiw, my kids were all face down, despite all my back labor.
Cashmere - Feb 15, 2005 6:21:51 pm PST #1298 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I never bothered to look to see if O came out right side-up. I was getting a bigger kick watching my twin sister's eyes turn into dinner plates. And worrying if Christopher was ever going to breath again.
Blessed epidural.
Susan W. - Feb 15, 2005 6:27:35 pm PST #1299 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Well, I couldn't have looked if I'd wanted to. I only know because they said, "Oh, THAT'S why she was stuck."
Polter-Cow - Feb 15, 2005 6:31:38 pm PST #1300 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Christ on a stick.
Dear Sunil Patel,
My grandson, in engineering at U of M, emailed me a copy of your article on the connection between TB and RA. I asked him to find your email address so that I could congratulate you on your mighty fine article. As a retired physicist, I appreciate such a clear, well organized scientific article. As the former editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper, I love to read such good writing. You probably realize, as I do, that good journalism is seldom found, even in some of the largest metropolitan papers. I will not apply any adjectives to your article because all of the positive ones that I can think of are appropriate.
You may turn any of the above into a letter to the editor if you wish.And then there are a few tidbits of info related to the article. I...good crap. God. I need to get this thesis shit going so I can write more articles. Aaah. I am gobsmacked.