Vikings, if it doesn't involve pulsing aterial wounds and foreign objects sticking out of them, they don't think they're hurt.
My chatty!co-worker has been having back problems that sound suspiciously like mine for a couple of months now. He was on the phone earlier, making an appointment for an evaluation with the same clinic that did my surgery. And I heard him say, "Well, the pain isn't consistent, but at its worst, I'd say it's an 8."
When he got off the phone, I looked at him and said, "An EIGHT?!? I haven't heard a PEEP out of you about how much it hurts, and I was all drama-queen, oh, the agony, THE AGONY!!!, about mine. I feel like a big whiner now."
To which he replied, "I've been stupid about it. It really fucking hurts."
I'm afraid my herniated disc is contagious...
I just found out that a former coworker died. She was one of a bunch that were laid off over a year ago, but we kept in touch. She was quite nice, very encouraging and helpful. Her funeral will be in her family's town, a couple of states and several hundred miles away, so I won't be attending. Still, I'll miss her.
Having sciatica during this pregnancy has given me new depths of respect for people who deal with chronic back pain. I can't see how people live with it.
vw, I hope you feel better.
job-ma for MG's DH.
Aimee, I think it's just baby-reaction to hating stuff on their heads. O still pitches a fit about his winter hats. She'll fit right in to the tiara crowd when she gets bigger. It's encoded in her DNA, remember?
Calli, I'm so sorry about your former co-worker.
MG - Matt used to get 90 to 95% return on his resumee. At the worst point it was down to 5%. I'd say he is up to about 30- 40% right now. So yeah - I'd say it is pretty good. The only person I know that is doing better is a friend who is looking far and wide for a job - his wife lost her job about 2 wks after he lost his.
Calli sending my best to add to the vibes you are sending your co-workers family.
Thanks, y'all. She was a good person and I'm glad I got to know her a bit.
They finally did call him back, but no firm interview is set yet. It sounds like the guy who does the hiring is coming here from somewhere else, so they are trying to find a good date and then stack interviews.
Oh, good. I'm glad he called back.
I just got off the phone with my shrink. He's having my page my PCP, even though she's out of the hospital, because he's concerned that my meds aren't staying down.
I'll probably be off to the ER for IV fluids.
Can I have a break now? 'Cause I really, really need it.
At least the fluids may cut the flu down by a couple of days (or so says the shrink).
Poor vw. It's just not letting up this semester.
In algebra-teacher news, he just used "whence" in an email:
...we have ts in T, whence (since T contains no zero-divisors) ts is not a zero-divisor...
He makes me chuckle. I'm going to miss him after the semester is over. Did I tell you all about the nice cheerful pink chalk and the slightly less joyful green chalk?
