sj, you take some ~ma, too, so that you can have the Valentine's Day that you deserve.

I am more worried about school; I am just more whiny about the Valentine's Day thing. I think I might have to drop at least one class if I miss school tomorrow.

Teppy, figure it out ~ma to you and your father. I hope they get it worked out soon, and the doctors figure out where they've put their sense of humor.

sj, I hope you rest well, and that's all you need to be ready to rock the test and celebrate a good V-day with Dave.

Hearing the other and better things, oh my yes. Hate job boredom very much. Setting up friend's business sounds ever so much more interesting, whatever it may be.

sj, I know it's a drag to be sick, especially for Valentine's, but hey! Think of the glorious raincheck you and Teacup Guy can plan for. Looking to the future can be sweet.

I would totally have laughed at the Alien Baby line. Tummy~ma to your Dad from one who's been there with the ouch.

Will worry about Cass until I read her pixels again. Thinking would love to hear story.

Typing as if shorthand could save me some time for the project I'm actually working on. Two years isn't that long to dither, right???

Thanks everyone. I think the tylenol has kicked in to maybe let me sleep, so to bed I go.

Oh, and Katie Bee -- when I read your post about your evil ex-boss and the Case of the Unfairly Deducted Paycheck, all I could do was laugh and laugh and laugh.

I'm going to attempt to convey our royal amusement at their expense, you betcha.

Hope you'll get some good rest tonight, Steph. It's so tiring to provide support during health issues. I'll be your distant friend in going to the hospital tomorrow. It's pretty much going to be a social call on MIL, who's had a second knee surgery. I will try to bring good cheer and knitting and try mightily to conceal how very much I do not want to be there.

Aww, man, so much badness and fuckedupness in this thread! So sad! General -ma being sent out to all of you! Just because That Evil Day is tomorrow doesn't mean everything should be going to hell!

I am seriously considering calling the HR department to complain about my manager. She consistently told me I carried too much stuff in my purse, despite the fact that I repeatedly explained to her how many medical supplies I require to get me through the day.

I TOTALLY think you should--what are they going to do, FIRE YOU? They need their asses kicked--just because someone needs a job doesn't mean it's OK to walk all over them, and they're totally doing that left and right.

lso, maybe write a formal letter of complainted, with a copy sent to the ADA. (And make sure they know there's a copy sent to the ADA. Sure, you'll never be going back there, but that's all the more reason to make them squirm.

This. What Plei said.

I think I had one of the most unprofessional doctors I've ever seen. She went on and on about how often I see the "shrink" then told me that my cough was all in my head

OMG. Wow. No way you could demand a...second opinion? I say write a letter! A round of letter-writing clue-by-fours all around!

As the child of parents who had nothing in common but myself and my sister, I used to cry myself to sleep at night wishing they'd get divorced and be happy.

I'm with Jars on that one--my parents used to fight something awful, growing up, and there was definitely a time when I almost wished they would get divorced--the only reason I didn't actually was because even at 10 I was a practical bugger, and knew that on my dad's salary, we definitely couldn't afford two places to live, so divorce would probably mean sketchy apartments like my friend's parents each moved into...or that my dad would get custody. (They eventually seemed to work into the "for the kids" scenario, and these days don't seem to get along tooooo badly, oddly....)

Looks like I'm eligible to receive a full 30 days compensation because they withheld that one little 6-hour paycheck.

SWEET! I shall vibe much ma to you, because SOMEONE deserves a little bureaucracy working FOR them around here!

Looks like I'm eligible to receive a full 30 days compensation because they withheld that one little 6-hour paycheck.

See? See? This is why you write letters. Also to get asshats in trouble.

Good to "see" you, -t!

My money is on alien baby in GI tract. Only *one* doctor out of the 4 that saw him today thought that was funny.

Meanwhile, I'm still giggling. But seriously, medical issues are stressful enough even when you *do* have a diagnosis so I hope the docs figure out what's going on asap, Tep.

sj, please to get better NOW, if not sooner. Are we sure the meds you were put on today aren't causing the fever? Not that I'd know if that's even possible but thought I'd ask.