My bosses have always had classy dinners at nice restaurants for our Xmas parties. This year it was downgraded to a party at work, but the food was catered, but they also provided a floor show...an Elvis impersonater! Most of us were dumbstruck.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
quester - Dec 09, 2006 4:07:55 pm PST #5291 of 10007
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
§ ita § - Dec 09, 2006 4:14:10 pm PST #5292 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Elvis? That's...interesting.
Whatever's to happen at the krav holiday party is a big secret. Last year was a totaly bust (murder mystery they cancelled halfway through and had one of the guests perform his standup instead). Year before was poker with prizes. Cool.
When did I become the girl who explains sex terms to people and ends up miming a rusty trombone in front of Baja Fresh? I mean, have I always been her, and this is no fall from grace?
sarameg - Dec 09, 2006 4:28:01 pm PST #5293 of 10007
Dude, you are the woman with the suspect links.
I hate this cough.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2006 4:29:04 pm PST #5294 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The rusty trombone pantomime is a new wrinkle, but you've been explaining sex terms to the vanilla as long as I've known you.
Cashmere - Dec 09, 2006 4:30:46 pm PST #5295 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cash, what Cindy said about affording the shot if possible.
I suspect that the cost of the shot is just a shade over a $1,000 per (according to my share of the medical, plus my copay). It's sort of a complicated procedure--and they have an x-ray tech there taking pictures as they go. Pain injection, then they inject me with dye to see where they're shooting, then the put in a giant needle, attached to a packet of medication, slowing injecting it into the spine.
I'm not sure if it's just insurance or the effectiveness of the medication (it's cortisone, I think, so they may be extra careful with steriods). I should probably know more but I never seem to have very much time with the doctor and I usually forget to ask.
The last shot lasted four months. If this one can just last five, I can grit out a month, I think. I know surgery is easier now than it was--but I seriously worry about recovery with two kids under 3.
Time will tell. But it will be my last resort.
DavidS - Dec 09, 2006 4:54:12 pm PST #5296 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know surgery is easier now than it was--but I seriously worry about recovery with two kids under 3.
I will note that in the several people I know who have had the surgery, the recovery wasn't instantaneous (though the pain relief was), it was fairly quick.
Cashmere - Dec 09, 2006 5:29:26 pm PST #5297 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
I will note that in the several people I know who have had the surgery, the recovery wasn't instantaneous (though the pain relief was), it was fairly quick.
That actually helps. If it's a matter of a week or two, that's doable in my book (if DH can get the time off at work and I can get help coming into the house).
We'll cross that bridge when we have to, though.
Ailleann - Dec 09, 2006 5:34:16 pm PST #5298 of 10007
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Cash, if you need help, I would be glad to come over and play with your kids. I'm a trained aunt!
Cashmere - Dec 09, 2006 6:05:57 pm PST #5299 of 10007
Now tagless for your comfort.
I swear, Aillean, until my parents called this morning and said they were coming, I had you in mind! I was mentally running through my list.
They're leaving tomorrow afternoon, but I suspect my SiL is driving down then (it's a shorter trip for her and she doesn't work Monday).
I've got such a good support system. It's times like these that I really count myself lucky. Deena was ready to drive down here Friday to make sure I could get the shot.
Steph L. - Dec 09, 2006 6:56:48 pm PST #5300 of 10007
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I will note that in the several people I know who have had the surgery, the recovery wasn't instantaneous (though the pain relief was), it was fairly quick.
That actually helps. If it's a matter of a week or two, that's doable in my book (if DH can get the time off at work and I can get help coming into the house).
My best friend's sister had surgery for herniated discs, and at the time she had a 5-year-old and a baby under 12 months (maybe 9-ish?), and her biggest fear was the recovery time, because of the kids.
Well -- and she did have some help from her DH and her mom -- she recovered so damned quickly that she was playing volleyball at 6 weeks after surgery (possibly less than 6).
The biggest thing you'd have to deal with during recovery is not being able to lift things heavier than a gallon of milk, for a week or maybe 2. (At least, I'm assuming that would be an annoyance, b/c of the kidlets.) Other than that, I remember needing to sleep more than normal for about a month, but even the bulk of that was the first 2 weeks.
I was back to work after 2 weeks, and after 6 weeks I was at the LA F2F. No volleyball, though. Because I'm not CRAZY.
Sure, it's not a walk in the park -- it is, after all, surgery -- but I think that, while you'd have to watch yourself and rest when needed for the first month, you'd really be able to tackle most things after 2 weeks.
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