Teppy, I meant to say that I'm glad that you back is just a muscle thing and I hope you're feeling better soon. Also, thank you for the information. I wouldn't have bothered you about it if I had read about your back first.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 35: We Got a History
[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.
sj - May 11, 2007 2:03:18 pm PDT #8638 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Steph L. - May 11, 2007 2:42:43 pm PDT #8639 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wouldn't have bothered you about it if I had read about your back first.
It wasn't a bother! And you e-mailed me LONG before I ever decided to go to the doctor (or even post here about my back pain). So how could you know? Unless you're deliberately not using your clairvoyant powers.
vw bug - May 11, 2007 2:45:32 pm PDT #8640 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Netflix sucks.
They sent me Desperate Housewives Season 2 Disk 6 in the Disk 5 package, so I thought maybe I'd seen all of Season 2, so I watched some of the special features--which TOTALLY spoiled the end of the season. And I'm all, where are these episodes? I didn't see these? I thought I'd seen them all! But, no. Apparently, there are four I haven't seen. And now I have to wait.
Me hateses them.
Atropa - May 11, 2007 3:01:04 pm PDT #8641 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
staggers into thread, collapses.
OMG, meetings all day. So I probably missed stuff. sj, I'm sorry about the house situation. Teppy, I'm glad that your doc gave you comforting news about your back. Suzi, congrats on the raise!
What else did I miss? Oh, and who wants to see photos of me from my big hair and scarily thin days? Pete scanned some for me.
Topic!Cindy - May 11, 2007 3:02:58 pm PDT #8642 of 10003
What is even happening?
PICTURES, please.
Atropa - May 11, 2007 3:07:13 pm PDT #8643 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
§ ita § - May 11, 2007 3:15:55 pm PDT #8644 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's you?
Hmm.
I gotta say, I like what you're rocking now. That other girl is someone else. Jilli looks like how you look now.
Atropa - May 11, 2007 3:20:29 pm PDT #8645 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Awww, thank you. I like how I look now, too. But I do miss the Big Hair sometimes.
brenda m - May 11, 2007 3:21:45 pm PDT #8646 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Freaky. I like the now Jilli.
DCJensen - May 11, 2007 3:24:33 pm PDT #8647 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Well, here I am typing, bandaged left hand, hospital ID tag on my right wrist.
I rented a rototiller again, the same one that refused to work last spring. Only this time it has a brand new engine, and wheels that go full on or nothing. I managed to stall it, wrestling with the control levers. I went to the front to pull the ripcord...and rested my left hand on the hot unmarked manifold.
I should have known it was the manifold, but it was square and silver and flat and was just the right place to put a hand when pulling the ripcord.
Needless to say I screamed like Xander in S1.
Ok. worse than that.
I pulled it away reflexively, and looked at it for a few seconds. then decided I should run it under cold water. I did so and called Andi who was all "Go to urgent care!" I was all macho and stuff, and besides, the water felt good.
She gave me the ingredients of aloe, peppermint and lavender to mix together and I promised i would go to the clinic if it looked like it would blister.
I made the goop, wrapped a clean shop rag around my hand and taped it all down.
Then i went outside and tried to get the rented tiller to behave. I finally gave up and returned it to the shop, complained about it and then drove to the emergency room. It turns out Faribault does not have an urgent care after five pm on a Friday.
In any case, it looks like first degree burns. The PA asked me about a few things, and I told her what I could, and how I had cared for it. Then she had the nurse get me fixed up with some ointment, gauze, tape, and a wrap to go over it. He even gave me enough for several days. Cool beans.
Anyway, the pain is manageable, and I may not have to go back to the hospital. they told me to stop by if blistering forms. I hope not.
I wonder what that'll cost me?