Happy Birthday, Vortex!
Happy Anniversary DJ and Mr. Jane!
Holy shit, Aimee. That's fucked up.
I...um...kind of slept till 12:30 pm. Oops. Good thing I don't have to be anywhere today.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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.
vw bug - May 17, 2007 8:18:15 am PDT #9200 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
-t - May 17, 2007 8:20:15 am PDT #9201 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Vortex Day! I'll have to go pick up some lime juice so I can have a Stephtini.
Happy anniversary Daisy and Mr. Jane! Love the pictures.
Ass 'im in the ear, Aimee.
WindSparrow - May 17, 2007 8:20:21 am PDT #9202 of 10003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Happy Anniversary, Janes!
Pix - May 17, 2007 8:24:38 am PDT #9203 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Good GODS, Aimee--what an asshat! I like your original email, but I think it can be dialed back. Want me to do a quick edit and paste a complete possible draft here?
The two main problems with chemo brain are short-term memory and shortened attention span. I don't know that you need to dumb things down, necessarily; you just need to make sure she takes notes and/or you also give her a written version of your instructions. She's just going to forget chunks of what you tell her, so don't mention something passing her in the hall and expect her to act on it. The attention span thing was harder for me. I was always easily distracted; after chemo, every five minutes it was "ooh, shiny." I think that things that will help make her focus, like short-term deadlines, might help. I'm thinking of something like, "I'd like 10 of these completed by noon" or "Could you please send me a status report by the end of the day?" Also, caffeine helps.
Holy crap. This is my brain ALL THE TIME. Luckily not quite as extreme, but I have ADHD friends who exactly fit that description. I didn't realize that chemo brain mimics ADHD, but wow. If caffeine helps, she might also look into ADHD drugs such as Ritalin, Concerta, etc. They can make a tremendous difference. I think this was mentioned at some point earlier, but I wanted to reitterate since it might really help. I know that frustration on both sides: I have to deal with my severely ADHD mom regularly, and she drives me batty. Then again, I know that *I* drive people batty for the exact same reasons, and the frustration I feel about not being able to remember or to focus is incredibly upsetting. Poor you and poor her. No fun at all.
Pix - May 17, 2007 8:25:10 am PDT #9204 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
And because they deserve their very own post...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VORTEX!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DJ & DH!
amych - May 17, 2007 8:27:07 am PDT #9205 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Holy crap. This is my brain ALL THE TIME.
Yeah, this. Once again KristinT and I share a brain and Oh, What A Brain It Is.
Trudy Booth - May 17, 2007 8:30:30 am PDT #9206 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Reason 2,879,889 that I have the best GF in the world:
I just discovered freshly baked chocolate chip cookies in the cabinet!!!!
OMG
U+2=FREAKIN ADORABLE!!!!!!1!!
Tom Scola - May 17, 2007 8:30:52 am PDT #9207 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Volans - May 17, 2007 8:35:05 am PDT #9208 of 10003
move out and draw fire
from Tom's link, I want this: [link]
Actually, that may have solved my "what to get on my license plate" quandry.
Aims - May 17, 2007 8:39:26 am PDT #9209 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Well, I just got off the phone with WF Dispute Resolution (AMAZING guy. I even had him transfer me to his supervisor so I could sing his praises. Not enough people do that, IMHO). We have been issued a provisional credit of $367.50 and I will be submitting my evidenciary paperwork to not only Wells Fargo to support the provisional credit, but also to Google on the basis of fraud, at the suggestion of Frank the Wonder Specialist.
TAKE THAT, you fucking asshat.