OK, on to pictures and video: [link]
So each cat gets a bedroom?
Today was 10 hours of Tempest tech. We didn't quite make it out of the storm. More thunder & lightning tomorrow!
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
aurelia - Mar 21, 2009 10:16:05 pm PDT #11722 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Trudy Booth - Mar 21, 2009 11:26:34 pm PDT #11723 of 30000
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
Mom is 86 and he is 71. They are insanely cute and always holding hands and doing silly stuff together.
Nice to see the cradle robbery runs in the family, Laura.
Shir - Mar 22, 2009 12:57:32 am PDT #11724 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
So, umm. Anyone's up?
Theodosia - Mar 22, 2009 1:02:08 am PDT #11725 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I have insomnia because I can't decide whether to drive home today, or tomorrow. Personally, it would be WAY better to go today, because I have school starting a new unit, with some new people, on Monday night, and four hours of classes is way too much if you're wasted from driving 7 hours. So leaving today, and getting a good night's sleep, and dealing with various stuff tomorrow AT HOME would make sense.
OTOH, Mom. Who can barely get out of a chair at times, because of the pain and also the frailty.
Theodosia - Mar 22, 2009 1:02:24 am PDT #11726 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
:: waves at Shir ::
Shir - Mar 22, 2009 1:05:40 am PDT #11727 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Theodosia!
I pretty much figured that if anyone would be up now, it would be due to the evil, vile insomnia.
I'm sorry to hear that your mother's in pain. Are you the only one with her, now? Or the only family member? I didn't catch up on Natter, so I don't know how's anyone doing, really.
Theodosia - Mar 22, 2009 1:15:14 am PDT #11728 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yeah, the only family member in residence -- my brother can come Tuesday. There's home health aides scheduled to come in for at least two half-hour sessions morning and night.
Theodosia - Mar 22, 2009 1:17:43 am PDT #11729 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Cereal: I've been here since last Sunday, and this has been the hardest stint yet -- Mom is in pretty bad pain with her back (compression fracture of Thoracic-8 vertebra) and total constipation, and subsequent depression/nausea, which is making her refuse to eat and take what medicine she's allowed (Tylenol and gentle laxatives).
Shir - Mar 22, 2009 1:19:22 am PDT #11730 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
What do you want to do? Did your mom tell you if she wants you next to her? And, how is she? How long does this going on?
(Do I ask too many questions...? Yes, probably).
Theodosia - Mar 22, 2009 1:35:27 am PDT #11731 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Honestly, at this point I distrust anything she says, because she's stubborn as well as psychologically pretty much like a stubborn cat backed into a corner. Yesterday I was suspecting that she'd palmed Tylenol rather than actually take it, just because she wanted that much control.
The bottom line is that I don't actually trust her to tell me that she's OK on her own, because on top of it, I know she's guilty about keeping me here for a solid week and being so bitchy during most of it.