I hope all goes well Steph.

I read that as your Stepfather... being a skippy skimmy is an easy way to scare the hell out of yourself.

I'm so sorry to hear about his Father though. What a terrible time. I really hope there is misunderstanding and/or pessimism and that he'll be ok. He really could be ok. You are all in my thoughts.

It started as pneumonia (single pneumonia?) at least a month ago, or more. And antibiotics weren't working, but he felt okay. (He's one of those play-through-the-pain stoic types, though.)

I told my stepdad that if the antibiotics weren't working, they really need to have him cough up some nastiness and culture it to see exactly what bacteria are causing it, so they know which antibiotic to use, since some bacteria are totally resistant to some antibiotics.

As far as I know, they didn't do that until this week, which makes me so fucking angry.

But then, there's also the part where stepdad's father, despite having pneumonia, has been doing yardwork and housework all along, because like I said, he's one of those just-tough-it-out men. So he REALLY wasn't doing himself any favors, and I'm angry at him, too.

Man. I call the doctor when I *sneeze,* practically, and this 75-year-old man was mowing his enormous lawn and trimming hedges with double fucking pneumonia. He's a brick.

And my poor mom is totally stressed, because she's still really upset about being fired (which is totally justified), and now she's trying to be strong for my stepdad, and she's just fried.

{{Steph's family}} I hope he makes it through this to be aggravatingly cavalier about his health in the future.

Goat sounds like Jerry Lewis

KILL IT!

(sorry)

Quiz: Harry Potter Character or Hideous Skin Disease

Bah. I only got 67%.

I got 100%. Not bad considering about 5 of them were just pure guesses.

Lawyer-types: my mom is a notary, and wants to know if she's legally allowed to notarize the living will and power of attorney for my stepdad's father, since she's his daughter-in-law.

(x-posting in Bitches, too)

Oxt weekend: [link]

People often use the phrase “next weekend” to describe the future weekend, but this can lead to confusion. While some interpret “next weekend” to mean this coming weekend, others interpret it as the weekend after, hence the use of the awkward, overly wordy, “not this weekend but the weekend after.” Oxt weekend is a new phrase you can use instead of saying “not this weekend but the weekend after.”

I got 92%--missed one (forgot a Quidditch player's name). I figured if I didn't recognize it as a HP character, it had to be a skin disease.