You don't understand. He'd been staying up late when I really just wanted my downstairs to myself, and then mom would wake up as early as I did and I was having NO time to myself. It was making me evil. And lo, the night before they leave...
This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.
Niska ,'War Stories'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
sarameg - Aug 01, 2009 5:10:46 pm PDT #1759 of 30001
sarameg - Aug 01, 2009 5:14:25 pm PDT #1760 of 30001
Of course, I am probably going to crash in an hour myself. These past 2 weeks started making themselves known starting about 6:30 tonight.
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2009 5:39:06 pm PDT #1761 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
He has tenosynovitis in his right hand-repetitive stress injury. If this round of medications doesn't result in substantial improvement, they're going to refer him to a specialist and he might be looking at surgery. Which-- oy!
Barb, has he had a cortisone (or any steroid) shot in his wrist? I had fairly bad tenosynovitis last year, and a cortisone shot plus sleeping with a hard brace took care of it. I would think a shot would be the next step, before surgery.
ION, we have a gastrointestinally ill dog, and it is about as disgusting as you imagine. But I feel so badly for him, because he has this ashamed look on his face, the I-did-something-bad-and-now-I'm-going-to-get-in-trouble look. We keep telling him it's okay, and he's a good boy. (Which I *swear* is making the cats think, "Seriously? So can WE shit on the floor???")
Barb - Aug 01, 2009 5:51:34 pm PDT #1762 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Barb, has he had a cortisone (or any steroid) shot in his wrist?
Actually, no and you're right, that'll probably be the next step. Well, referring him to the specialist and then seeing what the specialist says.
Barb - Aug 01, 2009 5:53:06 pm PDT #1763 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
And poor, poor, puppy, Tep. That's just the worst.
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2009 5:55:58 pm PDT #1764 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Actually, no and you're right, that'll probably be the next step.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for him. I saw a hand specialist, who must do a gazillion cortisone shots a day. He got the shot right in the exact spot, and apparently that was all it took.
And poor, poor, puppy, Tep. That's just the worst.
He keeps giving us baleful looks because he only gets water for 24 hours. The other dog gets to eat, and the cats get to eat (not to mention the humans are ALWAYS eating), but he's on an enforced water fast.
What he doesn't know (because he's a DOG, and logic doesn't work with him) is that tomorrow he'll get rice with boiled chicken. He LOVES that, more than his dog food, I think.
Barb - Aug 01, 2009 6:04:47 pm PDT #1765 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
tomorrow he'll get rice with boiled chicken. He LOVES that, more than his dog food, I think.
I don't know a dog who doesn't live for boiled chicken and rice. But yeah, until then, he's going to be fairly annoyed. Poor beastie.
Laura - Aug 01, 2009 6:09:39 pm PDT #1766 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, poor puppy, and poor Teppy and Boy too. I hope he gets some rest tonight before his reward tomorrow.
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2009 6:19:14 pm PDT #1767 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
So, here's something I just learned: what a swamp cooler really is. (Hint: NOT something that you put beer in for a picnic.)
(Seriously, I thought it was like a cooler-cooler). It is not.
t edit Which everyone else in the world probably already knew.
t slinks away, embracing new knowledge as well as shame at un-informed-ness
Trudy Booth - Aug 01, 2009 6:22:48 pm PDT #1768 of 30001
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
OMG MY DAD HAS GONE TO BED.
DID HE TURN OUT THE LIGHT ON HIS WAY OUT OF THE ROOM WITH YOU SITTING THERE?!?!?!?
I'm sorry. That should not be hysterical. It's just so brilliantly typical of a certain kind of oblivious behavior. It's going to be my stock example for a looong time.