I need to get the kids up and to school so I can hit the Lands End factory sale here in town.
Anybody need anything?
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
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Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Sep 22, 2010 4:05:55 am PDT #25357 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Kat - Sep 22, 2010 4:14:46 am PDT #25358 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
oooh, Cash, I'm jealous. I'm in perpetual need of pants to wear to work.
Kathy A - Sep 22, 2010 4:21:26 am PDT #25359 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, Lands End. There are so many stores I want to shop at when I get down to the sizes they sell, and that's one of them.
When I was younger, both of my parents promised to give me money towards buying a new wardrobe if I just lost weight. I'm gonna take them up on it now, even though it's 20 years later!!
I had my sleep study last night. So frustrating to try and sleep in a strange bed with a damn uncomfortable mattress and pillows, with wires all over my body that I was constantly worried would be pulled out if I rolled over. I had the lights out at 11:00, didn't fall asleep until after midnight, woke up at 2:00 and stayed awake until around 2:45, and then woke up again at 4:00 to pee (didn't fall back to sleep for another 20-30 minutes), then was woken up by the tech at 6:30 when the study was over.
It looks like I do have apnea (not a big surprise), and she thinks they'll have me come in again to do another study, this time with the CPAP thing on my face for the entire night.
Yay.
Trudy Booth - Sep 22, 2010 4:27:43 am PDT #25360 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
Kathy, this whole thing is epic. I'm so excited for you.
sarameg - Sep 22, 2010 4:28:23 am PDT #25361 of 30001
You know, I always fail to understand how the setup for sleep studies tells anything about your regular sleep pattern. I know, cycles, blahblahblah, but the thing is? I ALWAYS sleep for shit (as in probably not ever falling fully asleep) the first couple nights in a new place. OTOH, if you want an example of disrupted sleep, guess it works?
Kathy A - Sep 22, 2010 4:36:13 am PDT #25362 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kathy, this whole thing is epic. I'm so excited for you.
Thanks! Even though I was Procastinate Girl for the first part of the year, I'm getting more excited to have it done as I get closer to getting it scheduled. Speaking of, I have to contact my PCP today and make sure she writes her Letter of Support and puts it in my file, and also see if I can schedule a blood draw for the last batch of tests. Then, I get to contact the surgeon's liaison and see if that's all I need to do to have her start the approval process with Blue Cross, so we can finally get the surgery scheduled.
Strix - Sep 22, 2010 4:42:35 am PDT #25363 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
sarameg, ITA. The two I have done have been utterly for shit. One, they let me take an ambien. They do shit to register anything about "normal" sleep patterns. Sleep study is a misnomer; they are apnea studies.
They tell a doctor jack-shit about your insomnia.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2010 4:47:10 am PDT #25364 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of insomnia...guess who got little to no sleep last night either? Ah, cruel life. The teensiest blessing is that I'm not going straight in to the office, but it's truly tiny.
brenda m - Sep 22, 2010 4:49:12 am PDT #25365 of 30001
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
That's awesome, Kathy.
lisah - Sep 22, 2010 4:57:30 am PDT #25366 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Rat goes skittering down the alley and into someone's garage (shudder.) Did he notice it? NO. LOKI FAIL. Damnit. I kinda want to take my cats out to pee to deter the rodents
AIEEE. The WORST part of city living (that, and the crime). We have an awesome alley cat (the Mayor) who, I swear, has been basically single-handedly keeping the rat population on my block down. I've seen way fewer since he's been around. And he's a friendly guy.