No, it's very distressing to see kitties sedated. When I drugged mine the first time for the move, I was convinced I'd killed them and totally freaked out.

I hope the meds have him feeling better, soon.

(btw, don't worry if you need to have a quiet night tonight. Rue Fiya will play again soon, and I probably shouldn't go out hard tonight since I have to be up early tomorrow)

No word yet from job. HIRE ME, DAMMIT.

I'd add that I don't think the amount of notice is the issue so much as sucking up the capacity for people to fill in on shifts, so that when someone like Vortex has an unexpected conflict, the willingness of people to take extra shifts has dried up.

Exactly. Plus, we tend to work weekends, so that people have other stuff planned (or just want to relax) and it's hard to get people to cover.

the other thing is that the scheduler is trying to make sure that everyone has the same amount of shifts, but I think that if someone fucks up the rotation, they shouldn't be accomodated by taking shifts from someone else. This is possibly an issue for me currently because of my current unemployment.

(btw, don't worry if you need to have a quiet night tonight. Rue Fiya will play again soon, and I probably shouldn't go out hard tonight since I have to be up early tomorrow)

Yeah, sigh. I really did want to see them. I doubt I'll even get to the Avenue Pub.

Thanks for all the kitteh~ma. I know I'm preaching to the choir (in some but not all cases) but my cats are my babies!

I think you can speak to him but I don't know that it will make too much of a difference. The fact of the matter is that someone who is trying to be a professional actor is almost always going to drop everything for an audition or an acting gig, and I don't really blame them. It's even written into the small theatre contract here (99 seat theatre or less) that if an actor gets a film or commercial role, or a larger union gig that they can drop the roll, even if the show has already opened. At the end of the day, while the house management job may be his main source of income, his acting is where the focus of his career is residing.

I'm sorry Taz isn't doing well, Nora. I hope his infection clears up quickly.

sumi,

did you call the pharmacist? what happened?

I think you can speak to him but I don't know that it will make too much of a difference. The fact of the matter is that someone who is trying to be a professional actor is almost always going to drop everything for an audition or an acting gig, and I don't really blame them. It's even written into the small theatre contract here (99 seat theatre or less) that if an actor gets a film or commercial role, or a larger union gig that they can drop the roll, even if the show has already opened. At the end of the day, while the house management job may be his main source of income, his acting is where the focus of his career is residing.

I understand and respect that. I'm actually not going to talk to him, I want to talk to the boss and say that he has to stop allowing this to happen. There's no reason for him to stop doing it, or change his priorities if we just say "okay, we'll deal with it".

He's actually pretty good about notice, but it still screws with the schedule.

I was just coming to respond to sumi, also. Spironolactone is a blood pressure drug, and statins (as I'm sure you already know, since you're taking one) are for cholesterol. Is it possible your doctor prescribed spironolactone and didn't tell you? (That's seriously not as implausible as it sounds.) But yeah -- taking a BP med when you don't need it is a recipe for passing out.

ION, I actually slept the whole night last night without taking an Ambien. This is probably the first night in maybe 10-11 months that that's happened. I started taking Wellbutrin about a year ago, so the insomnia tracks. (Plus the Year Of Many Loved Ones Dying As Well As Other Serious Shit started about a year ago. Stress + Wellbutrin = no sleep ever again without Ambien.)

My doctor, who I otherwise worship (as I believe I've mentioned a billion times) doesn't like to medicate insomnia with actual insomnia drugs on a nightly basis, because of developing dependence, etc. And while I can see that POV, I think the effects of chronic insomnia are worse than dependence on a drug that lets one sleep. His *suggested* alternative is to prescribe Remeron, b/c it's sedating. But, WTF? I went OFF Wellbutrin in May; I don't want to go on another antidepressant.

So he grudgingly refilled my Ambien for 1 month. At the beginning of July, I called his office for a refill. He was on vacation, so one of the other doctors refilled it for 3 months (I didn't ask for 3 months; I just hoped for another month). I almost wept with relief.

Anyway, I've been TRYING to get to sleep without it, assuming that sooner or later all the neurotransmitters that the Wellbutrin fucked with would calm their asses down and let me sleep. No dice. I've tried valerian root, I've tried melatonin, I've tried benadryl, and I've tried a combination of all 3. No dice.

Last night I had a small adult beverage (a wee bit -- seriously -- of Crown Royal and ginger beer, with dinner). About 3 hours later I took valerian and melatonin. I fell asleep while Tim was talking to me (I was lying down watching him try to pack a bag). I woke up a couple of hours later and thought, oh my god, I fell asleep without Ambien! And then I thought, well, I probably won't be able to fall BACK asleep now. I fell back asleep, until 7:30.

I might not be able to repeat it, but it was a fucking miracle, I tell you what.

Steph, that is a fucking miracle, and I am in awe of it. (I haven't tried sleeping without Ambien for a very long time.)

Yay for sleepiness, Teppy.