Oy, my grandmother's in the hospital. My grandfather died about a year ago, and my grandmother fell and broke her pelvis the day after the funeral, and it's been one thing after another after that. They think she had a small heart attack, which is not good, since she had a triple bypass several years ago. But there's some kind of infection going on too. My mother is using the word "puzzled."
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
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Dana - Nov 19, 2011 3:25:28 pm PST #3127 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hil R. - Nov 19, 2011 3:37:56 pm PST #3128 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nothing~ma, Kristin.
Pix - Nov 19, 2011 3:43:20 pm PST #3129 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks, everyone. I've had blood drawn and my vitals checked multiple times, but the ER is totally slammed. I'm still waiting for a room to see a doctor.
sj - Nov 19, 2011 3:44:48 pm PST #3130 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, what kind of curry did you make with the sweet potatoes? We got some today at the farm and I've been intrigued since you mentioned it yesterday. Can you post the recipe? (or, the vague recipe stylings?)
I used this recipe as general guideline. However, I did not cook the sweet potatoes first, just let them simmer in the curry until they were soft enough. I didn't have spinach so I used swiss chard, and it wasn't quite hot enough so I added some hot paprika and I added a dash of cream just because. No, I never faithfully follow a recipe faithfully, why do you ask?
Here is the pomegranate quinoa recipe if anyone is interested.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 19, 2011 3:58:15 pm PST #3131 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Ooh, we have spinach too! Also chick peas.
amyth - Nov 19, 2011 4:04:16 pm PST #3132 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Lots of nothing ~ma, Pix. I hope that you can get seen, soon.
Dana, lots of ~ma and good thoughts for your grandmother.
smonster, it was so good to "see" you this evening! I think this was the night of homesickness. Skyping made T. cry and say that he wished he was back in NC, made you homesick, made *me* homesick, and I'm home. I realized that I hadn't really hung out with A&B and the triplets in two years, since Friends' Thanksgiving of '09, and that I've barely seen G&G and Q. since last year. We're all so busy, and esp. all the parents. But at least we all still get together once a year. And you saw: HOLY CRAP IT WAS CHAOS.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2011 4:44:55 pm PST #3133 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've had blood drawn and my vitals checked multiple times, but the ER is totally slammed. I'm still waiting for a room to see a doctor.
What hospital are you at? I hope you get seen by a doctor soon. I'm not used to the idea of having blood drawn before seeing a doctor.
Pix - Nov 19, 2011 4:49:19 pm PST #3134 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I'm at Huntington. I'm finally in a room. The pain is worse, so I'm hoping to get some answers soon. It's a good hospital. ND and I have both spent more time here than we'd like and have been very impressed by them overall they were just really busy today
Calli - Nov 19, 2011 4:53:57 pm PST #3135 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
HOLY CRAP IT WAS CHAOS.
Great, glorious chaos. I loved it. And now I'm loving being home. I'm sorry you weren't able to be there in person, smonster (or G&T).
Pix, much nothing~ma. And Dana, much healing~ma for your grandmother.
Cass - Nov 19, 2011 4:54:57 pm PST #3136 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
My mother is using the word "puzzled."
Oh, Dana, I am sorry. Puzzled isn't a good word when people are ill. I hope you have some answers and solutions soon.
And the same for you, Pix. Plus a lot of pain relief. Pain is scary and unexplained pain is doubleplus.
Mom arrives tomorrow and I am mostly ready. Why don't I clean my house to company levels more often? I like it when it's done.