Oh. Poor noodle, the freakout is clearly no fun, but Diagnosis: He's just not that into you--is that covered by insurance?
I believe it's covered by date insurance, is what you need there.
Welcome to the Hellmouth petting zoo.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
billytea - Sep 30, 2012 12:42:43 am PDT #23979 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2012 2:59:13 am PDT #23980 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd hate to find out I had a high premium on my date coverage. And with the number of dates I don't get, I could manage a pretty high deductible.
Found a Jamaican nurse! Helen, my nurse this morning, is from Manchester-- :). And her sister still living there has cancer :(.
It came up because the doctor (who I hadn't seen in forever) said she'd heard I'd been back to Ja. Is this in my files? I certainly didn't see her in the leadup to the trip, and I don't have that sort of chatter with the MDs. I mentioned it to the nurse, because I thought I'd heard an accent, but it took her a bit to realise I meant Home when I talked about going there.
And then I showed her the holiday pics and pimped the villa. $850! 8 people! In the off season which had perfectly perfect weather (as long as you're not a farmer)!
Turned out better than the Belizean guy I mistook for Jamaican earlier in the week--in my defense, he was listening to reggae, and I've never heard the Belize accent before. Also, I'm presumptuous.
Theodosia - Sep 30, 2012 3:15:42 am PDT #23981 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Now I'm going to have to look up Belize, because I thought it was Spanish-speaking! (Not that I have much chance of recognizing a non-Rasta Jamaican accent anyway.)
Stuff you didn't know about your family department: last week, when discussing stuff with my aunt, Great Disasters came up, and she casually mentioned seeing the Hindenburg go down. "Yeah, there were all sorts of pictures," I said helpfully. "Even color stills -- there were all sorts of press there."
"Oh yeah," said my 83-year-old aunt. "But I was there."
She went on to explain that my grandfather had taken her, my grandmother and my great-grandmother to see the landing -- THAT landing -- which was only a couple miles away. She was 8 (if I've got the math right) and remembers my grandpa pointing out the passengers waving from the windows as the zeppelin circled the field so that it could land facing the wind.
Which is mind-blowing enough... but get this: in 53 years I've been alive, nobody in my family thought to mention that they saw the Hindenburg go down. O.o
Kat - Sep 30, 2012 4:09:12 am PDT #23982 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, we had Helen when we were there. She was nice.
What does a blood clot feel like?
Jesse - Sep 30, 2012 4:15:50 am PDT #23983 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Which is mind-blowing enough... but get this: in 53 years I've been alive, nobody in my family thought to mention that they saw the Hindenburg go down. O.o
That's classic. My grandmother still comes out with stuff my mother doesn't know, but nothing that extreme!
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2012 4:33:21 am PDT #23984 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She's now telling me anecdotes about her (younger) sister each time she comes in. It's really sweet, and therefore sad.
How creepy would it to tell her I know a patient of hers? Was it for Grace or the kidney stone?
Kat - Sep 30, 2012 4:42:14 am PDT #23985 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It was Grace -- just tell her that she had two moms and a trache and a pneumonia and the moms didn't want to go to Sanata Monica.
Also, we've decided that if Grace ever needs to go to the ER again, we're going straight to Santa Monica because the wait time is nothing and its the same staff.
Kat - Sep 30, 2012 4:42:51 am PDT #23986 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Our pear tree is crazy. I might make this [link]
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2012 5:13:48 am PDT #23987 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I used to do Santa Monica, when we'd just replaced the ER, because people didn't know about the increased capacity yet. But that soon levelled out, and there wasn't an effective difference in time anymore. The staff was nice, but my migraine doctor seems to have a shade more authority here. I take what I can get. Also, privacy. Only one shared room here.
The shift changed before I could mention you, Next time, next time.
Jesse - Sep 30, 2012 5:47:45 am PDT #23988 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Our pear tree is crazy. I might make this [link]
Ooh, that looks good. I've been making excellent gingery crisps (peach, apple, pear), but hadn't thought of maple.