I CANNOT imagine what 30 mgs of pure Oxy would feel like.

When I had horrible dental pain a couple of years ago, Dad was all, "I'll give you a few oxycodones for it -- you can take 2!" And I said, "Dad, when I had my back surgery -- MANY years ago -- I took 5 mg. A 30-mg pill would kill me!" That's when he said, "No, it wouldn't. Sometimes I take 2 of these before I go to bed."

I can't believe he wakes up. Jesus.

And don't get me wrong; he has pretty severe pain, and chronic pain is the devil. I think it's good that he has a doctor who takes it seriously and prescribes meds for him. But I'm still buffaloed at the amount he takes. (And that's coming from me, who's pretty damn cavalier about what I take.)

Non-drug-related:

Is this weird? I think it's weird:

I posted a while ago about the elephant statue that Tim still had from his first marriage (they put it on the registry as a joke, to see if anyone would get it for them). I suggested we could get rid of it, and it made it as far as the front porch.

I also posted a while ago that Tim's ex-wife moved to the top of our street. Fortunately, we never see her. (We ran into her once, and she was very nice, and it was awkward, and that was that.)

Here's the weird thing: today is the World's Longest Yard Sale, and lots of houses in our neighborhood are participating. Tim was out earlier and said his ex is having a yard sale. He wants to take the elephant over and ask her if she wants to sell it.

Isn't that weird? I think it's weird. He disagrees. I said "Oh, hi, [ex], I kept our wedding elephant, but now I'm bringing it to you to sell. Have a nice day!" Tim says it isn't weird because "It's not like I kept her clothes!"

I'm giving him the side-eye on this one.

I don't think it's weird. Under the same circumstances, I'd probably think, "We want to get rid of the elephant. The former co-owner of the elephant is having a yard sale. She might as well get something for it."

I'd totally let him bring it over and let her sell it. It gets it out of the house, right? Although it does prompt a few cracks about the elephant in the room.

Okay -- I think maybe I'm over-sensitive since she's Tim's ex. I am glad to be rid of it, though.

Although it does prompt a few cracks about the elephant in the room.

Ha! We did indeed make those jokes.

I'm with the "I don't think it's weird." At least, that's the kind of solution I'd come up with.

It's nice he got rid of the Former Marriage Elephant before our first anniversary. I suppose I should see about legally changing my name by then.

I took a couple years to change my name properly. Didn't do it until the IRS started complaining.

I'm glad you got rid of the elephant.

My husband's ex left so much damned stuff here. After two years, I happily tossed/donated most of it. A few pieces of furniture, office supplies and knickknacks I kept, but most of it, I wanted it OUT. A lot of it was junk and literal trash.

When we move to PA, and she sees anything and wants it back, I'm going to charge her a 8 year storage fee.

I took a couple years to change my name properly. Didn't do it until the IRS started complaining.

Well, I'm freelancing and get paid as Stephanie Lang Beckmeyer, so I feel like I should make it legal.