Ginger, I'm sorry. That is a lot to have to deal with in one day when you're already feeling badly.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Oct 02, 2014 5:43:41 pm PDT #13543 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ginger - Oct 02, 2014 5:45:54 pm PDT #13544 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The hardest part is that I've discovered that when my hemoglobin drops below 9, I lose higher brain functions. It's like trying to think when you're really stuffed up and have a fever.
Laura - Oct 02, 2014 5:56:37 pm PDT #13545 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I wanted him to see me as a competent grown-up. I’m not sure he ever did.
Oh, I absolutely know he did. Invisible friends knew this, and he most assuredly did.
I've actually gone out and done stuff nearly every night this week.
This is wonderful! It is so very often easier to not do stuff, but a much better plan to make the initial effort.
I sic'ced the oncologist's office on them and got the appointment for tomorrow.
It is ridiculous that you have to fight for the care you need when you don't have the energy. Still relieved to hear you got the appointment. My frustration with the hoops you need to jump through is massive; I can't even imagine your level. I so wish I could magically send you strength for the battles.
erin_obscure - Oct 02, 2014 6:36:30 pm PDT #13546 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Yay Hil! That's fantastic.
And Ginger, that's terrible :( It seems like the word "cancer" should really just open every door, make every appointment for the day and time that you are most able to get out the door, and eliminate all the BS red tape and hassles. Is there anyone we can beat up for you? Any palms or gears that need greased?
brenda m - Oct 02, 2014 6:50:03 pm PDT #13547 of 30002
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
Oof, Ginger. That's just so wrong. Erin's right. Cancer should at least be a free pass from anything stressful and unpleasant that's not actually the cancer and its treatment.
WindSparrow - Oct 02, 2014 8:15:00 pm PDT #13548 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ginger, that's rough. I hope the next transfusion goes more smoothly and that the gastroenterologist is at the top of her/his game.
Connie, I don't really know what to say that wouldn't end up some ridiculous lecture on the nature of love and grief. Neither of us needs that. So I'm just going to skip it. In spirit I'm sitting quietly with you.
Hil R. - Oct 03, 2014 5:19:32 am PDT #13549 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A guy just messaged me on OK Cupid to tell me that he thinks my profile is cool, and it would be great to know someone who could help him with his math classes.
Strix - Oct 03, 2014 5:20:13 am PDT #13550 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
::headdesk::
Hil R. - Oct 03, 2014 5:42:08 am PDT #13551 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Actually, his first message was just, "I need a math teacher." Then, two hours later, he sent one that said, "That came out wrong," and added that he thought my profile sounded cool, and asked some more about something I'd mentioned in it, and that he could use some help with math.
Rick - Oct 03, 2014 8:11:09 am PDT #13552 of 30002
So, I need one more teaching reference. Is it OK to ask a colleague,
Yes, certainly, as long as it is someone who would be expected to be in a position to judge. A senior lecturer would be better if one is available, but any experienced person would be ok. The important thing is that they be able to report directly on what they saw in the classroom.
Observations and letters by colleagues are standard in building a tenure case, because there really isn't anyone who qualifies as a supervisor of tenure track faculty.