Wash: I'm not leaving her side, Mal. Don't ask me again. Mal: I wasn't asking. I was telling.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


erin_obscure - Feb 17, 2014 2:20:52 pm PST #9374 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

My cats are both busy licking their paws (noisily) on the sofa. They do get an annoyance reprieve for seeming to sense when i'm in full crisis mode and glom all over me. Last night I had both cats pinioning me into bed. Sure, it made turning over very difficult, but the syncopated purring on either side of my torso did have some comfort. I really need to brush their teeth more often, Nico's breath is truly atrocious.

Beth, it does seem like sometime the "I'm doing *something*-ness of going to the vet is reassuring, even if it is an enormous PITA. ~na for yr feverish feline.


erin_obscure - Feb 17, 2014 2:24:29 pm PST #9375 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Fever+UTI symptoms usually=infection. I'd give it a lot of water overnight then Dr in the morning if it gets worse or doesn't seem to be improving.

Those azo testing strips seem to get great as long as you aren't vegetarian (false negatives for the non meat eaters, I discovered after purchasing a box and reading all the warnings.)


beth b - Feb 17, 2014 2:30:35 pm PST #9376 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Well, we got a call from the oncologist - and now we are putting Nathaniel in the hospital. Which makes sense, but he woke up and got protests on the way here.


beth b - Feb 17, 2014 2:33:25 pm PST #9377 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

If only he had been livelier at home, he would not be here.


erin_obscure - Feb 17, 2014 2:39:36 pm PST #9378 of 30002
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

:(


beth b - Feb 17, 2014 2:47:58 pm PST #9379 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

We are waiting to talk to someone. They have wifi


sj - Feb 17, 2014 3:47:32 pm PST #9380 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

So...acute stabbing pain in the urethra, no burning while peeing, slight dull pain left side, middle of back,might have low-grade fever. No other symptoms, this just started about 45 minutes ago.

Drink water and wait it out, or Urgent Care?

The side pain sounds like a kidney infection. I vote Urgent Care.

Cat~ma, Beth.


beth b - Feb 17, 2014 4:57:11 pm PST #9381 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

well he is there. I feel better now that I am home . smartest thing I did otday was buy a roast chicken. food that always tastes good to me and easy to eat. otherwise I'm not sure I would have eaten today.


Cass - Feb 17, 2014 5:30:07 pm PST #9382 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

In totally unrelated news, did I tell you how impresses a couple of my coworkers were when I showed up for that Halloween party in an actual racing jumpsuit? And that it was pink? Tres impressive.

That's fantastic!

We ended up picking a design that had room for one line at the top to list the parents, where, because of the way the text boxes were placed, there was room for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Mr. and Mrs. Jones", which we just changed to "The Family of the Bride" and "The Family of the Groom" and then braced ourselves for wailing and gnashing of teeth that someone deserved to be listed by name on the invitation.

Weddings are a series of "who is going to be unintentionally offended next?"

Funnily, at my sister's wedding this summer, I had a few people tell me how pissed they were that I wasn't standing up for her. Frankly, I was okay with it. But it was sweet they got so rankled on my behalf.

Drink water and wait it out, or Urgent Care?

Sounds like Urgent. I mean, drink water but that sounds like something to get seen sooner rather than later.

well he is there. I feel better now that I am home .

Best thoughts for Nathaniel and for you. I am glad you having something you'll eat. Neglecting our bodies during stress doesn't help us deal with the stress any better.


Steph L. - Feb 17, 2014 5:38:42 pm PST #9383 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Weddings are a series of "who is going to be unintentionally offended next?"

I swear that I have wedding planning PTSD. I still see things and think "We could do that," and then I remember I don't have to do that shit ever again (please god), and the relief is palpable.

We have 2 weddings to go to this year where all we have to do is dress nicely, send a gift, show up, shed a tear or two, and party down, and I CANNOT WAIT. Seriously. Tim's niece got engaged about a month before our wedding, and AT OUR WEDDING I looked at them and almost started laughing hysterically, because all I could think was "You poor bastards. YOU'RE NEXT."

I was perhaps not the world's best bride. Or planner, at least.