I decided to have dinner and then red wine & chocolate, if anyone was in suspense about my wine choice.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
-t - Aug 09, 2013 4:00:36 pm PDT #2013 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Aug 09, 2013 4:29:23 pm PDT #2014 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I decided to have dinner and then red wine & chocolate, if anyone was in suspense about my wine choice.
I thought you should have started with white wine and then worked your way to the red wine and chocolate course.
Perhaps finishing with some port.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2013 4:38:33 pm PDT #2015 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am holding on by such a fine thread right now I don't know if it can be called holding on. Why do I have to call the pharmacy that supplies the IV meds and tell them they need to page the doctor at 5pm on a Friday, not wait for a fax to be returned? Why do I have to call them and tell them they need a new prescription? WHY DO THEY IGNORE THAT UNTIL 4:45?
I am about to blow, or collapse, except I need to work this until it's resolved. I'm clearly the only one that cares.
-t - Aug 09, 2013 4:45:25 pm PDT #2016 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That does sound delightful. Next time. Although the truffles are gone, now. I am currently considering a decaf Irish coffee as a nice balance of staying awake to watch TV now and being able to fall asleep easily later. I'm not sure that will work like I want, but it might be worth trying anyway.
OH! I forgot to mention, one of my accomplishments this week (I feel like I have been super productive at work lately, whether that is warranted or not) was signing up for a doubles ping-pong tournament. My partner and I agreed we can both play badly and that's fine, and the co-worker that is running the tournament says she will take us under her wing on breaks to make sure we know the rules and get some practice. Should be fun!
-t - Aug 09, 2013 4:46:58 pm PDT #2017 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, crap, ita, I am so sorry! Fuck. I wish I could help.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2013 4:59:34 pm PDT #2018 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am in enough pain now that I expect to be relatively laid out for the weekend. Not working Monday isn't an option, hospital isn't an option, there really aren't options.
But I can barely even hold a conversation like an adult.
sarameg - Aug 09, 2013 5:00:39 pm PDT #2019 of 30000
Oh, ita.
Jesse - Aug 09, 2013 5:01:30 pm PDT #2020 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh no, ita. Good luck.
Kat - Aug 09, 2013 5:04:39 pm PDT #2021 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh ita, I'm so sorry. I
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2013 5:45:37 pm PDT #2022 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At least I'm done panicking for today. Nothing is resolved, per se, but at least I know nothing can be.
Pharmacy tells me the paging isn't working, can I do something? I call the hospital, my doctor is off service and unavailable so the on call neurologist calls me back.
Apparently she had called the pharmacy, but they put her on hold and then hung up on her. Which--totally plausible--they had me on hold for 15 minutes before they hung up on me today--if they'd spoken to me right away, maybe THEY COULD HAVE CAUGHT A DOCTOR DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
Anyway, the on call neuro can't write prescriptions, so this whole thing will have to be re-attempted tomorrow. Which means I can ignore the clusterfuck until about 10:30. Because it's really realistic that I won't spend 14 hours cycling worst case scenarios over and over.
The sheer simple irony that all this leaves me so much less able to cope as it gives me more and more ludicrous shit to cope with will never be lost on me.