Oh, that sucks Jess. Here's hoping. :(

tell him next time to go for exploding into blue confetti instead. Less traumatizing / more amusing to loved ones.

I read this as telling him to next time explode his lung into blue confetti instead of just collapsing. Which is not a good plan.

Eek on the collapsed lung! I'm glad it is getting treated.

So once he's out of the hospital, is Tim going to get this tattooed on his chest where the re-inflated lung is and tell everyone it's the name of his biker gang? (Please say yes. I don't care if it's true.)

At the very least, I can come up with a cool design in Sharpie.

Because he has barbell piercings in his nipples, they needed to come out for x-rays. But they can close up really quickly, and he only got them pierced in January, so he wanted to keep them open. The ER staff must deal with this a lot, because he now has very small catheter tubing through his piercing holes. It's HILARIOUS.

He's also full of oxycodone, which is ALSO hilarious.

And I am more tired than I thought possible. And I have SO MUCH WORK to do tomorrow that didn't get done today. I need about 3 clones of me, ASAP.

But also, thank god for Ativan. (Had I taken it sooner today, I might not have Hulked out when the ER was on lockdown and I wasn't allowed to go back and see Tim.) Ativan + my brain = OTP 4evAh!!!1!

And I have SO MUCH WORK to do tomorrow that didn't get done today

Husbands in hospitals make for great work excuses.

And I have SO MUCH WORK to do tomorrow that didn't get done today.

I don't think you'll be able to do all the work tomorrow that you didn't get done today PLUS tomorrow's work. Have you emailed your boss/clients saying that you spent most of Tuesday in the hospital with your husband?

Edit: Pay no attention to the fact that I rewarded myself with the last two episodes of Daredevil tonight even though I didn't get nearly as much work done as I should have today.

I don't think you'll be able to do all the work tomorrow that you didn't get done today PLUS tomorrow's work. Have you emailed your boss/clients saying that you spent most of Tuesday in the hospital with your husband?

Oh, yeah. They were super understanding -- didn't even ask about when I thought I'd have my articles back; just told me they were praying for Tim and asking me to keep them updated.

I just have a lot to finish tomorrow from today, and it's a little overwhelming. But I'm full of Ativan and watching the beginning of CA:TWS and then going to bed. Hoping things will be less overwhelming in the morning.

And now for something completely different . . .

Asparagus. I was dinner shopping this evening and paused in the frozen veggie aisle, contemplating my green, leafy nemeses. I thought, "Asparagus is pricey, but I've eaten it and not been repelled. Cheap veggies that are gross are a bigger waste of money than more expensive veggies that I will actually eat."

So I got some frozen asparagus. It was . . . edible. It tasted green and not very bitter (my primary bête noir with veggies), and some of the pieces were tender and some were tough and stringy. But I probably only got a quarter cup down before I couldn't eat any more. Still, veggies were eaten!

Now, asparagus is in season, and I'm betting fresh is better than frozen in this situation, and roasting seems like an interesting variant. What are my Buffistas favorite methods of cooking the little spears?

Drugs and Winter Soldier! Excellent coping mechanisms. If you replace drugs with vodka and Steve Rogers with Matt Murdock, you have my night.

Fresh asparagus is WAY better than frozen. Try to find the little skinny ones -- thinner than a pencil if possible. Either cut or break off the ends -- supposedly, if you break them, then they'll break at the right place to get rid of the tough parts. Put it in a roasting dish, and toss with some olive oil and salt, at about 425 for maybe 10 minutes. The timing will depend on the size of the asparagus.

I also pretty often add some asparagus to my scrambled tofu, so I'm sure it would work with scrambled eggs, too. Not sure how the timing would work out for that, though.