Ugh. New blood test results came back, after the ones last week were weird, and they're still not good. The doctor is waiting for a couple of other tests to come back before saying anything definite. From googling (which I know I should not be doing at this point), it looks like the best case scenario is that I'm anemic. (However, NOT the type of anemia that's caused by being deficient in any of the vitamins or minerals that are sometimes hard to get on a vegan diet, because of course that would be too simple -- those types of anemia would have different test results.) Worst-case scenario is kidney disease or leukemia. So, hoping for anemia, I guess.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - May 21, 2018 12:57:34 pm PDT #3803 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Zenkitty - May 21, 2018 4:04:04 pm PDT #3804 of 8218
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hoping for a good resolution, Hil. Anemia~ma, then?
Jessica, I feel so bad for you! Shingles are evil.
sj, hoping you find a good sitter, and local mom friends.
sj - May 21, 2018 4:49:58 pm PDT #3805 of 8218
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
For me it doesn't help that all the parents I meet are at least a decade younger than me.
Tom Scola - May 22, 2018 1:26:01 am PDT #3806 of 8218
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm mostly just feeling sorry for myself because I don't know how to make non-internet friends.
Oh, for fucks sake. Malki has GOT to be lurking here.
Laura - May 22, 2018 2:58:46 am PDT #3807 of 8218
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, for fucks sake. Malki has GOT to be lurking here.
Ha! Love it.
For me it doesn't help that all the parents I meet are at least a decade younger than me.
Having the kids when I was 38/40 I was often the age of the grandparents. Most of my friends are at least a decade younger than me. With the kids most parents I met after they were in school at open houses and school functions. I volunteered at school too which resulted in meeting more of them. DH coached and met many parents at practices and games.
Learn from my school volunteer experience! Don't do cafeteria! It is depressing to see the waste. I found literacy tutoring much more rewarding. Watching kids when they 'get it' and start to figure out reading is a joy that never gets old.
Jessica - May 22, 2018 4:43:43 am PDT #3808 of 8218
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, for fucks sake. Malki has GOT to be lurking here.
So I...actually do have cards like that. I got them from Moo and they are adorable.
(The text is just my name and contact info on one side and "Hello new friend!" on the back. But, um.)
Hil R. - May 22, 2018 6:34:57 am PDT #3809 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Fuck. My landlord just stopped by and told me that the mess in my apartment is "unacceptable" and that it will attract rodents. It's cluttered, but there's no food left out or anything like that.
Hil R. - May 22, 2018 6:44:44 am PDT #3810 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I let him know a while ago that I'm going to be out of town for most of the summer, and he wants me to let him know a week before I go, so that he can do a walk-through and make sure that everything's up to his standards.
Laura - May 22, 2018 10:02:45 am PDT #3811 of 8218
Our wings are not tired.
Wow, Hil! That is really crazy. I hope that you have time this summer for apartment hunting.
Hil R. - May 22, 2018 10:20:23 am PDT #3812 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Not really, but I'll probably look for a new place for next year. And I am spending this afternoon cleaning, because that was my plan anyway. I've got stuff like some stacks of books on the floor next to a full bookshelf, and the clothes on the floor in my bedroom are getting out of hand (I'll even admit that one), but books don't attract any more rodents on the floor than they would on a shelf.