I didn't really understand the attraction of painkillers until I was given IV dilaudid. I got maxed out on morphine and it didn't touch the pain. When they decided to move on to dilaudid it was close to immediate relief, and I could physically feel it wash over my body.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
NoiseDesign - Oct 22, 2018 9:41:57 pm PDT #1044 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
meara - Oct 22, 2018 9:56:36 pm PDT #1045 of 30019
Ugh. Was trying and trying to get to sleep for the past hour and finally gave up and took one of my pain pills. Now I only have three left. So I guess I'll have to call tomorrow and ask about a refill rather than doing it in person on Wednesday. I feel like I'm going to sound like an addict and they'll refuse and then I just won't be able to be comfortable or sleep ever again (or at least for a while as this bone heals). Ugh. (And I'm now anxiously awaiting the drug kicking in in about 15 more minutes or so, and have given up trying to sleep until then). I mean, possibly sleeping pills would do the same effect? Not sure if they work over pain.
Zen how long were you on the hard drugs? And when did you go back to work?
-t - Oct 23, 2018 4:27:29 am PDT #1046 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, meara. I hope the refill request goes better than you expect.
Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2018 5:13:55 am PDT #1047 of 30019
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I'm sorry, meara.
I just went through my RSS feed and cleaned out about three dozen defunct blogs. Remember blogging?
Jesse - Oct 23, 2018 5:52:08 am PDT #1048 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ahhh, people are ridiculous. A senior colleague just emailed my team member asking her (team member) to call her (senior colleague), because "I can't find your phone number." It's in the email she was replying to! And also in the team member's profile you can see by hovering over her name in Outlook! No clue where senior colleague was looking that she couldn't find it.
msbelle - Oct 23, 2018 7:15:34 am PDT #1049 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I got kudos for being a good text banker, only a couple of recording errors in the 500 texts I've done so far. YAY!
I guess sometimes I do need the validation more than I think I do.
Between the campaign work I've neen doing for months and getting to organize a collection for local food banks through work I am really feeling the draw of moving back to non-profit work.
-t - Oct 23, 2018 7:25:12 am PDT #1050 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go you, msbelle!
meara - Oct 23, 2018 8:25:18 am PDT #1051 of 30019
Go msbelle!! I was confused by text banking thinking "you're doing your work banking via texts now? That doesn't seem efficient??" Until I re-read it
Dana - Oct 23, 2018 9:25:07 am PDT #1052 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I was also confused and thought "text banker" was somehow a career. Early morning meeting plus middle of the night cramps (thank you SO MUCH for that, body) plus husband waking up about half an hour before the alarm and also managing to thoroughly wake me up.
Jesse - Oct 23, 2018 9:55:33 am PDT #1053 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just totally hit the wall. I got in and started a flurry of Getting Shit Done, which was good, and then I had some meetings, and now I should be getting more shit done, but wow. That doesn't feel like it's going to happen. Maybe I can at least get organized between now and a going-away party at 3:30.