Oh, how droll. They're telling me that one of the return legs of our flight, in 10 days, has been canceled. So now I'm trying to figure this out and finish packing because we leave FUCKING TOMORROW.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
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.
Dana - May 29, 2019 3:12:03 pm PDT #8239 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sarameg - May 29, 2019 3:40:31 pm PDT #8240 of 30019
lisah, I so appreciate the offer, but since I'm trying to get appointments off referrals, me is required. I left 3 voicemails today for callbacks I was promised & haven't got. I can't get a goddamned person. If they keep being this crappy, I may mine your sources for other recs to cross ref with my insurance. I suspect the issue isn't the drs, it's the front desk. If by Friday, I haven't got an appt, I'll see if I can get my dr to do it. Maybe I'm just not using the right word, I don't know (you'd think, referral, dx, bloodwork, YOU CAN ACCESS MY RECORDS IN THE NETWORK BECAUSE DR SENT THEM would work, but hey. What do I know.)
sarameg - May 29, 2019 3:55:52 pm PDT #8241 of 30019
But hey, I have neighbors who will intercept an early delivery of 55lbs of paint stripper, take it inside & then redeliver despite 55lbs of awkward & stairs.
At least I have them in my corner.
sj - May 29, 2019 4:00:54 pm PDT #8242 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sorry! I was at the ER all day and then I came home and slept a lot. I'm okay. Very tired and a little out of it but all the test results were good.
sarameg - May 29, 2019 4:30:21 pm PDT #8243 of 30019
Good! I'm glad you got sleeeep.
WindSparrow - May 29, 2019 5:07:18 pm PDT #8244 of 30019
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm glad you are ok, sj!
aurelia - May 29, 2019 5:08:54 pm PDT #8245 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Good news, sj.
I am sadly often up for the day by 4am Eastern, and almost always by 5:30.
The number of early birds reacting/commenting on my 4am FB post was surprising. The only one that I wouldn't call freakishly early was posting from New Zealand.
Shir - May 29, 2019 10:29:25 pm PDT #8246 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Very good to hear you're ok, sj.
Looks like you get a do-over election.
Yesterday night was the first time I personally felt (I've known that for years, but this time, I felt it) just how broken the notion of democracy is in this country. The opposition and other politicians from the coalition couldn't imagine this country without Netanyahu. This is bad.
(However, the jokes about "well, you wanted a different ending to Game of Thrones, didn't you?" and "elections2019_final_with_changes_2.docx" are still funny).
Edited to add: just got the news that I got accepted to grad school (my current second priority. I'll know about the first in about a month's time). Bonus? IT'S WHERE NILLY TEACHES.
Calli - May 30, 2019 1:36:56 am PDT #8247 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yay grad school, Shir!
Dana - May 30, 2019 1:58:07 am PDT #8248 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Today I was up at 5:30, when I often wake up but usually go back to sleep. But this morning, my brain was immediately like "You're traveling today! Also, you haven't learned any of your music! This will be good! It will help with jet lag! You are unable to go back to sleep now!"