I had what I think was a good interview, y'all. Contract, but full-time by the end of the year if it works out. Fingers crossed that it does, and that they are not secretly terrible people.
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
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 - Jul 25, 2019 8:16:59 am PDT #9826 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Gudanov - Jul 25, 2019 8:19:58 am PDT #9827 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
Good Luck! Glad you had a good interview.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2019 8:20:40 am PDT #9828 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fingers crossed, Dana!
EpicTangent - Jul 25, 2019 8:41:59 am PDT #9829 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Job~ma, dana!
meara - Jul 25, 2019 8:43:43 am PDT #9830 of 30019
Fingers crossed Sana!
I used to have a flat grater and I don't know what happened to it—I realized recently I only have a microplane grater which is not useful for some things.
Amy - Jul 25, 2019 8:45:23 am PDT #9831 of 30019
Because books.
Job~ma, Dana!
And yeah, Jessica, if you have stuff you don't need!
Calli - Jul 25, 2019 8:46:40 am PDT #9832 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Here's hoping, Dana!
Theodosia - Jul 25, 2019 8:49:53 am PDT #9833 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Rosemary, who can't catch a break, is back in the hospital because her knee turned so painful. The doctors suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis which is serious likely after open heart surgery, but it seems that it's actually something called pseudo-gout.
So, not classic gout, but crystals of a different type that accumulate in the knee instead of the big toe.
She's weak enough that trying to get up with a bad knee makes her a fall risk, so they have her for at least another day. Thank goodness for good health insurance.
-t - Jul 25, 2019 8:53:06 am PDT #9834 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad to hear it, Dana! Good luck!
I never got the hang of box graters. Flat all the way.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 25, 2019 9:11:58 am PDT #9835 of 30019
What is even happening?
Good luck, Dana!
My son came home last night. They released him at about 4:45pm. In Boston. I'll pause, while the Somervillains imagine our commute north on Storrow Drive, and I-93. Two hours to travel about 15 miles. Two. Hours.
He's on two different antibiotics, an increased steroid dose, etc. The infection has to get and stay gone and we have to eliminate what we can of the inflammation typical of this IBD so he's in the best shape for surgery, which will probably be in September (no date yet).
He's glad to be home, even if he's on a liquid diet for the foreseeable future.
Cindy, so sorry to hear about your son. Do you know the comic artist Jeffrey Brown? He has a graphic memoir about the very severe IBS he has and how it put him in the hospital many times when he was your son's age. I think he also needed pretty major surgery for it as well. It's called Funny Misshapen Body [link]. I'd send you my copy but our books are all boxed up while we work on the room they live in. I'd be happy to order a copy from my friends' store if it's something you or your son would be interested in.
Thank you so much, Lisa. That's really thoughtful. Right now, "too much Crohn's stuff" is a little overwhelming for him. I've sent myself your link in a text and found some more info on Brown for if/when the time is right.