Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.

Wash ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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 - Oct 03, 2022 3:01:43 pm PDT #17795 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Steph, I'm sure you know this, but just in case you don't remember with all of the other stuff going on, you can take a second dose of Ubrelvy after two hours. (I think it's Ubrelvy you're on).


askye - Oct 03, 2022 3:31:41 pm PDT #17796 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

Steph I hope you can get some relief from the migraine.

I'm sorry Tim had another collapsed lung, I hope that things for him go smoothly and they can prevent it from happening again.


meara - Oct 03, 2022 5:23:26 pm PDT #17797 of 30000

Ugh, that sounds like a cluster, Teppy. I hope you've gotten to go home or take another dose or something, by now.

Nilly!! So good to hear from you :)

It's a beautiful day out, and yesterday was also gorgeous, and I feel guilty that I have not gone and enjoyed any of it. But I have a friend coming to visit later this week, and am crossing fingers it will at least not rain (even though it will definitely be colder)


Sheryl - Oct 03, 2022 5:39:54 pm PDT #17798 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Congrats, Gud!

Health~ma to Tim, Steph.

Nilly is wise, as usual.

After the debacle that was Erev Rosh Hashanah, we are going to go back home after dinner tomorrow. We are also going to break the fast on our own. The nanny will be watching Mr. S while we do daytime services at my MIL's house.


Steph L. - Oct 03, 2022 7:54:14 pm PDT #17799 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

Steph, I'm sure you know this, but just in case you don't remember with all of the other stuff going on, you can take a second dose of Ubrelvy after two hours. (I think it's Ubrelvy you're on).

I got another dose of Ubrelvy when I got home around 7:45, and the migraine has pretty much retreated. The kitty is sitting on me and FARTING. Oh my god.

The procedure to remove the air so the lung can re-inflate went fine; by the time I left, the doctor was listening to Tim's lung and said it sounded like it wasn't totally re-inflated yet, but she was happy with the progress.

Once a person has a collapsed lung, they're more likely to have it happen again, and since this is the second collapsed lung Tim has had, he's undergoing a thoracic procedure tomorrow to prevent future collapsed lungs. I had no idea this was a thing, but in the procedure they basically go in through the catheter from today's procedure and use the medical equivalent of superglue or something to "stick" the outside of the lung to the pleural wall, so that air can't get in between there and collapse the lung any more. That is WILD. Since it's minimally invasive, he'll probably only have to stay one more night at the hospital, which is good.

I ate some granola and I am going to pass the fuck out now.


DavidS - Oct 03, 2022 8:41:05 pm PDT #17800 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I ate some granola and I am going to pass the fuck out now.

Holy fucking shit! Superglue to the rescue.

I feel like Life Itself did not get the memo that you are an anxious person by inclination, and don't really need Anxiety Provoking Events on the regular.

If I were you, and undergoing your circumstances, I would act like an excitable Emu placed in a pen with a wind-up action toy. Running around with my head lagging behind on my long neck, leaping sideways intermittently.


-t - Oct 03, 2022 8:52:57 pm PDT #17801 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Wow, Tep! Tim~ma, of course, and I am so glad they know so well how to handle a recollapsing lung but yikes!

Also, Nilly! It is nice to think of you out there skimming-and-not-skipping whenever you can but it is quite a treat to see your big slab of words!


Laura - Oct 04, 2022 3:21:53 am PDT #17802 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

After the debacle that was Erev Rosh Hashanah, we are going to go back home after dinner tomorrow

Sounds less stressful for all.

I ate some granola and I am going to pass the fuck out now.

Excellent plan! Good to hear that they have a plan to prevent the collapsed lung in the future. I have been adjacent to them a couple times and it is not a good time. (oddly one was my dad and when the paramedics arrived they asked what he was on for pain because he was totally cool with it - when we told them nothing they looked at us like we were insane - then we explained his prior stroke had rendered him unable to feel pain)

Teppy, I hope you were able to get well deserved rest and that Tim is feeling much better today.


JenP - Oct 04, 2022 5:07:28 am PDT #17803 of 30000

Oh, man, Steph. Glad Tim is OK, and I hope you're feeling good-or-better this morning.

Sheryl, I hope you all can find some actual, sustained relief for yourselves and Mr. S.

Gud, congrats on the new house! Or, at least, it sounded pretty close to a done deal. It's lovely. Love the woodwork.

Always a pleasure to see Nilly, and it is nice to know you're skimming. ::waves::

That's what my brain has managed to remember for comment, but I think things all the time when I read. I mean, good things. You know.

I have a crap ton of work to get done this week. So, I guess I'll get on that.

I had a cold over the weekend (negative for Covid), and DH had a pancreatitis flare-up on Sunday... he basically had one week of no pain, then it was back. So frustrating. Doctor this morning.

Also, I need to get our budget reined in. I think planning that will be my weekend project for next weekend. But also it is my birthday weekend, so lots of meals out with people, yay!

But before that... work.


msbelle - Oct 04, 2022 6:09:29 am PDT #17804 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Mac did the paperwork for his new job yesterday, got his schedule through next Tuesday and today starts day 1 of 3 of computer training sessions.

Very exciting stuff. First paycheck 10/19 and this begins the paying me back.