Guess who doesn’t want to work today????? . . . . It’s me.
Pulling myself out of grief and anxiety funk. I actually made a dinner last night that involved slightly more than just putting things in the oven. It’s a start.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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.
msbelle - Feb 16, 2024 6:26:21 am PST #28705 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
brenda m - Feb 16, 2024 6:47:17 am PST #28706 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Good for you msbelle. And Calli too.
dcp, so glad it was just a disturbance in the end. Your neighbors I do not understand.
meara - Feb 16, 2024 7:47:22 am PST #28707 of 30000
Dcp glad it was not a real issue but yikes!
Also yikes—why does a whole swath of my side feel weirdly abraded? For no reason? I don’t see a rash or anything and can’t think why that side would be roughed up. Am crossing my fingers it’s not like, the beginning of shingles or something. Wtf.
JenP - Feb 16, 2024 8:34:01 am PST #28708 of 30000
Super crossing my fingers for you on that, too, meara!
lisah - Feb 16, 2024 11:55:26 am PST #28709 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Sending love to you all and all the Dads
Karl - Feb 16, 2024 12:12:13 pm PST #28710 of 30000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
I will join lisah and ND in sending all the ~ma~ and comfort to the Buffistas and dads who want or need it.
(I'm not ready to talk about my week yet, but I have reconnected with a couple of Bay Area-local friends, and that has helped enormously. I'm ok, surviving but not yet thriving, as they say.)
Steph L. - Feb 16, 2024 12:31:07 pm PST #28711 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Today Tim had his 6-month follow-up for his back surgery, and the doctor said he's doing extremely well. At this point, he’s allowed to do basically whatever he wants, because the vertebrae are fusing and the muscles involved in bending or twisting aren’t going to be strong enough to fuck up the fusion at this point. (I told him it’s back to cage fighting for him.) He also gets to go back on NSAIDs, which is a huge relief. NSAIDs can inhibit bone growth, and he had been taking a prescription NSAID for his RA pain, so he had to stop it for the first 6 months of recovery to be sure the vertebrae fused properly. Having to stop taking the NSAID really sucked, so being able to restart it will reduce his RA pain and just improve his quality of life that much more.
-t - Feb 16, 2024 12:46:26 pm PST #28712 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad to see good Tim news!
Hugs and hairpats for all the less good news as may be accepted
erikaj - Feb 16, 2024 1:12:37 pm PST #28713 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
If I waited for absolute thriving to post, I'd be Halley's comet.
Java cat - Feb 16, 2024 2:33:41 pm PST #28714 of 30000
Not javachik
Just catching up to, err, Oct. 2023.
If L0is T. is around: Did you post on FB that you've emailed me a bunch of times? Cuz, the last email I have from you is from 2008. So. I'm thinking maybe a hack, or an email misspelling? My two addresses are the one in my addy here, and he one that is my name @ my full name.
Yes! I did. Now to remember what that was about. Based on Stuff happening in general, it seems simultaneously just a little while ago and about 3 years ago.