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"When you get to hell, tell smallpox we sent you."
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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.
DavidS - Apr 12, 2021 8:27:56 pm PDT #5532 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
meara - Apr 12, 2021 8:54:35 pm PDT #5533 of 30000
Jesse that’s awesome but sad nobody got TWOP!
My dog is tearing open my couch cushions. He’ll be fine, napping or looking out the window, and then I look open and he’s got a cushion on the floor in his mouth and he’s ripping it up. Ugh!! Granted it’s an old couch, but I don’t need it to look WORSE than it already does!
Shir - Apr 12, 2021 11:02:14 pm PDT #5534 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Hil, I'm glad to hear your mom is doing better. Continued health~ma.
Laura - Apr 13, 2021 4:37:15 am PDT #5535 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It's good to hear your mother is home, Hil. I hope the PT helps her get quickly back to herself.
Ugh, meara. Skinner will tear up cushions if given the opportunity. Not so much now as he did when he was younger. The vet reminded me that a tired dog is a good dog. Fortunately he doesn't need quite as much activity as his did when he was a pup.
JenP - Apr 13, 2021 5:38:05 am PDT #5536 of 30000
I'm glad your mom is doing better, Hil.
Annual physical today. Yay? Yeah, yay. I'm here to need one, so, yeah, good. I have to write a list so I remember all my questions/asks.
dcp - Apr 13, 2021 5:57:25 am PDT #5537 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
physical today. Yay? Yeah, yay
Saved my life.
I have to write a list so I remember all my questions/asks.
Absolutely.
JenP - Apr 13, 2021 7:36:22 am PDT #5538 of 30000
Man. So I'm here. The person I usually see isn't. So now I'm seeing some random doctor who doesn't know me. Argh. Why didn't they just call me to reschedule? So annoyed. I'm sure it will be fine, but I don't relish explaining shit ro a new person. Eh, whatever. I'll survive. Maybe I'll even like him or her. Maybe.
amyparker - Apr 13, 2021 8:07:24 am PDT #5539 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Argh, Jen, I hate that - didn't see my PCP last year and probably won't this year. It may well be they're thinking "A lot of people missed routine care in the last 12 months, just get them in with SOMEONE".
JenP - Apr 13, 2021 8:49:15 am PDT #5540 of 30000
Yeah, it was fine. She was very nice, and I got everything I needed. They were SUPER busy, but she spent all the time I needed. People must be filling up appointment books now that they're vaccinated. I know I will be.
So, thank you for bearing with my needless dread!
Now it's pet store time. It's like they think they deserve food and litter or something. Whatever, cats. (Says the woman who just helped DP set up a kind of epic cat condo in the bedroom. And made an addition for more napping space. Ha!)
amyparker - Apr 13, 2021 9:05:41 am PDT #5541 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
When Jim had his annual his PCP said "Let us do ALL the tests!" I wish I could have been there for his visit with the neurologist - he described it as someone whacking different parts of his body with an oversized tuning fork and asking if he could feel it. (He's fine, but the imagery made me giggle for days.)