You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.

Xander ,'Help'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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-t - Oct 30, 2025 10:53:25 am PDT #9944 of 9951
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, poor Tim. Drink the weird tasting Boost! I hope this phase is over soon and does not get worse.


Trudy Booth - Oct 30, 2025 11:38:20 am PDT #9945 of 9951
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Maybe you could zhuzh up the Boost with some other ingredients and one of these: [link] Or include it in a milkshake?


-t - Oct 30, 2025 12:24:59 pm PDT #9946 of 9951
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have successfully picked up my new glasses! Costco has gone to a locker and QR code model and I couldn't find the right door for a while. I did eventually see it, but after all that I sped off without circling back to the food court for a hot dog so I had to console myself with In-n-out on the way back to the office.


Steph L. - Oct 30, 2025 12:34:32 pm PDT #9947 of 9951
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Or include it in a milkshake?

I've suggested adding it to smoothies -- my experience with smoothies is that enough berries will cover the taste of just about anything. I'm trying to not be too much of a nagging wife, while still trying to keep him as healthy as possible. Although if any situation calls for nagging, it's keeping him healthy.

That ice cream maker looks cool, though!

I have successfully picked up my new glasses! Costco has gone to a locker and QR code model and I couldn't find the right door for a while.

The irony, of course, being that if you had your new glasses, you would have been able to find the right door immediately.

I had an eye exam in June or July and then all the cancer stuff happened, and I have still not gotten around to getting new glasses yet.

My list of stuff still to be done that have been postponed because of cancer shenanigans: new glasses, colonoscopy, cat to the vet, Corolla to the dealer for yearly maintenance. That's not too bad of a list, I guess.


-t - Oct 30, 2025 12:55:30 pm PDT #9948 of 9951
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The irony, of course, being that if you had your new glasses, you would have been able to find the right door immediately.

That would be funnier, but the truth of the matter was that there was a whole block of lockers to the left that I didn't notice was there and I don't think better glasses would have helped!

That is not too bad of a list, considering. Pretty on top of things of you to be able to make the list, actually; I hope you are able to cross stuff off of it before too long


JenP - Oct 30, 2025 1:20:30 pm PDT #9949 of 9951

That is not too bad of a list, considering. Pretty on top of things of you to be able to make the list, actually; I hope you are able to cross stuff off of it before too long

I echo this sentiment

So much healing and sufficient calorie ~ma to Tim. And handling it all ~ma to you. Caring for people is challenging!

New glasses -- always fun, somehow. I should probably get an eye exam this year.

Just back from dentist - a new new one because of insurance changes. I like her and the hygienist a lot, yay. Need two fillings replaced, and one will now need a crown. Don't love that part so much, but what can you do?


Trudy Booth - Oct 30, 2025 1:29:50 pm PDT #9950 of 9951
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

That ice cream maker looks cool, though!

I have a similar one and its been a lot of fun. Maybe you could forget the boost and just experiment with high-calorie high-nutrition ice cream. Use Fairlife and Greek Yogurt and Avocados and the like.

Looks like high calorie hummus and high calorie oatmeal are also vegetarian friendly "things" with a bunch of recipes. And there's vegetarian collagen now made with eggshell membranes [link]

Maybe you have a temporary "nagging" license. Like, officially state that when it comes to caloric intake for the next X weeks you get to be a bit intense. His appetite is shot. Arguably, making up that gap for a spell is part of the "in sickness" aspect of the gig.


Steph L. - Oct 30, 2025 1:42:19 pm PDT #9951 of 9951
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Maybe you could forget the boost and just experiment with high-calorie high-nutrition ice cream. Use Fairlife and Greek Yogurt and Avocados and the like.

We do have Fairlife milk (which was initially in the fridge for me, in an attempt to get more protein in my diet while on Zepbound) and Greek yogurt. We do have a shortage of avocados, but I know TJs sells frozen sliced (or halved) avocados that would be easy to throw into smoothies.

Maybe you have a temporary "nagging" license. Like, officially state that when it comes to caloric intake for the next X weeks you get to be a bit intense. His appetite is shot. Arguably, making up that gap for a spell is part of the "in sickness" aspect of the gig.

Yeah, I'm thinking I have to throw my general non-interventionist policy* out the window and keep up the nagging about getting the calories in. (All I can picture now is Mrs. Santa Claus telling Skinny Santa that he needs to eat in...I think it was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Eat, papa, eat!)

*(My non-interventionist policy extends to buying yet more shoes, bringing home tools and machine parts for purposes unspecified, and rigging up "more efficient" ways to [fill in the blank]. But when it comes to his physical well-being, I guess I can bust out the strongarm.)


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