Fae Briona

SP and I drove up this morning & spoke w. my brother (who - shocker - actually acknowledged SP's existence at the end of the morning). They were planning on lowering her body temp [I don't remember why], but she made some "purposeful movements" so they just gave her some mild sedation. Her drug panel came back clean, so she didn't accidentally double up on her meds -- also good. At the moment, it's really a waiting game for the next 24 to 48 hours. Until she wakes up we really won't know what -- if any -- affects there have been on her cognitive abilities.

My brother called at 2:30am -- never a good sign. Mom had called the ambulance saying she was having trouble breathing. She was unresponsive when they arrived and -- in spite of a DNR prominently posted on the refrigerator where they're supposed to look -- they intubated her and she's now on a ventilator. Chest xrays came back w. lungs clear but fluid around the heart, so it's most likely congestive heart failure -- something that took out almost all of her siblings. Brother should be calling soon -- if not I'll call him -- to give me an update. He couldn't get into ICU until 7am this morning. 😢💔

A train is going to be really rough on the patio. 😛

Crazed and slightly insane from trying to get August payroll entered into the system before the extended, past last-minute, deadline.

Don't think I've read this one, I'll have to look it up at some point -- once work isn't making me a crazed wreck. SP is going to have me locked in a padded room before the start of the semester is over.

yep -- even if you don't like the story there are ways to offer criticism of it w/o being a jerk

Well it can be argued [and has been] that there is no such thing as real altruism -- that people do "altruistic" things merely because it makes them feel good about themselves.

Looking at this pic, what comes to mind is the musty smell of damp hay.

Thank you all. It's been a long day, and the stress at work hasn't helped any. Ended up getting completely demoralized and left early.

My best friend sent me a txt at 6am this morning. She's in a hospital in OKC with a massive infection in her lower back. She's had multiple back surgeries in the last 10+ years. Two weeks ago her pain level was so high she was nearly suicidal. Not helping that her "pain management" Dr. cut back her pain Rx to a point where they're useless. She finally convenced them to take an MRI and they found a "raging infection of osteomyelitis in her spine where her hardware is. She kept trying to tell them something was wrong but they weren't listening. She has a PICC line [a line direct to the heart to deliver meds]. She had FOUR bone marrow biopsy's on Tuesday. The meds they started to use caused reactions that let to seizures and had the hospital call her husband and daughter (my god-child) to get to the hospital ASAP; her blood pressure rapidly went from 90/60 to 160/90. She's "better now" but can't use her legs -- she wasn't clear, but that sounds permanent And because of the COVID situation I really can't go down to see her. 😢

Not a good morning. I'll write a blog post about it so not to clutter this thread.

Given your line of work, you have a valid reason to not be having time to write. ☹️

Love macarons

They had to work w. it for a bit -- after trying to get me to just buy a new frame -- but got it fixed (I hope).

My day is going to start w a trip to the eye Dr. the screw in my gasses holding the right lens in place popped lose last night and it fell out -- thankfully, the screw stayed in the frame and I was able (I thought) to get it set back in. Fell out again this morning. So found my last pair, which is good enough I can drive but not enough for me to stay online and work all day, and can wear those and take the other pair in. Looking back, the frames I'm using now was the one I used tow scrips ago - bronze frame, gunmetal frame, bronze frame again. Remembering now that the 1st time I used the bronze frame the lens popped out then too -- at least this time I wasn't driving. They're essentially the same frame in different colors, so they should be able to just put the current lenses into the old frames [I hope].

I've known people who don't get that real depression isn't just, "feeling a bit down" but a serious thing. When I was 16 my Dr. compared mine (which is something that runs in the family) to Type 1 diabetes -- some people don't produce enough insulin, I don't produce enough serotonin. Add in all the things tim has had to deal with in his past... I'm glad he has you to look after him; and you him to look after you.

This is the first weekend we've been together SP has had to do long shifts. Dogs and I both missed him most of the day yesterday and he just left for work awhile ago - he'll be back by 11pm (8am now). I slept restlessly last night, but he slept fine. Have been busy this morning. Refilled my spice mixes that were getting low: taco seasoning, "Cajun" seasoning, garam masala, and poultry seasoning. Like mixing them myself and have small airtight containers meant to hold spices.

That's one of the horrible things about the various forms of dementia -- most of the time, the person affected isn't aware of their effects.

That looks delish. I should be cooking the hamburger that I have in the fridge tonight but SP just left for work and my pain level is high enough my blood pressure was 149/91 when I checked it when I got home from work.

The one thing that most shocks -- and in some cases horrifies -- our international students is the % of people in the US eligible to vote that don't.

Tease 😉

Glad it's Friday. I'm ready for the weekend, but not ready for SP working extended shifts this weekend at his 2nd job -- starting tonight.

Feel better soon

Was an aggravating day for me today. Actually had a small bit of Scotch when I got home, which isn't normal. Had some storms overnight but we still have power. Only got 0.7 inches here but some areas not to far away got almost 6 inches in just a couple of hours. I'm sorry you're having problems @Kitt. Hope the generator gets working. Weather has been weird. Saturday will be the first time in just over three weeks we've reached our normal average high -- at a time of year when we should be the hottest.

Weather was nice yesterday and today -- now if I could only breathe.