My recovery is not going awesome. I am still not able to get a full bend or to fully straighten from my leg — I’m missing about 15 degrees of mobility in both directions. This fact that has my surgeon “concerned” and suspicious that I’ll need a second surgery to remove scar tissue. (I’ll know [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Bitching’
May 15, 2009
They See Me Rolling…
Yes, that’s me on a scooter at Target. Shopping for a chair to put in our shower. So I can shower.
When cats get older, and they start getting sick and decrepit, they stop cleaning themselves (i.e., licking themselves). They get ratty and dull from lack of care, and it shows.
I AM AN OLD, SICK CAT. [...]
May 13, 2009
Things My Husband Must Be (Rightfully) Sick of Hearing at This Point
Baby, can you bring me … (Percocets, a pillow, ice, a magazine, the remote, a glass of water, my laptop, a book, etc.)?
If you have a sec, will you … (Go get the mail, make me food, change the cats’ water, etc.)?
Will you help me (put my pants on, wash my feet, get in the [...]
May 7, 2009
Now I (Still) Walk With a Limp
I had my first post-op surgery appointment today, and if there’s anything this whole process has proved, it’s that I am not good at the sight of blood, especially my own. (The first time Scott helped me removed all my bandages so I could shower, I took one look at the incisions, broke out in [...]
May 3, 2009
Ponies and Percocets
Well, obviously everything I wrote and predicted about the Derby was wrong.
The only thing that ended up saving my bankroll was a hunch about Calvin Borel. The day before he’d ridden favorite Rachel Alexandra to a 20-length victory in the Kentucky Oaks; a little before post time on Saturday, I thought to myself how amazing [...]
April 9, 2009
Maybe I Should Rename This Blog ‘I Am Wrong About Things a LOT but Yet Steadfastly Insist That I Am Right’
I got a birthday card from my parents in the mail yesterday.
I immediately called them.
“What the hell is this?” I asked my mother. “This card says ‘Happy 29th Birthday?’ 29?? That can’t be right. What is your problem?”
My mother said, “I think I would be the most likely person to remember. You are 28 right [...]
February 29, 2008
Shit = Found
In reference to This: You can open up ports 5353 and 3689 as often as you want, but if you’ve got TWO FIREWALLS running, your Apple TV isn’t going to sync, no matter what.
It’s loading up file 4 of 4,133 right now … fingers crossed, this shit will be working by morning.
February 25, 2008
Shit = Lost.
About three weeks ago, I bought an Apple TV, because I wanted to be able to listen to my music in the living room, and this seemed like the most sensical solution. Last week, I bought a laptop for home music and writing. I spent a day transferring my iTunes library onto new laptop. All [...]
February 17, 2008
Suck It, Presidents
Total Vomits: 15-20
Hours Spent in ER: 6 (My second trip in a little more than two months.)
Diagnosis: Viral stomach bug with severe dehydration (I was taking a sip of water and then THROWING UP A SIP OF WATER. And chugging water so I could throw up the chugged water, and feel better for 5 seconds.)
IV [...]
September 16, 2007
My Grandma Ain’t the Only One Calling Me “Baby”
The wedding machinery is starting to churn. (The date is December 8, for anyone who [quite understandable] lost track in the 14 months since we got engaged.) I’m already starting to looking forward to December 9, when all this planning and crafting and researching will be finished and I can focus on being married and [...]
