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BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure

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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 01:27 PM

Same here.

Really appreciated the update.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: catspaw49
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 10:30 AM

Good catch on the Welbutrin Linn. Right now is a tough time in terms of depression for anyone let alone someone who has clinical depression to begin with. The feeling lies between sadness and anger as a very mean angst where you are slammed with the terrible realization, over and over, that you are no longer the person you were and are noww in constant need of assistance to do anything. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt........Tom probably has 3 or 4 of them.

Tell Tom I think of him a lot.........and he has all my best to heal soon and get back to whatever passes for normal in his life now. See, that's really the thing isn't it? Living with so much less than what you were and then losing more...........***sigh***.........Ask him if he can hear an occasional cheer from Ohio. I'm sending them!


Spaw


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 10:27 AM

No, Charley -- if Tom doesn't go, I don't either. Besides, he will still need a bunch of assistance around the house. Remember, he can't put any weight on his right ankle, plus he has vision problems. AND he can't drive...

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 08:51 AM

Linn-

Thanks for the long update. Clearly the healing has not been as rapid as we all would have liked to hear, and the threat of blood clots can not be ignored.

So sad about you folks missing Indian Neck but having been there once I know that it's a long, long drive and there would be temptations to sing all night, and possibly drink all night. Still it's sad to have to miss this great weekend. Have you thought about going on your own with another friend?

Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 06:19 AM

Well, the reality of it is the homecoming is postponed for at least another week and he's under doctor's orders not to travel -- specifically to the Connecticut folk gathering over Mother's Day weekend that we've been going to for over 20 years. AND he can't put weight on the ankle for at least another 4 weeks.

Okay, here's the report on Tom's appointment with Dr. Blitzer Friday -- new x-rays, brand new pretty blue cast (he could have had hot pink...or lime green...or any of about a dozen colors), and the knowledge that he can't put any weight on the ankle for another four weeks. AND Dr. Blitzer doesn't want him to travel -- spoiling long-standing plans for Mother's Day weekend.

That also means at LEAST another week in rehab. Tom was very, very depressed leaving Seacoast Orthopedics after the appointment. And the fact that through some medical snafu, his usual maintenance dosage of Welbutrin had been halved for the past six weeks certainly didn't help.

We sat in the car and talked for quite awhile before heading back to Langdon Place. (The other good news is he's having no trouble getting from wheelchair to car and back.)

And the other good news was, when we got back to Langdon Place, I had a nice talk with Kathy, the head nurse -- who had been just about to fax some of Tom's blood pressure info to Dr. Blitzer. First, we got the Welbutrin problem ironed out -- she speculated that somewhere along the line, an old dosage had gotten into Tom's records (despite the fact I hand out a printed sheet with Tom's meds and dosage and medical history and doctors to EVERYBODY from the EMTs that took him to the ER, to the hospital doctors and the rehab facilities). She agreed that Tom will heal a lot better not being dogged by depression. Then I joined Tom back in his room with Katie, his occupational therapist, and another of his regular therapists and we had a very productive meeting of the minds.

We'll probably do a home visit on Tuesday or Wednesday so they can find out exactly what Tom has to deal with to get in and out of the house so they can work on ways to do it. That's the only catch in his coming home -- once he's in the house, he'll be able to maneuver just fine. They also brainstormed about ways to safely get him to Indian Neck and back -- say in the back seat with his leg up and frequent stops. But I talked to another friend who is a nurse Friday night at the Press Room session and he says that probably wouldn't satisfy Dr. Blitzer; that Tom IS better off NOT traveling to Connecticut. And the issue is blood clots -- because he'd be more or less immobilized during a long car drive (even with his leg up in the back seat and frequent stops) it could be dangerous. And, disappointed as Tom is, he doesn't want to risk it. Anything that Katie and Jenn come up with would have to be okayed by Dr. Blitzer anyway before we'd do it, of course, and it looks like that probably wouldn't happen. But it made Tom feel better that everybody was working together to try to make the situation better.

Kathy came in, too, and added some more ideas, especially as far as making his continued stay in rehab better and even more focused on being able to leave.

Tom was, by this time, in a LOT better mood than when I'd wheeled him back into the room.

Yesterday, I headed over late morning and brought the rollator (wheeled walker with a seat) so the therapists can see what he has available and teach him how to best use it. Then I took Tom out for a ride. He's getting really good at getting between the wheelchair and the car and back again, but really wants to work with the rollator. Unfortunately, that probably won't happen until Monday.

After I left Tom yesterday I took a bunch of stuff that would otherwise have gone to Goodwill over to a fiddle-playing librarian friend and actually did a wee bit of socializing (outside of the Friday Press Room sessions). I'd woken up way too early (again) and was too tired to even think about a glass of wine, but a couple other friends showed up (vocalist and bodhran player and vocalist and cittern player) and we had a GRAND time all afternoon talking about Life, the Universe...Everything. (And petting the dog. Or, at least, ME petting the dog. He's a pound dog who came, believe it or not, with the name Schulz -- my name -- and he took to me much better than to most women, letting me rub his belly and tickle his ears and generally not stop.)

I really needed yesterday afternoon. I didn't get home until after 7 and called Tom, apologizing for calling him so late. He said he figured I'd get hung up and hadn't really expected the call earlier.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 29 Apr 12 - 04:24 AM

what SINS said


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 04:53 PM

Bit by bit . . . Progress!

I'm glad Tom got a good night's sleep. I wish you had, too.

I haven't slept through the night since I was pregnant, and my son is 34 years old!


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 01:16 PM

Yes, indeed!


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 10:49 AM

So there is good news - Tom's homecoming is in the works and he is sleeping through the night.
That's the best news in weeks.
SINS


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 28 Apr 12 - 09:43 AM

Well, Tom got a good night's sleep (finally!) and slept straight through until morning. Unfortunately, I didn't and I can't even blame it on the cats.

Still don't have time to report here -- I'm in the process of getting a bunch of stuff out of the car so I can put a bunch of stuff back INTO the car...

I'm taking the rollator over to Langdon Place; the therapists want to see it. And Tom can practice with it -- including in and out of the car with THIS rather than a wheelchair.

Then this afternoon I'm taking some miscellaneous cubic footage over to a friend's in Portsmouth who said she'd take the lot and anything she didn't want, SHE'D take to Goodwill. Looks like the kitchen cart isn't going to fit, though...

Maybe when I get home...

BTW, don't worry. If Dr. Blitzer says no travel there will be no travel. Even to this event. I WILL run the suggestions past Dr. B, but I have a feeling he won't approve any of the workarounds. He's conservative and I like that in a doctor. Neither of us want to take the chance of blood clots or any other complication that could interfere with Tom's healing or his life.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 27 Apr 12 - 11:14 PM

What gnu said.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 27 Apr 12 - 09:30 PM

Slow and easy, Linn. Take advantage of the support. Listen to those experts.

Yo, Tom.... you too. Get well. We're all pullin for ya bud.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 27 Apr 12 - 08:51 PM

Linn-

That's disappointing news but it's all important that ankle be properly healed.

Remember back when we were all immortal? Them was good days!

Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 27 Apr 12 - 08:13 PM

Well, it's been an eventful day, but I'm too damned tired to report fully until tomorrow morning.

Somewhat disappointing...new cast, but Tom still can't put any weight on the ankle for four more weeks. He's also advising against the Connecticut folk gathering over Mother's Day weekend -- too long in the car.

Good meeting and plans with the head nurse and his therapists. House visitation and assessment on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'm exhausted. Bed now.

G'night.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 27 Apr 12 - 12:26 PM

Linn-

I have to agree with Dr. Gnu.

But it will be a great homecoming!

Is the floor refinished?

Love to join you at the Press Room but I'm still recovering from energy output at the NEFFA gathering last weekend. It's amazing how adrenaline carries one through such a weekend and then you crash...

Cheerily,
Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 27 Apr 12 - 11:16 AM

Gotta go change out of my outdoor grungies and into something acceptable both to take Tom to Seacoast Orthopedics to see Dr. Blitzer, but also to wear to The Press Room after I take Tom back to Langdon Place.

I sincerely hope I don't have too many more meals where I unthinkingly shovel food into my face as I sit at the computer (as I'm doing right now)...

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 06:23 PM

"The nice social services nurse is trying to convince Tom to stay in rehab for a couple more days of physical therapy after his cast is changed tomorrow."

Do it. She's a nurse.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 06:12 PM

The nice social services nurse is trying to convince Tom to stay in rehab for a couple more days of physical therapy after his cast is changed tomorrow.

He's REALLY ready to come home and I'm REALLY ready to have him home!

But we'll ask Dr. Blitzer for his opinion tomorrow after the x-rays and cast change, etc.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: GUEST,ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 05:51 PM

For a few moments I thought I'd wandered into the declutter thread by mistake! I'm avoiding that thread until I'm ready to deal with my own clutter!

I had lunch today with a group of people. One said she was trying to declutter. She had bought 3 new PJ sets and had thrown out 3 old, worn ones. I said that might be clutter substitution rather than decluttering! I also said that every time I cleared away a pile of stuff, it somehow grew back--with different stuff!

Anyway, Linn, I hope both you and Tom are having a good day.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 01:41 PM

I work on the theory that if you've got a lot of interesting stuff to look at, no one notices the house is a total mess. And stuff is neatly stacked and shiny surfaces are fairly often shiny. (It helps the illusion.)

Stuff expands to fit whatever space is available.

My other theory of housekeeping can be summed up in one word: tarps. Lots of things can be tarps -- tablecloths, bedspreads -- as long as they look nice and cover things us.

There is NEVER enough work surfaces or shelving for books.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Ebbie
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 11:39 AM

I have two anti-clutter methods that work. Mostly. I got rid of stuff and I put up shelves.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 08:22 AM

There ain't no clutter around here!

Well, maybe on my computer desktop. And there's a pile of invoices from three years back that have not been sorted into their folders and placed in their cabinets which can't be accessed anyway because of all the CDs and boxes of miscellaneous patch chords and other electronic accessories blocking their drawers. And there's about a dozen books with post-it stickies awaiting scanning for a new and exciting illustrated children's book titled The Rodent Mariners piled on the futon. And more CDs are blocking access to the Cicely Fox Smith literary works which I need for final proofing of The Complete Poetry of Cicely Fox Smith scheduled for release by Little Red Tree Publishing in Mystic at the end of May.

No clutter here. Just essential work space!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 07:38 AM

I live in a 4 room apartment (bedroom, living room, kitchen & bathroom) so really don't have enough space for all my hobbies & interests.

not that I plan to have less interests, or less stuff

sandra


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 07:14 AM

Oh, Sandra! Your home sounds sooooo much like ours!

I just KNOW people do not truly LIVE in all those gorgeous, uncluttered rooms in the shelter magazines.

A lot of our clutter is stuff acquired at yard sales and was intended to be resold...but for some reason, that never happened. Then there's the stuff that was just too good to throw away or, maybe, "we just might need that someday..." Both Tom and I are Yankees (him by birth, me by choice) and "waste not, want not" rules our life.

The table gets cleared off for Thanksgiving and Christmas...I can usually find a chair under a pile of something when someone visits.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 05:21 AM

well done.

last week I had friend visiting & moved stuff so she could use no. 2 chair (normally a storage space) & straightened up the stuff which needs to live on the floor (mountains become lava flows!) & vacuumed. Place was so lovely, I should have taken a photo!!

After she left I started bringing back stuff I needed (like pen & pencil containers that live on the table, crafty stuff I'm doing ...)

Today I stepped carefully over the jigsaws & other stuff on the floor ...

sandra


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 25 Apr 12 - 06:49 PM

Spent today decluttering -- sorting out some of the BIG stuff that's been building up in the wrong places. Originally it was so I could move the table, map chest and small bookcase that's on top of a piece of subflooring so that could be replaced, but I think, after re-assessing the situation, that the damage can be suitably fixed for Tom's arrival home without actually doing that.

Anyway, it was satisfying. Threw out some of the cellar stuff to make room for some of the excess chairs and stools from upstairs. Schlepped flower pots and planters up and out onto the deck because I have several friends interested in them. Pretty much cleaned out the corner in the kitchen, which means it can be temporary (and I DO mean temporary!) storage for some small antiques we plan to sell.

All of this should have been done long ago. Glad it's getting done now.

De-accessioning some of Tom's tools, too, that he won't be using.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 25 Apr 12 - 08:25 AM

It's a new brighter day!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 24 Apr 12 - 10:09 PM

Well, that's good news!


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 24 Apr 12 - 09:15 PM

That's a start.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 24 Apr 12 - 08:34 PM

Didn't kill anyone today.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 24 Apr 12 - 09:53 AM

I'm not sure I'll start to recouperate until after Tom is home...and, maybe, a bit more mobile again.

I've been dealing with the job bullshit since the beginning -- remember, the district manager threatened to fire me for calling out three shifts in a row (including calling my manager at 8:30 at night before following the EMTs and Tom to the emergency room).

Since several days later he fired my manager (for unrelated reasons), things have been somewhat chaotic since.

Wish me luck today with keeping my cool while talking to him.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Apr 12 - 08:56 AM

not easy to sleep with such bullshit in your life.

I hope by now you have managed to rest & start to recouperate.

love from sandra


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 10:53 PM

Too late to post -- didn't get home until after 8 (after work, seeing Tom, errands, etc.) Again gobbled supper in front of the computer. I think it was the Chinese I picked up on the way home.

Job problem shaping up for tomorrow. I don't officially even HAVE my schedule for past tomorrow, but unofficially (and accidently) I've found I'm scheduled for Friday -- a surprise, as I've not regularly worked Fridays since a year ago in June -- and I CAN'T as I need to take Tom to see his surgeon and get his cast changed.

I don't see why this is MY problem.

Probably a shoot out with the district manager tomorrow -- this is the guy who threatened to fire me for calling out 3 shifts in a row when Tom broke his ankle, despite my calling my manager (who has since fired for totally unrelated issues) before following the EMTs and Tom to the Emergency Room.

I'm getting really tired of all this unnecessary bullshit. I am sick to DEATH of all this unnecessary bullshit.

I am really trying to calm down enough to sleep to be well rested before going to work tomorrow.

Linn

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 10:47 PM

gnu-

I'll provide a link to the radio program recording when Steve Carrigan posts it to Facebook. My wife said the show sounded quite good. Well, it felt good to me as well, and Steve is certainly familiar with my songs.

I'm finally back home. Our two cats seem quite pleased to have another slave available.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 03:06 PM

Interviews you on the Western Silvicultural Contractors' Association website?

Ya gotta link? Can we hear it?


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 09:11 AM

Here's hoping for early release next Saturday.

I had dinner at the Press Room Sunday evening on my way back from NEFFA. It's just not the same place without the gang, although our favorite bar tender described a lively gathering the day before (which Ernie has described in more detail on the Press Room thread). Incidentally, this evening Steve Carrigan interviews me (7 pm on WSCA) about my songwriting and singing.

Charley Noble


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 08:22 AM

Oh, Mary, for the past almost a week we've been figuring Tom will be released next Saturday, the day after his next appointment with Dr. Blitzer and another new cast. If there is a good reason why he's not ready on Saturday, it will be the following Wednesday, as I work Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 08:19 AM

Tom's got an appointment the morning of May 11 with the dentist who did his previous dentures. Couldn't get anything before that. We'll leave right from there (Portsmouth) and head to Connecticut for the weekend.

I woke up this morning NOT feeling totally exhausted. What a concept! First time, I think, since Tom recovered from Clipper Harbor trying to kill him. Unbelievable how much that episode dragged me out. (Tom, since getting more blood inside him, has had a LOT more energy than I have.)

Guess I'm alone at work today, though, so it's a good thing I'm more or less back to normal energy level. Hope it's not a totally crazy Monday, though, as it so often can be.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Apr 12 - 08:54 PM

Any progress on the dentures? It would be nice if Tom could have them before going home.
Any word on the release date? Not tomorrow I hope. Noah's ark is due in port any minute.
SINS


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Apr 12 - 07:14 PM

My work day went smoothly, made one decent sale early in the afternoon, got my weekly report and a couple little "housekeeping" chores done, and had a nice talk with an older man during the latter part of the afternoon. He was killing time, but made the passage of time until closing quite enjoyable for me, too. And no one interrupted us.

Drove through the rain to see Tom for a bit. He's now got a roommate, but that's not so bad because the room layout is much better than either the hospital or Clipper Harbor. You don't have to walk through someone else's space to get to Tom.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: gnu
Date: 22 Apr 12 - 12:54 PM

Keep the faith.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Apr 12 - 10:36 AM

I hope somebody reports yesterday's doings on the April Press Room shanty session thread...so I can report it to Tom as well. He's decidedly feeling left out...of LIFE, not just Mudcat and The Press Room sessions.

Me? I'm a bit more rested this morning than I was yesterday. Sigh. The better to go to work and deal with the retail world before going to see Tom after 5 p.m.

This ordeal is really dragging out way too long. And a lot of it is like being nibbled to death by ducks. And the other parts demand way too much attention to keep the medical/rehab establishment from killing him while in their clutches. Arghhhhh!

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Apr 12 - 08:42 AM

well said, kat


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Apr 12 - 10:58 PM

Linn, it's to be expected. This is one effed up AFGO and it has lasted a LONG time. It's catching up to you and your bod is making you pay attention (I know you know this.:-) Do NOT beat yourself up...life goes on whether it ALL gets done or not. Rest, refresh, restore, rest, again, darln'. It's okay not to be superwoman!

luvyabuncheskat


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Apr 12 - 08:01 PM

The Press Room shanty session is over by now...but I'm as tired as I was at 10 this morning. Read, under-reacted, slept...only know I slept because I dreamed...at Pete Hale's, in front of a computer, looking at cassette tapes in a drawer while talking to Pete who was out of sight in the dining room eating something before going to an engagement...a female cat appeared with white gloves and a '50s-style white women's purse and a pillbox hat with a veil...and nobody found it unusual... Ach! Dreams!

There's a certain amount of guilt that I didn't accomplish anything today other than reading... That's my upbringing: Midwestern, Germanic, Lutheran and, yes, Republican, dammit. (But Papa, my maternal grandfather, was not only a Democrat, but idolized Roosevelt; he was a true New Dealer. And he looked a lot like Lyndon Johnson...)

I'm eating a second supper...a fried ham sandwich. Not quite 8:00, but I'm going back upstairs to bed.

Hope the session went well... Talked to Tom. Sorry that, not only did I not get him to the session today, but that I'm worrying him with my dragged-outedness.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Apr 12 - 04:52 PM

Slow down. Breathe. If you don't take care of yourself, you won't be able to take care of Tom.


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: GUEST,Weaver
Date: 21 Apr 12 - 11:42 AM

Glad to hear that you got Tom out for a ride. Having a great trip, bu you two are on my mind. Sending good karma.
Dianne


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Apr 12 - 10:58 AM

I called Tom at 8 this morning and, I think, he could tell how exhausted I was. He just called me back (10-ish) and suggested I NOT take him to The Press Room this afternoon, if for no other reason than that wheelchair is pretty heavy and I have to horse it in and out of the car (after I empty the stuff in the back of my car that I cleaned out of HIS car yesterday...).

Well, actually, I'm completely drained. My brain is fried and I think I may actually have picked up a bug, too, on top of everything else. I've been so completely exhausted...

Today I'm just incapable of doing ANYTHING or going ANYWHERE. The session will have to go on without either Tom or me. I'm going back to bed, turning the phone off and praying I can get back to sleep for awhile. Maybe it will help.

I have to work tomorrow, but I'll see if I need to arrange to take part or all of Monday off so I can cope better with working Tuesday. I really need to be in better shape when Tom comes home because that's not going to be what I'd call "easy" either. (Though it will involve a LOT less driving all over hell and gone...)

Sorry. This whole ordeal has made Tom's heart surgery back in 2004 look like a walk in the park. For me, at least. Maybe it's just that I'm eight years older...

I'm going back to bed.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Apr 12 - 07:03 AM

Left The Press Room at 7:30 last night -- way too tired to stay later.

Gotta get the rest of the stuff from Tom's car out of MY car so a wheelchair will fit in the back.

Hate to say it, but I'm tired already and I've been up for less than a half hour.

Linn


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Subject: RE: BS: Curmudgeon's Latest Adventure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 11:53 AM

Another biggie accomplished -- got Tom's car (unregistered since last September) cleaned out and all of the important papers pertaining to it corralled.

Now we just have to convert it to little green pieces of paper with dead presidents on them.

1996 Saturn wagon, in case anyone local is interested. In really good shape, though it needs a little brake work.

Mostly going to wait to deal with it until Tom's home.

Linn


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