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Working out is like a drug to me.
I don't do drugs.
Yay, more for me!
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Maybe they were afraid they found Jesus?What an a%@%#&@.Which one? The a!%+&!+ that went out of his way to avoid me? The a%!!&~% that wouldn't talk to me, no matter how nice I was? Or the a*#~~~# at the quarry?
"If Jesus came today, he'd probably wear polyester and razor flats anyway, and all the people who care about such stuff would be out of luck anyway" All The Fun That We Missed, by The Ziggens.
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Oh update btw. I am having my gall bladder cut out next Thursday (not tomorrow but the next one.) Said it was minimal risk and recovery time would be short. So that's good anyways.
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Yes. But pickles are gross.but I thought you pro licking things and liked to put things in your mouth to feel the texture?!*joins scint in the anti-pickle front*And that blasted pickle is a harbinger of destruction, wreaking devastation on everything it touches. Once on the sandwich, the juices remain forever, and any hope of a pleasant meal is dashed violently against the sharp rocks of briny hell.(except Chick-fil-A, even though it's great, because politics.)You clearly don't eat food.HERESY!Are there any consistently good US chain restaurants?Actually, yes, they do exist. They just don't exist at the price point of White Castle and Old Country Buffet. Or Denny's. Or Waffle House.Beyond politics, I've never been impressed by their food. It's just chicken, a slice of pickle, and a touch of butter.
I'm not above some garbage food (there's a local BBQ place that does a bacon-wrapped fried hot dog covered in their chili) - but Freehold likes both White Castle and Waffle House. This I cannot condone.
You people are cray cray!
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Just look at it like this: Yay, more for you!
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Oh update btw. I am having my gall bladder cut out next Thursday (not tomorrow but the next one.) Said it was minimal risk and recovery time would be short. So that's good anyways.
My dad had his removed by laparoscopy. Very short recovery time. Just four little punctures in his belly.
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Taking Aiymi to the emergency room. Possible ACL.
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Oh update btw. I am having my gall bladder cut out next Thursday (not tomorrow but the next one.) Said it was minimal risk and recovery time would be short. So that's good anyways.
Oh, you recover from the surgery very quickly.
It's 2-3 years for your body to adapt to not having one, during which you have to alter your diet to avoid serious gastric distress.
That's the part they don't tell you that is so unbelievably aggravating about it.
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Taking Aiymi to the emergency room. Possible ACL.
Ouch. Good luck!
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Oh update btw. I am having my gall bladder cut out next Thursday (not tomorrow but the next one.) Said it was minimal risk and recovery time would be short. So that's good anyways.Oh, you recover from the surgery very quickly.
It's 2-3 years for your body to adapt to not having one, during which you have to alter your diet to avoid serious gastric distress.
That's the part they don't tell you that is so unbelievably aggravating about it.
Fat and grease are your mortal enemies. I'm one of the few people left in my family that still has a gall bladder.
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Best of luck to Vid & Aiymi with respect to their individual hospital visits!
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This is Global Megacorporation in a nutshell: A VP from another organization set up a meeting with our team.
They expressed utter astonishment that our entire team was at the meeting on time.
Excuse me, but *WE* are professionals, even if the rest of Global Megacorporation forgets that on a regular basis.
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Fat and grease are your mortal enemies. I'm one of the few people left in my family that still has a gall bladder.Oh update btw. I am having my gall bladder cut out next Thursday (not tomorrow but the next one.) Said it was minimal risk and recovery time would be short. So that's good anyways.Oh, you recover from the surgery very quickly.
It's 2-3 years for your body to adapt to not having one, during which you have to alter your diet to avoid serious gastric distress.
That's the part they don't tell you that is so unbelievably aggravating about it.
That wasnt too bad for my dad. Of course he already ate those in moderation.
Baffeling enough, he could not tolerate coffee at all anymore.
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Depends on the pickle, depends what it's going with.
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Nothing official yet. She's out of x-ray, but I'm pretty sure that's going to be inconclusive and an MRI will follow.
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...aaand after a 7:00 am-9:00 am meeting, now I have a 9:00 am-10:30 am meeting, and of course *WE'RE* not running it so it's already 4 minutes late starting.
Global Megacorporation LOVES making hundreds of us waste our time for no reason...
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It's not broken, which is something we already knew. Now for the MRI. Which is what they should have started with. Insurance companies.
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So, since I'm waiting for a meeting and tomorrow will likely be extraordinarily busy for me,
Tomorrow will be my 2-year anniversary of going dry. After my last failed attempt, I learned that there is no way to politely refuse alcohol; too many people won't take "No" for an answer, so you just have to be aggressive and not worry about coming across like a jerk. It worked well, and several people got shocked and upset at seeing me be aggressively hostile (ask LisaMarlene how rarely that happens), but it only took a few events for people to finally back the **** off and let me not drink in peace.
Beyond that, it's kind of scary how long it takes your body to "recover". I've heard conflicting information ranging from 3 years to "never" in response to the question, "When will the pathways be cleaned up?", and modern thinking seems to be enforced moderation rather than abstinence, but I'm definitely not there yet. Every week or two I still get the urge to drink to excess. It's annoying, but it's absolutely easy to ignore because I don't drink at all. I honestly don't think I'd be able to manage drinking in moderation at this point, so more power to those who can.
So, the big question: Do I ever want to drink again?
Not really. I lost 10 years of my kids' lives to alcohol. My memories are so fuzzy it's hard to picture anything, and some memories are just plain gone. I'm just not willing to risk that again. I find that I have *SO* much more time now that I'm not in a constant haze, and for years I've been complaining that time is my greatest enemy. I've gotten Impus Major's garage insulated and drywalled. I'll finish emptying the storage unit later today. I've read a book. I'm learning French. I finally got solar.
At the end of the day it's no longer, "I'm snoozy, I can put that off for another day," but it's, "Let me get that taken care of."
So long story short: Two years in I still have cravings, so I don't dare drink. But at least at this point in my life, I just plain don't want to.
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And that first paragraph is exactly why we have the social problems we were discussing a few pages back.
Congratulations. Keep up the good work. =)
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So, since I'm waiting for a meeting and tomorrow will likely be extraordinarily busy for me,
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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So, since I'm waiting for a meeting and tomorrow will likely be extraordinarily busy for me,
** spoiler omitted **...
At the risk of embarrassing you publicly, that post right there? That's precisely why I find you admirable.
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Kinda overdid it today. But (some) things got (mostly) done, kinda! So....that's.....something..... *sigh* Adulting is hard. :P
Anyhow, thanks for looking out for me, LM. Yesterday was rough and a PTSD episode would not have helped. <3
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It's not broken, which is something we already knew. Now for the MRI. Which is what they should have started with. Insurance companies.
I hope it turns out to not be too bad and that she gets better quickly
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Oh update btw. I am having my gall bladder cut out next Thursday (not tomorrow but the next one.) Said it was minimal risk and recovery time would be short. So that's good anyways.
Good luck and I hope it goes well and that you recover swiftly!
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Kinda overdid it today. But (some) things got (mostly) done, kinda! So....that's.....something..... *sigh* Adulting is hard. :P
Anyhow, thanks for looking out for me, LM. Yesterday was rough and a PTSD episode would not have helped. <3
:-)
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Yet another tornado warning for the county this evening.
Oh goody.
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We finally replaced our rusted out grill, so tonight we're making my favorite, five-spice wings! Yummy! And if I'm really lucky I'll be able to eat more than two! That seems less likely, but a girl can dream. ;P
I kinda got frustrated earlier and went on a whole rant on twitter about this, but I've been having a lot of problems lately with my stomach not tolerating food and I have to eat tiny portions if I don't want to revisit my meals. Which has led to dropping a lot of weight way too quickly and none of my pants fit and it's frustrating because it's not really a good thing, but it's hard to convince people since I started out overweight. And I'm tired of the whole passing out thing because I can't eat enough. :(
But I did get some good suggestions for how to add calories to smoothies so that might help. Since I can just about always keep smoothies down.
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Yet another tornado warning for the county this evening.
Oh goody.
I dont know how I would handle life down by you.
Everyone assumes new Yorkers live each day like their last but that just isnt true. I dont know how I would be able to handle the very real possibility that a tornado, flash flood, or other natural disaster could destroy my life at any given moment. I would either drink a lot more or have a lot more kids.
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We finally replaced our rusted out grill, so tonight we're making my favorite, five-spice wings! Yummy! And if I'm really lucky I'll be able to eat more than two! That seems less likely, but a girl can dream. ;P
I kinda got frustrated earlier and went on a whole rant on twitter about this, but I've been having a lot of problems lately with my stomach not tolerating food and I have to eat tiny portions if I don't want to revisit my meals. Which has led to dropping a lot of weight way too quickly and none of my pants fit and it's frustrating because it's not really a good thing, but it's hard to convince people since I started out overweight. And I'm tired of the whole passing out thing because I can't eat enough. :(
But I did get some good suggestions for how to add calories to smoothies so that might help. Since I can just about always keep smoothies down.
can you keep down ice cream?
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can you keep down ice cream?We finally replaced our rusted out grill, so tonight we're making my favorite, five-spice wings! Yummy! And if I'm really lucky I'll be able to eat more than two! That seems less likely, but a girl can dream. ;P
I kinda got frustrated earlier and went on a whole rant on twitter about this, but I've been having a lot of problems lately with my stomach not tolerating food and I have to eat tiny portions if I don't want to revisit my meals. Which has led to dropping a lot of weight way too quickly and none of my pants fit and it's frustrating because it's not really a good thing, but it's hard to convince people since I started out overweight. And I'm tired of the whole passing out thing because I can't eat enough. :(
But I did get some good suggestions for how to add calories to smoothies so that might help. Since I can just about always keep smoothies down.
Only in very small quantities. We went to Dairy Queen the other day and I couldn't even finish a kiddie serving.
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Yet another tornado warning for the county this evening.
Oh goody.
Yikes. Hope y'all have a basement.
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Yet another tornado warning for the county this evening.
Oh goody.I dont know how I would handle life down by you.
Everyone assumes new Yorkers live each day like their last but that just isnt true. I dont know how I would be able to handle the very real possibility that a tornado, flash flood, or other natural disaster could destroy my life at any given moment. I would either drink a lot more or have a lot more kids.
Now, you understand what it's like living in the Midwest.
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I've regained feeling in about 90% of my nose, I still can't blow my nose for five weeks however, and I still can't work as fast as I used to (I'll refrain from specifics) but I seem to be healing.
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Without getting into the nitty-gritty...
Until the [redacted for lengthy and descriptive creative swearing] insurance company authorizes the MRI, we won't know what has actually happened with her knee. Could just need ice and elevation and compression, or she could need surgery.
Healthcare in the US at its finest.
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Now, you understand what it's like living in the Midwest.Yet another tornado warning for the county this evening.
Oh goody.I dont know how I would handle life down by you.
Everyone assumes new Yorkers live each day like their last but that just isnt true. I dont know how I would be able to handle the very real possibility that a tornado, flash flood, or other natural disaster could destroy my life at any given moment. I would either drink a lot more or have a lot more kids.
This is basically the weather from Texas to North Dakota all the way over to Ohio. Temperature varies, but the constant threat of major storms popping up with no warning is an every single day thing.
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Aaaaaaaaaand... it's official: We have closed out our storage unit and all of our worldly possessions are now on or about our property instead of spread across multiple houses and a storage unit.
Now all we need is a good fire to get rid of it all...
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Of course the first day this week I decide to go without my shuffle so "I can hear what's going on around me" is the day I work with a hardcore country fan.
He's a good kid, great work ethic, bright, but damn does he need some taste in music.
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I'm taking a bus downtown to run some errands, our car is leaking power steering fluid like a sieve, so that's fun.
So I'm using as sparingly as possible (and filling up the power steering fluid before every use).
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Aaaaaaaaaand... it's official: We have closed out our storage unit and all of our worldly possessions are now on or about our property instead of spread across multiple houses and a storage unit.
Now all we need is a good fire to get rid of it all...
Awesome! You should see the mug I got you to commemorate the occasion.
It's sooooooo big!
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Must... kill... everyone... on... FaWtL...
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Must... kill... everyone... on... FaWtL...
But then we won't see your reaction when the box of desk electronic knick knacks get there! You're going to love the desk golf set!
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Gotta love public transportation!
Downtown is super dead, especially for the middle of June.
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Only in very small quantities. We went to Dairy Queen the other day and I couldn't even finish a kiddie serving.can you keep down ice cream?We finally replaced our rusted out grill, so tonight we're making my favorite, five-spice wings! Yummy! And if I'm really lucky I'll be able to eat more than two! That seems less likely, but a girl can dream. ;P
I kinda got frustrated earlier and went on a whole rant on twitter about this, but I've been having a lot of problems lately with my stomach not tolerating food and I have to eat tiny portions if I don't want to revisit my meals. Which has led to dropping a lot of weight way too quickly and none of my pants fit and it's frustrating because it's not really a good thing, but it's hard to convince people since I started out overweight. And I'm tired of the whole passing out thing because I can't eat enough. :(
But I did get some good suggestions for how to add calories to smoothies so that might help. Since I can just about always keep smoothies down.
this can not stand.
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Must... kill... everyone... on... FaWtL...
Go for it. We've left you everything in our wills.