EJ: Me & J-Law

 

2692me & J-Law

 

Dec. 8, 2004

 

 

evilE wrote:
2 hours and $118 later, I find out I've got basically
"swimmers ear". All that icky for nothing but an
external ear infection. Eardrums are intact, middle
ear, inner ear are fine. I got some antibiotic steroid
ear drops and 6 vicodin (which I think is kinda wierd,
but I'll take 'em, no telling when I'll have bad
cramps or a nasty headache or something and really
need them.)

*shrug*

I still haven't gotten the Agreement. I think she
didn't send it and is just playing some kind of game
with me, just to say that she has something I want and
she's not giving it to me. *shrug* I let her know
yesterday that the email did not go through, and she
said she re-sent it, and that's all the gratification
I am going to give her on that.

I'm feeling better today--I think I'm finally ready to
take up all the stuff I let drop late last week,
including following up on some odd phone calls from a
couple of people I consider mere acquaintances, who
are calling me for 'advice' on unspecified topics.
WTH.
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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:59:55 -0800 (PST)
From: J-Law 
Subject: Re: howdy :)



I stepped in a metaphor this morning. I wandered, sleep-fogged and
congested, into the bathroom this morning, whereupon I planted my
foot in a giant pile of chilled, congealed, smelly, gooey Pepper-shit.

She had, apparently, in the middle of the night, taken a dump on the
monkey rug. I took her for a long, long walk when I got home, and
she didn't crap once! We went by all of her favorite spots - bubkes.

I sure hope this isn't one of those signs that I should have stayed
home....

Too bad about the waste of time/money, but it probably is better to
know that it's something relatively minor. Hopefully, the eardrops
will clear it up quicker.

You are probably right re: skye_ds. Stupid drama queen twat. :)

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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:19:44 -0800 (PST)
From: "evilE 
Subject: Re: howdy :)
To: "J-Law


what a way to start the day! Icks! I hope that wasn't
an omen, too. Think of it as that saying about eating
a live frog every day.

Skye_ds *is* a fucknut. She's getting better, though, so
it's not as entertaining. And then of course in
comparison with Rubber_pig, she's not really that
distressing. I imagine her Relationship Contract is
probably disappointingly sane and fair-sounding, while
the actual relationship(s?) itself (themself?)
continues to be considerably insane and unfair to her
partner(s?).

sineater is pestering me about a Decemberween party. Not
gonna happen. It's possible that since Mom & stepdad
decided to visit TX from around Xmastime to New Years,
I might have family over for food sometime, but that's
it.

2693Re: me & J-Law

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Dec. 8, 2004

 

 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:29:13 -0800 (PST)
From: "J
Subject: Re: howdy :)


You definitely don't need the stress of a big party - I agree with
you on that one!!! A smallish, low-key gathering of family is one
thing. A big bash? Fuhgeddaboudit.

I don't know that saying about the live frog. But eating one sounds
far worse than stepping dogshit.

I am sure you're right about her agreement. It would be just like
her to have this totally normal concept/perception in her head, and
have the reality be totally insane. You're right, though - it sounds
like she's gotten better, and she's surely not as off her rocker as
Rubber_pig is.

2695icq w/A

Dec. 8, 2004

 

 

evile: hey :)
evile: I am guessing the reason you didn't get vicodan is because the
Dr. might have been concerned you'd exacerbate your injury if you
didn't have pain to stop you? ANd my Dr. was just a pusher. That's
the only thing that makes any sense to me.
SkyeDS: the transaction went like this
SkyeDS: the pain med you gave me isn't working
SkyeDS: can I have pain med that isn't anti inflammatory
SkyeDS: "like what?"
SkyeDS: mistake number one
SkyeDS: doctor shouldn't ask me that, he should TELL me what my
options are
SkyeDS: so, the only pain meds I have experience with are narcotics,
and I tell him so
SkyeDS: and he says, by asking for narcotics, you show yourself to be
a druggie, and I'm not going to give you any narcotics for soft
tissue damage.
SkyeDS: he happens to be a consultant for our chief adversary, btw.
He knows it, and I know it.
SkyeDS: Worker's comp btw refused all his claims for the month's
worth of treatment because it was coded wrong.
SkyeDS: and he best be thankful that I didn't file a complaint on
him. A complaint would have certainly cost him his consultancy with
the board, and highly likely his license altogether.
SkyeDS: the thing about being a healer is that you have to understand
poisons to understand antidotes.
SkyeDS: I spend my time helping an attorney help doctors keep their
licenses. I know how to take them away too, by definition.
evile: wow, that sounds sucky.
evile: I guess I got narcotic drugs because I didn't ask for them,
then. bizarre.
SkyeDS: I have as options getting a second opinion, and there is no
statute of limitations for filing a complaint on him
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I still have enough pain in my neck to prohibit function
evile: that really sucks.
SkyeDS: but I'm glad that you don't need brain surgery so you should
be better soon :)
evile: me too.
evile: Mostly I was worried about going on a plane in 3 weeks
(eardrums), but the Dr. said it should be no problem.
SkyeDS: good!
evile: yup!
SkyeDS: I was worried about you walking to the hosp. yesterday.
evile: It was fine. It's annoying that the rest of me feels fine but
my head does not.
evile: I had a hard time finding my way OUT once I was let go,
though.
SkyeDS: ya. you can compartmentalize and to an extent work around
pain anywhere but the head.
SkyeDS: I'd rather deal with injury to fingers, than with migraine.
evile: definitely more incapacitating.
evile: I think I'm pretty much ready to pick up all the stuff I let
drop when I started feeling icky last week.
SkyeDS: :)
evile: with the exception of yoga, since I still can't move my head
around without getting dizzy. But I can walk or do the exercise bike
just fine.
SkyeDS: I'm sure you will take care of you, and ease back into
things, without overdoing.
SkyeDS: some people get lazy and never get back into things, and some
people do the opposite and push too hard too fast.
evile: yup. either one is easy to do.
SkyeDS: sineater sees the neurologist today. <fingers crossed>
evile: poor kiddo.
evile: I am just going to try and maintain thru the holidays, not
lose. And then get more high-energy in January
SkyeDS: I was going to start new plan after TG
SkyeDS: it is now going to be after Xmas.
evile: Too many disruptions between TG and XMas, parties, travel,
etc.
SkyeDS: I'm going to do like Flylady says.
SkyeDS: I'm going to just jump in, wherever I am
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I'm not going to worry about keeping up to speed with anyone
else
evile: every little bit helps.
SkyeDS: I'm just going to do as well as I can, I know I'm going
to "be bad" when traveling and during social situations, and I will
do it intentionally
SkyeDS: as I will go back on the wagon intentionally
evile: yup, why sin if you're not gonna enjoy it? :)
evile: And, really, it's the daily stuff that does it, not the
occasional splurge or the occasional buckle-down & eat leaves.
SkyeDS: there are two schools of thought
SkyeDS: food is a drug, something you do for sustenance
SkyeDS: and food is a drug, something you do for pleasure
SkyeDS: I'm sorry, I know I need to see it the first way, but I'm not
going to give up using it the second way.
evile: *nod*
evile: I think the key is being mindful, not only what you are
eating, but how much, and WHY.
evile: And then also trying to be mindful of the body's needs, for
movement, relaxation, etc. and giving yourself what you need, in
healthful quantities.
SkyeDS: nodnod. mindful = do it with intention
SkyeDS: intention = control.
evile: Yup.
SkyeDS: I know what I"m doing, I know why I'm doing it, and I know
when to stop.
evile: *nod*
evile: Oh, btw, I found stuff in the LJ faq that I thought might be
helpful for you:
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=102
SkyeDS: molto grazie!
SkyeDS: I meant to tackle that yesterday
SkyeDS: I note that although I sent twice to you and told it to save
in the Sent folder, it doesn't reflect there.
evile: The faq is extensive, which is good, but extensive means it
takes time to find what you need.
evile: didnt get it yet. It'll probably bounce eventually if the
problem is with your isp. and if Yahoo ate it, oh well.
SkyeDS: I suspect it may be my isp
SkyeDS: I will try sending it from hotmail.
evile: ok
evile: aww! Sweetie sent me a kitty picture!
http://www.freaks.net/~Sweetie/laptop.jpg
SkyeDS: :D
evile: He can be such a butt head, and then turn around and do
something so sweet. *sigh* Mostly he's sweet though, I guess I"ll
keep him.
SkyeDS: good idea.
evile: :)
SkyeDS: nearly 1:30, no wonder I'm hungry
evile: yeah!
SkyeDS: yesterday was a perfectly beautiful fall day the likes of
which we don't get many of
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: hope we get some this weekend
SkyeDS: maybe good weekend to do 38th street
evile: *nod*
evile: http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USTX0057_f.html
Looks promising.
evile: I'm thinking of whisking Sweetie off to Marfa this weekend, we can
go to chinati hot springs & watch the geminids
SkyeDS: I don't know where Marfa is but it sounds exotic :)
evile: west tx. it's where the Marfa lights are.
evile: http://www.ghosts.org/ghostlights/marfa.html
SkyeDS: cool :)
evile: Sweetie's mentioned wanting to see them before, we've got no plans
an it's a new moon this weekend, plus the meteor shower is going....I
hope he will want to go.
SkyeDS: my first, best friend from college called last night
SkyeDS: and then I looked in the SCA book this month
evile: cool :)
SkyeDS: the first eq event of 05 is in January, where he lives
SkyeDS: it's 370 miles away (just like Texarkana)
evile: how awesome is that!
SkyeDS: if I can persuade the boys
SkyeDS: it is the weekend before start of semester, and a LONG drive
SkyeDS: but I haven't seen Cali in a decade, and he has a 7 yo boy
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: being sent to the bank, brb

2697Re: icq w/A

Dec. 8, 2004

 

 

SkyeDS: bk
evile: wb!
SkyeDS: :)
evile: I'm going to see if I can get a group to go see the Zilker
Trail of Lights at some point. Disappointed that Mom and stepdad won't
get to see it, since it ends the 23rd
SkyeDS: reminds me, call and find out where the local Rockdale trail
is.
evile: there's an idea...If they go out to L & B's land, they
might be able to see the ones in Marble Falls. Very small compared to
Zilker, but heartfelt & fun.
SkyeDS: for us - Rockdale closer to home, and we can ride the Trail,
can't at Zilker.
SkyeDS: actually, don't know that I can't, but bet it would be a
struggle regardless
evile: a) no parking anywhere near Zilker for truck and trailer and
b) I am pretty sure I read no pets somewhere..
evile: maybe no pets is just on the capital metro shuttles, which is
how you get down there...
SkyeDS: well, as Zilker is not one of the parks that allows horses, I
would imagine that's the end of that.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: it isn't like I haven't got enough things to do already anyway
SkyeDS: and any trail of lights makes me happy, I'm easily amused :)
evile: If polys scheduled during the week, would you come after work,
no critters?
SkyeDS: anywhere I go after work is no critters :P
evile: Just tossing out possibilities, seeing if you were coming from
a 'no critters, no lights' pov, or what.
SkyeDS: I don't really care to do polystuff without sineater, but if he
wanted to go, I would go with, sure
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: my energy just doesn't seem to fit with most of the energies
there, and I don't want to drag anyone else down (nor be dragged down
myself)
evile: I can certainly empathize.
evile: I've had off nights at poly dinner before, too.
SkyeDS: there are some days when I wish I had a direct door to the
bathroom (my office shares a wall)
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: let me know when the polys are going and I'll ask sineater
evile: well, so far nobody has written back on the yahoo group...like
I said, it's been kind of dead. Maybe I should just pick a date at
some point and say 'there it is, be there or be square'
SkyeDS: the primary consideration anytime we look at doing things
after work is how late will we be up on a work night (hour drive home
and all that)
SkyeDS: I usually have to wheedle anytime I want to do something
after work. Like last night, I offered to take him to dinner.
evile: *nod*
evile: Oh, here's a duh--yahoo allows 10 MB per message. Is your file
bigger than that?
SkyeDS: it's just text, I doubt it
evile: I didn't think so, but that might be the hangup.
SkyeDS: when Hugh leaves I"ll try hotmailing it
evile: Time for me to scatter paper & go home.
SkyeDS: sineater says carpal tunnel
SkyeDS: <hugs> wind to your wings :)
evile: sineater has carpal tunnel?
SkyeDS: what doc said
SkyeDS: going to run more tests
SkyeDS: maybe do surgery
evile: dang. Well, I'll talk with y'all more about it later. Gotta
hit the bricks here or miss my bus. *hugs*