Kevin's Watch

Sorus wrote:Back when I was working graveyard shifts I would sometimes look at the time, then have to look out the window to determine AM or PM.

I have worked two jobs a couple times since we have been married. Julie would wake me up and tell me which clothes to dress in and which to pack. do not miss those times.

My all-time favorite was when I was working 3 jobs at once. The commute to all of them began by heading north on I-395, but I took a different exit off the highway depending on which job I was going to. Every shift started at a weird time -- nothing was consistent, except for the one writing news for the channel 5 morning show, which ran midnight to 9am. Good times, good times....

My last job had a six-hour commute, and workdays were often 12-14 hours. I was one of two people working, and my boss once went on vacation for a week.

That week started with her calling me from the airport at 3AM telling me that she had left her stove on. I was housesitting for her, but the keys were at the office. So I took the first train in, got the keys, got back to the city, turned her stove off, went back to work, got back to the city at around midnight and found that she hadn't left any food for her dog. So I had to find a place that sold dog food in the middle of the night, and by the time I got home, it was 45 minutes before I had to leave for work the next day. The whole week was pretty much like that.

You win, Sorus.

The only good thing about that job is it gave me a lot of things to look back at and reflect that my current job could actually be a whole lot worse.

I did that for six months, and to the folks at Seafest who commented that I looked tired and/or depressed at the time, that would be an understatement. Six months of 18+ hour days and a crazy boss killed my career.

Fun day today. Batty, MagickMarker, and I went with my friend Kim downtown to see some stuff at the Corcoran Museum since admission is free 'til it closes for renovation. We started at the Smithsonian Castle, though, because the staff had yarn-bombed it as part of the promotion for a show at the Sackler next door. We got some pictures of the yarn-bombing, and then walked to the Corcoran from there. My kids walk kind of fast, and it was a little humid today; Kim thought we were trying to kill her.

Then tonight, the kids and I saw "Guardians of the Galaxy" because MagickMaker hadn't seen it. I want my own personal dancing Groot.

"I AM GROOT!!!!"

have to go to work in about 30 min.
though I haven't felt well at all, a week from work is a week from work.

I hear you on that, Sarge.

I'm going to set the wheels in motion this week to file for a partition for my mother's house. The last word from my brother was that he'd hit yet another snag, and he was now aiming to have the place on the market in October instead of September. Which, in reality, means after the holidays. Or, more likely, a crisis will come up yet again and it'll never happen. I'm done.

I just paid for a copy of the deed online, since nobody ever thought to give me one.

Looks like the process in Indiana is that once the request is filed, you have 45 days to set up a mediation. If the parties can't come to a mediated agreement, the house is sold at auction. Looks like total time frame would be 75 days. I'm not crazy about auctioning off the house, but at least that will guarantee an end to this.

Ugh, Ali.

If you come into WoW, I will dance for you as a tree. Best I can offer.

Aww, thanks, Sorus. The Funko folks are putting out a Groot bobblehead, which is already on my Yule list. But I really hope somebody figures out how to put out a dancing one that's powered by those little solar panels.

Just for you. I will admit that I have not seen the movie, and had to Google why all the tree druids were randomly yelling "I am Groot".

The raccoon needs a big honkin' gun, however.

Feeling delicate today. Yesterday had a bad dose of something that felt like there was a fist inside my midriff which then spread upwards and felt like something trying to get out! The pain lasted about 4 hours and I was very sick. Had this 3 or 4 times before but not as bad. Last time I had eaten liver, bacon and onions cooked in fat, yesterday I had a gammon steak with a bit of fat round the edge. The Doc agrees that it was probably the fat that did it. He has diagnosed Lansoprazole for a month, then as needed, and I have to have a scan - the sort that pregnant women have - to see if I have gall stones.

From now on I shall be Jack Sprat and eat no fat. Luckily hubby will be Mrs Sprat so between us we will still lick the platter clean.

So, no bread, no fat. Have bought some couscous to have with lunch as I am sick to death of salad! Will also try nuts, raisins, sausage, chicken and other bits and pieces with the couscous which is a bit bland. Could also try a stock cube in with the water to give it a bit of flavour. Added lemon juice to the first tryout but maybe I didn't put enough in. I'll have to experiment. I'm getting adventurous in my old age.

Hang in there, Io. I had my gallbladder out many years ago. Recovery was a piece of cake compared to the C-sections.

Thanks, Ali. My daughter in law just had keyhole for removal of hers. If I have the same it will dot the i of the hysterectomy scar! Maybe it isn't gall stones, we'll see.

Iolanthe wrote:My daughter in law just had keyhole for removal of hers. If I have the same it will dot the i of the hysterectomy scar! Maybe it isn't gall stones, we'll see.

That's the kind of surgery I had, too. Fingers crossed that yours isn't as serious as gallstones.

aliantha wrote:

Iolanthe wrote:My daughter in law just had keyhole for removal of hers. If I have the same it will dot the i of the hysterectomy scar! Maybe it isn't gall stones, we'll see.

That's the kind of surgery I had, too. Fingers crossed that yours isn't as serious as gallstones.

Keyhole surgeries are great- that's how they took my appendix out when they thought my Crohn's disease was appendicitis. Three little holes, one through my navel, one down in my pelvis, one off the side on my gut. Say this for surgeons, they're very utilitarian; when I had to go in for my partial colectomy, they used all three pre-existing scars. They cut from navel to where the pelvis scar was, and used the one off to the side for a drain. There was a huge difference in recovering from three little holes compared to one big hole cut right through my abdominal muscles...three days before walking properly compared to over a week.

Thoughts with all and any out there having to deal with surgery- it's a bitch. And my thoughts with Iolanthe especially for her abdominal pain- I know that feeling very well!

Sorry, Io - hope it's nothing serious.

Cambo wrote:

aliantha wrote:

Iolanthe wrote:My daughter in law just had keyhole for removal of hers. If I have the same it will dot the i of the hysterectomy scar! Maybe it isn't gall stones, we'll see.

That's the kind of surgery I had, too. Fingers crossed that yours isn't as serious as gallstones.

Thoughts with all and any out there having to deal with surgery- it's a bitch. And my thoughts with Iolanthe especially for her abdominal pain- I know that feeling very well!

Hey Cambo. Thanks for that. I hope you are going on OK. Agree about the big surgery. My hyst scar is 6 inches long from just above my belly button. I remember waking up after the op shaking, and couldn't even move for a day. But I seem to remember being up and sort of walking within four days. My daughter in law was home the same day after her keyhole surgery. Big difference.

Sorus, that's what I'm hoping too. Gallstones will do me nicely, once they're got rid of that is. The doc did give me the once over, prodded me all over the relevant area and nothing else hurt.

Good luck Io. I feel awful...basically been in bed since Friday night. This is my first day back at work.

Some horrible flu or something...can't remember the last time I was this sick. Anyway, on the mend now, but feeling like a truck ran over me.

--A