suzanne, posts by tag: vent - LiveJournal

I think the reason Christmas vacation messes up my schedule so badly is more than just the timezones. ALL of my patterns change. I have different food and drink (Sweet Iced Tea!), I exercise differently at different times. I sleep badly in strange beds then don't get up until late.

Probably other things I'm not thinking of yet too. Then I come back to the west coast (another time zone shift) and suddenly it's 1:35 am (4:30 Eastern) and I'm wide awake with one sleeping cat on my lap and another on my shoulder.

*sigh*

It'll take the weekend to get me properly sorted out I expect.

suzanne

Yesterday was my birthday. Yay me! Brooks got me a meteorite! More on that later. Theresa got me a pink-cotton-candy-maker so I can take over the world. More on that later. Then tonight Brooks and I went out for a very nice dinner, it was a good evening.

We came home, I somehow took a misstep, I'm still not clear on the details, and managed to dislocate my freaking patella. Again. It's been 12 years, since the last time that happened, and I had thoroughly, and happily forgotten how badly it bleeping hurts.

Brooks was wonderful. Calm and steady. He did everything right. He popped it back, and called my mom. He gave me an Advil, and packed five Pratchett books before helping me to the car and driving me to the hospital. He let me grip his leg in the waiting room.

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Hmm. I'm getting tired now, and I think I need another advil or two.

Oh. I'm ok. Nothing broken/torn/chipped. Just stretched a bit, stiff and sore. Need to get myself to a bone doctor Monday.

Oh, and the driver-side rear-view mirror fell off my car. Just... Fell off.

1. I think the article title "Legacy of Derridas" would make a nifty movie title.

2. I'm getting seriously upset at Texas A&M University. Because it has that ampersand in the middle which none of my search/replaces functions ever find. So everytime I have to find it by hand and recode the ampersand.

3. Yesterday I was prepping an fTOC (Future Table of Content) and got earwormed by "Kansas City, Kansas City" in the address.

4. Today I'm singing affiliation addresses under my breath to the tune of whatever is playing on iTunes at the moment.

5. We're getting new phones and I don't like them.

Tomorrow I'm having the first of two surgeries this month. *sighs* Ok, I should say "minor" as in "in office" and "awake." But I'm nervous and scared and they feel like non-minor things to me!

Tomorrow is the eye surgery.

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So that's tomorrow. Next week is the oral surgery, also minor, also in office, where I'll still be awake.

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So those are the planned adventures for my January. I'm nervous, and freaked, and scared. But I have brooksmoses here, and teinedreugan farther away, and friends offering support. Not to mention my mother's prayer group.

Oh, and a prescription for valium.

[1] Yes, I realize I'm being overly dramatic with the capitals and the italics. But I'm quite seriously nervous, and being overly dramatic about it actually helps my nerves for some reason. I guess it emphasizes that I'm being worried about relatively minor things. I think I'm justified.

[2] Plus when am I going to get the opportunity to use these phrases again? *glares at the universe and forcefully declares "Never."*

[3] And writing all this down really did help my nerves. Thank you for listening.