Rante Macabre

[TBoneTX 45,649]

4 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

I'm on day Many of Manyantine

Manyantined Nola-B. ma'am!  Manyantined, MANYANTINED Nola-B. ma'am!

You are delinquent at filling us in on your spectrum of activities since you went AWOL, get with it ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,649]

4 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

when Hens are moved to a new home they stop laying. Some can take weeks to months before they start up again.

They're infected with Avian Flu, or they're confused because they have Swine Flu, segregate them D & LB ma'ams!

4 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

I'm in several FB chicken groups for my area

Obsessed Ontarklar!  Obsessed, OBSESSED Ontarklar!

[TBoneTX 45,649]

4 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

There is a FB group called Backyardchickens

     , man

[TBoneTX 45,649]

4 hours ago, janet3 said:

The school has a mortgage payment and I really want to pay my staff

Pay them $Many instead of $Many, done easily enough JMany ma'am.

We are so fortunate that the POTS industry is recession- and virus-proof, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,649]

2 hours ago, rrobin0609 said:

this [...] looks pretty damn long like an actual rant.

Incipiently parturient RR ma'am!  Incipiently parturient, INCIPIENTLY PARTURIENT RR ma'am!

[TBoneTX 45,649]

We gave our POTS chauffeurs, Jeeves and Smedley, the day off, POTS limousine needs warshing anyway man.

We drove the T-B.-mobile to POTS HQ today, self-sufficient regular-guy Business Typhoon we man.

Upon day's end, had to get battery jumped, good grief man.

 

Thought for the Day, think today man:

If you angrily throw your failed battery at someone, have you committed Assault with a Battery, huh man?

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

9 hours ago, rrobin0609 said:

My doctors office is no longer allowing visitors into appointments so my husband doesn't get to come in anymore and hear baby's heart beat. The hospital I'll be delivering at has created a no-visitor policy except in certain situations, labor and delivery being one of them for now. If this is still going on in June, I hope that my husband will be able to be there.@DaveAndAnastasia I hope you'll be allowed in for the birth of mini-Dave in a few weeks.

Only reason I was allowed in last Monday was because we had an appointment to meet a pediatrician. Next visit I'm not even allowed in the waiting area (PRG can't drive, so I may end up waiting in my car; at least it's an afternoon appointment and we're in San Diego).

 

They're currently saying I'll be allowed in labor & delivery, and since PRG wants me there, I'm crossing my fingers that doesn't change. And hoping mini-Dave doesn't decide he wants to be here early.

 

9 hours ago, rrobin0609 said:

My mom said we might end up doing a virtual baby shower. I'd of course like to have a baby shower in anyway possible, but I'm prepared for it to be a failure. I didn't have a wedding shower.

No showers were even planned here either (my family's all out of state except for a few male cousins), but apparently they're not really a thing in Russia (at least not in PRG's hometown). Did get a couple of bags full of baby stuff from my co-workers on the last day I went into the office, though.

[trudi 1,317]

15 hours ago, cdneh said:

I called up there last night just after I got into bed, just to check. His test results for covid19  were negative, no kidding, and they asked if I wanted to come up then or wait until morning. Seriously?!?

 

He had the MRI and the CT before they called, and the results are pretty grim. He has had seven strokes, all recent, one a pontine which is not good.

 

I was afraid he would not know me, but the second he saw me his eyes popped open wide and he burst into tears. Poor lad, wondering where I have been all this time.

 

I was back up there this morning at 0700, met with Medical, Neuro, speech therapy and respiratory.  I have decided along with all of those folks that we will wait it out for a bit and see what happens, what sort of recovery he might make if any. In his present state without any progress at all he isn't a candidate for going home, he needs too much care.  He has movement on the left, some of it purposeful, and he has a good strong grip with the left hand. He will nod or shake his head, and blink when asked to. He will move the left leg when asked, but it's like there is a time-lapse.

 

The one thing none of us wanted to put off is the talk. If he has a further stroke, not unlikely, or other critical event I've said no to resuscitation. I am quite aware of what his choices would be, and he would agree with that.

Words are woefully inadequate at times

Keeping you in my prayers

[SAT 9,609]

Best of luck everyone

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Manyantined Nola-B. ma'am!  Manyantined, MANYANTINED Nola-B. ma'am!

You are delinquent at filling us in on your spectrum of activities since you went AWOL, get with it ma'am.

 

School and work, work and school. Get no sleep for 30 hours because of work, take a final, still get top score.  

 

Finally got over my fear of driving in complete white out conditions when the highway is closed.  Re-creation of me busting through snow drifts in the amberlamps:

 

 

And you're like:

 

 

We still have a couple of feet of snow here. It snowed about 4-6 inches a couple of days ago. And it was about about 30-40 degrees colder here than the northern European iceball when I got back. 

 

Worked out a little today, might go for a walk, hope nobody recognizes me and panics. Isolation doesn't mean no walks, mmk?

 

 

Edited March 21, 2020 by N-o-l-a

[trudi 1,317]

@N-o-l-a WOW it's t-shirt weather here!

 

Work is rough right now, flights are being cancelled so often we can't give the staff hours, it's heartbreaking watching them worry about bills and rent

[NikLR 13,228]

On 3/19/2020 at 12:03 AM, TBoneTX said:

No hand-sanitizer available for purchase anywhere, no Clean for Gene man.

However, Mrs. T-B. found a large one deep inside an under-sink cabinet, discover she man.

We found one amidst our "casa pharmacy" stash, exactly where we expected man.

No need to buy any for a couple of days, Mama-Mrs.-T-B. uses it like water man.

Or she could use soap and water.... 🤷‍♀️

[NikLR 13,228]

1 hour ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

School and work, work and school. Get no sleep for 30 hours because of work, take a final, still get top score.  

 

Finally got over my fear of driving in complete white out conditions when the highway is closed.  Re-creation of me busting through snow drifts in the amberlamps:

 

 

And you're like:

 

 

We still have a couple of feet of snow here. It snowed about 4-6 inches a couple of days ago. And it was about about 30-40 degrees colder here than the northern European iceball when I got back. 

 

Worked out a little today, might go for a walk, hope nobody recognizes me and panics. Isolation doesn't mean no walks, mmk?

 

 

Snow here too.  Hubs already put his summer tires on.  Snow supposed to be tonight and then again on Thursday.  I left my all seasons on.  Guess whose car he took to work yesterday... 

[NikLR 13,228]

On a venting note: 

Why does it cost almost $300 for my sub-compact's car registration?  So it's tiny.  It's new.  Why it's it $225 more than my 2003 mustang?  Or $75 more than my husband's 2016 focus RS?  WHY?!?!  Granted it's an ST, but still, it should be less than two much heavier sports cars!!! 

Edited March 21, 2020 by NikLR

[cdneh 3,112]

Some kind of day I've had.

He remains the same, no movement on the left, cannot speak, is minimally conscious. His breathing is terrible and his chest is very wet. He hasn't the strength to cough, and cannot clear his own secretions.All the same, without warning or the promised consultation,  Himself has been shifted out of MICU to palliative care. He is now one of 6 patients to a single nurse.

 

He cannot call out or press a call bell. He isn't on telemetry anymore.

I had to lose my cheery disposition to have respiratory and medical paged. They weren't happy as it was closed to shift change, but too bad how sad. He has a nurse to himself and has been properly suctioned and seemed resting better.

 

I wasn't very happy to leave him for the night, but I need to eat, and all the cafeterias and the like are shut. So, I called the shuttle to get back to the hotel. I called them 4 times, and it goes to voicemail. Seems the shuttle driver has quit and walked off the job. I told the front desk they darned well better get SOMEONE up there to uplift me. 45 minutes later, the maintenance man pulled up inn the shuttle. I wasn't prepared to walk that distance after being on my feet all day in the cold though a seedy part of town.

Enough already. I have reached the giddy limit.