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Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« on: November 26, 2009, 07:30:59 AM »
http://drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11960&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=510&sid=a1ac308c31a3634d4787eab2abd3ee7c

Oh my.

Having learned what Fat Che's up to--posing as a nuclear physicist or something--I decided to see how the Vegas blimp is doing.

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Today's plan is to try and get some early prep done for our Thanksgiving dinner when Jeanette gets home. We invited Joe (the roommate) to have some of our food, but naturally he had his taxi driver friend take him out shopping last night so he could get his own Thanksgiving stuff, none of which we would eat. How this will work out logistically is anyone's guess, but hopefully Jeanette and I can get up early enough to make our stuff first.

We got one of those "vegebirds" with vegan stuffing and gravy from Whole Foods, as well as some extra wild rice, fresh sweet potatoes, green beans and (yes, we were bad about one thing) a pumpkin pie. At least we know that Joe will help us finish the pumpkin pie, as I don't plan to have more than one piece. I've been way too much into fresh fruit lately anyway. But, we'll be making our vegebird, vegan green bean casserole, wild rice stuffing and mashed sweet potatoes with brown sugar and spices, and that will be awesome.

I've been under the weather with a persistent cough for going on a week now. It's not getting worse every day, thank goodness, but it is dogging me a lot when I'm awake. I don't seem to have to cough much in my sleep, though (knock on wood). I'm notorious for chronic bronchitis, and would succumb to it from one to four times per year throughout my teens all the way into my mid 30s. This past few years it's ceased to be a major problem -- in fact I rarely even catch colds any more -- but I really don't want to have a relapse at a time like this.

So, I'm spending a lot of time in bed relaxing, but when I start to feel antsy I am finding myself more likely to start pacing around the apartment for a few minutes at a time. So, I guess you can say I'm reintroducing an exercise component into my day, but it's very conservative at this point and not for long periods of time. Even if it adds up to only 10-15 minutes per day, though, it will help! I need to bite the bullet and try getting on that recumbent soon even without any shoes or slippers to wear.

I'm nervous as hell about it though, to be honest. You see, one of the things which really got me down earlier this month was the fact that three times in four days I nearly lost my balance and fell. One of those was in the bathroom on the vinyl floor, one was in the bedroom, and the worst of them was in the kitchen when I tried to reach for a bowl from a top cabinet shelf (next to impossible with my bad shoulders but I needed one and nobody was around to help). I'm the tallest person in the apartment by about 4 inches, yet I can't reach a simple freaking bowl without it becoming an episode of As the World Turns.

All three of those times I threw my right shoulder out trying to use my hand for balance, and by the end of it all I was in too much pain to even want to sit here and type. Since that string of horrible luck I've been doing better, but you should see how I spend almost all my time on my feet staring down at my feet and the floor around me, ever vigilant for anything I could step on or stub a toe on that would end up doing me in.

I have to keep reminding myself that where I am now is still worlds of improvement over where I was just three months ago. I just have to keep giving it time and have continued faith in myself.

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Someone a while ago also mentioned ginger here, and I never thanked them as there was just too much going on and too much on my mind. That one I will do also, but as capsules rather than tea. I can't handle a strong ginger taste unless it's balanced with a lot of sweet. I could try making homemade ginger ale with bottles of sparkly water, but even with my sensitive palate I think I'd still have to have too much sugar in the syrup (even though I'd probably cut it down by 1/2 or even 3/4 what was called for).

I'm definitely keeping on. My moods have been a bit better, though they're still not where I want them to be... but I'm working on it.

I don't know if I'll post tomorrow, because I'm going to try helping with some minor prep jobs to make Jeanette's life just a bit easier, and then I know we're going to want to spend our time together either relaxing or messing with video or card games.

She is still officially off on weekends for one more week, but her real Thursdays and Fridays off begin next week. This just happens to be a paid holiday for her call center's new client, although the place is open for other clients. Gotta take the lucky breaks wherever we can get 'em.

Hmmm.  Relaxing or messing with video or card games.

No sex?

Bummer.
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 08:52:19 AM »
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No sex?

Bummer.

Vegebird, extra wild rice, relaxing in bed... sounds like it should have been a steamy Thanksgiving morn.  :-)

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I feel sorry for Jeanette. Surely she was duped into this life.
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 09:14:05 AM »
Anyone remember the "Everyone Loves Raymond" episode where Marie makes the tofurkey? One of my favorites...
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2009, 10:25:27 PM »
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I feel sorry for Jeanette. Surely she was duped into this life.

Something tells me Jeanette is just as lame a character as the behemoth. Except she can probably remove her underwear without surgical assistance.
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2009, 10:30:32 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on November 26, 2009, 10:25:27 PM
Something tells me Jeanette is just as lame a character as the behemoth. Except she can probably remove her underwear without surgical assistance.

Question is, do you WANT her to?
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 01:32:55 AM »
The guy has alot of health issues and I feel bad for him. Hopefully he will continue to shed the pounds so he can become a taxpayer again.
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2009, 05:00:57 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on November 27, 2009, 01:32:55 AM
The guy has alot of health issues and I feel bad for him. Hopefully he will continue to shed the pounds so he can become a taxpayer again.

That's my sincere hope, too, and he's only about 40 pounds away from putting on good clothes, dusting off the resume, and pounding the pavements for a job, so he can afford to buy a motor vehicle so as to take his wife to work in style.
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Re: Vegas blimp celebrates Thanksgiving (11-26)
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2009, 04:42:32 PM »
The day the behemoth gives up his premium online dungeons and dragons and takes a job, UGP will get married and join the Junior League. Ain't never gonna happen.
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