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02-01 Monday thread
« on: February 01, 2010, 07:32:11 AM »
I woke up this morning.

It's snowing.

Again.

Moderately heavy.

I'm going back to bed.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2010, 07:47:12 AM »
Flurries for tonight and tomorrow, but it's supposed to warm up.  I need more coffee.

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2010, 08:05:04 AM »
Already been to work for 2+ hours.  Still need more coffee.  Really want to go back to bed.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 08:33:58 AM »
Two hour delay for school today.  Still coldish outside, but no new snow.

I've decided I HATE this time of year.  I get so overly emotional.  I understand it in my mind, but it doesn't help the rest of me.  And then something minorly major happens to stir emotions and I can't handle it at all.  Total suckage.  Have spent more of the last 24 hours crying and feeling crappy than I care to claim.

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2010, 08:56:37 AM »
Chance of rain today.  Work has become very busy due to people being shuffled around, and I'm still on crutches so I can't carry anything which makes me feel inefficient.  Really, I don't expect anything too exciting to happen today. 

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2010, 09:36:57 AM »
Two Doctor's Appointments today. Hopefully, some good results will come of these. One is for the MRI I took last week of my abdomen and the other in re: my spine issues. F'n Yayyy....... :(
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2010, 11:43:11 AM »
Chance of rain today.  Work has become very busy due to people being shuffled around, and I'm still on crutches so I can't carry anything which makes me feel inefficient.  Really, I don't expect anything too exciting to happen today. 

Nothing exciting, huh?

How YOU 'doin?  :naughty:
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2010, 11:51:31 AM »
Sun is out and it's supposed to warm up to 43. Several inches of snow is still on the ground, so it's really pretty out.

Possibility of rain/sleet/snow tonight.....


Things are pretty quiet around here.....very unusual for a Monday...
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2010, 03:01:26 PM »
I should never make chocolate chip/pecan cookies..... :thatsright:
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2010, 03:35:15 PM »

Beautiful morning here...I watched the sun rise. Crisp, around 20, big moon in the west. Glad I was up.

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2010, 03:37:58 PM »
I should never make chocolate chip/pecan cookies..... :thatsright:

Are half of them gone? :-)

I'm fryin' up a mess of chicken.  Yum.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2010, 03:42:41 PM »
It's snowing.

Again.

Moderately heavy.

Same here now. :banghead:

It was supposed to end at 3:00, now the esteemed weather people say it'll end at 4:00.  We're only supposed to get one inch, but I suppose that's code for 12 inches.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2010, 03:43:50 PM »
I'm all set for snow for another year.  Once is enough.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2010, 03:55:31 PM »
I'm all set for snow for another year.  Once is enough.

I heard it was quite nasty.  Glad you survived it, Chris.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2010, 03:56:58 PM »
It wasn't bad around here... half a foot at most.  Other areas got hit worse. 

I've been at home for the last three days enjoying a short vacation, so I've only had to go out in it once.  It was kinda fun.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2010, 04:09:06 PM »
It wasn't bad around here... half a foot at most.  Other areas got hit worse. 

I've been at home for the last three days enjoying a short vacation, so I've only had to go out in it once.  It was kinda fun.

It must be nice for a change of pace every seven years or so. :-)

When I was in college, we got maybe 2 inches in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and they closed school for two days.  No equipment to treat the snow/ice.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2010, 04:15:30 PM »
I decided to forego getting this last wisdom tooth extracted/chiseled/air-hammered out of my head. Too many people telling me, "yeah, I had that done and my chin/lower gum/tongue/lips were numb for two years."

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2010, 04:19:05 PM »
Damn, sorry Eupher.  That's rotten.

No teeth problems here... my brother had a nasty experience with a lousy dentist once.  I won't repeat that story again.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2010, 04:23:24 PM »
Damn, sorry Eupher.  That's rotten.

No teeth problems here... my brother had a nasty experience with a lousy dentist once.  I won't repeat that story again.

Thanks, Chris. It's not really so bad. This last impacted wisdom tooth just flares up and acts stupid a couple times a year or so. In a week or so it quiets down and behaves.

I was afraid that it was still trying to get room to pop up, but the oral surgeon said no, not the case.

He spent more time talking about the risks, i.e., the shit that can go wrong, than he did the procedure.

I should've had this done when I was a young pup. I waited too damned long.  :bawl:
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2010, 06:51:52 PM »
Thanks, Chris. It's not really so bad. This last impacted wisdom tooth just flares up and acts stupid a couple times a year or so. In a week or so it quiets down and behaves.

I was afraid that it was still trying to get room to pop up, but the oral surgeon said no, not the case.

He spent more time talking about the risks, i.e., the shit that can go wrong, than he did the procedure.

I should've had this done when I was a young pup. I waited too damned long.  :bawl:

I had three of the four wisdom teeth removed. The fourth one was coming in a little sideways. The tooth next to it got yanked, so now the wisdom tooth is coming in fine, so far.


Definitely surgery on my spine, starting with my neck. I need to get a CT scan done with contrast dye for some reason and then surgery will get scheduled. The abdomen thing is still up in the air. :clueless: More tests..... maybe some sort of scope thing to look at the pancreatic duct. :???:
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2010, 06:59:36 PM »
We worked in the yard all day yesterday.  We haven't planted anything yet but just from cutting down over grown mexican heather (we cut it back almost to the ground), trimming the crepe myrtles, raking all the leaves out of the beds and cleaning out the gutters it already looks a TON better.  

We also dug up a ton of african lilies and split the clumps up and replanted some and just sat the rest in the back yard under a tree.  I'm going to replant them in the next couple of days (they will be fine for a couple of days).  But now I think we should have replanted more than we did in the original spot as it looks a bit thin there now.  I think I will plant a few more back where we dug them up from.

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2010, 07:01:01 PM »
I had three of the four wisdom teeth removed. The fourth one was coming in a little sideways. The tooth next to it got yanked, so now the wisdom tooth is coming in fine, so far.


Definitely surgery on my spine, starting with my neck. I need to get a CT scan done with contrast dye for some reason and then surgery will get scheduled. The abdomen thing is still up in the air. :clueless: More tests..... maybe some sort of scope thing to look at the pancreatic duct. :???:

That is some serious stuff there Thor.  When will you have the surgery on your spine?

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2010, 07:03:34 PM »
Thanks, Chris. It's not really so bad. This last impacted wisdom tooth just flares up and acts stupid a couple times a year or so. In a week or so it quiets down and behaves.

I was afraid that it was still trying to get room to pop up, but the oral surgeon said no, not the case.

He spent more time talking about the risks, i.e., the shit that can go wrong, than he did the procedure.

I should've had this done when I was a young pup. I waited too damned long.  :bawl:

Nothing is worse than tooth pain (well except extreme back pain).  Having an infected tooth can affect your health as a whole Eupher. 

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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2010, 09:21:43 PM »
Nothing is worse than tooth pain (well except extreme back pain).  Having an infected tooth can affect your health as a whole Eupher. 

The tooth isn't infected, BEG. It just hurts from time to time (about every 6 months it rears up). The oral surgeon pretty much confirmed that.

I guess I'll just deal with it. I'm not gonna let him chisel that tooth out and run the risk (however slight) of screwing up that nerve that runs down my jaw line. I like euphin' too damned much.
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Re: 02-01 Monday thread
« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2010, 11:31:02 PM »
The Tide Stain Releaser worked. :)