I would like to point out that if you ever believe that everything has gone just about as rotten as it can go, wait five minutes. You will suddenly see that everything can get much, much worse.
1) Work has been a nightmare. I don't even want to discuss it.
2) Grandpa has a stomach anuerism (however the hell you spell it). This means that he has a blood vessel that is stretching. If it bursts, he will die. It could burst at any time. They don't want to do regular surgery because he'll get pneumonia (I don't know why, but he's had surgery before, and everytime he gets pneumonia, and he has almost died from it at least twice in the last five years), so they're going to try to do a more minor type of surgery. They did an angiogram in his leg (? thought that was a heart thing, but whatever?) to see if his blood vessels were "straight enough" and they might be. However, he has a bad heart valve. So, basically, we're waiting for an echocardiogram to tell us whether or not he has to have the heart valve fixed before the anuerism can be fixed. Also, it can be fairly minor surgery to fix the anuerism, but it may turn into more major surgery, which we won't know until the day of the surgery, which just happens to be scheduled for Septemeber 8th, which is when my best friend died. Peachy. (Yes, I am a wee bit superstitious. Quit judging me.)
3) My sister went back to Iowa.
4) I have been about the biggest, sappiest, lost big sister ever on the face of the earth due to the sister's return to Iowa. And when you're the big sister, you can't tell her that when she calls. You just have to pretend like you think it's the best thing ever that she's moved to the end of the earth when really, you want to get in the car and go drag her back to civilization right now, mostly because you are selfish. I know I am.
5) My mom wants to come stay with me for a week and "clean my cupboards" while my other sister does orientation. Now there's some stress relief and no mistake. To add another dimension to the parental invasion, I will have no place to hide my beer paraphanalia. To be honest, I don't even know where all my beer paraphanalia is because I like to sleep in free T-shirts.
6) The guy I like is too much of a dumb ass to realize it, and I'm too much of a chicken to tell him. However, that did not stop me from spending plenty of time talking to him on the phone this week about his latest near misses with relationships.
7) I forgot that I was invited out to a concert tonight and accidentally stood a friend up. (Sorry Dr. G. I am an assclown.)
8) I'm pretty sure I either had an oil change appointment last Saturday or I have one tomorrow. Either way, I have no idea what time. Or if I've already missed it. So I have to get up at 8 tomorrow to check.
9) I did not get to see the Dukes of Hazzard movie tonight. (Once again, quit judging me.)
10) I spilled orange juice all over my new outfit today.
11) Too many cooks will spoil the stew.
There were other things, but I'm going to quit there. I add boo to the total score of this week. Anyone else want to join me in boooing the week out of the stadium? Share in the comments. I definitely volunteer to group hate whoever deserves it.
Posted by LoWriter at August 19, 2005 11:09 PM1) Had to miss two hours of work on Monday because a guy was supposed to come and do stuff to my kitchen ceiling. He called at 10 and said he wasn't coming.
2) Missed more work on Tuesday because I had a dentist appointment. First in three years. Because I couldn't open my mouth.
3) I missed more work on Tuesday because the man from #1 actually showed up, but then he decided that he wasn't going to do what he came to do, so he left.
4) Some electrician guy showed up at my house on Wednesday at 8:30. I was at work. No one told me he was coming. I called him later and he said he'd come back towards the end of the day. Left work early. He didn't come.
5) On Thursday I missed more work, electrician actually showed up, but then they charged me $250 for stuff that a) I wasn't expecting to pay for and b) could have done myself if given the option.
6) Thursday I worked until 10:30 because I was behind.
7) Had another dentist appointment on Friday, and then a doctor's appointment, so I missed more work. And the doctor's appointment apparently got scheduled for September 19th, not August 19th, so I drove to Maplewood for no reason at all.
8) Worked until 12:30 last night because I was behind.
With the surgery thing, pneumonia is basically when the body's immune system gets overloaded dealing with all the stuff from the surgery. That's where the other part comes in. The leg thing is since the vessels there are close enough to the surface and direct and big enough to the heart, they can go in there and do the work without opening up anything major. It's a lot less impact on the body, so it's safer (they prefer to do it even for people who don't have high risk issues since recovery is so much faster). They keep coming up with more things they can do that way, so it's probably good that it may be an option.
Anyways, hope things start getting better soon.
Posted by: Jeremy at August 20, 2005 01:11 PMOooo, now that Jeremy has explained the leg thing I have to say that I am glad your grandpa's vessels are straight enough!! That is good!
How come I haven't heard about this boy?? I am calling you tonight, though I have a good guess as to who it might be.
I am sorry you can't say more negative things about your work, it does really sucks.
Here's hoping someone calls you soon!!
Posted by: 10lees at August 20, 2005 07:46 PMyikes... and dude, i'm totally ok with the concert thingy. :o) i enjoyed myself! i was surrounded by teeny boppers for the first half, but the 2nd half i stood by the bar and had some good eye candy to keep my occupied. afterwards, i was rescued from a drunk "beggar" in new Nikes by a cute 22 year old named Ian. i'd say it was a good night overall. you would have had a fun time, though! and Ian had a 23 year old friend named Scott... maybe he would have called you back. ;o)
Posted by: dr gonzo at August 22, 2005 12:19 PM