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Nov. 6th, 2005
10:45 am
I fiddled with my friends list. If I deleted you it's probably because your entries are frequently long and you don't use ljcut enough. No offense, but you mess up my friends page. My entries are virtually all friends only so if for some strange reason you enjoy reading my lj and want to be added, shoot me an email.
Mar. 6th, 2005
11:43 am
I've been talking to my sister and she wants you all to know that she's grateful for your prayers and concern. Her cell phone is working again and anyone who wants to call her is welcome to do so.
Our mom didn't get much sleep last night because she's uncomfortable and the CCU is not a quiet place. We're hoping that she'll get moved to another room this afternoon but they've said she's not going home tomorrow. We haven't been able to talk to her doctor so we don't know why they're keeping her longer than they'd originally hoped.
If she does get moved this afternoon I'm going to take her a big bunch of purple flowers. That should cheer her up.
Mar. 5th, 2005
06:29 pm
Thank you to everyone for your care and concern. It helps me to know that my mom is in your thoughts and prayers. I'm exhausted so I'll just paste here what I posted in the thread in MPSIMS:
I just got back from the hospital and can report that she is doing well. They want her to stay flat on her back until they're sure that the incision on her leg where they went in with the catheter is closed up. If all goes well they will move her out of CCU to a regular room in the cardiac wing tomorrow and she might go home on Monday.
My mom has always been proud of her vitality but she says the heart attack has shaken her self confidence. I think her emotional recovery is going to be as important as her physical recovery.
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exhausted
12:00 pm
Geobabe1's and my mom had a heart attack last night. She's in the CCU now and has had a stent placed in her left anterior descending artery, which was completely blocked. She is resting comfortably now.
Lise and Bill are out of town without internet access; I'm making this post open so that those on my sister's friends list who are not on mine will get the word.
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worried
Mar. 4th, 2005
04:46 pm - I lurv the stuff!
This weekend I've got to find meme some calamari!
03:00 pm - Sendin' Out Props
I made this comment in Geobabe1's LJ but it deserves its own entry here:
I love my sister and I want to thank her for introducing me to SDMB and LJ. Without exception, the friends I've made have changed my life for the better.
Feb. 11th, 2005
11:35 am
Happy Birthday to my friend Opalcat! I miss you!
I'm sure Dan will treat you like a Queen - you deserve it!
Sep. 22nd, 2004
11:29 pm - WTF?
Hurricane Ivan looped back into the Gulf of Mexico and is a tropical storm again?
Aug. 26th, 2004
06:47 pm - Gmail Invitations
I've got six now! I'll bet everyone has invitations coming out of every orifice. Anyway, if you want 'em, I've got 'em.
Mar. 26th, 2004
12:21 pm
Happy Birthday, Vix!!
Dec. 10th, 2003
04:33 pm - Please give blood.
The Red Cross is pretty desperate in the DC area, but I imagine the situation is the same elsewhere. I donated in October so I'm eligible again now and I have an appointment to give tomorrow evening. In October we had a little MAD Bloodletting Party: Panache and Ultrafilter gave at the same time and we went out for delicious juicy hamburgers afterwards to get our iron back up. This month they can't make it so I'm going alone, but the Red Cross has called me twice to ask if I know anyone else who can give.
Please donate blood if you can. If you're a better man than I am, like my wonderful brother-in-law, please donate platelets. Thanks for listening.
Nov. 15th, 2003
11:25 am - I'm hooked on Starbucks Latte. It is yummy like cocoa.
Starbucks is the devil: One month ago I bought a regular drip and when I got back to my office I noticed that I couldn't smell the coffee but smelled the cologne of the guy who handled the cup. I sent them an email saying that my experience was ruined because I couldn't smell the coffee. They mailed me four free beverage coupons, and I got venti lattes with them. Now I can't go back to the regular drip! Just plain evil, I tell you!
Nov. 8th, 2003
06:56 pm - ECLIPSE!
Go check it out! NOW!
Nov. 1st, 2003
01:17 pm
Congratulations, Eric and Nikki!
I hope everyone has a safe and fabulous time this weekend!
Sep. 21st, 2003
09:00 pm - The porn is back on!
The power went out at 9:30 on Thursday and came back on on Friday around 11pm. The cable TV and modem came back on sometime this afternoon while I was at my Mom's watching the Redskins lose. I don't know if it's Comcast or LJ, but something is still fritzy tonight.
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relieved
Sep. 19th, 2003
10:46 am - I survived
I'm at work - not because I'm so dedicated, but because the office has power so I can charge my cell, and I was hungry and needed COFFEE!
The cable TV and modem went out at 8:30 but I could still watch DVD until the power went out at 9:30. Rain seeped in under the front door, but the basement is still dry.
So strange that the sycamore scared the shit out of me when it broke, but I slept right through the bigger trees coming down. The front of my house has two giant cedar trees right up against the wall. The one on my side is OK, but the one in front of the other half of the duplex split in half and is in my front yard. The other neighbor lost four trees all onto their neighbor's roof, but the roof and windows are intact. Just luck, that.
Dominion Power says we should get used to the power being out and I've no doubt that it will take a long time in my neighborhood: One block away there are three utility poles in a row snapped in half and the power lines are lying on the ground. So it's not a matter of cutting the downed trees and re-stringing the power lines - they have three poles to replace.
I will not be able to post from home for a while.
Current Mood: relieved
Sep. 18th, 2003
07:34 pm - Like my new icon? Better than a land-line!
My shoe phone still works!
Very calm at the moment. They say the very heavy rain and wind will happen in the next four-and-a-half hours. I've made a bed along an interior wall in case any more trees decide to throw their limbs at my house.
Very strange that the power is still on, since the power goes off about twice a week here. For no apparent reason.
05:53 pm
As soon as I posted that, the entire top of the giant sycamore next to my house broke off with a deafening crack and crashed into the side yard between our houses. Holy Shit! It scared the crap out of me and I banged my knee trying to run to the opposite side of the house.
It brought down the phone line for my house, but I don't care 'cause I don't have a land line!
05:31 pm - I shouldn't do it but I can't help it.
I've been standing at the back door watching the trees. It's mesmerizing. The woods behind my house aren't thick, but the trees are very tall and the tops are blowing wildly in all directions. I've seen two large limbs snap already.
The rain is coming under the front door despite the sandbags, but not under the basement door (which is the one I'm more worried about) yet. At the moment it's mostly wind - the heavy rain is expected later.
Kyle came home long enough to shower and charge his phone, but he wants to be with his buds through the storm so he's gone again. He wants me to turn the 'puter turned off most of the time since the power has flickered quite a bit already, so I'll update later if I have juice.
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enthralled
12:44 pm
I'm home now.
They closed the office at noon which is unprecedented. They have never before closed the office ever for any reason. The office has been open through several severe blizzards, and stayed open during the "permafrost" a few years back when DC imposed a mandatory shut down within the city limits and the gov't officially requested that all businesses in the area close to conserve power.
But that doesn't mean we are getting paid! We are welcome to use annual leave or work out a schedule to make up the hours before the end of the month, but the company will not pay for the closure. I call the man who owns the company "Ebenezer Sanchez".
It is windy and has started raining. Hang on, here she comes.
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