Sep 092014
I’m writing for tomorrow, day 141. After distributing links last night, I proceeded immediately to the terror task and finished folding and stowing between 5:00 and 6:00 AM. Since then I have been unable to sleep for an hour without the phone ringing or someone coming to the door. Tomorrow is a prison volunteer day. I hope to get articles written for Wednesday before I leave.
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Good grief TC – try and get some rest please! (I don't fold laundry – it just has to take its chances – I'm afraid I don't have enough spare energy!).
3:01 Someone forgot to turn on the lamp to light my way. Or was that on purpose?
3:18 Patty, TC put a dead bulb in it when he went by. Probably thought it would help with his sleep!
I'm sure everyone has heard the good news that the Senate has voted to overturn "Citizen's United" by a great majority. Now the House has to do the same . Fat chance!
5:14 Too high to reach easily, had to rest a lot.
I don't fold most things but a few I do – mostly in case they don't get put away that day but have to sit at the botom of the tote for a while. It happens.
TC, congrats on day 141, and I hope all goes well with your prison day, including the transportation, which can certainly be the hardest part.
Patty, that's affirmative on SR19. New avatar? it's very cute.
Thanks, Joanne. This is a picture of BeBe and Silly taken 3 years ago whr=en they were still kittens. They are still adorable but much bigger.
Glad to hear Lynn is on the mend from yesterday's 911 episode.
Just a quick medical PSA – remember the FAST acronym to check if you might be having a stroke:
F – Face: Make sure the smile is symmetric w/ no drooping on one side
A – Arms: Make sure arms can be lifted equally – w/ no drifting
S – Speech: Make sure there is no slurring of speech
T – Time: It's of the essence, so call 911 & get to an ER! You have about a THREE hour window in which tPA (tissue plasminogen activator – a "clot buster") can be administered
There's more detailed info here:
http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=symp
Thanks for the reminder Nameless. I had been freaking out mentally and then remembered — smile, raise your arms and say a coherent sentence. I did this after 911 hung up and my heroes were still trying to bust the door down. But being a banker and not a doc, I didn't have confidence. The paramedics gave me oxygen as a precaution, checked my blood sugars because I said I was a diabetic, and then proceeded to do the checks including the finger squeeze. One thing I learned last night from the paramedics and the ER doctor was that BS lows can look and feel like strokes. This is the first time for me. So here I sit with a very sore foot . . . it is sprained on the interior side from my big toe up through the arch. My new best friend is a pair of crutches which totally terrorise my babes.
Lynn, Glad you are doing much better. Hugzzz…
Thanks Jim. I am doing better than yesterday but my foot and leg get tired and throb so I will be slow for a while. My nickname probably should be changed from Bigfoot to Squeezer or Death Grip. Apparently, according to the ER doctor and the paramedics, I have a very impressive grip
Lynn, I am glad that you are ok, and had the presence of mind to call for help. Take care of yourself.
I'm glad you're better. Watch those blood sugars. Low sugars can be more dangerous than highs and can cause Grand Mal seizures. My Dad used to have them.
Does this mean I have a chance against you in Fantasy 'football this week?
As long as I don't use my own feet and "my guys" do all the work , NO! NON! NEIN! NYET!
Had physio on my foot and it feels much better already. I can actually wiggle my toes now which I couldn't do before
Turn off the ringer and don't answer the door when you are trying to sleep. You are under no obligation to answer either one.
Jerry, because I'm the only male on the Board, I am the emergency contact number for former prisoners for our volunteer group.
Just came across a Good News – Bad News post at Daily Kos via Salon.
Good News is that this Talibangelical christianist "pastor" of multiple megachurches in the Northwest is having to close doors to a lot of those churches because of his homophobic, misogynist messages – including instructing one of his congregation to get down on her knees and apologize to her husband for not following his orders AND THEN GIVE HIM A BLOWJOB! (I kid you not!)
The Bad News is that it's hard to believe that there are people out there who would attend his church after reading the following. And the shorter version is: Men, Your Penis Is On Loan from God – But Women Are Put on This Earth Give It a Home. And again, I KID YOU NOT!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/09/1328354/-Pastor-Mark-Driscoll-Calls-Women-Penis-Homes-His-Megachurch-Begins-Closing-Branches
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/08/evangelical_megachurch_begins_closing_branches_after_pastor_calls_women_penis_homes/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
You should have sent a barf bag alert for this one. I cannot believe there are women who ACTUALLY go along with this. I am so glad he is having to close his churches. HOnestly, pure stupidty is rampant!
Unbelievable that such exists!
On a positive note, at least he is not condoning "fooling around" . . . you know . . . no multiple "homes". No winter home, no summer home etc.
But on a more important note, God created lady parts too. So, with this misogynist about, I'm giving my lady parts back to God.
Thanks Nameless! This is both sickening and amusing! How anyone could listen to this misogynist fool is beyond me.
TC, I agree with Critter. Turn off the phone and don't answer the door when you are trying to sleep.
Back from prison. Hugs. Color me gone.