| Still digging out |
[Feb. 7th, 2010|11:24 pm] |
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| |  uncrushed | ] |
It's good to see this area *finally* getting a real amount of snow-that is, heavy snowfall more than once a year, this latest did in fact, come in while the last of the minor snowstorm prior hadn't completely melted. We lost power at 0610 saturday morning, had it back by sometime around 2000-2100 Saturday evening. I had just finished yesterday's round of snow shovelling. Did a lot more today, enough that climbing the stairs to get a better signal while trying to check in on my girlfriend to see how she was doing wiped me out. Yeah, the previous sentence was convoluted. It was a "last straw" sort of thing. Internet is extremely flaky, I'm wondering if I'm going to be abe to actually finish this post: separate from power issue. During the power outrage outage, we made due fairly easily with a propane camp stove, and firewood for the fire place. We no longer have other reptiles in the house to worry about, sadly enough. There's still some mroe shoveling to be done, honestly, but we can get a vehicle out in an emergency. I'm supposed to call in tomorrow, see if the center's dug itself out yet. I have a feeling the answer is "NFW": the driveway is a very long (maybe a couple of football fields long) single-lane approach hemmed in by trees. Ny body hurts, and I'm fairly wiped, despite naps in the middle of the day. Looks like more snow on the way in Tuesday, although nobody is saying how much more. Bring it on.
ETA, Monday, 8 February, 2010, 10:04: Yes, when I called, the answer was "Don't even think about coming in, and we're supposed to get maybe 10" more tomorrow night. So call Friday as well, see if you can get in." |
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| Work |
[Feb. 1st, 2010|03:56 pm] |
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| |  okay | ] |
Work, the first: one of the other people there walked into the 'quiet' room and immediately started complaining about the smell. Apparently, the staff had decided that the vulture currently housed in the 'quiet' room needs to be near the heater. Which means, instead of having to deal with a cage full of vulture crap, said co-worker had to deal with a cage full of *warmed-over* vulture crap.
Work, the second: Didn't seem to have any trouble lifting heavy bins for the water turtles today. Nor the maybe slightly heavier trashcans of animal food. So, I seem to have actually recovered from my mysterious shoulder injury from back in December. |
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| Twenty years |
[Jan. 26th, 2010|10:58 pm] |
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| |  thoughtful | ] |
As of today, with the mammal I married. Due to last night's insomnia, I nearly missed the announcement (but not the event itself). |
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| Sleep? |
[Jan. 26th, 2010|06:03 am] |
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| |  bitchy | ] |
What is that? |
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| Supernatural favor |
[Jan. 17th, 2010|10:53 am] |
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| | worried | ] |
The gods do not smile upon me. Instead, they point and laugh. |
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| Two words, and some more |
[Jan. 5th, 2010|03:49 pm] |
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Cervical traction. The head strap slipped off near the end, and I almost fell asleep. I was told a lot of people do in fact, drift off for a little nap. Understandable, it's kind of massage-like, and they apply heat to the back of your neck when they have you strapped in. |
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| First day, ow, ow, ow. |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|04:41 pm] |
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| |  listless | ] |
First day back at work since the shoulder started acting up. Dragging around the bins for the water turtles got to be a pain (literally) in short order. We have an alligator snapping turtle at the moment: not sure how much longer that will last (not releasable, not native to this area). Two of this type of turtle got confiscated by one of the local animal control agencies, who turned them over to us. They subsequently went to another local rehabber/reptile expert who had to fairly immediately turn this one back to us temporarily for treatment: his cagemate had attacked him and snapped off part of his penis. My shoulder hurts, big time. |
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| Accuracy |
[Jan. 1st, 2010|10:18 am] |
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| | Snarky | ] |
Don't rely on a cop drama for accurate legal information. Don't rely on a medical drama for accurate medical information. In fact, don't necessarily rely on television or movies for accurate information of any sort. This often applies to news and documentaries. |
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| OrthoDude |
[Dec. 28th, 2009|01:33 pm] |
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| |  sore | ] |
Wasn't sure what exactly is the cause of the arm/shoulder pain I've been having. But *maybe* the slight arthritis I'm developing in my neck: that was what showed up on the x-ray. Cortisone shot, prescription for heavy-duty anti-inflammatory, another 'scrip for physical therapy. Also, a refused one for muscle spasms: I'm not really having those, and if I can avoid putting strange chemicals in my body, I'd rather do that, so the doc decided to nix that one after hearing my protest. Imagine that, a doctor who actually listens to the patient. What will they think of next? The cortisone shot is temporarily making my arm & shoulder worse, though. That should stop by tomorrow. |
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| Pain of one sort or of another |
[Dec. 23rd, 2009|02:52 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | uncomfortable | ] |
Of one sort: Dreamwidth will only let me cross post to one account at a time; I had originally chosen my Deadjournal account, as there's an RSS feed from there to Livejournal. So, post in one place, it eventually get propagated to all three places. Simple, right?
Until Deadjournal, for some unfathomable reason, stopped sending the RSS feed properly; and whatever problem killed that feed also killed Deadjournal's ability to deal with OpenID. So, I had to delete the Deadjournal account as my default crossposting address, and select my Livejournal account as the one to cross post to. But now it seems that Deadjournal is once again, propagating the RSS feed, so I've gone and switched things back the way they were. Yeah, a pain.
Of another: my shoulder is still bothering me: I've had two nights on a row of seriously crappy sleep. And some major pain this morning, that interfered with an otherwise enjoyable activity to the point of preventing me from continuing it. But now I have an appointment with an OrthoDude on Monday; I'm pleased that they could get me in that early (whereas my girlfriend's words were, "Didn't they have any earlier appointments; cancellations or anything?"). Dudess: it's the christmas holiday weekend, I'm pleased that they can see me on Monday. Yes, I repeat myself. Means I have to call the center and let them know that I'll be there instead of taking care of turtles again, though. Until then, ow. |
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| Thanks to the internet |
[Dec. 20th, 2009|08:11 pm] |
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| | chipper | ] |
More specifically, YouTube, it is actually the start of the christmas season for me:
Or, maybe not, since apparently, DeadJournal still hasn't bothered to enable embedded video. The code is there when I go to look at the edit page, though. OK, the direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaGQEskSKM |
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| Shoveling |
[Dec. 20th, 2009|10:44 am] |
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| | sore | ] |
Well, it's either me with my sore shoulder, or my housemate with his sore back. So, of course, we've been pretty much taking turns. Yes, now both my arms are sore in addition to my right shoulder. Don't have much of a choice, though, shit needs doing.
Oh, and another note on shoveling: people, clean off the entirety of your car, including the roof & hood. If you don't clean off your hood, you get ice & snow chunks fling off your hood into your face, and you therefore become a road hazard. If you don't clean off the roof of your car, you send chunks of ice & snow into other drivers' faces, and thus become a road hazard. |
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| This has already gotten old |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|09:55 am] |
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| |  pessimistic | ] |
The pain has pretty much localized in my right shoulder, but has overall intensified. Keeps me from exercising, I haven't slept properly in something like four days, driving & heavy lifting are out, I can't seem to find a position to move/sit/stand/lie down that doesn't hurt, blah, blah, blah. |
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| Dude, WTF? |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|10:34 am] |
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| |  cranky | ] |
Somehow I've managed to hurt my arm: a dull ache that intermittently starts in my right shoulder, and runs the entire length of my arm. Keeps me from sleeping properly. |
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| Well, that's new to me |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|02:20 pm] |
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| |  amazed | ] |
Part of the rehab job is to administer sub-cutaneous fluids to various turtles as needed. There's a couple of them that regularly need them; in particular, a red-eared slider. Did that as usual today. I put the animal back in its enclosure, and immediately after I set it on the floor, something startled it. It jumped. As in, this 1kg (about 2+1/4 pound) animal with short stubby legs went airborne from the floor of its enclosure, and landed back down milliseconds later. Yes, the entire animal was off the floor for a moment. No idea what startled it, but before today, I didn't even know red-eared sliders could jump. |
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| No flu shot for me |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|10:47 am] |
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| | vulnerable | ] |
Tried to get to a public H1N1 clinic at Montgomery College today. They had 5,000 doses. When I got there, the line wound literally all the way around campus, and down 355. Easily triple the number of people in line. Gave up,c ame back home. |
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