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Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:38 AM
I'm really afraid for my mom right now. Her blood sugar is really low compared to what it usually is, but it's technically in the normal range, meaning she would be laughed out of the ER if she went. My dad had to pick her up from work she was so ill. I'm afraid that she'll refuse treatment until it's too late.
I really hope I'm just being paranoid about this.
Blog linkI have six days left now. My countdown has turned red.
Mom's doing better today. Turns out all she needed was salt to feel better. I guess her body couldn't access the glucose without enough sodium.
Still, I was so scared that I called in to work today because I didn't want to leave Mom without knowing she'd be better. And I've already missed a lot of work because of that unsuccessful medication change. So now I'm worried about losing my job.
Blog linkDAY 51 OF THE BLACKOUT SEASON
First, the bad news. Today it rained and there were three blackouts: The programmed one I didn't experience since I was in the estate, and two split-second ones which are more dangerous for the electric devices. I even lost a big edit I was making to an article because of them.
I'm also slightly (please pay attention to the emphasis) underwhelmed about the E3 trailer for Zelda, but I'll talk about it in the Zelda thread in the right moment.
On the positive side, there won't be blackouts during weekends anymore.
135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311So my dad has to find work out of the country, which frustrates me. Though at least I got to have a big, good and long lunch time with him. He's going to be in Sydney, so I think I may visit on his birthday. Also, my sister has gotten a job. She may actually spend some time in England, and if so I'll finally use that opportunity to re-visit England
I finally have an air conditioner in my apartment. This is the best day of my liifffeeee
Well, this is it. Today is the last day of my living in the house that I grew up in.
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!I did some sleuthing to figure out who in my apartment hasn't been refilling the ice cube trays. Turns out I was the only person out of six who could be bothered to fill up an ice cube tray after using ice cubes. Everyone was guilty. I feel like I'm on an overheated Orient Express over here.
edited 15th Jun '16 2:13:18 PM by Cailleach
Korean is fascinating.
Disclaimer, I never actually learned to speak any Korean, except for numbers, which I promptly forgot when I stopped studying it.
But I did learn the written alphabet, which is absolutely fascinating. It's like a clever mashup of Western-style phoneme-based alphabets and a Japanese-style syllabary.
It's like... a syllabary created using an alphabet. Except it's technically an alphabet. It's so cool. I mean, a nerdy thing to get excited about, but it's still so cool.
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Found a new place near my work to do karaoke. They have this higher tech system I've never seen before, where the digital jukebox gets switched into karaoke mode and you just walk up while someone else is singing and type in whatever song you want. If you care, I ended up doing "Big Me", "Pony", and "Clint Eastwood". "Pony" (by Ginuwine) seemed to go over best with the crowd, so I'm trying to work on other 90's R & B Intercourse with You songs I could try.
Mowed the lawn and raked the front drive. Not exactly major thumbs up, but I guess I'm trying to look at yardwork/etc as accomplishments, not chores. Maybe I can start imagine every time I do this sort of thing, a little achievement unlocked box pops up.
In the event that you start cooking hot dogs, then realize you ran out of buns, taco shells that are designed to stand up on their own can be used as an alternative. I guess this "recipe" also works if you want gluten-free hot dogs, or are in the opposite of my situation, where you want to make tacos but don't have the meat.
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In the course of the yard work, I found a dead bird on the patio. Or rather, I found a dying bird, and by the time I went back into the house and looked up what to do with an injured bird, then came back outside, it was dead. We live on a hill, and there's this long vertical stretch of undeveloped land behind our house: My ultimate course of action was to transfer it via a washcloth to a box, then throw it as far down the cliff I could without touching anything but the box. Both the box and the cloth ought to be trashed I suppose, just to be safe.
DAY 53 OF THE BLACKOUT SEASON
Do you guys know that horrible feeling in the chest you feel when you have a horrible realization, discovery or sight? One that feels like when you receive a low grade from an exam you made, or when you discover that your love interest is already coupled with someone else, or when you're told someone you know died?
I'm having it right now. In my case because of a horrifying Broken Pedestal. I can't seem to find the name of the feeling anywhere on the web, since I don't know how to exactly describe it in Google.
135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311Sounds like something there'd be a single word for in German or something.
I tried "the heartbreak of being betrayed by the universe" but got nothing useful.
edited 16th Jun '16 9:36:33 PM by TParadox
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