Much good luck to you and mac, msbelle. I really hope things look up on the school front for him!
Just placed my fall/winter shirt order. Had to not order some long sleeved polo shirts I would have liked due to them only having that style available in burnt orange or chartruese (don't work with my coloring!), but I did end up with five shirts for $80 including shipping--one sweatshirt, two flannel plaid button-downs, and two longsleeved t-shirts.
I figure these, plus the sweater and three other longsleeved Ts I currently have, should be fine for this winter, and then I'll be replacing them with much smaller shirts next year (these were 34/36, and by next year, I should be down to 22/24).
How soon is your procedure, Kathy? I know it's a lot of fuss & unpleasantness, but I suspect it's all going to be worth it in the long term.
Monday after Thanksgiving--eep!
Mom's flying out on Thanksgiving day and staying until the 6th. If I need anymore help, Dad's available to come up as needed. I just have to go out and pick up a chair/bed convertible from IKEA (Mom's paying for it, yay!) so she'll having something to sleep on instead of just the couch, and then get some twin sheets and other assorted stuff from BB&B. I've been needing to replace the very ratty-looking uncomfortable chair I have next to my computer desk which is really only being used by the cat, anyway, and having it be a fold-out bed as well will be perfect.
Be sure to prep your Mom to put up a post -- or email one of us -- when you've come through the procedure. Of course, you'll be able to get online fairly quickly I suppose, but it will be a relief to hear the major worry-step has been passed.
I'll have my laptop with me at the hospital, which has free wifi. I'll be sure to have her update y'all, if I don't do it myself (they said they'd have me walking around that afternoon, so I'm sure I'll be alert enough to post here).
they said they'd have me walking around that afternoon, so I'm sure I'll be alert enough to post here
You may be able to walk around, but you will likely be high as a kite on pain killers. Nevermind. That should make the posting even more interesting. Proceed.
You may be able to walk around, but you will likely be high as a kite on pain killers. Nevermind. That should make the posting even more interesting. Proceed.
Hah, this was exactly my thought! YEEEES, post on painkillers! Wheee!
DJ, I share your WTF-ery, even if I am feeling too impotently rageful and despairing to know what to say about it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
Nevermind. That should make the posting even more interesting. Proceed.
Hee!! What makes this even more interesting is that this will only be the fourth time I've been put under, and my first surgical procedure since I had one of those earwax tubes inserted when I was eight, so I have no idea how I'm going to react to either the general anasthesia or bigtime painkillers. The last time I had those was for one day when I had my wisdom teeth yanked in high school, and all I did then was sleep all day long.
