Nothing to offer, but I feel for you, Calli.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Sep 29, 2025 10:31:02 am PDT #9494 of 9529
Always Anti-fascist!
Steph L. - Sep 29, 2025 3:38:22 pm PDT #9495 of 9529
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Onerous tasks achieved today:
Long-ass article edited
Batch of copycat Starbuck's egg bites made
Sink full of dishes washed
Load of clothes washed, dried, and put away
Toilet scrubbed
Bathroom sink scoured
This evening I will watch Monday Night Football without any guilt that I should be accomplishing something. (Not that I expect the Bengals to do shit, but hey.)
And Zepbound shot #8 is tonight. The GI side effects seem to be under control (knock on wood).
Week 4 of cancer treatment started this morning — almost halfway through! Tim's voice is getting kind of raspy, which was a thing we knew might happen.
-t - Sep 29, 2025 4:31:15 pm PDT #9496 of 9529
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You are knocking the onerousness out of the park, Tep!
DavidS - Sep 29, 2025 5:05:05 pm PDT #9497 of 9529
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You are knocking the onerousness out of the park, Tep!
Seriously! You are Adulting With Advanced Degree of Difficulty!
meara - Sep 29, 2025 6:14:23 pm PDT #9498 of 9529
Go onerosity! I managed to make an appointment to get my windshield replaced, but they don’t do home visits. So I made an appointment for Saturday morning. Booo.
askye - Sep 30, 2025 5:51:26 am PDT #9499 of 9529
Thrive to spite them
That is a lot of tasks done Tep!
-t I found the recipe online. Actually I found several websites that had the recipe verbatim but made it sound like they had written it. But I did find one that correctly attributed it and it's here [link]
After reading a few different recipes I think I figured out another issue ...I over processed the lentils. I found a recipe that warned not to let it get to a pureed form which I let it get that far.
Also the cookbook suggested serving these with tomato chutney or ketchup. But M ended up using Green Goddess dressing and also put them in a pita like a faux falafel sandwich
Steph L. - Sep 30, 2025 10:11:27 am PDT #9500 of 9529
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Chemo treatment #4 (of 7) is over, so Tim is officially more than halfway done with chemo! The current new plan for his BP getting so low on weekends is that on Friday morning after his radiation, he'll get a bag of IV fluids, and that volume boost should help his BP stay normal. Fingers crossed!
JenP - Sep 30, 2025 10:47:01 am PDT #9501 of 9529
Yay for more than halfway through and for liquid boosts!
DavidS - Sep 30, 2025 11:24:44 am PDT #9502 of 9529
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Chemo treatment #4 (of 7) is over, so Tim is officially more than halfway done with chemo!
Almost there!
The current new plan for his BP getting so low on weekends is that on Friday morning after his radiation, he'll get a bag of IV fluids, and that volume boost should help his BP stay normal. Fingers crossed!
IV fluids are the way go. I know a guy who is an EMT who - as a favor - would swing by the house of any of his Nurse friends with dire hangovers and give them a quick bag of saline.
-t - Sep 30, 2025 11:47:29 am PDT #9503 of 9529
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Over halfway through, hooray! IV fluids seem to be pretty much magically effective from what I've seen, and increasing volume makes sense.