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And the polar vortex creeps down on you and devours your thermometer:

jrittenhouse Jan 05, 2014 11:59

Another fine product of...
Well, first things first…since I’ve been away for a while, I need to bring y’all back up to speed as to what’s going on here (or what *has* been going on here) but I figured I’d mix that in with more current stuff on my pointy head; simpler than trying to do one completely and then the other. I’ll tag the old news ( Read more... )

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Upcomng con non-situation:

jrittenhouse Dec 26, 2012 14:18

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Considering my physical situation, I was a fool to go to Worldcon, and couldn’t get to Windy, and it looks as if Capricon will likewise be Not A Good Idea To Attend. Not happy about this, but trying to not overstress any further, and being conservative on what my body can do right now. I see ( Read more... )

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Attempted recap:

jrittenhouse Dec 26, 2012 14:12

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If you hadn’t been watching - yes, I am out of the rehab place and have been since the 8th of December, and taking every-weekday Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments at Edward Hospital’s Wound Center, which involves me being sealed up in a big plastic tube for two hours with 100% oxygen at 2.5 time ( Read more... )

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Not healthy, nosir….

jrittenhouse Sep 22, 2012 07:42

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Apologies to the folks out there who have wondered if I fell into a dark pit, because I basically did.

During the National Skating Championship in Lincoln at the end of July, I got seriously blasted and drained by a week of 105-110F temperatures (I don’t do well in heat, and never have) and ( Read more... )

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I’ve become an addict:

jrittenhouse Sep 15, 2012 04:34

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Having to suck on endless piles of cough drops to prevent coughing fits -> Jim as chainsucker. Oh, it’s a sad story…

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Shallow:

jrittenhouse Dec 17, 2011 22:08

Mere didn’t go to practice this morning; all of us were really profoundly tired and under the weather, especially Susan, who has really been ganked by her sinus infection. Nobody had a lot of energy to do anything; Meredith decided to cook supper up from scratch, and did a pretty darn fair job of it. Last I saw her, she had finished her homemade ( Read more... )

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OObleck:

jrittenhouse Dec 14, 2011 17:26

While Susan and Mere were at a school concert (Mere’s a flautist in the orchestra) I was home watching Connie with the three dogs. As soon as they left, however, Jack went through a huge fit of separation anxiety - aroo, aroo, whine **screeeech** barkbarkbark.
This went on for over two hours, pretty endlessly. This then got the other two barking ( Read more... )

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Lousy night:

jrittenhouse Dec 11, 2011 06:19

Susan went to bed early, coming down with a cold and just exhausted physically and mentally. I offered (while I was trying to catch up on laundry) to look after Connie after she went to bed. Didn’t expect it to be an up-all-night affair.

Connie started really getting confused and agitated; she wanted to get up out of bed, and started saying ( ( Read more... )

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Not yet:

jrittenhouse Dec 11, 2011 01:24

It’s been a very strange day, to say the least. Connie is still with us, even joking to Susan and Connie’s sister Marlyce about things. Quoting Susan:

Mom hasn’t lost her sense of humor. Marlyce was telling her that she would take care of me for her. Mom very seriously told her that she knew she would, and “Don’t be too nosey”. Cracked us both ( Read more... )

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Coming down the stretch:

jrittenhouse Dec 10, 2011 11:03

Yesterday, Connie just would not let Susan get very far from her - as a comfort, a rock, someone to keep the fear away. I went out last night for dinner with some friends, and came back to find Susan just where she had been; in a chair next to Connie’s bed, keeping an eye on her. I was very tired and went to bed soon after; Susan was supposed to ( Read more... )

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