remicade, exploding cars, and snugglefest 2006
it was a day like any other...
(do stories that start that way ever end up being interesting? let's find out!)
so, I finally had my remicade infusion yesterday. better late than never, really. I ran into a slight setback when the nurse connected me to my IV, took her eyes off of the needle, and then moved the needle just slightly enough to cause blood squirt out of my wrist. even sadder is that that's not the first time that's happened to me... don't get me started on the first time I had to have blood drawn. oh jeebus.
anyhow, mum met me at virginia mason to pick me up, given that I'm not supposed to drive after infusions. just then, ted messages me and says, I'm getting in an hour earlier than planned, w00t! which was amazing. but, it only gave mom and I an hour before we had to be at the ferry dock. we decided to go grab a burger and head down to the dock together at 6.
for those of you not in the know, seattle was a pants-dropping ninety-six degrees yesterday. which isn't as uncomfortable as 96 in los angeles, given our higher quality of ozone, but is still pretty fuckin atrocious.
so, mom and I and our tragic saturn head down to the dock. we pull off to the side, load up teh ted, and wait for the traffic from the mariner game to let us in the other lane. by now, all three of us have noticed that the car's temperature is in the red zone. and sure enough, no sooner do we get let into the lane when FOOM!! smoke plumes out from underneath the hood.
we made it about 10 feet before we had to pull over again, and fortunately, a family of experienced mechanics was walking down the street at that moment. they helped us pop the hood and evaluated the sight for us, told us not to put any water in (which is...totally what I would have thought to do...) and to call aaa. when we called aaa, they said it would take 1-2 hours to get a truck out there. so, at her offering, I left my aaa card and cell phone with mom and ted and I walked to the 21 bus stop to ride to my house.
added into the adventure of seattle under exhausting heat: a man had passed out in front of a starbucks we went into to score free water, and other people's cars could be seen smoking and leaking fluid. some poor saps had to pull over, just like we did, and pour oil, only to have it leak out again from the bottom. so, really, we were all in it together.
once ted and I made it to my domicile, I hurried to get things together and go- dad was in one of his moods, and seemed to be so frustrated about the car episode that he almost seemed to be waiting for me to get home so he could bitch- I went into the fridge, grabbed as much beer as I could find, and we left.
we made the trek to rachael's house where we met up with her and jakub, both of them donned in novelty aprons and cooking multiple pots of pasta. I cracked a beer open posthaste and became hellbent on drinking, despite already feeling woozy from the infusion.
eventually, I had to lie back on the couch and settle my stomach, try to make the double vision subside... once I got my cool back, rachael's adorable niece had come home and was anxious to show me her favorite spot of the house. she lead me by her tiny little hand up the stairs and out onto the deck, where I had the opportunity to teach her some things about the world- the ocean, washington, stars, and other things that made her eyes widen.
when rachael announced that cookies were coming out of the oven, lily erupted with excitement, took me by the paw again, and went charging into the house singing, "cookie cookie cookie cookie cookie!!" she was so adorable and so charming that I wondered to myself if I would ever have a little girl as precious as she is. thinking about it actually made me feel kind of sad.
soon, more sadness presented itself. ted and I spent a good deal of time sitting outside, both of us inhaling the fresh air and the smell of his cigarettes, sniffling and talking, reminiscing, counting stars. my heartache was too intense for me to say much aloud, but somehow, looking up at the stars started to make me feel lighter.
not long after the silliness resurfaced, as we all relocated to rachael's brother's room and "explored" on his computer. I still needed some time outside, though, and craved the temperature and the smell of the water, so another hour or so was spent outside, having conversations under the stars. maybe I wanted to be out there partially so I could see them, I'm not really sure.
it made me feel better. I was dizzy and flushed in the cheeks and shedding lots of butterfly cacoons in my stomach, but the words were what I needed.
the only thing to top that part of the night was the discoveries we made on that computer. not to say it was a shocking discovery, but it was still enough for me to get all my giggles out.
jakub had taken up an offer to lie on rachael's amazingly comfortable bed, and claimed he'd only be 10 minutes or so... but I've felt that bed before, and I knew he wouldn't be back. we followed him into the bedroom and all laid down in a haphazard rachael-jakub-ted-kristen sandwich and gradually began to fall asleep. rachael and I talked to each other from across the mattress, covering some... pretty non-discreet topics of conversation, but ted was fast asleep and jakub, drifting in and out of consciousness, was a positive participator in our discussion. rachael and I, though, if we're in the right mood and in the right company, even guys, we'll talk about pretty much anything!
we all decided to just stay there for the night, squeezed onto rachael's fluffly fluffly bed. I didn't sleep much but it was still a good time... even when I was nearly strangled by ted's arm laying over my neck and blinded by his elbow jabbing me in the eye. still, totally worth it!!
so, as rachael said, now I can say that I woke up with two guys and one girl one morning... and one of them didn't even bother to take off his shoes. ho yeah.
today's been interesting while also managing to be dreadfully dull. this morning, our other car, an old and severly crappy subaru, also went up in smoke on my poor mother. I slept for about 2 hours, in a vain attempt to recharge from last night. it's entirely too hot to do anything, and I have after-nap grog, but tonight is my dear mollie's birthday romp at the pink door and a live burlesque show. oh life, why are you always teasing me with sexiness? (j/k...?)
the end!
(do stories that start that way ever end up being interesting? let's find out!)
so, I finally had my remicade infusion yesterday. better late than never, really. I ran into a slight setback when the nurse connected me to my IV, took her eyes off of the needle, and then moved the needle just slightly enough to cause blood squirt out of my wrist. even sadder is that that's not the first time that's happened to me... don't get me started on the first time I had to have blood drawn. oh jeebus.
anyhow, mum met me at virginia mason to pick me up, given that I'm not supposed to drive after infusions. just then, ted messages me and says, I'm getting in an hour earlier than planned, w00t! which was amazing. but, it only gave mom and I an hour before we had to be at the ferry dock. we decided to go grab a burger and head down to the dock together at 6.
for those of you not in the know, seattle was a pants-dropping ninety-six degrees yesterday. which isn't as uncomfortable as 96 in los angeles, given our higher quality of ozone, but is still pretty fuckin atrocious.
so, mom and I and our tragic saturn head down to the dock. we pull off to the side, load up teh ted, and wait for the traffic from the mariner game to let us in the other lane. by now, all three of us have noticed that the car's temperature is in the red zone. and sure enough, no sooner do we get let into the lane when FOOM!! smoke plumes out from underneath the hood.
we made it about 10 feet before we had to pull over again, and fortunately, a family of experienced mechanics was walking down the street at that moment. they helped us pop the hood and evaluated the sight for us, told us not to put any water in (which is...totally what I would have thought to do...) and to call aaa. when we called aaa, they said it would take 1-2 hours to get a truck out there. so, at her offering, I left my aaa card and cell phone with mom and ted and I walked to the 21 bus stop to ride to my house.
added into the adventure of seattle under exhausting heat: a man had passed out in front of a starbucks we went into to score free water, and other people's cars could be seen smoking and leaking fluid. some poor saps had to pull over, just like we did, and pour oil, only to have it leak out again from the bottom. so, really, we were all in it together.
once ted and I made it to my domicile, I hurried to get things together and go- dad was in one of his moods, and seemed to be so frustrated about the car episode that he almost seemed to be waiting for me to get home so he could bitch- I went into the fridge, grabbed as much beer as I could find, and we left.
we made the trek to rachael's house where we met up with her and jakub, both of them donned in novelty aprons and cooking multiple pots of pasta. I cracked a beer open posthaste and became hellbent on drinking, despite already feeling woozy from the infusion.
eventually, I had to lie back on the couch and settle my stomach, try to make the double vision subside... once I got my cool back, rachael's adorable niece had come home and was anxious to show me her favorite spot of the house. she lead me by her tiny little hand up the stairs and out onto the deck, where I had the opportunity to teach her some things about the world- the ocean, washington, stars, and other things that made her eyes widen.
when rachael announced that cookies were coming out of the oven, lily erupted with excitement, took me by the paw again, and went charging into the house singing, "cookie cookie cookie cookie cookie!!" she was so adorable and so charming that I wondered to myself if I would ever have a little girl as precious as she is. thinking about it actually made me feel kind of sad.
soon, more sadness presented itself. ted and I spent a good deal of time sitting outside, both of us inhaling the fresh air and the smell of his cigarettes, sniffling and talking, reminiscing, counting stars. my heartache was too intense for me to say much aloud, but somehow, looking up at the stars started to make me feel lighter.
not long after the silliness resurfaced, as we all relocated to rachael's brother's room and "explored" on his computer. I still needed some time outside, though, and craved the temperature and the smell of the water, so another hour or so was spent outside, having conversations under the stars. maybe I wanted to be out there partially so I could see them, I'm not really sure.
it made me feel better. I was dizzy and flushed in the cheeks and shedding lots of butterfly cacoons in my stomach, but the words were what I needed.
the only thing to top that part of the night was the discoveries we made on that computer. not to say it was a shocking discovery, but it was still enough for me to get all my giggles out.
jakub had taken up an offer to lie on rachael's amazingly comfortable bed, and claimed he'd only be 10 minutes or so... but I've felt that bed before, and I knew he wouldn't be back. we followed him into the bedroom and all laid down in a haphazard rachael-jakub-ted-kristen sandwich and gradually began to fall asleep. rachael and I talked to each other from across the mattress, covering some... pretty non-discreet topics of conversation, but ted was fast asleep and jakub, drifting in and out of consciousness, was a positive participator in our discussion. rachael and I, though, if we're in the right mood and in the right company, even guys, we'll talk about pretty much anything!
we all decided to just stay there for the night, squeezed onto rachael's fluffly fluffly bed. I didn't sleep much but it was still a good time... even when I was nearly strangled by ted's arm laying over my neck and blinded by his elbow jabbing me in the eye. still, totally worth it!!
so, as rachael said, now I can say that I woke up with two guys and one girl one morning... and one of them didn't even bother to take off his shoes. ho yeah.
today's been interesting while also managing to be dreadfully dull. this morning, our other car, an old and severly crappy subaru, also went up in smoke on my poor mother. I slept for about 2 hours, in a vain attempt to recharge from last night. it's entirely too hot to do anything, and I have after-nap grog, but tonight is my dear mollie's birthday romp at the pink door and a live burlesque show. oh life, why are you always teasing me with sexiness? (j/k...?)
the end!