Another headache.

[moderately_mad]

Our son had a vicious headache just a little while ago. He's either sleeping, or nearly sleeping, on the window-seat now.

We took him to see X-Men III tonight. (Which was a darker movie than I expected.) We drove into Anoka, picked up his sister and went off on our outing. He seemed fine through the movie, if a little tired on the way home

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[woggie]

Two questions about paragraph 6:
Tharn?

and

third sentence after the semi-colon, "ho told you so"? See, you're telling me things about your personal life I never thought you'd confess to (teasing). :)

[spade0014]

"Tharn" is a word my mother uses to describe a "deer in the headlights" sort of reaction to a situation, where one just shuts down and seems unable to function properly for a time. I believe she first saw it in a Stephen King novel, and since then she has adapted it nicely to her own interesting vocabulary. She may be able to tell you more about this "tharn" thing, but that's the basic idea of it.

[woggie]

Thanks. :)

How's the head? Was it an actual migraine?

[moderately_mad]

This one is from my daughter. Though Ch-- could probably speak this well, he would be unlikely to type so much at a time. That's one of our projects for the summer -- teaching him to type so that he can actually express some of his thoughts without having to do the torturous handwriting thing. I'm going to set him up with an lj too ... strictly filtered of course. (You're one of the folks I was planning to ask to friend him. I haven't figured out how to work that yet, because I certainly don't want anyone to have to filter their thoughts.)

As far as we'll ever know, yes it was a migraine. (As evidenced by his near coma following the mid-night events and his chipper mood this morning. He's a different kid when it happens.)

[woggie]

I am chastened. Or chastized. Or something. :)

Well, you know in advance I won't filter my thoughts for anyone if I don't feel like filtering my thoughts. He should be more than mature enough to handle whatever I type, given his parental units. And if he has questions I suspect he'll ask them, and I'll be sure to give him my best answers. :)

Yeah, I don't have migraines often, but that all sure sounded like one. My approach is to recognize when they're coming, take two aspirin, and shut myself in for the rest of the day, hoping to sleep it off. Light sensitivity is the first thing I notice. If I catch it early enough, those aspirin and a nap will handle it. If I don't catch it in time, there's little that can save me from the pain. :(

Tell me when he gets his LJ. :)

[moderately_mad]

Thank you darling girl. You must read Watership Down this summer ... it will make you bawl but it's wonderful. (Rabbits ... it's all about rabbits.)

[wynndow]

"Tharn" is from "Watership Down" and describes frozen-in-place-unable-to-act rabbit in the headlights thing. Great word.

[woggie]

I've just referred to it as "frozen", although "shell-shocked" also applies. :)

[moderately_mad]

Thank you my dear friend that has read every book I've ever read.

[memegarden]

Tharn citation

Thank you for using it, Wren; I was utterly charmed to recognize it.

[moderately_mad]

Well it's good to know that my daughter and my girlfriend keep up with my journal better than I do! Yikes. Um. Yes. What they said. My daughter always assumes that my made up words originate with my beloved Stephen. (She's thinking of "shock-flesh" another all time favorite.)

I got a good giggle out of telling R-- that I called him my ho ... thanks for pointing that out. I refuse to fix it :)

[woggie]

I see. Daughter. Here I accused her of being your son. I feel I must apologize. Will you pass it on to her for me? :)

Shock-Flesh??

Dearie, what you do with your hos is your business. You know if I get really curious I'll ask. I'm just that way. :)

[spade0014]

No offense taken. My brother is probably smarter than I ever will be so I should probably even consider it to be a compliment.

[woggie]

That you responded in that way exposes your intellectual and emotional maturity for what it is. I suspect you're not that far behind your brother. Boys are often just louder than girls, in my experience. :)