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dodger_sister

The State Of My Union.

Aug 14, 2014 21:03

I was so sad to hear about Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall passing away this week. Lauren Bacall was a classy lady and I was so sorry to see her go. Robin Williams' death was just a shock and a tragedy. My dad was a huge fan of his when I was growing up. He was so delighted when we got cable and he discovered Nick At Nite had reruns of Mork ( Read more... )

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vikingprincess August 15 2014, 01:33:15 UTC

In reverse order:

Crazy week. Suffering through summer reading grading for AP. Can't decide if I am glad or disgusted that over half of the kids did not bother (glad: don't have to grade it. mad: don't be such lazy fucks, you fucking lazy fuckers who think you're so great but have no evidence proving it!).

Movies: GoTG is WONDERFUL!

Mom's surgery: Thank heavens, what an enormous relief, I'm so glad!

Medicaid: See comments on Mom above!

Tests - ugh, but yay for good results.

Evil children are evil. Hit them with rocks. (not really, but sheesh, crappy mother much?)

Robin Williams - SO AWFUL. I wish that knowing how much he impacted people's lives for the better could have made a difference in HIS life. I've teared up randomly all week. Lauren Bacall - not as sad, because she had a full long life.

Gotta get back to the grading. Hope to write this weekend. Mentioning again: two new short pieces on my journal that you might like if you haven't cruised on by. So crazy this week I can't remember. Boo!

dodger_sister August 20 2014, 21:01:46 UTC

Thank you, babe! Yes to all of this! Such a relief to be done with last week and and that it all went well. And holy shit, GotG was awesome! I am oddly attracted to Rocket, but despite him being a raccoon, I don't think you will be all that surprised by this confession.

Evil children are evil. Hit them with rocks. (not really, but sheesh, crappy mother much?)

I told myself if that little boy came at us one more time with his rude inappropriateness, I was going to tell him to get away from me before I beat his ass. Now, I never would, but I bet I could have said that to him and his mom wouldn't have even noticed. Thankfully, they called me back into the room right then. These kids were suffering from obvious malnutrition, combined with the behavior I saw form their mother, means they were being pretty severely neglected and that was as upsetting (or more upsetting actually) than anything they were saying and doing.

Robin Williams - SO AWFUL. I wish that knowing how much he impacted people's lives for the better could have ( ... )

vikingprincess August 21 2014, 00:00:22 UTC

I am oddly attracted to Rocket YOu do tend to like the short and furry dudes: Hobbits, for example! Dwarves, also. And Christian Kane. And Misha Collins. OMG, ROCKET TOTALLY FITS YOUR TYPE! :P

Can you report her to child services, maybe? I'm sure the doctor's office has all of her information....

Still getting all burny-eyed for Robin. Not crying, anymore, but that stinging feeling like you're ABOUT to cry? yeah, that. :(

dodger_sister August 21 2014, 22:54:52 UTC

YOu do tend to like the short and furry dudes: Hobbits, for example! Dwarves, also. And Christian Kane. And Misha Collins. OMG, ROCKET TOTALLY FITS YOUR TYPE! :P

AHAHAHAHA See, it totally makes sense. Actually, Rocket is just a tiny furry version of Jayne Cobb and you KNOW how I feel about Jayne Cobb!!!

Can you report her to child services, maybe? I'm sure the doctor's office has all of her information....

I may have been able to say something to the receptionist at the time I was there but odds are they would have just asked the mother to calm her children down as they were disrupting patients. They certainly wouldn't give me any of the people's information so that I could accurately report what I was seeing (using the terminology I was trained to report with) because of medical privacy issues. Sadly, I see way too many kids fall through the cracks, as I assume you do too.

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shirebound August 15 2014, 01:39:09 UTC

What a week! I'm very glad to hear that after so much stress, things are looking up both for you and for your mom.

I look forward to seeing "Into the Storm" when it's available on Netflix. I adore 'disaster' movies. :)

dodger_sister August 20 2014, 19:59:23 UTC

What a week! I'm very glad to hear that after so much stress, things are looking up both for you and for your mom.

Thank you! It was a lot to have coming at us all at once, but we made it through and it was all for the best, so I am relieved. <3

I look forward to seeing "Into the Storm" when it's available on Netflix. I adore 'disaster' movies.

Oh, me too! I think we've exchanged a favorites-list before. Into The Storm was like a combo of Twister and Storm Chasers - both ridiculous things I love. Plus, Richard Armitage was very hot in it. (I thought my sister was going to get us thrown out of the theater with her hysterics over how hot 'Thorin' was. ;)

matchboximpala August 15 2014, 05:09:59 UTC

dodger_sister August 20 2014, 20:53:54 UTC

Okay, mostly good news. Good test results (so far), your mom made it through and you got the Medicaid situation resolved. Thank goodness. Sadness that you are losing your fave PT aides, but you always seem to make new friends there so I am hoping for positive experiences in the future.

Thanks, babe! Yeah, things seem to have all worked out, which is a relief. And I know I'll get used to the new aides, but some of these people have been there for three of four years and it is hard to see them go. I have to get used to it - I'll be a patient there for the next 20+ years at least - and their young aides will come and go.

My week has been fine. I had one of those 'what happens in SF stays in SF' weekends, but I was more careful Sat night so my Sunday recovery was not nearly as painful.

LOL Okay, I won't ask then, since I'm not in SF! 8)

I wish gmail allowed you to customize these symbols, because I would replace the various stars, question points, and exclamation points with little Dean faces making different expressions. LOL, ( ... )

matchboximpala August 22 2014, 06:37:51 UTC

The SF game was okay -- 10 innings and they ended up losing to the Phillies, which was unexpected. We had better seats than I expected and a few rows behind us there was a guy who kept yelling out HILARIOUS editorial comments. He had us laughing through the whole game, so that was fun. We also had dinner before the game at a great restaurant that I definitely hope to visit again ( ... )

lindahoyland August 15 2014, 06:50:41 UTC

Glad things are looking up for you.

dodger_sister August 20 2014, 19:55:09 UTC

Glad things are looking up for you.

Thank you, darling! It was a crazy week last week, for sure, but it all worked out for the best, thank goodness. :)

bugeyedmonster August 15 2014, 13:57:43 UTC

Glad to hear about the Medicaid coming through for you. (This why I don't grumble about my taxes at tax time.)

Also glad to hear your mom is better.

Now you know why that kid is so rude. Kids don't know if they are being rude or misbehaving, an adult has to tell them. Now I'm wondering what life will be like for him 20 years from now. And why do people have kids, but don't parent them or care for them? (Okay, I'll admit that I'm one of those crazies that sometimes thinks we should put everyone on birth control, and then if folks want to have kids, they have to take a parenting class.)

Anyway, glad to hear things are looking up for you.

dodger_sister August 20 2014, 20:40:04 UTC

Glad to hear about the Medicaid coming through for you. (This why I don't grumble about my taxes at tax time.)

Thank you! And I appreciate you not grumbling about taxes. ;) Seriously, my own father bitches all the time about paying his taxes to fund these 'lazy welfare' people and I'm like, "Uh, hi, Dad?" Once he was in the waiting room with my sister, waiting for me to come out of surgery, bitching about Medicaid and how we should get rid of it and my sister was like, "You realize your daughter wouldn't be having this surgery right now if it weren't for Medicaid, right?" and my dad went, "Oh, uh...well, that's different." /shakes head/

Also glad to hear your mom is better.

Thank you! I am still in such shock over it all going so well! :)

Now you know why that kid is so rude. Kids don't know if they are being rude or misbehaving, an adult has to tell them. Now I'm wondering what life will be like for him 20 years from now. And why do people have kids, but don't parent them or care for them?YES! All of this. After I ( ... )