monday musings
Oct. 3rd, 2005 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redxdollxshoesIt's been a strange sort of week.
1. My cousin Emma visited last Wed from Bloomington, Indiana. She and a couple friends went to see MIA at the Metro. They were only staying for one night, but it was happy because I haven't seen her in two years. We were going to get breakfast the next morning and then they were going to go shopping at H&M, but unfortunately she got sick beyond belief from eating crepes at Clarkes the night before after the show. She has a very weak stomach...last time she visited she drank too much at Exit and spent the entire next day throwing up. That's what happened this time too, except she didn't drink too much, so she thinks there might have been some sort of meat item in the crepes, like maybe they were cooked in lard (she's been vegetarian since birth). Wouldn't be surprised...goddess knows how often Clarkes cleans their stoves. So she spent her day in Chicago being violently ill and then having to be driven back to Indiana for about 5 hours before she felt better. Poor thing. I told her she needs to visit again soon so we can break the Chicago Curse of her getting sick when she visits.
2. Thursday night,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hologram_golem and I spent a lovely evening at the ER. The problem with his, as the doctor put it, "down below" hasn't gotten better, even with antibiotics. We were there from midnight to 5AM. They did an ultrasound and didn't find anything, so the doctor prescribed stronger antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. Still hasn't worked. He's back at the first doctor right now. It's hard to watch him be this miserable, and although I don't want anything to be wrong, I really hope they figure out what's causing this.
3. On Saturday night our friend Ian was having a birthday party for his dog Knuckles. I was totally looking forward to an Ian-party with lots of food, people we haven't seen in awhile, and dogs running around. But I had a hard time sleeping Friday night, and had to get up at 5:30AM to work for ten hours. I was so exhausted when I got home, the idea of going out made me want to cry, even though I wanted to. In the end, I had a nice evening watching Lost In Translation and working on a hat for my Dad for Xmas, but I was still disappointed. On Sundays I wake up at 6:30, and for some reason that doesn't wipe me out as much as 5:30. I think I might start driving to work on Saturdays. I've resisted because it seems silly to pay $13 for parking when I could just pay $1.75 for the train, but if a little extra sleep in the morning is what I need to not be a zombie, then it might be worth it.
4. Going to see Wicked this Friday with my mom and aunt. Terribly excited.
5. Going to seeeyeinject next week in beautiful Southern IL. (Hey, Amy, do you think you could feed our kitties while we're gone? It's going to be Oct. 12-14) Three days in a row with one of my favorite girls...yay!
6. Shawn's swollen testicles didn't stop us from seeing the Corpse Bride and Serenity. I liked Corpse Bride, but I wish I had been more impressed with it. It's very pretty, but the story was kind of eh. It really just made me want to watch Nightmare Before Christmas again, which is in my opinion a perfect Tim Burton movie. I was much more excited about the Goblet of Fire trailer, which was so cool I was bouncing up and down in my seat. All the same, I think I'm going to be the Corpse Bride for Halloween. Serenity of course, was a terribly happy thing (except for the stuff that wasn't happy...you know what I mean) and we'll probably see it again sometime soon.
1. My cousin Emma visited last Wed from Bloomington, Indiana. She and a couple friends went to see MIA at the Metro. They were only staying for one night, but it was happy because I haven't seen her in two years. We were going to get breakfast the next morning and then they were going to go shopping at H&M, but unfortunately she got sick beyond belief from eating crepes at Clarkes the night before after the show. She has a very weak stomach...last time she visited she drank too much at Exit and spent the entire next day throwing up. That's what happened this time too, except she didn't drink too much, so she thinks there might have been some sort of meat item in the crepes, like maybe they were cooked in lard (she's been vegetarian since birth). Wouldn't be surprised...goddess knows how often Clarkes cleans their stoves. So she spent her day in Chicago being violently ill and then having to be driven back to Indiana for about 5 hours before she felt better. Poor thing. I told her she needs to visit again soon so we can break the Chicago Curse of her getting sick when she visits.
2. Thursday night,
hologram_golem and I spent a lovely evening at the ER. The problem with his, as the doctor put it, "down below" hasn't gotten better, even with antibiotics. We were there from midnight to 5AM. They did an ultrasound and didn't find anything, so the doctor prescribed stronger antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. Still hasn't worked. He's back at the first doctor right now. It's hard to watch him be this miserable, and although I don't want anything to be wrong, I really hope they figure out what's causing this. 3. On Saturday night our friend Ian was having a birthday party for his dog Knuckles. I was totally looking forward to an Ian-party with lots of food, people we haven't seen in awhile, and dogs running around. But I had a hard time sleeping Friday night, and had to get up at 5:30AM to work for ten hours. I was so exhausted when I got home, the idea of going out made me want to cry, even though I wanted to. In the end, I had a nice evening watching Lost In Translation and working on a hat for my Dad for Xmas, but I was still disappointed. On Sundays I wake up at 6:30, and for some reason that doesn't wipe me out as much as 5:30. I think I might start driving to work on Saturdays. I've resisted because it seems silly to pay $13 for parking when I could just pay $1.75 for the train, but if a little extra sleep in the morning is what I need to not be a zombie, then it might be worth it.
4. Going to see Wicked this Friday with my mom and aunt. Terribly excited.
5. Going to see
eyeinject next week in beautiful Southern IL. (Hey, Amy, do you think you could feed our kitties while we're gone? It's going to be Oct. 12-14) Three days in a row with one of my favorite girls...yay! 6. Shawn's swollen testicles didn't stop us from seeing the Corpse Bride and Serenity. I liked Corpse Bride, but I wish I had been more impressed with it. It's very pretty, but the story was kind of eh. It really just made me want to watch Nightmare Before Christmas again, which is in my opinion a perfect Tim Burton movie. I was much more excited about the Goblet of Fire trailer, which was so cool I was bouncing up and down in my seat. All the same, I think I'm going to be the Corpse Bride for Halloween. Serenity of course, was a terribly happy thing (except for the stuff that wasn't happy...you know what I mean) and we'll probably see it again sometime soon.
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Date: 2005-10-05 03:44 am (UTC)Argh! Urge to kill...rising!