Wednesday Wallowings

[cabenson]

I am sitting here in my home office, drinking coffee and eating PopTarts while the kitties enjoy the last few minutes of open windows before I shut them all and turn the AC back on. Why am I home? Today is Doomsday for Mrs. CB. In three hours, we will be checking her in at Outpatient Services for a butt-tubing. That's right people, she's having a colonoscopy and it can't be over soon enough -for either of us. And the patient prep for this procedure? Yeah, I'm not even gonna go there.

I will be playing the role of dutiful spouse (at least while she is conscious)and taking care of things at Casa Cabenson today. Therefore, I ask you to keep BOTH of us in your thoughts today as usually, I am the one being taken care of.

Had a disturbing dream this morning after Feline Alarm Cat finally realized that I was NOT getting up. I dreamed that we were taking my oldest niece to college, and when we got there we realized that she had nothing. Her parents had given her nothing-no food, no money for books, no computer, NOTHING. So me, Mrs CB, MamaCB and Niece were scrambling all over this huge, unfamiliar city trying to get her what she needed to get started. What does all this mean? Probably that she will be living with us her freshman year at The Ohio State University, providing she still wants to go there. We have two years....we have two years.

What else is happening? I am having more good days than bad days with the asthma, but they all seem to get worse as the day progresses. The lack of breathing makes exercising difficult, so I an going to try the yoga thing again and see if I can at least keep my spine stretched out.

Mrs CB returns to school next Monday and is wildly excited about being at a new school. I am wildly excited about her having other adults to talk to, because after 8 hours on the phone, I am not so into talking. Don't get me wrong, I love where I work, but anymore, I just hate telephones. I cringe when they ring at home, and that makes me think I shouldn't be in customer service.

In the fandom world, I may have one last fic to roll out before the new season starts. I am going to work on it some today while the wife is getting hosed. I have 2 vids in my mental queue, but they have taken a backseat as I have to actually sit at my PC to do them- stoopid back. I also need to get my fics moved over to my fic journal/comm so I can keep this place for my more mundane musings...and Fair Pics.

I need to come up with my annual "New Shows/Returning Shows I can't Wait to See" list- maybe next time.

Anyway, time to close up the windows. I have to admit, that since my snothole surgery 6 mos ago, my allergies have hardly bothered me, even when the atmosphere is "dripping with ragweed pollen" /NBC4 Weatherman. Of course my lungs have given out, but hey, a win's a win!

Comments

[bluepoet.livejournal.com]

Gramps had the hosing pre-surgery, so I've heard all about that fun. Best to both of you for surviving that and this day. At least she has a legitimate excuse to rip some good farts.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

At least she has a legitimate excuse to rip some good farts.

One of the few procedures I know where they actively encourage such things. And she is ripping 'em BIG time ;)

[theholyinnocent.livejournal.com]

I love how in one paragraph you veer from the delicious joy of Pop Tarts & coffee to the ickiness of colonoscopy.

Hope all goes well with Mrs. CB! I'll be thinking of you guys. My sister had a colonoscopy earlier this year, as part of her "celebration" of turning 50.

I think yoga is a great choice of exercise--it's low impact and won't have you gasping for breath all the time. And I'm sure the cats will be quelle intrigued by you contorting yourself all over the floor.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

Everything went well and I have her home, devourig peanutbutter like it's going out of production.

I'm actually hoping the yoga will help me with my breathing as well, cause that walk to get the car just about did me in.

I love how in one paragraph you veer from the delicious joy of Pop Tarts & coffee to the ickiness of colonoscopy.
What can I say? I mean, I used to be stirring other people's crap before most of you had your morning coffee ;)

[theholyinnocent.livejournal.com]

devourig peanutbutter like it's going out of production.

That should do wonder for keeping the old colon lubed!

Scandinavian Goddesses in Beijing

[raginhoops.livejournal.com]

Ok,
I am perplexed that you've not mentioned anything about the Olympics, esp. since you are a virtual shut in and there are such specimens as Gro Hammerseng and Natja Nyberg to comment on. They make memories of ABBA waft away.

Re: Scandinavian Goddesses in Beijing

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

I think your Scandinavian goddesses are QUITE smoking hot, but true, I have not been as hooked on the Olympics as usual.I'm more of a Winter Games girl, which is weird, cause Hello, the hotties wear less clothes in the summer.

I have been writing almost every night and while I have the games on, I get no hott handball action. Now the wife? She has been watching them all day while I'm out struggling to breath through my shift of boredom.

Gro is a tall drink of water though...oh my.

Re: Scandinavian Goddesses in Beijing

[raginhoops.livejournal.com]

Norway vs Russia in the finals saturday USA channel, on the guide handball bronze and gold matches 2 am through 10am along with other stuff. Set the DVR - you'll want to see this. The Norway Korea game ending was the stuff of legend. Check it out and you will be hooked too. BTW, my wife is demanding a life sized poster of Gro for christmas.
A tidbit from the Euro girls- during an on-line QA, some guy asked if he could have her for Christmas. She answered,"Only if Santa thinks you are really,really good." Heheehhheee. She's funny enough for your harem.

Re: Scandinavian Goddesses in Beijing

[raginhoops.livejournal.com]

Oh, and if tall, blonde and buff doesn't cut it, the Russians have many rather rough women to dominate and slap you around.

[ralst.livejournal.com]

I hope everything goes well for MrsCB.

Phones are the invention of the devil, I tell you. If any normal person sat in the corner of your room and screamed and screamed until you decided to drop everything and talk to them, you'd have them sectioned under the mental health act. But just because people do it via a telephone they think it's acceptable behaviour. Ban the things, I say, and return the world to the gentler time of hand-written letters, or at least e-mails you can ignore until you want to read them.

[darandkerry.livejournal.com]

Prep for these things are so much worse than the actual test - very good drugs though, even the 'amnesia' one. Did Mrs. CB have to drink the colyte or take pills? I sure hope it was the pills as colyte is the worst - I've sarcastically nicknamed it go-lite as that is the farthest from the truth. I meant to e-mail you and tell you both what to expect as I've been so very lucky to have had two colonoscopies, but it slipped my mind. Hmm...perhaps it was me who had the versed instead. Hope all went well, and she's given a clean bill of health. I know for a fact that her colon's clean as a whistle - literally.

Damn asthma. I was hoping you'd improve. :(

Looking forward to more words from you.

[stargazer1960.livejournal.com]

I will agree that the prep was worse than the procedure. I had an IV of Versad. Inserting the IV was a task that took three nurses and three different body parts. After that, I remember nothing.

[hippychild.livejournal.com]

Ah wish Mrs CB good luck from me! My friend has to do this and they make her take a small drink and a big drink. The effects of which she has shared with me, which is enough to make me have EVERY sympathy for Mrs CB. Although one year my friend was having this done on Halloween so she though about painting a pumpkin on her butt. So that is something to consider for the future :p

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