...AAAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAaaAAAHHhHhhhhhHHH!!!!!!!!!!
>_<
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Here ya go, 'Tan!
Took this from Itanya, who in turn took it from someone else (Dubbage I believe)... anyways, here we go -
[-]Three names you go by:
1] Shirley (not exactly by choice, but ya know, gotta answer to SOMETHING in the real world…)
2] Raven (not as much as before though – that #3 one below kinda took over…)
3] Talathar
[-]Three Screen Names:
1] RavenDylondar
2] Talathar
3] Branwynne
[-]Three Physical Things You Like About Yourself:
1] My smile
2] My hair (except when it’s in my eyes – then it’s just annoying)
3] My eyes (is why I put up with contact lenses, aftaru all ^^)
[-]Three Physical Things You Don't Like About Yourself:
1] My weight and physical weakness
2] My lower left back (rollerblading injury – I tend to limp slightly sometimes… alright technically it’s my butt, it still tends to hurt)
3] My left shoulder (it’s weak and tends to hurt with too much computer-time)
[-]Three Things That Scare You:
1] spiders
2] tight, enclosed spiders… errr… I mean, spaces (there’s a story behind #1 and #2…)
3] did I say spiders? and enclosed spaces? okay, then swimming pools (yes there’s a story behind this one too)
[-]Three Everyday Essentials:
1] food
2] friends
3] computer (with internet connection, of course)
[-]Three Things That You Are Wearing:
1] glasses
2] brace for my right hand
3] white socks
[-]Three Favorite Songs at The Moment:
1] Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson
2] Schism - Tool
3] Breathe – Anna Nalick
[-]Three Things You Want in a Romantic Relationship:
1] Humor
2] Intelligence
3] A certain amount of butt-kickittude
[-]Two Truths and a Lie:
1] I sing atrociously
2] I tend towards laziness if given half the chance
3] I don’t sleep enough
[-]Three Features You Like in the Opposite Sex:
1] A good sense of humor
2] A good sense of self (but not TOO much sense of self)
3] A cheery attitude (to offset my general tendency towards grumpiness)
[-]Three Favorite Hobbies:
1] reading
2] writing
3] gaming
[-]Three Things You Want to Do Really Badly Right Now:
1] sleep? (I’ve been told I don’t do this enough…)
2] move out
3] give certain people at my work-place a piece of my mind (too bad I can’t spare that…)
[-]Careers You Have Considered:
1] literature teacher
2] writer
3] bookseller
[-]Places You Want to Go on Vacation:
1] Kyoto, Japan (…if I can ever get a translator… no my Japanese isn’t good enough to get by…)
2] England
3] Epcot Center (…too bad the humidity would probably kill me…)
[-]Ways You are Stereotypically a Chick/Dude:
1] I get teary at the sad parts of movies >_>
2] I have a collection of stuffed animals – including a squid my grandmother made for me (shaddup or I’ll throw them all at you. except the squid. *hugs squid* :P)
3] kittens make me melt into a little puddle of goo. puppies and babies too. dammit.
[-]Three Celebrity [secret] Crushes:
1] *blink*
2] *blink again*
3] No really, seriously – I can’t think of any
[-]Three People Who You Want to Take this Quiz:
1] Keith
2] Zeron
3] Zan
[-]Three names you go by:
1] Shirley (not exactly by choice, but ya know, gotta answer to SOMETHING in the real world…)
2] Raven (not as much as before though – that #3 one below kinda took over…)
3] Talathar
[-]Three Screen Names:
1] RavenDylondar
2] Talathar
3] Branwynne
[-]Three Physical Things You Like About Yourself:
1] My smile
2] My hair (except when it’s in my eyes – then it’s just annoying)
3] My eyes (is why I put up with contact lenses, aftaru all ^^)
[-]Three Physical Things You Don't Like About Yourself:
1] My weight and physical weakness
2] My lower left back (rollerblading injury – I tend to limp slightly sometimes… alright technically it’s my butt, it still tends to hurt)
3] My left shoulder (it’s weak and tends to hurt with too much computer-time)
[-]Three Things That Scare You:
1] spiders
2] tight, enclosed spiders… errr… I mean, spaces (there’s a story behind #1 and #2…)
3] did I say spiders? and enclosed spaces? okay, then swimming pools (yes there’s a story behind this one too)
[-]Three Everyday Essentials:
1] food
2] friends
3] computer (with internet connection, of course)
[-]Three Things That You Are Wearing:
1] glasses
2] brace for my right hand
3] white socks
[-]Three Favorite Songs at The Moment:
1] Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson
2] Schism - Tool
3] Breathe – Anna Nalick
[-]Three Things You Want in a Romantic Relationship:
1] Humor
2] Intelligence
3] A certain amount of butt-kickittude
[-]Two Truths and a Lie:
1] I sing atrociously
2] I tend towards laziness if given half the chance
3] I don’t sleep enough
[-]Three Features You Like in the Opposite Sex:
1] A good sense of humor
2] A good sense of self (but not TOO much sense of self)
3] A cheery attitude (to offset my general tendency towards grumpiness)
[-]Three Favorite Hobbies:
1] reading
2] writing
3] gaming
[-]Three Things You Want to Do Really Badly Right Now:
1] sleep? (I’ve been told I don’t do this enough…)
2] move out
3] give certain people at my work-place a piece of my mind (too bad I can’t spare that…)
[-]Careers You Have Considered:
1] literature teacher
2] writer
3] bookseller
[-]Places You Want to Go on Vacation:
1] Kyoto, Japan (…if I can ever get a translator… no my Japanese isn’t good enough to get by…)
2] England
3] Epcot Center (…too bad the humidity would probably kill me…)
[-]Ways You are Stereotypically a Chick/Dude:
1] I get teary at the sad parts of movies >_>
2] I have a collection of stuffed animals – including a squid my grandmother made for me (shaddup or I’ll throw them all at you. except the squid. *hugs squid* :P)
3] kittens make me melt into a little puddle of goo. puppies and babies too. dammit.
[-]Three Celebrity [secret] Crushes:
1] *blink*
2] *blink again*
3] No really, seriously – I can’t think of any
[-]Three People Who You Want to Take this Quiz:
1] Keith
2] Zeron
3] Zan
Monday, August 15, 2005
Grandpa, Pt III
Grandpa was released from the hospital today. He's on medication to control his blood pressure, and has to really change his diet. It's an aneurysm that's giving him the trouble, the doctor said.
Thanks everyone out there who offered support. ^^
Thanks everyone out there who offered support. ^^
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Grandpa, Pt. II
I'm kinda worried - grandpa seemed a little confused today. It's probably the medication and all. But still, he seems a little mixed up about things. It makes me worry, especially since the family can't seem to track down the doctor. If grandpa isn't able to understand what the doctor is saying when things are being explained, there's a problem.
I don't know if it's just by chance or by design, but we keep just missing the doctor. It's irritating. And troubling. We just want clarification. We want to know what's going on. We need a few answers. We need a little reassurance.
We ain't getting any.
You wanna know how angry an angry tarutaru can get, mistaru doctaru? You is aboutaru to findy outaru pretty soon...
=_=
I don't know if it's just by chance or by design, but we keep just missing the doctor. It's irritating. And troubling. We just want clarification. We want to know what's going on. We need a few answers. We need a little reassurance.
We ain't getting any.
You wanna know how angry an angry tarutaru can get, mistaru doctaru? You is aboutaru to findy outaru pretty soon...
=_=
Grandpa
My grandpa is in the hospital right now. He's doing better, and it's not as bad as the doctor originally thought it was, and he's out of the ICU now, but still it was scary for a bit.
I got a call on my cell phone on Thursday. It was my cousin. She left a message, which I didn't notice until right before lunch. I listened to the message as I was walking out to my car.
I almost didn't make it to the car.
On Wednesday, it seems my grandfather complained to my cousin about not being able to breath. So they called his heart doctor, who advised he take some nitro and then go to emergency. Once there, they started taking xrays and running tests, and determined that it looked like there was an artery that was clogged 100%. They pumped him up with blood pressure meds, and said they were going to run more tests and do an angiogram on Thursday afternoon.
I was shaking. I called my cousin back, and she said she was in touch with the doctor's office, and would call with any updates. I tried calling my mom, and I left a message at home. No one called me back, so I assumed no one got the messages. I went to lunch and forced myself to eat. I went back to work and told my manager what was going on. I waited for my cousin to call back anxiously, while trying to pretend to work, because I couldn't focus and couldn't concentrate.
At 5, I rushed home (in my old, beat-up car), changed, and rushed to the hospital to visit the grandfather. The mom and the dad were not home, but I didn't want to wait. We had just arrived at the hospital when my mom called, demanding more information, which of course I didn't have yet.
We went in to visit, talked to my cousin, who said the doctor hadn't come in yet, and that the nurses didn't really have any information to give us. We stayed until they kicked us out for their shift rotation, and I started back for home. I called my mom, got a bit singed for not having more information to give her (ouch, teach me to forget to don the flame-retardant suit), then picked something up for dinner on the way back. After dinner, my mom and 2 of her sisters went back to the hospital to see if they could find out more information, but the doctor never came and they came back at around 11:30 or so, exhausted.
Friday morning, I decided to not go to work, and help my mom and my aunt wait at the hospital. They went early, I went a little later on. Grandpa was glad to see us, and seemed more at ease with the company, although he kept dozing offl. We waited most of the morning, until nearly 12, when the nurses came to take grandpa for some more testing. They said they'd be back in an hour or two, so we went to lunch. We came back, but at 2 grandpa still wasn't back. We waited longer, and finally around 3ish he was back - but we had missed the doctor, and there was still no news.
At around 4 or so, the ICU nurse came to say that they were moving grandpa out of the ICU and to another room upstairs, because his condition was no longer critical. He had dinner first (the rice wasn't sticky, the food didn't taste good without salt, but he got vanilla wafers for dessert - grandpa loves his dessert), then they moved him. But still, no doctor. Finally around 6 or so, just as I was getting ready to take my mom home, the doctor showed up. He explained that the artery wasn't 100% blocked as they originally thought, but it was 60% or so clogged. But they still didn't know what was causing the breathing problems, so they were going to hold him for a bit longer. Also his bloodpressure was irregular, so they had increased his medications to stabilize it.
Grandpa was feeling better though. He was joking with the nurses, and eager to watch the Angels/Mariners game. Always a good sign, when Grandpa can complain about how the Angels keep choking under the pressure of away games.
^_^;
I got a call on my cell phone on Thursday. It was my cousin. She left a message, which I didn't notice until right before lunch. I listened to the message as I was walking out to my car.
I almost didn't make it to the car.
On Wednesday, it seems my grandfather complained to my cousin about not being able to breath. So they called his heart doctor, who advised he take some nitro and then go to emergency. Once there, they started taking xrays and running tests, and determined that it looked like there was an artery that was clogged 100%. They pumped him up with blood pressure meds, and said they were going to run more tests and do an angiogram on Thursday afternoon.
I was shaking. I called my cousin back, and she said she was in touch with the doctor's office, and would call with any updates. I tried calling my mom, and I left a message at home. No one called me back, so I assumed no one got the messages. I went to lunch and forced myself to eat. I went back to work and told my manager what was going on. I waited for my cousin to call back anxiously, while trying to pretend to work, because I couldn't focus and couldn't concentrate.
At 5, I rushed home (in my old, beat-up car), changed, and rushed to the hospital to visit the grandfather. The mom and the dad were not home, but I didn't want to wait. We had just arrived at the hospital when my mom called, demanding more information, which of course I didn't have yet.
We went in to visit, talked to my cousin, who said the doctor hadn't come in yet, and that the nurses didn't really have any information to give us. We stayed until they kicked us out for their shift rotation, and I started back for home. I called my mom, got a bit singed for not having more information to give her (ouch, teach me to forget to don the flame-retardant suit), then picked something up for dinner on the way back. After dinner, my mom and 2 of her sisters went back to the hospital to see if they could find out more information, but the doctor never came and they came back at around 11:30 or so, exhausted.
Friday morning, I decided to not go to work, and help my mom and my aunt wait at the hospital. They went early, I went a little later on. Grandpa was glad to see us, and seemed more at ease with the company, although he kept dozing offl. We waited most of the morning, until nearly 12, when the nurses came to take grandpa for some more testing. They said they'd be back in an hour or two, so we went to lunch. We came back, but at 2 grandpa still wasn't back. We waited longer, and finally around 3ish he was back - but we had missed the doctor, and there was still no news.
At around 4 or so, the ICU nurse came to say that they were moving grandpa out of the ICU and to another room upstairs, because his condition was no longer critical. He had dinner first (the rice wasn't sticky, the food didn't taste good without salt, but he got vanilla wafers for dessert - grandpa loves his dessert), then they moved him. But still, no doctor. Finally around 6 or so, just as I was getting ready to take my mom home, the doctor showed up. He explained that the artery wasn't 100% blocked as they originally thought, but it was 60% or so clogged. But they still didn't know what was causing the breathing problems, so they were going to hold him for a bit longer. Also his bloodpressure was irregular, so they had increased his medications to stabilize it.
Grandpa was feeling better though. He was joking with the nurses, and eager to watch the Angels/Mariners game. Always a good sign, when Grandpa can complain about how the Angels keep choking under the pressure of away games.
^_^;