how about drinking?
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That's like a high five cuddle for Illi. Glad u pooped in but sorry ur still having trouble. 0 -
I'm not saying a word Kim, but make sure u and Sadie rest well.
Lori WATER LOL, that's so cute. OK what's Lockdown, OMG to much for my brain. Quail??? I'm sure u have to look it up for a recipe, I've never had it either. Good Luck.
Karen that's great for ur DH, good to hear.
Jazzy this is the time for u to write. U've got the time an once u start I'm sure it will pour out. U r a true wordsmith it probably will be easier than u think. Go for it Jazzy.
I talked to my sister and we really don't have anything new to talk about so we talk about food. She still cooks a little, when she feels up to it, but sits on a chair with wheels and glides around Over an hr. on the phone and food is all we could come up with. Tomorrow will talk about clean up.
Janky Great News for u and DH. BTW it's 3 for Thursday, well it should be. OMG this sentence was closer to the top before. How'd I do that. I missed something. Why did u get tested..
OK I'll see u all later.
LUBS
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Cami, it's pretty easy to stay low-carb and be imaginative with it--just ditch the grains (except for my ultra-low-carb hi-fiber bread in the a.m.), spuds & sugars.
Lori, quail are great on the grill. Marinate them, flatten them, cook till they hit 165 (they're not very meaty, so they'll cook fairly quickly. No need to skin them. One of our favorite Persian restaurants (there are two within 1.5 miles of us, and a third a couple miles west of that) cooks quail in a sauce called "fessenjan," out of pomegranate & spices. Yummy, but alas, a bit high in sugar (and likely thickened with starch) for me right now. They also use the sauce for fried chickpea dumplings that are very much like falafel.
DOTD (with roast chicken) was some more of that MI pinot noir. Just me tonight--Bob's overnighting in the Oak Lawn Hilton, ordering out from an Italian restaurant (all the stuff I can't eat so he doesn't bring it home) and watching in-room movies. So frustrating for him not to be able to use the pool; normally, his Exec. Fl. room includes a Happy Hour full bar with hot hors d'oeuvres and a full hot breakfast buffet (and I don't mean motel DIY waffles). Now, in pre-plague times a night alone at home meant either leftovers or cooking for one. But Cellars--our fave neighborhood restaurant/wine bar--just added Thursdays to its takeout/delivery nights (weekend dinners now are as successful as brunch used to be), so I ordered half a roast chicken with peas and grilled sweet potatoes (which I can have instead of the mashed spuds it comes with). Got a starter of a Caesar salad (no croutons) so I could make the $20 delivery minimum. Tomorrow night we'll order again from them--Bob's gonna want their fish & chips, chowder and crab cakes--I'll have my leftovers from tonight, plus sneak a crab cake. Their fish & chips is better than any I had in London, but batter-frying and fries are "glatt no-nos" now.
It was nice enough today to go out on the deck (though a good 15 degrees colder than out in Cami's neck of the woods). I even enjoyed gathering up the trash & recycling and hauling it out to our bins in the alley. Simple pleasures. Then I went on Facebook and saw my singing partner up in Madison had recorded a short ditty to a preexisting tune. Hmmmmm...maybe I could give it a try--so I wrote, recorded it and put it on Facebook. It's all about how to deal with house arrest and fend off the demons--how to "knock wood" in Yiddish & Italian. Here's the link to it on Facebook (this site's software can't let me post a video file): "Kinahurra" video
And here it is from YouTube:
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy TGIF day! Pardon me for ranting and raving for just a bit--feel free to skip over if you want to stay focused on the positive right now, I understand. I am so glad I went in to work early yesterday. I did the education stuff I needed to do with the night shift people, then I took over the early ayem screening for them. This means I was at the main entrance to the building, stopping each person as they come in, asking questions, taking temperature, recording names. Anyone with symptoms or fever is not allowed in. Anyone who refuses screening is not allowed in. Anyone creating a problem gets 911'd. We are currently in lock down, meaning NO visitors. Only exceptions are set up by one of 3 management people. New rule in effect as of yesterday ayem, no one that is not a nurse or nurses aid can walk through the residential hallways to get to their work station, they have to go around outside the building to an entrance near their area. Applies primarily to kitchen and maintenance staff. One of the people working in the kitchen has been sent to Maine by his company after being in several other states in the last 14 days, and has been instructed to wear a mask at all times and was supposed to be gone as of April 1. He hasn't been wearing a mask, and hasn't been using gloves properly and has been spoken too multiple times. He come walking up through the residential hallway to the front door to get screened ONE HOUR AFTER HE STARTED WORK. No mask. I take him to task for (1) not wearing a mask, (2) walking through the residential hallway, (3) not getting screened before entering the building.His response?He was told the kitchen staff doesn't need to be screened, they only need to use the back door. He isn't talking to residents, so he doesn't need a mask. He gives me attitude and begins to argue when I tell him he cannot walk back through the residential hallway. I give him an ultimatum, go back to the kitchen by walking around outside the building despite the pouring rain, or I call 911.I hand him a mask. He goes outside, throws the mask on the ground. I e-mail the administrator, this guy has now been thrown out of the building. The other staff (he is a manager and was supposed to be teaching staff safe food handling and infection control), that are pulling the same line are getting miffed when we enforce the rules.WHAT THE F@CK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???????I swear the next person who makes me out to be the bad person when I enforce the rules because it is inconvenient or somehow doesn't apply to that person is going to get a physical response. LOOK at these people we are trying to protect from getting sick and DYING.
OK, Rant over. Thanks for listening.I feel better.
Now I've got to get ready for work.Ketchup over the weekend!
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Karen, sounds like your husband is doing amazingly well with his recovery! He will be back to his old self in no time.
Jazzy, you are always such a busy little bee! And you are having fires already? Scary with all this wind. Looks like my song is "The Twist" by Chubby Checker!
Janky, so glad you are negative for the virus, that had to be scary.
BabyGirl, thank you for checking in and glad you are doing as good as you are. It all still sucks tho, and taking so long to resolve. But good news on the scans....woot woot!
Cami, a lockdown is when you can't go out, anywhere. And if you do, you could get a fine.
Sandy, I saw a recipe online with the pomagranite, however, not a food I have on hand and not driving an hour one way to get one!
NM, we all rant and it is a good way to get things off your chest. Glad he was thrown out, I hope it's permanantly!
The quail was ok. I marinated it in olive oil with some spices and roasted it. You pretty much have to pick it up and eat it with your fingers, biting around to find the meat. Being where and how we live, things are pretty much the same as always except for going out shopping. We only have 19 cases in our county with a population of about 75,000.
Found the poyfect cocktail for our DOTD, and I didn't make it up!
Isolation
4 oz. bourbon
2 oz. sweet vermouth
1 oz. pure maple syrup
½ oz. Campari
Luxardo Maraschino cherries
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Great song, Sandy! NM, I hear you. Seems like people deliberately misunderstand even though the rules are clear. There are so many ways to communicate and too many people are saying different things. People are being left to make a decision without the clear guidelines you have at your workplace.
I worked in the yard yesterday digging out new bed lines on the azalea beds. I was able to get about halfway around one bed. Very sore this morning, but will soldier on! I live on a busy local road and there was traffic all day. Where are these people going? Lots of people walking even in groups of three or more! Our governor still refuses to issue a shelter-in-place. Much confusion about what to do or not to do.
Started watching Ozark on Netflix. That show will certainly take your mind off what is happening. Very dark show, but very interesting and entertaining.
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Mornin ladies,
Sandy that was a really a cute and I know we all understood it video. Thanks for sharing. Poor Bob and all the workers in this crises, I have to say Sandy u have a lot of resources to keep u busy.
Oh Kim I read every word of this. All this pressure and u had to go thru this too. Wow what a terrible thing to go thru with a worker who should know better by now. I'm sorry u had this job to do, u of all people cuz ur such a gentle soul and don't like to have things like this going on around you. Chaos isn't ur thing at all. I know u'll stand strong and u know if u don't, it's all right Kim. U constantly give 120% of urself u can't do anymore. How he disrespected you and everyone in this is not acceptable, except to think he's probably at the end of his rope like so many are. And I'm not defending him.
JC maybe I should stream Ozark, I heard it was good tho even dark like u said.
Lori OK I get it now Lockdown. I tell u, we're almost there here, I think. There is no end in sight is what is scary Well I get to get my Xanax today.
Wishing everyone a safe and healthy day.
LUBS U ALL
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Sandy - great song! The hamsa is a favorite - I have a couple wall hangings and a couple necklaces with the hamsa. Also love the pomegranate.
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NM – Some people don't seem to be thinking about others and the rules are in place to protect them and others.Sorry you have to even deal with this stuff, where you work it would be common sense to do what you are doing.
Goldie – My bil used to shoot quail and they would eat it, I never had any. Glad you are away from everyone where you live.
Jazz- Sounds like you are staying busy, and always love the music you share.I looked up my song, but I forgot it already, wasn't one I recognized.
Teka – I love the way you write.It was simple and kind of like a poem.
JC – I watched Ozark, but haven't started season 3 yet.I think I might have to watch a little of season 2 to remind me of what is going on.I love the pictures of your walks.
Chi-Loved what I heard of the song, I am at work so did not get to listen to all of it, but plan to hear it all when I get home.
We are considered essential employees so we are still working, they are trying to set up some people to work from home. So far the ones that have been chosen are people that have other health problems and people with young kids at home. So I will have to see if it really happens I think I will probably end up staying here at the office. A lot of our work really can't be done from home, so it might just be part time at home and part time at work. I just go day by day. My daughter is out of work, I asked her if she needed money and she said that she has some savings and that she would be ok. My 2 sons are still working.
Everyone take care!
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My birthday #1 song---you're not gonna believe this, but...."I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat," by Mel Blanc. (Other sites I consulted earlier said it was Patti Page's "Tennessee Waltz"). That was back in the days of B&W TV, with the weekly show "Your Hit Parade," with the songs not necessarily performed by the artists who had the hit recordings, but rather the show's regulars. (Airplay & record sales were not as important yet in determining chart position as sheet music sales and radio listener requests). Except for novelty songs, the songs--not the records--were the thing (at least in pop music--country was actually a bit ahead of its time).
Bob is getting home earlier & earlier now. He got to Christ Hospital this morning only to find there were almost no echocardiograms to read, because doctors are closing their offices and not having them performed. He's next scheduled to stay over in Oak Lawn on the 30th, but thinks he'll cancel the reservation (and save a couple hundred bucks) and just drive down early in the morning on May 1.
Dinner tonight was the champagne Cellars' chef brought over last Sun. night, with appetizers; with dinner (my leftover chicken and Bob's fish & chips--which turned out to be sweet potato fries because they thought I was ordering tonight for the both of us and I always sub sweet potato fries for the regular one), more of that Sandhill Crane MI pinot--third night, and it's really blossoming.
Tomorrow, laundry and perhaps finally record & post the song I wrote in Dec. for the Acoustic Guitar Project, but couldn't perform at the showcase because I still had pertussis. (Gotta be careful where I post it, lest my sis see it--the lyrics are a spoiler alert as to what I plan to give her for her birthday, but it's not gonna get here in time for me to surprise her ON her birthday).
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Hi Ladies,
Lori it's funny but true.
Misty I didn't realize you are still working now. I wish u could from home. Now was ur DD laid off just for now or what. I met Teka almost from the time I started here and fell for her right off. We'd all be in conversations and she'd come on and in 1 sentence say it all, every time. Ya gotta luv someone like that.
What is everyone doing in order to keep everything going normally at ur home??? I mean groceries, paper products etc. Like for instance Marty works so he's the one that really goes to the store on the weekend. But he did say it's gotten much more organized for people with cooperation from the people. But still during the week we always seem to need something. IDK u gals all seem so together about everything. If it was up to me I would order everything, but Leslie has her theories about not really seeing the people handling our food and now since they are so far behind in deliveries she figures are they really wearing gloves and whatever.
I miss my guys too.
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I'm getting groceries delivered (WF and Instacart--Jewel & Plum Market), but Bob sometimes stops at the S. Loop Costco near Union Health to pick up vodka & such, which was how he scored that mega-pack of TP. I'm still rationing it for myself: in terms of squares, "three for pee, four for more." (Don't wanna get graphic, but losing weight has made it much easier to do the latter, uh, efficiently & neatly). But I am going through hand cream like crazy, from all the hand-washing I'm doing.
I was surprised this a.m. to be awakened by the exterminator (1st Fri. of the month). Was sure he wasn't coming, and he was surprised to find my housekeeper absent. (It's her vacation week, but she can stay out as long as she deems necessary, and really should through the end of April). I needn't have worried about having him in my home: he wore gloves, shoe covers and a full dual-barreled gas mask.
I am trying to get regular exercise--a 2-mi. walk, heart rate up to 120BPM (made it only up to 117)--every other day, weather permitting. And weather today definitely "permitted:" light lake breeze kept it around 60F, so I needed only a jean jacket over my tee & jeggings.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Saturday! Sadie and I slept in and are getting up to gray and gloomy looking day, but it has stopped raining and the sun may actually come out sometime later! I've got to admit that I am greatly looking forward to a couple of days of peace and quiet with Sadie. Work got harder yesterday with everyone wearing a mask all the time now. If you've never done ityou don't know what it's like to wear a mask for 8 to 12 hours. They get harder to breathe through as they get wet from exhaled moisture. Normally a mask is changed every 20 minutes, but right now we are using the same mask for a full shift as a conservation measure.A hint for people thinking about making masks -- consider making masks with ties rather than elastic that goes over the ears. Your ears can get really sore from the elastics after a few hours; ties are more comfortable and allow for making a better seal. Sadie says Woof to everyone, and she is NOT going to wear a mask, it makes her look silly!
Now, on to ketchuping with my morning coffee, I've been looking forward to this for a couple of days!
Cammy Cat--I'm glad Dan is able to take care of emergencies, that will help keep people going and helpkeep the business afloat.
Goldie--have you eaten the quail egg yet?Does it taste any different from chicken eggs? We've had a windy few days here, still blowing pretty well even now. I live listening to the wind.
Jazzy--"One Bad Apple" by the Osmonds is my pandemic theme song. Never heard of it, going to have to find it on you tube or something!
Illimae--glad to hear the MRI shows improvement, and glad to hear you can eat a bit more. Sorry to hear about the nausea part. Hugs.
Cammy Cat--love the idea of talking with your sister about cooking today and clean up tomorrow! Also love the idea of rolling around on a wheeled chair!
Chi--that ditty is amazing!Thanks for sharing!
Goldie--the guy that got thrown out is out at least for the duration of the pandemic emergency. When this is all over management is considering replacing the kitchen services company. There have been a steady run of problems with this one, and this guy's attitude was prettymuch the last straw. And I see you got a quail as in the bird, not the egg! Was it as good as it sounds?Love the DOTD!!!!
Librarian--sometimes I wonder if people are deliberately misunderstanding. So many seem to be thinking only about themselves and don't/won't hear that we are trying to protect 50+ very vulnerable people. This is a very confusing time for everyone.
Teka--I think Sadie is getting some spring fever!
Cammy Cat--thank you for the kind words. We are all frustrated and frightened, and I'll give anyone a break because of that, but when I'm dealing with the same person doing the same thing wrong for the 3rd time in 2 days, I run out of patience.
Goldie--good point about some states not in lockdown. They'll get there, eventually, and will keep this thing going for that much longer.
Misty--Isn't it an odd feeling to be an essential employee? Some times I wish I could work from home, but that has it's drawbacks, too. Glad your children are ok.
Chi--A question for you--Does Bob do more than read ECGs? I'm asking because with today's technology he should be able to get software on his home computer, or be given a work tablet/laptop and be able to read the ECGs from home and not have to travel at all. If his company doesn't have that capability they might want to look into it now while there are a bunch of financial options available to pay for that kind of upgrade.
Cammy Cat--I haven't really changed how I get groceries, I do my weekly shopping on Monday on the way home from work, pick up milk from a natural food store on Thursday or Friday after work (the dairy delivers on Thursdays usually, sometimes Friday). I have started calling the natural food store before going to make sure the milk has come in. I have stopped dropping into the grocery on other days of the week when I think of something I want/need, and put that item on a shopping list for Monday.Starting now I will be wearing a homemade mask I've been given while out in public. The local farmers have put together an online ordering, once a week pick up system to help replace farmer's markets that I'm going to take advantage of. I am ordering for delivery anything else I need, but I pretty much do that anyway since I'm not a big one for in person shopping most of the time anyway.
Chi--Good for you with the exercise regimen!One thing this whole situation has done for me is to increase my steps per day. I'm up a mile a day on my average from before this started.
Quarantini
Mix 1 packet of Emergen-C, any flavor
With 1-2 ounces water to dissolve
Add 1-2 ounces of spirit of your choice
NOTE:both the Emergen-C people and the alcohol manufacturers are saying this is not recommended as a healthy drink!
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NM- here you go. I bet you are sorry you asked now, aren't you?
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Cute song Sandy, love the raspberries!
Cami, like I said earlier, things in my world are pretty much the same as always. I'm still baffled at the TP shortage, I'd rather have food! That static kitty with the styrofoam reminds me of those little dot candies on a piece of paper.
NM, I have eaten quail eggs as well, they don't taste any different but it takes about 4 of them to equal a regular size egg. Wow, you never heard that Osmond song. The quail was just ok. I'll probably decline if they offer to give me more. Too much work to eat it and very little meat.
Planting some of my tomatoes today. I planted the seeds all at the same time, but about half of them just aren't growing. I'll share a picture later. I was supposed to get my medicine yesterday, next day Fed Ex. They didn't bring it, really pisses me off.
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Happy super sipping Saturday! D H (ha ha social distancing) and I got tested for covid-19 as we had traveled home from the US, and 1 week later I had a fever of 101, extreme fatigue, horrible headache, and cough. I am glad we were negative, but on the other hand, seeing as I survived quite nicely, it would have been nice to be positive so that i could be 'trialed' for followup reasons. Though being stage 4 I am probably not a great candidate for ongoing testing either
...We are staying home and playing cards, watching the updates from around the world, going for walks, and face timing with relatives, such a different way of life from this time last year, actually from three months ago even! We are still getting snowfall so winter does not seem to be going anywhere - it would be nice to be able to get out for our walks without bundling up.
Ladies (and gents?) going back a bit ago, you will be glad to hear that - yes, DH and I are managing to be together 24/7 without as much stress as anticipated, we will get through this together as we have for the last 45 years of our marriage! Some days are just a bit 'bumpier' than others
Well I am off for now, stay safe, laugh lots. Cheers!
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Mornin ladies,
Janky where do u live that ur still getting snow. And good to hear ur still having a marriage, so noose knitting project will be cancelled for you.
Lori wow that plant is really growing or is the other one the real plant??? Like we've said where u live is the best part for u with this thing going on and it really hasn't changed ur life to much except for when u leave u have to dress for winter. Even on nice days it's hard, well I mean when u have to walk around here with no sidewalks, with a cane, streets are not exactly flat, well u know.
Kim it's good to hear about relaxing with Sadie, I hope u can decompress. What u do is so very difficult, I'm in awe of you.I've always said anyone who has a nurse like you is unlucky to need you but blessed to have you.
Leave it to you Jazzy. LOL
Wishing everyone a safe day.
LUBS U ALL
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Kim, Bob can read EKGs on his home laptop, but not echocardiograms--the software is proprietary to the hospital's system (which, understandably, has a pretty strong firewall). Besides, he does make rounds after, though there are fewer and fewer patients to see. He was issued an N95 today--but is expected to reuse it till it falls apart. (I'm filling a spray bottle with peroxide, which is being used by some hospitals to disinfect the masks daily). I don't mind elastic ties on my masks, since I only wear them when I'm out...which is very seldom, mostly for neighborhood walks.
I'm really feeling the absence of my housekeeper today--time to change the linens & do laundry. It took me almost 2 hrs. to find a king size duvet cover that hadn't shrunken too much for the oversized/Cali. king quilt. I tried every YouTube and internet hack--none of them worked. (Ever try that "burrito" rollup method on anything bigger than a full-sized comforter? Hahahaha...it'd be funnier if I didn't break fingernails in the three futile attempts). I just ordered a California-king duvet cover so I don't have such a hard time next time. Now to go up and change the rest of the linens. (Thank goodness only one room to do). Too wiped out to do laundry--it'll take several loads. Thank goodness my housekeeper ran a monthly anti-mold cycle, removed & cleaned the door gasket and used front-loader cleaner on her last day--today I read an article in Consumer Reports about mold--"the hidden menace in your front-loading washer." As if we didn't have enough to worry about!
Bob's getting home later tonight--he's having dinner in the hospital cafeteria (pre-wrapped sandwiches, yogurts & fruit). So I'm going to reheat last night's leftovers and treat myself to some more of that champagne.
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Cami - ha ha - I live in sunny Alberta, and yes, it is sunny - BUT cold and still snowy. Thankfully I will not be needing the 'noose' for hubby (yet)!
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Bob just came home (midnight)--suddenly his days are longer because of mask/gown/glove procedures. (He gets one N95 per hospital, and is expected to reuse it till it falls apart. He doesn't get a paper cap either). My heart sank when he told me he was at Little Company of Mary, where he saw 22 patients--15 of whom have COVID-19. He was not in the ICU, and he stayed 6' from their beds, but still...none of his colleagues (all a decade younger--he is 70, smokes 1/4-1/2 pack a day and drinks a lot at night) are going there. The rival cardiology group on the SW Side has forbidden its doctors to see any but strictly cardiology patients--and not at all at Little Company (where those two Evergreen Park Wal-Mart workers died). Advocate Christ now has two COVID-only floors. At least he gets an N95: the only masks the nurses get are the simple surgical ones.
Yet he won't spray his clothes down at the hospital, won't leave his coat in the car, and won't take his shoes off inside the door. He promises he will go upstairs to strip & shower. I'm now terrified to do laundry (I will now have to wear gloves)--we don't have a separate hamper or laundry basket. Do I order him to sleep in a separate room now? He likes the TV in our bedroom--but all my clothes are in there (and I have four times as much as he does). He also likes the den TV and is willing to sleep on the sofa there--but that's also where the closet is where we keep all our paper goods.
It's getting real. He has multiple risk factors, made worse by his refusing to retire. There's a possibility I could lose him before our next anniversary in June.
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Oh dont tell me u gals were so busy today u couldn't poop in!!!
Oh Sandy, wow what can I say that u don't know or feel with Bob. He's like Eval Knievel for goodness sakes. Does he HAVE to put in so many hours. Does he feel safe??? IDK I guess it doesn't matter how many hours he puts in, it's what he does there an at home. I'm sorry Sandy but I do hope u keep ur Carnal emotions under check. Not to sound musicianist but we all know how musicians are.Maybe some of the Drs. and nurses have a different mind set than the rest of us. Sounds stupid I know, but how many times have we all been in the hospital and we are patients that they have to wear gear in our rooms cuz they don't know what we have and they do and don't seem to think much about it. Of course nothing like this, but they stream in and out all the time when ur in thinking WTH do I have??? scared and they're completely calm about it..So maybe that's how Bob is thinking right now for his own well being. I always think people like Bob and Kim have to have a strong under tow for fear and allows them to react accordingly. If it were me I know I'm chicken and wouldn't work. I have a big yellow streak down my back and all of these people can wash theirs off when they need to.Of course they have fear but they can put it in another compartment when needed. OK I can go on and on but we all know I think a little off base.
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Janky r u in Canada or someplace I don't know about yet??? Well if ur in Canada, what's going on there??? Are u all in house too then??? It sounds like it, but some things have to be different there, maybe. I hope better.
Prayers for all of us.
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Obviously, I can't sleep. CBD, valerian, a drop of indica tincture, .5mg. Xanax and a CBN capsule haven't made a dent. The pulsatile tinnitus is louder and more relentless than ever, and the white noise generator is almost as annoying...on top of the worry, of course.
One of the EKG techs at Christ Hospital is in remission from lymphoma. Her oncologist told her she is still immunocompromised (she had many rounds of chemo) and mustn't be around patients, so she notified the hospital that she was taking a leave of absence for medical reasons. The hospital said, "fine, your job will still be waiting when you return because we need you, but unless and until you come to work we will not pay you." This is a large hospital system (Advocate Aurora), well over 500 employees so they are exempt from having to give paid sick leave--and they haven't terminated her so she can't get unemployment. The hospitals are hurting because they are losing their bread and butter: elective procedures & surgeries and outpatient clinics.
Bob claims the patients he saw had mild symptoms and he even discharged one--an 82-yr-old with COPD--to home confinement. He's cavalier about this: he thinks "prolonged, repeated" low-level exposure have given him--and by extension me--immunity. (and that it will be the same for most people). But what makes him so confident about that, when this virus didn't hit our shores till January and probably didn't make it to Chicago until late Feb.?
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Sunday Funday! We did get a little sun yesterday, butnot as much as I would have liked. Didn't really get warm enough to sit out due to the stiff breeze. Ah, well, that time will come, right? Sadie is happy as a clam at high tide, she had a BIG puddle to play in. Yup, mud season is in full swing! Gotta love a happy doggo!
Jazzy--oh, dear, I am sorry I asked, now!Fringe and bellbottoms, oh my!
Goldie--I remember those dots! Sounds like quail eggs and quails themselves are on the small side. Grrrr about the medicationnot being delivered. Nice looking mater plant!
Janky--I'm glad you tested negative, but worried that you are still at risk. At least if you'd had it you 'd know you were safe for a bit. Glad to hear you and hubby are doing ok together!
Cammy Cat--cute kitty! Sadie and I are having a wonderfully decompressing weekend, thank you!
Chi--Putting duvet covers on any size quilt is a workout! I didn't think about the echos, that is a bit of a different thing to read.Oh, my, things have changed for Bob at work, big time. It would be more important to wear a mask while handling the laundry, otherwise it doesn't need any special care, regular washing will do the trick. Either dryer drying or outside drying is good, too. Maybe you can find something to use as a hamper in the bathroom where he strips off? Something with a cover or you can throw a towel over to cover? After he showers he's pretty safe to be around, until he gets exposed and is incubating the virus, but since we have no way of knowing when that happens it's a calculated risk. Hugs.
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Cherry Blossomtini
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces sake (Gekkeikan)
- 1/2 ounce orange liqueur (Cointreau)
- 1/2 ounce cranberry juice
- Splash lime juice (fresh)
- 2 dashes orange bitters
Steps to Make It
- Gather the ingredients.
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, pour the sake, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, and lime juice.
- Shake well.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Serve and enjoy!
From <https://www.thespruceeats.com/cherry-blossom-tini-recipe-759624>
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Chi - my DH's cardiologist is only doing patient visits by phone - so his 4 week post op this week is by phone. I don't know how they are handling hospital visits, but thank G-d that is not a direct concern for us. My cancer center is still open with very strict guidelines - wondering if my appointment will be in person or by phone and if I'll get my Prolia shot this week. Can't worry about it - either it will happen or it won't.
Tomorrow I'm back to work doing distance learning - very steep. learning curve. Wish me luck
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Cami, both of those plants are real. I start my plants from seed, and those were both planted at the same time.
Sandy, I feel like your DH is being sort of selfish. He's not concerned about himself, but he most certainly should be for his wife.
NM, I hope you are able to put work out of your mind over the weekends. And just enjoy time with Sadie. Certainly you can't visit mom and Dick.
Janky, coming from MI, I can relate to your weather and short summers. Again, so happy you tested negative for this virus.
I forgot to mention, I was listening to one of the press reports on TV and whoever was reporting, mentioned the PPE and referred to it as Personal PROFESSIONAL Equipment. Can we say Du Mass!
I thought these looked yummy, but all it said was Boozy Milkshakes. So, just take your pick!
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