The end is in sight, folks! (Of the week, that is.)
Come on in, grab a comfy seat, and tell us the most interesting thing that’s happened to you this week. The highlight of my week so far has been successfully making Thai iced tea at home. And holy crap, is there a lot of sugar in it. Good thing it’s delicious.
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I finally started PT for my crazy bad tendinitis. The therapist is awesome sauce, but icing hurts like a son of a bitch. Stil my pain numbers are going down, so yay for that. I do kinda want to print her off a copy of the whole We Need a Better Pain Scale thing though.
TOO SERIOUS FOR NUMBERS is one of my favourite ever things.
Glad to hear your numbers are going the right direction on the scale, though!
I have been suffering for months with Achilles tendonitis. Â Arnica Gel – from Boiron Labs – has been very helpful. It is a homeopathic preparation and should be applied three times daily. Give it a try.
Debate of the morning: I am a grad student. My supervisor/lab advisor has been on vacation all week. As the week has progressed more and more people around the lab having been taking off for a long weekend. Yesterday it was me and one other guy, each in our separate offices, in an otherwise quiet lab. So, is it ever worth going in today and pretending to do work while no one is around, or do I take off early for my own long weekend? (Going down to see one of my oldest friends who just had her baby a month early by c-section because of pre-eclampsia!!)
Also, last weekend I got took a motorcycle riders course and got my license! WOO! I don’t *really* have the money (see above: “I’m a grad student”), but what if I just got a cheap older one…?
I vote take off early, unless you have something extraordinarily urgent to do. Your friend just had a probably scary health crisis, and a baby, I’d petition to leave anyway even if your supervisor were there.
Motorbike licence = badass. I’d find some biker-savvy friends though before I went buying one…
Re Cheap Older Motorcycles: how comfortable would you be with doing repair work? Because that is what comes with old bikes. You could save money if you can do the repairs yourself, but if not repair costs could negate your savings.
Opifex is right — older motorcycles means repairs, but since they’re not likely to be computerized, you can do it all yourself. (Mostly.) When we brought home our first bike, my husband paid a mechanic to show him how to do all the basic maintenance himself. It was well worth the money and effort.
Going to echo QoB here, and say go see your friend. Pre-eclampsia can be really scary and to be severe enough to need delivering a month early, I’d say screw work and see your friend.
On a much brighter side, I won Miss Worded’s books! I never won something in my life before, does this mean I need to get my ass to a lottery ticket?
My friend and I are going to another friend’s baby shower tomorrow. The pregnant friend is Irish (as are all of her friends attending, as far as I know) and Irish people don’t do baby showers, so… I can imagine this is going to be amusing. At least there’ll be cake, right?
An Irish friend of mine told me about a baby shower she went to back in Ireland (this was while we were sitting at on over in the states and being kind of bored). She said that her preggers friend, who had no idea what to do for a baby shower either, rented out a golf course and they drank, rode around golf carts, hit golf balls, and played in the water traps. I can only imagine Irish baby showers are among the best things ever.
That. sounds. awesome. It’s in someone’s house, though, so I fear golf carts will not be involved. I am, however, hoping for champagne. And cake.
I told my boss I’m leaving to move countries.
And then I nearly cried. And then I bought beer.
Still have to tell my parents!
Aw, that is big news to have to talk about. Hope it’s all exciting and good?!
Exciting and scary equally! My boyfriend’s been living in England for the past year and I just got a (good, career-expanding) job in his city. So, super-exciting, no more long-distance! Â but also, I really like my job here and the people I work, not to mention my family and friends. So I’m veering between “yay!” and “oh god what am I doing”.
Oh my gosh, that’s so cool and exciting and scary!
Thank you! Commence flat-hunting and panic stations…
Ditto Freckle! That does sound cool, exciting and scary! Hope all goes well with the flat-hunting, too!
Thank you! I’m petitioning my English-based friends for help… they have all been warned… I am looking forward to the NHS, though. Free anti-baby pills!:)
COME VISIT ME.
Persephone meetup is definitely on the list:) You’re up north somewhere, am I remembering right?
Yeah, County Durham. Best place in the UK, except for Scotland. We’ll go to my horrible dive bar, it’ll be ace. Even Obama’s excited about it.
That’s mesmerising…
I’m excited! Apart from Northern Ireland (multiple times), places I have been in the UK are basically Edinburgh, London, Bath, Brighton, and some of the parts in between. It will be an adventure!
Yes to the NHS! And to help, too! Did I hear mention of a meetup, too? Well if the urge ever takes you and Dr. Song to come north, I can assure that there will be cake and tea available.
I always pick tea and cake:)
http://youtu.be/rZVjKlBCvhg
Oh, I LOVE this. Last time I watched it, I found the whole show on YouTube, started trying to cook a meal and found it nearly impossible because I was just crying with laughter the whole time.
The first five times I heard “Pavlov’s cat” I cried. In public. Tears of laughter.
I just looked that up on YouTube. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Yay! We were just there for the Fringe’s last weekend (Mr Brum had a friend doing a big gig) and I’m hoping to be back soon to go job hunting. We should totally make a weekend.
Awe-some. I will be moving there sometime in October, and after that it is on like… something that is on.
That’s awesome! Congrats!
Thank you! I’m kicking ass and taking names over here:) Expect more venting in OTs and possibly even a “We Try It: moving countries to live with your boyfriend who’s a poor grad student” piece…
Best of luck to you! Sending good wishes for finding a nice place with a decent landlord.
Thank you! Also on the wishlist is a garden space but we’ll see…!
Is this the most Canadian news story you’ve ever read, or the most Canadian news story EVER?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/article4510740/
Things I learned today: There is a global strategic maple syrup reserve.
Between that and the butter mountain I’m really hoping there’s a Confidential International Pancake Store somewhere, too.
It’s been a top news item here (Montreal) on the CBC all morning. Â It has made me giggle all morning, and Twitter’s having a field day with it.
To wit:
(even though they spelt Mountie wrong.)
I can’t completely open my mouth. I listened to The Bear Necessities while three hands in my mouth broke down my wisdom teeth. I think that can amount for interesting.
So I feel like an asshole. I almost forgot today was my mom’s birthday. I just sent her a text now because its quarter to midnight but I feel like she is gonna be A. upset I almost forgot and/or B. pissed that I sent a text so late. So my question is,should I lie and say I sent the text earlier  and that it must have taken a while to get there? (my phone really does this frequently, being out in the middle-of-nowheres and all) Or own up to it like and adult and face the (possible) wrath of mom?
I would use the white lie and add a ‘But I will see you soon!’/’Gifts will follow!’/’Doesn’t mean I don’t love you!’ or whatever can be used for the situation.
Today I found out my fiancé got a job up here and can finally move up and that I have an interview next week, in addition to one tomorrow. I am so excited after having absolutely no leads back in Nevada.
Whoop! Getting jobs like a boss:)
My week started off totally shitty. But has gone pretty well. I met my students and their families, had an awesome birthday despite earlier poopiness, but just keep pressing on. We all do, we keep moving and surviving and slowly the sadness dissipates.
I’m intrigued by this Thai tea…
Highlights of my week include a quarter life crisis, dog-sitting, a hurricane, and playing a new board game – Mansions of Madness. Tonight, I’m going to make some cookies and tackle some laundry.
Pampering myself tonight in anticipation of enjoying Friday more! It’s been a long week for me and a bubble bath was in order. Happily, the tub in our place has a slope on one side that acts as a backrest, it was so lovely.
Fingers crossed for me knocking out a ton of work tomorrow and minimizing the job-related stuff I have to do on the weekend!
I’m gonna need the recipe for that Thai iced tea. Â Do share!
I ordered the tea off of Amazon (it’s this), then boiled it in a saucepan (high tea:water ratio since it needs to be strong) with some sugar, then strained it into a pitcher through a coffee filter. Added ice and sweetened condensed milk, and it is AMAZING. This is not my picture, but this is what it looks like, sort of orange and creamy and a glass of heaven:
Looks wonderful! Â Thanks!