The not-so-serious but I want to rant thread.
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Yeah, I know how to convert it super easily. I was actually going to mini-rant about walking around a bunch downtown yesterday while it was about 35 out. It got sweaty, and being in the downtown concrete jungle probably bumped the actual temperature up a couple of degrees.
Cajungal
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I can take the heat. It's the goddamn humidity that kills me. A few years back when I was camping in the mountains in Colorado, it would get freezing at night and horribly hot in the afternoon. But it was pleasantly hot, not swim-through-the-air humid like it is here. Blugh. It's gnarsty today. Good day for mah linen pants!
ElJuski
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Today's heat index will hit 46c
I hate this place for 2 months out of the year.
I hate this place for 2 months out of the year.
I usually don;t eat breakfast but today work is going to be long and busy and I did not get much sleep so I decided to hit the cafe and treat myself to a bowl of cottage cheese. I pay for it and head back to my desk and on my way I bump my elbow and drop the stupid bowl all over the floor. 
Because, if you were to eat her, she'd be delicious?
Cajungal
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Because, if you were to eat her, she'd be delicious?[/QUOTE]
Perhaps. Mostly because if you looked inside of it you'd see a moist, empty cavity surrounded by stupid meat.
I started feeling weird at around 2:30, by 4 it was more than obvious that something WAS actually wrong, my pulse was accelerated, I could feel my heart jumping out of my chest, it hurt, I felt tired, disoriented and mostly anxious. The infirmary was closed (how stupid is that?) so I had to wait in my cubicule feeling like shit until 6pm. I got there, the doctor took my pulse, monitored my heart and told me I had tachychardia. He gave me a pill and took me into another room to lay down and plug me to the oxygen, the doctor turned off the lights as he was leaving the room and shut the door. I cried... a lot. I grabbed my cellphone desperate wanting to call someone and realized I couldn't... I couldn't pretend I was ok and the last thing I wanted was the "oh poor you" I knew I was going to get so I just crawled inside the blanket there in silence with the tubes up my nose, and cried until I fell asleep.
An hour later I woke up because I started feeling cold, the sheet was all wet with my tears. I stood up, took the tube off my nose and decided to leave it all right there in that room. I stepped outside and the doctor talked to me and gave me some sheets to give to my boss... I don't remember everything about that conversation, but it doesn't matter.
I realized this event was just a catalyst and that I often put it all on hold until something like this happens and then I break down.
When I got home, my mom asked me why I was so late, I told her what happened and all she said was "the dishes are yours today, don't forget"
It hurt. I decided right that second that I wasn't going to let this happen again, I will deal with my emotions as they come before something external makes me explode.
I don't feel on top of the world right now, but I'm better than this morning and better than yesterday and I will do my best to make tomorrow much better too.
An hour later I woke up because I started feeling cold, the sheet was all wet with my tears. I stood up, took the tube off my nose and decided to leave it all right there in that room. I stepped outside and the doctor talked to me and gave me some sheets to give to my boss... I don't remember everything about that conversation, but it doesn't matter.
I realized this event was just a catalyst and that I often put it all on hold until something like this happens and then I break down.
When I got home, my mom asked me why I was so late, I told her what happened and all she said was "the dishes are yours today, don't forget"
It hurt. I decided right that second that I wasn't going to let this happen again, I will deal with my emotions as they come before something external makes me explode.
I don't feel on top of the world right now, but I'm better than this morning and better than yesterday and I will do my best to make tomorrow much better too.
¡Ánimo, Morphine! Aunque evidentemente pasar por situaciones como la que describes es un mal trago, si te ha hecho decidirte y cambiar una parte negativa de tu vida, al final ya verás que va todo bien. ¡Sea lo que sea, adelante!
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Wasabi Poptart
Good luck, Morphine. I hope you find what you need to be ok again.
@Morphine: I had tachycardia too, it's not fun. When it was really bad my pulse would jump up to nearly 200 bpm once or twice a day. Eventually I was able to control it; your doctor will probably tell you this too, but if you bear down, you can usually convert your pulse to go back to normal. I had a procedure done to correct it (two procedures, actually) and I haven't had any episodes since. My aunt has the same condition and she takes medication for it daily, so it is treatable with either simple surgery or medication. Here's hoping it works out for you and you feel better.
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@Cajungal: Aww, hon. *hugs*
@Morphine: Good job realizing that you should deal with things as they come, or at least find an outlet for them later on... storing them up doesn't help. If there's every anything I can do to help, leave me a note and I'll see what I can do. It may not be much, but the offer's there.
@Morphine: Good job realizing that you should deal with things as they come, or at least find an outlet for them later on... storing them up doesn't help. If there's every anything I can do to help, leave me a note and I'll see what I can do. It may not be much, but the offer's there.
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wana10
saw this and didn't want to take time to find a more serious rant thread but fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. more to come later, maybe, i don't really fucking know right now
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Soliloquy
Heh... when I was a kid. one of my old neighbors had a parrot that they used to let go outside and fly up in the trees. One day, it found its way down our window, and into our living room.
It wasn't a nice parrot. Us kids had to stay locked in our bedroom while it went nuts until the owners came to get it.
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wana10
so now that i've calmed down a bit...my grandpa went from cool old slightly frail guy to omgwtf in a day and a half. called an ambulance, he's now in the hospital, pneumonia both lungs, and it's wreaking havoc on his cardiovascular system.
@wana10 : Dude, yikes. Sorry to hear that!
So, yeah, my daughter is currently sitting underneath a UV lamp for jaundice. Not cool, not cool at all. On the plus side, it appears to be working, as she's sleeping less (whimper) and taking more interest in eating. On the down side, she has to wear a decidedly uncomfortable arrangement over her eyes, and she can't be held when she wants to be.
Hopefully she can be out of it tomorrow...
So, yeah, my daughter is currently sitting underneath a UV lamp for jaundice. Not cool, not cool at all. On the plus side, it appears to be working, as she's sleeping less (whimper) and taking more interest in eating. On the down side, she has to wear a decidedly uncomfortable arrangement over her eyes, and she can't be held when she wants to be.
Hopefully she can be out of it tomorrow...
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makare
Work has been pissing me off. Im excited for that to stop happening.
very.
very.
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Wasabi Poptart
Both of my kids had jaundice. My son almost was hospitalized for it. I hope she can come out of the UV lamp soon.
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