This is how I feel about my college experience as well. A Bach in Psychology is COMPLETELY worthless, so all my work hinges on getting into a masters and possibly later a Doctorate program. If I don't, I'm kind of stuck working in an office the rest of my life and FUCK. THAT. NOISE.
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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GasBandit
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Jeez, here they validate our parking at least.
I only had enough money to put 5 gallons of gas in my car today. I've not cut my budget so short in years.
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They validate, but it only gives you a $2 discount.
I frequently have to budget my gas usage as much as 10 days ahead.
I feel your pain.
--Patrick
My daughter is in the Hospital. Not just a hospital, but an pediatric intensive care unit in Grand Rapids where she was airlifted to because her local hospital couldn't get her to stop having seizures. They had been treating her for what they thought was scarlet fever of all things, and now seizures, and they have no idea so far on what's to blame. I fly out in a few hours and the earliest I can get there is tomorrow morning.
I am so sorry for her and you both. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they find out what's doing it and quickly. Hang in there.
I've been there, for a 4 year old with severe breathing issues.... brother, you have my most sincere best wishes!
Please don't be West Nile or rabies.
I'm sorry, man. I'm in CA or else I would come visit. If you like I can try to set you up with my folks. They're supportive and have a comfy couch, but they're about 40mi away from GR and I don't know where you're coming from.
--Patrick
Thank you all for your well wishes.
Can't sleep 
Sick and starving. Cat tried to steal snack.
Sick and starving. Cat tried to steal snack.
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Apparently a mis post while browsing on my phone.
How's your little one doing?
I am in the cab at this moment trying to get to her....
Cajungal
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Best of luck, TN. I've never known that level of parent-with-a-sick-child fear and can't think of much else to say. But you're in my thoughts.
Update here: my daughter has been removed from the sedatives, but is still very close coming around. Not really coherant but i guess it should be expected after being sedated for 2 or 3 days. No more seizures, off the breathing tube and on her own there, liver and splean are both swollen, tons of tests being done, nothing on the mri, eeg was inconclusive..... everything is inconclusive. We have no idea whats going on with her still. But her vitals are still good, and even on sedation meds it would sometimes take four of us to hold her down and stop her from pulling out the breathing tube. Tough little girl....
Swollen liver and splein kinda bad actually, but they are no more so today than yesterday and possibly even a little less i am told. So....
Wish i could find the comedian who said:
Wish i could find the comedian who said:
Well, it went something like that
figmentPez
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I do not understand one of my friends. Hell, I don't even know if she is one of my friends. She keeps waffling back and forth between ignoring me, and being super-friendly. We were friends before she left for Disney last summer to work their college program. We were texting back and forth, and she answered me when she wasn't answering a lot of other people. Then she stopped. When she got back in town, I asked if she wanted to have lunch, and she said yes, but she never worked with me to set a date or time. Two shows ago, at auditions she came up to me, put her hand on my knee, leaned in and sincerely asked for my advice on if she should audition that night, or polish her monologue more. We were both cast, and she proceeded to all but ignore me for most of the production. I made kolaches for the cast, because her brother mentioned that they're her favorite, and she didn't even say "thank you" (yes, they were good, the rest of the cast and crew were raving, as usual). She's been cool to me ever since, then yesterday... I was popping my head around the theater area, seeing who was there before rehearsals, and I waved to a different friend. Then I saw out of the corner of my eye that my maybe-friend was waving to me, and smiling, and she kept waving until I acknowledged her. I just... wut? Seriously, now you want to act like we're friends and make sure you get my attention? How am I supposed to treat you? Because I don't even have the beginning of a clue.
Heh. I meant that the swollen organs mean that the body is putting up a fight rather than just rolling over (organ failure). A fever is a good thing, it means your body is fighting infection. You just don't want that fever to get too high.
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Amicably. Pleasantly. Don't blow her off, but don't go out of your way to deal with her, either. Sounds like she has some straightening-out to do.
--Patrick
Update:
Stayed by her side all last night during which saw some really good improvements. Initially when she first really came to she lookex at me and started crying. She.didnt really believe i was here and thought she was hallucinating. Without going into a long history here, though its mostly all been discussed in various threads already, i dont get to see my children very often. This is the first time since christmas and before that it had been over a year. Despite that, we have remained very close. but with that, last night she thought it impossible for me to actually be here and it was initially rough bought of tears as I convinced her i was real, not just wishful thinking.
But now she is coherant, talking, aware, making big improvements. The labs and tests are slowly trickling in and of the two main lines of thought for what the problem is the doctors are more leaning towards the lesser of the two. So, these are good things. Shes resting now and my son and i are going to go get some eats.
Stayed by her side all last night during which saw some really good improvements. Initially when she first really came to she lookex at me and started crying. She.didnt really believe i was here and thought she was hallucinating. Without going into a long history here, though its mostly all been discussed in various threads already, i dont get to see my children very often. This is the first time since christmas and before that it had been over a year. Despite that, we have remained very close. but with that, last night she thought it impossible for me to actually be here and it was initially rough bought of tears as I convinced her i was real, not just wishful thinking.
But now she is coherant, talking, aware, making big improvements. The labs and tests are slowly trickling in and of the two main lines of thought for what the problem is the doctors are more leaning towards the lesser of the two. So, these are good things. Shes resting now and my son and i are going to go get some eats.
Glad to hear she's doing better!
Hopefully the seizures and liver-swelling were side-effects of the Scarlett Fever. High fevers can induce seizures in children, and Scarlett Fever is known to cause swelling of organs due to infection. Hope she recovers fully! Take care, sir.
It causes an intense craving for turnips in Southerners.
Damnit! Now I could really go for some turnips.
Just leave me the Greens...
You'll never go hungry again. (Swear to god!)
Ok, but just this once.