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Dec. 16th, 2008 11:02 amSaturday, we had our delayed party for our birthday boy, the newly-minted teen. He had invited some friends from school, of which one was able to join him, and his best friend along with BF's younger brothers. Everyone met up at a laser tag place to play, and we got the two game deal for them. Honey and I joined in as well, and we all trooped off for the first briefing. I've never done laser tag before, although the boys all had -- BF's brother had a party there last year, and they come to this place often. Honey, despite her military training, shrieked every time someone surprised her, which was often. I managed to get a few hits on a few people, and ended up getting ranked 12th out of 19 -- not bad for a first time player! After 20 minutes, we got a 15 minute break, during which we attempted to eat some pizza, and then they called us back in for the second game. Since we'd only started our meal, I stayed out to guard our belongings/food. They came back out, Honey laughing over having screamed in surprise at someone who then fell over backwards. Some poor random stranger fell because she shrieks at the drop of a hat. Good thing her Army training didn't mean she would ever set foot on a battlefield, even though she looked tough in BDUs and Kevlar.
Sunday we had a bunch of things for me to do. I had to drop the boys off at church (BF stayed over), race over to the psych office building to pick up Sonny's new prescription (we get 30 days' worth at a time, which means new prescriptions every 30 days); stop by work to quickly review yesterday's report, race back home and change into decent clothing, pack up the present for Marilee, head downtown, park, walk around until I found![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
janetmk, chat with her until mjlayman apparated in front of the pub, sit down to a light lunch with them and albatross WINOLJ, present the present to much surprise and pleasure from Marilee, apologize for my early departure, race for the Metro station to meet Honey and the boys for the trip into DC for the TSO concert, march in to Verizon Center along with the rest of the herd, fall asleep during the slow and boring part of the concert, wake up and enjoy the light show/rock music, flow out with the crowd into the Metro station, wait for the train home, run back to my car, get stuck behind slow drivers on single lane roads all the way, take the dogs for a walk, eat dinner, run back out to the store for Honey's contact lens solutions, run back to work to review today's report, zoom home and go to bed.
And then it was Monday.
Now it is Tuesday, and I have been feeling sinusoidal all morning. That should be no surprise, as Monday was warm and rainy (yes, nearly 65 degrees at 8 pm last night! This is around 18, 19C? Warm, I tell you.) and today is chilly and drier. I've been reading about neti pots and hearing people talk about flushing out the sinuses for some time, and today the pain drove me to the ultimate.
I got a bag of saline, and a 19 g needle. I found a quiet room with a small sink. I laid out a toalla multiusos (multiuse towel, sorry, I think of it the way I read the box alla time). I prepared the saline, leaned over the sink, and poured it into my nose. I could feel the cool fluid making its way through the sinuses and then it was dripping out the other side, with no pain. Not at all like getting water up your nose in the shower, nope.
So, poured one side out for a few minutes, blew the nose, switched sides, poured the other side out, blew it. Hm. Smells different. Feels less pressurized. Might need another bag later.
I must think of something other than a needle, though. The hub is a little difficult to keep the nostril closed up against. No, no -- the sharp end is inside the bag, and it's just the hub that goes against the nose.
Now I just need to figure out how to donate my suddenly-unused Use or Lose Leave, thanks to President Shrubbery who gave us all -- quite unexpectedly -- a holiday on the day after Xmas. He's never done this before, as he hasn't been thinking of anyone besides him. Someone should have thrown a shoe long ago.
Sunday we had a bunch of things for me to do. I had to drop the boys off at church (BF stayed over), race over to the psych office building to pick up Sonny's new prescription (we get 30 days' worth at a time, which means new prescriptions every 30 days); stop by work to quickly review yesterday's report, race back home and change into decent clothing, pack up the present for Marilee, head downtown, park, walk around until I found
janetmk, chat with her until mjlayman apparated in front of the pub, sit down to a light lunch with them and albatross WINOLJ, present the present to much surprise and pleasure from Marilee, apologize for my early departure, race for the Metro station to meet Honey and the boys for the trip into DC for the TSO concert, march in to Verizon Center along with the rest of the herd, fall asleep during the slow and boring part of the concert, wake up and enjoy the light show/rock music, flow out with the crowd into the Metro station, wait for the train home, run back to my car, get stuck behind slow drivers on single lane roads all the way, take the dogs for a walk, eat dinner, run back out to the store for Honey's contact lens solutions, run back to work to review today's report, zoom home and go to bed. And then it was Monday.
Now it is Tuesday, and I have been feeling sinusoidal all morning. That should be no surprise, as Monday was warm and rainy (yes, nearly 65 degrees at 8 pm last night! This is around 18, 19C? Warm, I tell you.) and today is chilly and drier. I've been reading about neti pots and hearing people talk about flushing out the sinuses for some time, and today the pain drove me to the ultimate.
I got a bag of saline, and a 19 g needle. I found a quiet room with a small sink. I laid out a toalla multiusos (multiuse towel, sorry, I think of it the way I read the box alla time). I prepared the saline, leaned over the sink, and poured it into my nose. I could feel the cool fluid making its way through the sinuses and then it was dripping out the other side, with no pain. Not at all like getting water up your nose in the shower, nope.
So, poured one side out for a few minutes, blew the nose, switched sides, poured the other side out, blew it. Hm. Smells different. Feels less pressurized. Might need another bag later.
I must think of something other than a needle, though. The hub is a little difficult to keep the nostril closed up against. No, no -- the sharp end is inside the bag, and it's just the hub that goes against the nose.
Now I just need to figure out how to donate my suddenly-unused Use or Lose Leave, thanks to President Shrubbery who gave us all -- quite unexpectedly -- a holiday on the day after Xmas. He's never done this before, as he hasn't been thinking of anyone besides him. Someone should have thrown a shoe long ago.
