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lesliepearHaven't blogged much past few days. Have either been brain dead or busy at work. New boss is ok - very organized and I feel my work will improve (if I'm awake) - not too social though. He is ok with work from home, but prefers a week's notice (which for what I need to be home for - doctors appointments - is fine.) The other day we had a former coworker visiting (he left 2 years ago to move to Florida and is now back working for a client company) and he was sitting and chatting and new boss didn't notice (he wasn't introduced to him either). Kind of weird to have someone there who isn't there but knew enought to be there!
Mark griped Alan having too much clothes...not for the money but for the lack of space. I guess buying Alan clothes etc is my hobby...maybe because I don't fit much. I do need to diet, but can't seem to get motived. And on Tuesday I go for a checkup at Sloan Kettering. It still feels weird going in there not feeling sick or like I had cancer...but I see all those REALLY sick people. People on my thyroid cancer list get upset when you say thyroid cancer is the good cancer...but sometimes I feel like I didn't even have cancer (denial?) and I've just got some chronic illness like my asthma.
Still having the same old issues with Alan...not eating the right things, not listening, watching too much tv and not being toilet trained as well as needing to sleep with mommy or daddy. I hope an overnight with no tv will help a little, he will enjoy visiting the campground. And one of these days we will get a bigger bed for him in his room.
I got a little more info about Cristina (the mom who passed away suddenly). A forwarded e-mail from a close friend revealed that she died of aortic dissection (like John Ritter) . She was on medication for a heart valve problem and might have needed surgery - apparently her feet and legs swelled up when she came home from the hospital and she just took the water pills her ob/gyn prescriped and she didn't follow the ob/gyn's request (or friend's urging) to see her cardiologist. (In my opinion, maybe having just had a baby, she wasn't thinking her best?) Still very sad, but a little less scary than I first thought.
In other sad stuff, I feel bad for Jen on LJ whose child died in foster care. I am not clear on the entire story as to how her children wound up in foster care (I've heard only Jen's version of things in bits and pieces - there may be other truths I don't know.) But for ANY child to die like that is WRONG.
It's late and I have to drive tommorrow, so I should crash now.
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Mark griped Alan having too much clothes...not for the money but for the lack of space. I guess buying Alan clothes etc is my hobby...maybe because I don't fit much. I do need to diet, but can't seem to get motived. And on Tuesday I go for a checkup at Sloan Kettering. It still feels weird going in there not feeling sick or like I had cancer...but I see all those REALLY sick people. People on my thyroid cancer list get upset when you say thyroid cancer is the good cancer...but sometimes I feel like I didn't even have cancer (denial?) and I've just got some chronic illness like my asthma.
Still having the same old issues with Alan...not eating the right things, not listening, watching too much tv and not being toilet trained as well as needing to sleep with mommy or daddy. I hope an overnight with no tv will help a little, he will enjoy visiting the campground. And one of these days we will get a bigger bed for him in his room.
I got a little more info about Cristina (the mom who passed away suddenly). A forwarded e-mail from a close friend revealed that she died of aortic dissection (like John Ritter) . She was on medication for a heart valve problem and might have needed surgery - apparently her feet and legs swelled up when she came home from the hospital and she just took the water pills her ob/gyn prescriped and she didn't follow the ob/gyn's request (or friend's urging) to see her cardiologist. (In my opinion, maybe having just had a baby, she wasn't thinking her best?) Still very sad, but a little less scary than I first thought.
In other sad stuff, I feel bad for Jen on LJ whose child died in foster care. I am not clear on the entire story as to how her children wound up in foster care (I've heard only Jen's version of things in bits and pieces - there may be other truths I don't know.) But for ANY child to die like that is WRONG.
It's late and I have to drive tommorrow, so I should crash now.
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Date: 2006-08-19 08:14 am (UTC)*shrug* What I know for sure? A child is something like 75% more likely to be hurt badly (ranging from sexually abused to killed) in foster care than at home. There MUST be a better way of screaning these people and keeping tabs on their mental health, ya know?
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Date: 2006-08-19 10:13 am (UTC)Our condo is a bit messy. I always fear CPS or the like complaining.
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Date: 2006-08-19 04:03 pm (UTC)It backs up what Jen's been saying for years- which is that their place WAS a mess. She had been struggling with MS, she had her severely disabled daughter to care for, and 3 REALLY little boys, one of which was a newborn, and the other two were mobile. Social workers were involved because of their need for public assistance, and because of the diabled daughter.