2 strains of strep through the house 1 strain of stomach flu through the house Daughter getting tonsils removed Sinus infection Wisdom teeth pulled Drivers door no longer opens Dog had explosive diarrhea on every carpet in the house Garbage disposal broke Dishwasher broke Pipe in the basement broke Roof leak due to ice damming, living room ceiling breached. 1 broken wrist Transitioning a 1.5 year old to a "big boy bed" way too early due to aforementioned wrist. Front right tie rod snapped on the truck Computer died ...and 7 or 8 things that I can't/just don't seem appropriate to post.
I'm not sure how much else can be crammed into 42 days.
All I can say to the rest of the year is FUCKING BRING IT. Gloves are off bitch.
> 2 strains of strep through the house > 1 strain of stomach flu through the house > Daughter getting tonsils removed > Sinus infection > Wisdom teeth pulled > Drivers door no longer opens > Dog had explosive diarrhea on every carpet in the house > Garbage disposal broke > Dishwasher broke > Pipe in the basement broke > Roof leak due to ice damming, living room ceiling breached. > 1 broken wrist > Transitioning a 1.5 year old to a "big boy bed" way too early due to aforementioned > wrist. > Front right tie rod snapped on the truck > Computer died > ...and 7 or 8 things that I can't/just don't seem appropriate to post. > > I'm not sure how much else can be crammed into 42 days. > > All I can say to the rest of the year is FUCKING BRING IT. Gloves are off bitch.
Damn. Can't really get too much worse, except that apparently it has. Condolences.
Well, I can say that I've had my pipes freeze 2 times (meaning -no water). That'll teach me to see what the forecast is and leave my faucets dripping. Haha, that's what I said after the 1st time. Thankfully no broken pipes though.
And what I'd consider the worst - my dad was out riding his bike on a gravel road... He sees a bunch of dogs at this one place where -whenever it's nice out- they race go-carts in the oval dirt track in their big front yard (the people that live there - not the dogs ).... anyway, all these dogs come running out towards the road. My father has the idea of speeding up to get past them. But one of them gets in front of him, he hits it and goes flying off the bike........
So I'm at home, then get this call from my dad saying he needs my help. I get up there to his house (only about 700 yards away from my, uh, residence). He needs me to help him cut off some loose hanging skin on his forearm/below his elbow. He hands me a tweezers and razor blade... I'm there trying to get myself psyched out to do this.
Long story short; I eventually had to take him to the emergency room since he was in too much pain. He had a cut on his head (required 3 staples), the laceration(?) on his arm, and 3 broken ribs.
> 2 strains of strep through the house > 1 strain of stomach flu through the house > Daughter getting tonsils removed > Sinus infection > Wisdom teeth pulled > Drivers door no longer opens > Dog had explosive diarrhea on every carpet in the house > Garbage disposal broke > Dishwasher broke > Pipe in the basement broke > Roof leak due to ice damming, living room ceiling breached. > 1 broken wrist > Transitioning a 1.5 year old to a "big boy bed" way too early due to aforementioned > wrist. > Front right tie rod snapped on the truck > Computer died > ...and 7 or 8 things that I can't/just don't seem appropriate to post. > > I'm not sure how much else can be crammed into 42 days. > > All I can say to the rest of the year is FUCKING BRING IT. Gloves are off bitch.
Nice to see you kept that lucky streak going :/
Sorry, I forgot to mention it was bad luck :/ :/ :/
Coherance of posts inversely proportional to Foster's consumption!!!
> So I'm at home, then get this call from my dad saying he needs my help. I get up > there to his house (only about 700 yards away from my, uh, residence).
You live in the shed, don't you.
> He needs me to > help him cut off some loose hanging skin on his forearm/below his elbow. He hands me > a tweezers and razor blade... I'm there trying to get myself psyched out to do this.
Good grief, I hope he's doing OK. There's no way I'd even attempt something like that. If tweezers and a razor blade are needed and it's not a splinter, you're going to the emergency room.
Dogs are the worst around bikes, they're totally unpredictable. On the trail I ride, people walking very often just let their dogs run around loose. I saw a woman take a pretty hard fall last year when someone's dog randomly decided to dash right into her front tire.
> > He needs me to > > help him cut off some loose hanging skin on his forearm/below his elbow. He hands > me > > a tweezers and razor blade... I'm there trying to get myself psyched out to do > this. > > Good grief, I hope he's doing OK. There's no way I'd even attempt something like > that. If tweezers and a razor blade are needed and it's not a splinter, you're going > to the emergency room. >
Thanks. I didn't mention that He went ahead and did the cut. I ended up just holding the loose skin up and away from his arm with the tweezers.
Later I got to thinking a small pair of scissors would've been more ideal, but in the tension of the moment - sometimes it's hard to think of more efficient/sensible ways to do things. All it really was was that top layer of skin - the epidermis.
He'll be going through a few months of pain with his ribs and probably taking medication for said pain.
> 2 strains of strep through the house > 1 strain of stomach flu through the house > Daughter getting tonsils removed > Sinus infection > Wisdom teeth pulled > Drivers door no longer opens > Dog had explosive diarrhea on every carpet in the house > Garbage disposal broke > Dishwasher broke > Pipe in the basement broke > Roof leak due to ice damming, living room ceiling breached. > 1 broken wrist > Transitioning a 1.5 year old to a "big boy bed" way too early due to aforementioned > wrist. > Front right tie rod snapped on the truck > Computer died > ...and 7 or 8 things that I can't/just don't seem appropriate to post. > > I'm not sure how much else can be crammed into 42 days. > > All I can say to the rest of the year is FUCKING BRING IT. Gloves are off bitch.
Hell .... kinda puts my 12 weeks of chemo, 6 weeks of radiation, and 2 weeks in hospital following surgery (~1 foot of colon chopped out) into perspective ....
> > 2 strains of strep through the house > > 1 strain of stomach flu through the house > > Daughter getting tonsils removed > > Sinus infection > > Wisdom teeth pulled > > Drivers door no longer opens > > Dog had explosive diarrhea on every carpet in the house > > Garbage disposal broke > > Dishwasher broke > > Pipe in the basement broke > > Roof leak due to ice damming, living room ceiling breached. > > 1 broken wrist > > Transitioning a 1.5 year old to a "big boy bed" way too early due to aforementioned > > wrist. > > Front right tie rod snapped on the truck > > Computer died > > ...and 7 or 8 things that I can't/just don't seem appropriate to post. > > > > I'm not sure how much else can be crammed into 42 days. > > > > All I can say to the rest of the year is FUCKING BRING IT. Gloves are off bitch.
> Hell .... kinda puts my 12 weeks of chemo, 6 weeks of radiation, and 2 weeks in > hospital following surgery (~1 foot of colon chopped out) into perspective ....
Thanks for the guilt trip Lance....
//Seriously, if that's true I hope you are doing OK.
♪ On the second week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the third week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the fourth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the fifth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the sixth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the seventh week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
7 floods to swim in 6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the eighth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
8 inappropriate things about milking 7 floods to swim in 6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the ninth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
9 pipes a'clanking 8 inappropriate things about milking 7 floods to swim in 6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the tenth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
10 dishes wreaking 9 pipes a'clanking 8 inappropriate things about milking 7 floods to swim in 6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the eleventh week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
11 pipes a'piping. 10 dishes wreaking 9 sinks a'clanking 8 inappropriate things about milking 7 floods to swim in 6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
♪ On the twelfth week of '13 some karma brought to him.... ♪
12 rods a'rockin' 11 pipes a'piping. 10 dishes wreaking 9 sinks a'clanking 8 inappropriate things about milking 7 floods to swim in 6 pees while laying FIVE SHITS THAT STINK 4 infected sinuses 3 wisdom teeth pulled 2 strains of strep, and a strain of stomach flu through-out the house.
> & don't you tell me something like it's actually 38% or whatever.
OK.
I'm not going to track down the specific time at which Winter began on Dec 21, so one week and four days of Winter were in 2012, and eleven weeks are in 2013, because Spring begins early, astronomically on March 19 according to Google.
So the 12th week of '13 is actually going to be Spring.
> //Seriously, if that's true I hope you are doing OK.
Thanks! So far, so good. I'm keeping positive and very calm - there's no point panicking or getting upset. That's not my way. I'll take whatever comes calmly.
Besides, even if the traditional treatments (chemo, radiation, and surgery) don't work out, I'm standing by with Plan B - which will involve hammering my enemy (the colon cancer) with a super strong diet of chilli, curry, and alcohol - the poor bastard won't know what hit it !!
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Thankfully no broken pipes though. 
).... anyway, all these dogs come running out towards the road. My father has the idea of speeding up to get past them. But one of them gets in front of him, he hits it and goes flying off the bike........
So far, so good. I'm keeping positive and very calm - there's no point panicking or getting upset. That's not my way. I'll take whatever comes calmly. 