Thanks for everything!
Nov. 25th, 2009 08:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR:
PEOPLE!
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THINGS! The usual- a great apartment, and stuff I can't talk about because I don't want to jinx them (three letters, starts with "j"), over a year behind the wheel of the Cullenmobile, and... other... stuff?
OTHER... THINGS! Health (a 4th diagnosis that seems to have been spot on, because my first PT session was FABULOUS).
HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!
If you are traveling, may you arrive safely, and if you're staying home, enjoy the warmth and good humor of the season!
Off to the farm for the weekend. See you Monday! :D
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Date: 2009-11-25 01:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-25 02:45 pm (UTC)THANK YOU! I KNOW IT WAS HARD FOR YOU TO CONTEMPLATE THIS WEIRDNESS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT... FOR MEEEEE!
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-25 03:19 pm (UTC)Speaking of so wrong it's right- someone in geekcooks posted a recipe for chocolate chip cookies WITH BACON. Oh, I can hardly contain myself.
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Date: 2009-11-25 02:08 pm (UTC)HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND OFF!! Relax, enjoy and be happy!!
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Date: 2009-11-25 02:43 pm (UTC)Seriously, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? Slap yourself. Right now. I'll wait here while you do it.
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:06 pm (UTC)I really need some more Big Bang icons.
Some many icons to make, so little time :)
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Date: 2009-11-25 04:52 pm (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/thedailyexcuse/
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Date: 2009-11-25 02:59 pm (UTC)THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PUTTING THE VITAL INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM INSTEAD OF AT THE END!
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:02 pm (UTC)WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE ON THANKSGIVING? DO YOU EVEN READ MY JOURNAL???
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:08 pm (UTC)I STILL CANNOT HELP THAT MY SUBCONIOUS LINKS THANKSGIVINGS WITH THURSDAYS. FREUD COULD EXPLAIN IT TO YOU!
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:21 pm (UTC)Mom: ...
Caro: ... BWHAHAHAHAHHAHA! XD
And yet, it CONTINUES to be on THURSDAY. WHY?!
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Date: 2009-11-25 02:46 pm (UTC)Foodie pics DEFINITELY when I get back. :D
Last night I was surfing the net for pretty pictures for Thanksgiving icons- haven't made icons in ages, but I was inspired. Weird eh? Food is MAH LAIFE.
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Date: 2009-11-25 04:42 pm (UTC)I'm still trying to figure out recipes for the ultimate vegetarian Thanksgiving.
(There's an oxymoron in there somewhere, I swear it...)
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Date: 2009-11-25 04:57 pm (UTC)And there are a ton of good ones. I found a pumpkin pie recipe topped with nuts, cranberries and amaretto cookies (not sure where those are sold anymore, actually), some green bean casserole that's not atrocious, stuffing without sausage, and other similar things. And again- tofurkey? Even as an omnivore I'd eat it. ♥
LOL. Eat to live, live to eat, which one are you? ;),/i.
You caught me. ;)
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Date: 2009-11-25 05:08 pm (UTC)I'm thinking nut loaf and gravy, with the usual Thanksgiving accompaniments. I'm making pumpkin custard this year, and I feel up to all the slicing and kneading, maybe some apple pie too. (Last year, I got really lazy and made apple-oatmeal crumble instead, lol).
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Date: 2009-11-25 05:11 pm (UTC)Whatever you do, enjoy the day! ♥
(And next year, let's see what we can do about getting together in person and doing some cooking, eh?)
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:23 pm (UTC)And so yes, I totes intend to enjoy delicious pie! :D
(That pic, by the way? You totally inspired it.)
TRAVEL SAFE AND HAVE A LOVELY HOLIDAY!
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:24 pm (UTC)AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU TOO! :D
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-25 03:30 pm (UTC)Hope you have a great and relaxing weekend at the farm.
And, a helpful diagnosis and effective PT? This is good news!!
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:39 pm (UTC)Srsly, a bunch of us usually got together and went in on a turkey and the trimmings, potluck style- you have to poke around at the foreign food shops, but someone WILL have something. In fact, you might have more canned pumpkin there than we do here (there's a shortage Stateside, according to the paper). Whatever you end up doing, HAVE FUN!
And thanks! Looking forward to loading up and getting on the road this afternoon. Usually I stay later than I intend to at work, but NOT THIS YEAR.
And, a helpful diagnosis and effective PT? This is good news!!
Thanks! I found an in-network PT near the subway and he listened, took notes, did a more comprehensive eval than the ortho guy, and then brought out the plastic model skeleton and said, "The area you pointed to on your body where it hurts is *here*" (points to hip joint) "And when you said that I thought of *sth*" and then he sent me off to work with a therapist for a bit, cracked my joints for me, wrote me a note and suggested I come back next week. I have 5 pages of exercises to do 2-3 times a day (so far FAIL- catching up on my sleep has dominated my time) and best of all NO. DRUGS. He said that muscle relaxants are the best thing, but only when necessary. "Necessary" for me is "bleeding out the ears", so that pleased me to no end. I feel so much better and I'm walking normally. Turns out I sit funny in my chair and that was a big part of what threw my muscles out of whack and lead to having an inflamed hip joint. Which is treatable in the extreme! That said, bummed I can't go 'boarding this weekend, but it's probably better if I don't. *sigh*
Still, walking without pain and sleeping through the night FTW!
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-25 03:47 pm (UTC)I like the sounds of your PT guy very much! And sitting in your chair sounds like something fixable, which is great news.
I'm in Fukuoka, so I won't be hanging around in Arashiyama much, lol. Around here the ginkgo leaves have gone all yellow, but that's about it -- there's a lot of green otherwise. I was up in Nara last weekend, and there I saw some red as well as yellow, but I don't think it's at peak yet. I'm going to Kobe for a linguistics conference this weekend (I think), so I'll see if Kansai's gotten any further along in a week.
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Date: 2009-11-25 04:55 pm (UTC)The PT guy was great- he's using a treatment that includes poking and scraping at my muscles with a metal tongue depressor (Graston, I think?) and the bruising is worth it. When those muscles stop clenching it's wonderful. To be in pain 24/7 for weeks and then suddenly walk without hurting is epic. I'm trying to avoid going up stairs, though, because I want things to settle down first- to get to my apartment I basically step up with my right and then pull up my left. Just to be on the safe side. Every doctor should know what this guy knows, imo.
Yeah, I remember you saying that, but even though it's a slog it's a shorter slog than the slog from here. *lol* Enjoy Kobe- if you can get to Tokyu Hands and the foreign food market (there's one up the street) and if you can get to the Sannomiya Shrine (http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/japan/kobe/sannomiya.php) do- it's right down the street from a gaming arcade and the train and it really sort of gives you a super special taste of the dichotomy between old and new (yeah, you've seen it before, but this is still fun stuff).
Man, I wish I could be there. Something tells me going with another person who knows the place pretty well would be a blast.
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Date: 2009-11-26 03:07 pm (UTC)Thanks for the tip about the Sannomiya Shrine! I don't know Kobe very well at all -- I passed through once in about 1992 (and stayed in a very bug-infested YH, lol). My capsule hotel (ha! found one that takes women!) is in Ninomiya, so I may well have a chance to go exploring a little. I'll be meeting up with lots of Japanese linguists at the conference, though, so I think basically what will be happening is a LOT of drinking. This country is a bad influence on me. ;)
Man, I wish I could be there. Something tells me going with another person who knows the place pretty well would be a blast.
Oh, it would be so much fun to roam around with you here. Maybe we should all shoot for Eclipse in Tokyo next year? Heh. If only it weren't so far and so DAMN expensive to get here.
(I know you're at the farm now -- hope you're having a great time.)
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Date: 2009-11-25 04:28 pm (UTC)Happy Thanksgiving!
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Date: 2009-11-25 04:59 pm (UTC)Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Very thankful I know you! :D
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Date: 2009-11-25 05:01 pm (UTC)Face stuffing to commence in T-24 hours! PHASERS SET TO YUM!
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Date: 2009-11-25 11:36 pm (UTC)It sounds a bit ominous if phrased like that. *lol*
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Date: 2009-11-30 02:25 am (UTC)I'll have to tell my husband that they way to get me off the computer is to buy a farm far away from dsl service. They probably have dial up in the farm lands, but I won't tell your mom.