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[Catawampus]

Good news on the adopted-daughter/mother situation. First off, she now has a place to stay that isn't my place. This is a considerable relief, as I'm not really set up conveniently for that sort of thing and now I won't have to keep reminding myself to wear clothing at home. One of her friends just went off to college and is living in the dorms there, so her bedroom at home is free. She convinced her parents to let the adopted girl stay there.

She also gets to go back to school tomorrow. Apparently her mother was surprised by the amount of negativity directed her way by the community, and so decided that she would amend the restraining order a bit. The kid can go to school, but can't interact with the mother or her brother while there.

[chicgeek]

There's a special place in hell for people like that. Fingers crossed for the girl, and her brother.

[jwhouk]

(Ahem)

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear SARRRRRRGGGGGEEEE
Happy birthday to you!!!!!

[Sgt. Howard]

You are bound and determined to make sure they know, eh?

[jwhouk]

You are bound and determined to make sure they know, eh?

O:-)

[lake_wrangler]

I'm doing a lot better this week. I finished taking my antibiotics last Sunday, and the infection is gone. My leg is still slightly swollen, but barely. The sore I had just below the knee, which I left out in the open, when I saw that the gauze bandages were pulling at the skin, had a big scab on it for a while, but the scab fell off gradually, between Saturday and Monday. The sore which we did keep covered, just above the ankle, at the back of the leg, is also healing, but not quite done.

I had a follow-up appointment with the doctor, today, and she was impressed with how well my leg was healing. She even offered to cut my medical leave by a week, if I wanted to. I was tempted to take her up on her offer, but I figured I best take my time, for once. So I am still off work until September 4th. I also no longer need to constantly keep my leg elevated, though sitting at the computer is still a little uncomfortable, after a while. Still, this will allow me to do some stuff around the house which I couldn't do while laying down with my leg elevated...

My financial situation will still be iffy, for a bit, as the doctor took some time to fill out the salary insurance form... so this week, I am getting a two-day pay, as that's all that was left in my sick days bank. Next week, I'm not sure if I'll get anything from the insurance, but hopefully, I should get paid in two weeks. And it will be retroactive to a point, so that should help. I just have to be careful in how I spend my money until then. There may also be a one-week gap between the last insurance check and the first paycheck from working again. We'll have to see how that goes.

[Dave]

Well, this isn't the best possible news (it's notably lacking in apologetic insurance-droids showing up with bags of gold) but it sounds a lot better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!

It sounds good that you've decided to take the full allotment of medical-leave time. Hurts the cash flow, I don't doubt, but if your body is still repairing the effects of the infection it's probably best to give it time to do the job properly.

[Sgt. Howard]

Young fellow, you just cheated the devil big time- rest up and get better, hear me?

[chicgeek]

Happy birthday, Sarge!
*loudly and off key* And maaany mooore!

Glad you're healing well, Wrangler. I had to do the constant leg propped up compresses drugs ect a few years back, when what the doc thinks was a spider bite quickly became MRSA. No fun. It does get boring.
You rest and get all healed up. The lack of pay sucks, but your body will thank you.
Heh, you'd laugh at my jury rigged hot wet compress. To keep it going as long as possible without getting up, I layered. Wet cloth as hot as I could stand it. Nuked a rice pack. Put rice pack in plastic bag to keep it dry, laid it on cloth. Laid a heavy towel over all that to hold the heat in. Worked pretty well when I didn't have minons at hand.

[AnotherFairportfan]

[AnotherFairportfan]

[Dave]

Looking for the Door Into Summer, I imagine.

[Hansontoons]

Vote now, vote often! Get Wapsi back into the 20's on the top 100 Webcomics!

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May peace be with you.

[Dave]

I do believe I know that place... was there not that terribly long ago...

[Hansontoons]

I do believe I know that place... was there not that terribly long ago...

The photo I posted was from my daughter, she visited a few years back. The palm tree has grown a few feet but thankfully the view has remained the same. She, her mother, and a cousin toured the area and were In awe of the ruins.

[Alkarii]

Crud... I went to my brother's house to have him show me were a particular gun store is, where I could order parts to build an AR-10. Turns out they are closed on Mondays, so I'm just gonna save up money for a bit and go to a closer gun store.

Hopefully I can manage to get everything while it's still legal for me to do so.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Wow. I just went back through my Amazon profile, picking up the reviews i've written since i last updated the reviews list on my website.

Twenty-six of the things to format and post!

[lake_wrangler]

Another quote from my wallpaper:

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

Robert McCloskey

Gold's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly.

[lake_wrangler]

While looking at a slideshow of the 10 most unique data centers in the world, I followed links to a side story about two attempts made to force open a data center housed in an decommissioned NATO bunker:

City Hall Strikes Back

SWAT TEAM RAIDS BUNKER



And for your viewing pleasure, I give you:

30 geeky coffee mugs your coworkers will envy

32 T-shirts so geeky only IT pros will get them

The 51 coolest laptop stickers of all time

30 of the geekiest car decals and stickers ever

[lake_wrangler]

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

- H. Rider Haggard