So, Dad's heading into his eighth week in hospital. He's back on nil-by-mouth, and the surgeons have been called in again and nobody seems to know what the shit is going on, but he might have to have another operation ( Read more... )

So. Now, on top of everything, Dad has pneumonia. It's nothing serious, we've been assured, but it still sets him back into the hospital a bit longer yet. Which sucks ( Read more... )

So, Mum and I went to Uncle John's (that's what I will call him, since trying to keep track of relations has been very complicated today) funeral. Everybody was very glad to see us there, apparently. We were taken there by Stephen and Sandy, Mum's second cousins (I think.) It surprised me to discover in the car on the way home that they were ( Read more... )

Hoo boy. So, we were visiting my dad on Saturday in hospital. When we left, we walked to the train station (where the bus stops are) and it was while we were waiting there that Mum got a call on her mobile phone ( Read more... )

So, Dad's aneurysm operation was yesterday, and everything is now well, thank God. It was a long and hard day, though.

( It Was A Long And Anxious Day... )

Despite what my username claims, I acutally DO give a hoot, about a lot of things. As such, this post is going to be some shameless pimping of sites that absolutely deserve to be promoted at every available opportunity ( Read more... )

Okay. So for ages I've been trying to make my computer run my beloved copy of Zork: Grand Inquisitor but every time I tried to actually run the game, it would just tell me "Please insert Disc 1" and I'm sitting there screaming "The disc is IN the CD-ROM drive! You twit!" After countless uninstalls, reinstalls and the same result, I finally came to ( Read more... )

Whoa. So, lucky us, we had a cyclone level one in our area the other night. Water levels cutting off roads here there and everywhere, winds going like mad, and our power was out for over 24 hours. (Ever tried to deal with Nicole and trying to explain to her that no, she couldn't watch her DVDs and it wasn't because her TV was "broken" while you are ( Read more... )

Okay, Dad's now out of the ICU (has been for a while now) and is in a surgical ward. Also much to his relief, he's finally off the clear fluids diet and onto milky things (milky coffee and tea, icecream, jelly, and smoothies). Also, today he had shepherd's pie and vegetables. They're going to keep him in the hospital until they can operate on the ( Read more... )

Hmm. So, there's this mem I found on dawning_star's journal and I liked it enough to bring it over. It's been a while since I did a meme anyway.

1. My username is _____ because ____.

2. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

3. My subtitle is ____ because ____.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

( My answers under the cut to save spaces on your f-lists. )