There's an odd tradition in Santa Fe called Zozobra or Old Man Gloom. Started decades ago. A large marionette is constructed (roughly 50 feet tall) and filled with flammable materials. People bring notes and such to be placed inside Zozobra hoping to turn their luck around or to get rid of the gloom that's been hanging over them ( Read more... )

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lost my job 10 minutes ago. I don't qualify for the Family Medical Leave Act so they asked me to resign. I agreed. My recovery is going so much slower than I thought it would and the Special Ed dept really needs someone there now ( Read more... )

How much do you really want to know about all my medical stuff? Someone suggested that I get super detailed in case someone else has to go through this. I will leave the decision up to you. I haven't gotten too detailed because, quite frankly it's gross!

So, doctors are my life now. I got a phone call from a friend wondering how I was doing since I haven't updated lately ( Read more... )

okay wtf is with the ad before I'm allowed to post anything ( Read more... )

I'm home. I'm tired. I'm sore. I have Crohn's disease apparently. I'm on Coumodin for a while. I see nothing but doctor's appointments ahead for quite a while.

But I should be able to sleep tonight uninterrupted.

She is back in a regular room now and the fever has gone away. She also had a bowel movement this morning so she is allowed to eat food again (a liquid diet for now). Still waiting on the pathology results from the removed section of intestine to see what caused the inflammation, but they are estimating that she should be able to go home around ( Read more... )

Well, I think I've used at least 2 lives this week. I've been eviscerated, had bits cut out and re-viscerated. I've had tubes and wires crisscrossing through me and over me. I've been stapled back together and am waiting to see what comes next. I've not eaten for 4 days waiting to see when my digestive system will start working again. And the ( Read more... )

Seriously ( Read more... )