Not a Cold
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tanarillSo I have this scratchiness in the back of my throat. It's been hanging around for a week now, not getting worse but not getting any better either. Honestly, at this point I'd almost be fine with getting completely sick, if only so I can stop going to work all sniffly and oozy. But the absolute worst bit is that I feel like my immune system just needs a tiiiiiny bit more oomph for me to beat this, and I am taking an immunosuppressant! So I plan to take yesterday's dose tomorrow. We'll see how this works.
Yesterday, MW and Panda went into LA to get a new car. By new, of course, I mean good-condition used car. This is to replace the Escort. The Escort was not broken; we bought it new in '97 and have owned it since then. But it was new in '97, so MW finally decided that it is time to replace it. Now we have a fairly nice Monte Carlo, which I have named Edmond through the thought process: Monte Carlo -> Monte Cristo -> Count of Monte Cristo -> Edmond. I admit the names I choose for our cars (currently the Bluesmobile, Jean-Luc, Knossos, and Edmond) require cultural understanding and very strange thinking.
Testing at work continues to slow but steady, and I am getting results. Or at least, I am getting results when the pump isn't broken, which it seems to do on a whim. Trufax: we started with two broken pumps and ended with one working one, but they were only broken because someone *coughDr.Davecough* left them sitting for two years with gasoline in them. Isn't it kind of common sense to store them empty? Today, it was broken for . . . no reason either of us could tell. We opened it up, scratched our heads, put it back together, and then it worked. Of course, the results I am getting are not the results Dr. Dave wants, but that happens in the real world. He will have to deal with it.
And tonight for dinner, which I am still cooking even though I might make everyone sick, we will have a not-spicy tomato based curry. It is an interesting dish because the protein comes from hard-boiled eggs, which are arranged on the red background to look like an odd flower. The curry itself is like a flavor bomb in your mouth. The recipe, however, is in a cookbook, so I cannot share. This is a close approximation.
And that's me right now. Annoyed with this not-a-cold X( and wishing it would go away, but otherwise fine. So, yey that I suppose.
Yesterday, MW and Panda went into LA to get a new car. By new, of course, I mean good-condition used car. This is to replace the Escort. The Escort was not broken; we bought it new in '97 and have owned it since then. But it was new in '97, so MW finally decided that it is time to replace it. Now we have a fairly nice Monte Carlo, which I have named Edmond through the thought process: Monte Carlo -> Monte Cristo -> Count of Monte Cristo -> Edmond. I admit the names I choose for our cars (currently the Bluesmobile, Jean-Luc, Knossos, and Edmond) require cultural understanding and very strange thinking.
Testing at work continues to slow but steady, and I am getting results. Or at least, I am getting results when the pump isn't broken, which it seems to do on a whim. Trufax: we started with two broken pumps and ended with one working one, but they were only broken because someone *coughDr.Davecough* left them sitting for two years with gasoline in them. Isn't it kind of common sense to store them empty? Today, it was broken for . . . no reason either of us could tell. We opened it up, scratched our heads, put it back together, and then it worked. Of course, the results I am getting are not the results Dr. Dave wants, but that happens in the real world. He will have to deal with it.
And tonight for dinner, which I am still cooking even though I might make everyone sick, we will have a not-spicy tomato based curry. It is an interesting dish because the protein comes from hard-boiled eggs, which are arranged on the red background to look like an odd flower. The curry itself is like a flavor bomb in your mouth. The recipe, however, is in a cookbook, so I cannot share. This is a close approximation.
And that's me right now. Annoyed with this not-a-cold X( and wishing it would go away, but otherwise fine. So, yey that I suppose.
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Date: 2011-08-16 11:47 am (UTC)Sorry, that is one curry I will not be trying. I'm prejudiced against whole boiled eggs in things.
Really, new car already? Mine was used in '98, and will have to have a new paint job soon (it's peeling in patches down the center line) but it other wise fine. Was your Escort starting to cost more to keep up than was worth it to you?
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Date: 2011-08-16 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-17 12:10 am (UTC)[shrugs] You make what you like! (The sauce bit without the eggs is pretty good too, although you'd maybe want to add some kind of protein and rice for a whole meal).
The adhesives have mostly let go, so the car rattles. It drives me bonkers. MW drove it because she can't actually hear half the noises, but it finally wore her down. Therefore, Edmond.
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Date: 2011-08-17 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-19 09:11 pm (UTC)We should chat sometime, about stuffs, and things...
I tried the recipe
Date: 2011-08-22 05:44 am (UTC)It wasn't "bad" but not something that really triggered my "wow" feeling.
The recipe in the book, was/is a lot different ?
Great to learn about your "new" wheels.
Sorry for your throat.
D.