Qwyrdo @Qwyrdo@witches.town

Me, to myself, just now:

"Where on Earth is my hecking lipsmack?"

*cough*

That's "lip balm", silly cat! ∑xᴈ

Breks & calls all done, including a surprise one from my pharmacy.

Insta has been carted. I've got about ~5h until delivery.

*Really* need to say hi to Giene today, so I'll probably get on that shortly.

Oh, right: I have to deal with a release form, too. *That* is what I should do presently, whilst I'm thinking of it!

@kacealexander It's sort of a me thing?

My high school education was dominated by the International Baccalaureate programme, so I tend to do things Europeanly. Thus, I slap a dieresis atop vowels that unexpectedly get their own syllable.

C.f. Boötes, zoölogy, etc. etc.

Finally connected with local surgeon's care coördinator.

They are going to talk to him and let him know where I'm at and where I want to go. We *might* schedule a consult, but more likely than not, it'll be in several months, once that clinic is *actually* up and running.

Given that, what I *really* hope for is two things:

1) to learn what sorts of challenges a surgeon actually faces with a non-standard procedure such as I'm requesting;

2) get this clinic's collective gears turning to at least *eventually* address cases like mine.

I know I'm ahead of the curve here. But I'm doing what I can to plant seeds to harvest later.

Also, that care coördinator and I keep playing "can I call you back?"

Frickin annoying that I don't have my own kitchen. I had *just* put breks in the oven.

Hopefully I'll catch up with them in about an hour.

Meanwhile, yesterday my PT used a wonderful turn of phrase:

"Don't Cirque du Soleil yourself."

I.e. don't overextend when you stretch.

@Maenad You should learn flint knapping, so you can make…

Clovès points.

Well, the good news is my back seems no worse than yesterday.

The "bad" news is it's not really better. (Bad in scare quotes, because in context it's pretty neutral.)

Sent C a text asking if she could help me do grocery shopping this afternoon. Have yet to hear back.

If not? Instacart. Again. ∑X3

@Paragate I did, in fact, go with Jabberwock. Somewhere on my TL I posted the whole thing, but I can't seem to get a working link atm.

The ides of March are upon us.

Angel
Bigfoot
Cherub
Daemon
Elf
Firbolg
Genie
Hellhound
Imp
Jabberwock
Kappa
Leprechaun
Mermaid
Nymph
Orc
Pegasus
Quetzalcoatl
Roc
Selkie
Thunderbird
Unicorn
Vampire
Will o' wisp
Xenomorph
Yeti
Zombie

Welp. That was an unproductive nap.

Brain decided to try inventing alternatives to the radio alphabet, based on the elements and on mythical creatures.

I'm stumped on J in the elementabet. Can cheat on Q (mercury, i.e. quicksilver) & W (tungsten).

Thank the Stars I was prescient and had scheduled PT already. I know my body well enough that I could tell something was amiss.

This means that we're treating my back in its acute phase. Hopefully we can get the inflammation under control so my nervous system can relax again.

I am now home, taken 100mg of tramadol, and am going to try to sleep a bit.

@AliceinCrystalTokyo Interesting. In ASL, it's "slide one palm off the other". I suspect it's related to "smooth".