[Illuyankas]

My mother's operation is over, despite an hour wait between what time they estimated the surgery ending and what time they actually rang, everything went well, thank fuck, ('unremarkable procedure' when remarkable means something's gone wrong is a great phrase to hear) and she's sleeping. My dad'll visit her as soon as possible tomorrow morning, and my brother and I will as soon after as possible. Now, it's not all over yet - they need to run more tests to make sure the new kidney is working, she's staying in the hospital for at least a week, and she'll be on anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life which'll trash her immune system and put her at a high risk of skin cancer from sun exposure, among other things - but the important thing is that she's going to be not dying, which is all I could have wanted.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Illuyankas, on 09 June 2015 - 09:09 PM, said:

My mother's operation is over, despite an hour wait between what time they estimated the surgery ending and what time they actually rang, everything went well, thank fuck, ('unremarkable procedure' when remarkable means something's gone wrong is a great phrase to hear) and she's sleeping. My dad'll visit her as soon as possible tomorrow morning, and my brother and I will as soon after as possible. Now, it's not all over yet - they need to run more tests to make sure the new kidney is working, she's staying in the hospital for at least a week, and she'll be on anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life which'll trash her immune system and put her at a high risk of skin cancer from sun exposure, among other things - but the important thing is that she's going to be not dying, which is all I could have wanted.

Really, really pleased for you! Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly from here on in

[Tiste Simeon]

worry, on 09 June 2015 - 06:10 AM, said:

After the surgery tell her they accidentally installed a prostate instead. When she looks surprised you shout "Just kidney-ing!"

Ouch that pun was spleenful.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Apologies for sort of showing off again, but I finished the Chain of Dogs maps today!




And they're now on the wall in the Nerd Cave together!

[melonhead]

Finally got my philosophy assignment done! Submitted it online a grand total of 7 minutes 32 seconds before the cut-off date. That was the fastest, and possibly shittiest assignment I've ever done, but hey, its done, and I'm happy about it!

[TwoBeakers]

Been working on my first R series grant for the past few weeks and the boss is reviewing it. Beaker2 said "Maybe he will come back and say everything is good, go ahead and submit...and then leprechauns will jump out and start tossing gold around."

Boss just sent me an email saying he only made one small change and it looks really good. I'm putting out Guinness for the leprechauns.

[melonhead]

One exam down, two left!

[Loki]

SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!!!

MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA


You know that feeling you get when your heart stops beating from an over-abundance of joy and your stomach starts fluttering around and your face begins to ache from smiling so hard?



Well, times that by ten.

[Loki]

Have I mentioned recently just how wonderful and awesome Silencer is?

Well let me do so now...

His acumen is enviable.

His sagacity is astounding.

His effervescence is compelling and his mediation is superb.

The truth is some would find his genius alarming if it wasn't so consistent.

He is the finest of the fine.

A gentleman in an un-gentlemanly time.

A true marvel of a man.

*two hours later*


And suffice it to say, he also has nice hair.

[Morgoth]

My position is being moved. Well, it's being split and moved to two different ministries. It made me a little worried but now I've learned that I'll probably follow all my interesting duties, whereas the boring stuff is being moved somewhere else.

No direct increase in salary alas, but the pay is generally better where I'm going, so I aim to argue my way up a few steps.

[Maark Abbott]

Loki, on 16 June 2015 - 03:54 AM, said:

Silencer is Kruppe.

Trimmed for TL;DR purposes.

[Gorefest]

Fat, greasy, thieving, and given to pompously boasting how great he is? Wow. A tad harsh, don't you think?

[Maark Abbott]

Gorefest, on 16 June 2015 - 03:21 PM, said:

Fat, greasy, thieving, and given to pompously boasting how great he is? Wow. A tad harsh, don't you think?

I am not known to mince words. Only my step minces, and with an ass this fabulous, you sort of expect that.

[worry]

[Maark Abbott]

worry, on 16 June 2015 - 09:17 PM, said:

Yeah, that's right.

[Obdigore]

I saw Maark at my yoga class the other day and took some video

This post has been edited by Obdigore: 16 June 2015 - 11:45 PM

[Loki]

My Blackwall lithograph just arrived.

And Cole.

They look like this - Blackwall. Cole.


Now I have all the companions that I wanted.

Just need to get them framed now. XD

[Slow Ben]

Sold the first lot in the subdivision I'm developing.

Not gonna lie, selling the first one is a HUGE weight off my shoulders.

[Maark Abbott]

Obdigore, on 16 June 2015 - 11:42 PM, said:

I saw Maark at my yoga class the other day and took some video

You furry fool, I know, and I will not disagree, but there's one thing we don't like, and it starts with He-Man.

[Lizradusa]

A short trip to Utrecht over the weekend is making me happy.