The Coffee House

[davidharmier60]

Y'all can fast if you want to.
Not me!

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[Gary A.]

Fat Tuesday! Eat drink and be merry because tomorrow we fast!

Fat Tuesday ... and a mad run to wine country!

 

[Gary A.]

Jeez, I'm out of the loop. Had no idea it was Fat Tuesday!

TL;DR: Hell week last week. Everyone finally feeling better. Work has calmed down. I feel like a quasi-normal person again.

Long version:

Last week was hell. The wife got a stomach bug from Sunday to Monday, then sinus infection Monday through Thursday. I then caught the stomach bug Tuesday to Wednesday. Thursday, I went back to work, but when I picked up daughter from daycare, she wasn't good.

Daughter has had a cough for a couple weeks now, had been to the doctor twice, no worries. But then Thursday night, she was burning up with a high fever and she was just out-of-it. She was lethargic to the point that she'd barely move. Yep, emergency room. Go to emergency room. After 5 hours, we get taken back. Then, after 3 hours, we get the results. She has the flu, type A.

Ugh. Drive home at 4 AM, sleep at 5:30 AM. Wake at 7 AM. Wife took off to take care of daughter. I worked from home.

On top of all of this, I had a demanding project, where I was working late almost every night and every day last week (Sunday through Saturday). Deadlines for multiple (and changing) deliverables Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Ugh.

Deadlines suck. My construction deadlines weren't so bad because usually you had a few weeks to procrastinate. News deadlines were a killer ... every jammin' day ... hell, six times a day.

 

[Gary A.]

Deadlines ...

 

[jcdeboever]

Fat Tuesday! Eat drink and be merry because tomorrow we fast!

I'm fat every Tuesday

 

[terri58 1]

Jeez, I'm out of the loop. Had no idea it was Fat Tuesday!

TL;DR: Hell week last week. Everyone finally feeling better. Work has calmed down. I feel like a quasi-normal person again.

Long version:

Last week was hell. The wife got a stomach bug from Sunday to Monday, then sinus infection Monday through Thursday. I then caught the stomach bug Tuesday to Wednesday. Thursday, I went back to work, but when I picked up daughter from daycare, she wasn't good.

Daughter has had a cough for a couple weeks now, had been to the doctor twice, no worries. But then Thursday night, she was burning up with a high fever and she was just out-of-it. She was lethargic to the point that she'd barely move. Yep, emergency room. Go to emergency room. After 5 hours, we get taken back. Then, after 3 hours, we get the results. She has the flu, type A.

Ugh. Drive home at 4 AM, sleep at 5:30 AM. Wake at 7 AM. Wife took off to take care of daughter. I worked from home.

On top of all of this, I had a demanding project, where I was working late almost every night and every day last week (Sunday through Saturday). Deadlines for multiple (and changing) deliverables Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Ugh.

Holy crap! That's awful. Hope she rallies soon; this has been a horrible flu season.

Sounds like it was hell week at your house! Y'all take it easy this week.

 

[Cortian]

When it rains, it pours, sometimes, waday. Hope it soon lets up for y'all.

 

[JonA_CT]

I feel your pain, @waday . Both of our kids and both of us have had a nasty cold since early last week. No one was sleeping. The good thing is that we both have jobs that are pretty flexible. My wife brought them both to the doctor last week to make sure they didn't have the flu, and since I set my classroom schedule and my own grading deadlines, it's much easier to move things around until we were a bit better.

By the way -- as a parent now, you know just how amazing 4 consecutive hour sleep session can be. Who knew!

 

[smoke665]

Flu is rampant here. Not good when wife has weak immune system and shot is only partially effective. She's been on IGG infusions every month and will continue through April. Been lucky so far, but we don't take chances. Try to avoid crowds in confined areas, lots of hand washing/wipes, and masks.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Jeez, I'm out of the loop. Had no idea it was Fat Tuesday!

TL;DR: Hell week last week. Everyone finally feeling better. Work has calmed down. I feel like a quasi-normal person again.

Long version:

Last week was hell. The wife got a stomach bug from Sunday to Monday, then sinus infection Monday through Thursday. I then caught the stomach bug Tuesday to Wednesday. Thursday, I went back to work, but when I picked up daughter from daycare, she wasn't good.

Daughter has had a cough for a couple weeks now, had been to the doctor twice, no worries. But then Thursday night, she was burning up with a high fever and she was just out-of-it. She was lethargic to the point that she'd barely move. Yep, emergency room. Go to emergency room. After 5 hours, we get taken back. Then, after 3 hours, we get the results. She has the flu, type A.

Ugh. Drive home at 4 AM, sleep at 5:30 AM. Wake at 7 AM. Wife took off to take care of daughter. I worked from home.

On top of all of this, I had a demanding project, where I was working late almost every night and every day last week (Sunday through Saturday). Deadlines for multiple (and changing) deliverables Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Ugh.

Ugh rough week! Sorry to hear that the little one is sick - that's super stressful and scary. Hope to hear soon that she is feeling better.

Fat Tuesday! Eat drink and be merry because tomorrow we fast!

I'm fat every Tuesday

Funny but true for me lately! I've been dieting to lose the weight I've gained since last summer so my eating will be healthy and my drinking will be water but I will still be merry! Down 9 lbs in the past month. Quite a few more to go!

 

[Fred von den Berg]

Today in Germany they have colorful parades with marching bands and floats, from which they throw sweets and chocolate into the crowds and everyone has a great time. Later underground parking lots are transformed into discos in which upbeat music is played extremely loudly and a small amount of alcohol is also consumed, apparently.

In Britain they have pancakes today.

They know how to throw a party, those Brits!

 

[Gary A.]

@ Wade: Hopefully all the bad stuff will all just goes away ... the quicker the better.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Today in Germany they have colorful parades with marching bands and floats, from which they throw sweets and chocolate into the crowds and everyone has a great time. Later underground parking lots are transformed into discos in which upbeat music is played extremely loudly and a small amount of alcohol is also consumed, apparently.

In Britain they have pancakes today.

They know how to throw a party, those Brits!

Other than New Orleans area and a few other places, Fat Tuesday is not a big holiday here in the US. Have always wanted to visit NO during Mardi Gras but have never had the opportunity. Me thinks my window for truly enjoying that has come and gone long ago

 

[Gary A.]

Jeez, I'm out of the loop. Had no idea it was Fat Tuesday!

TL;DR: Hell week last week. Everyone finally feeling better. Work has calmed down. I feel like a quasi-normal person again.

Long version:

Last week was hell. The wife got a stomach bug from Sunday to Monday, then sinus infection Monday through Thursday. I then caught the stomach bug Tuesday to Wednesday. Thursday, I went back to work, but when I picked up daughter from daycare, she wasn't good.

Daughter has had a cough for a couple weeks now, had been to the doctor twice, no worries. But then Thursday night, she was burning up with a high fever and she was just out-of-it. She was lethargic to the point that she'd barely move. Yep, emergency room. Go to emergency room. After 5 hours, we get taken back. Then, after 3 hours, we get the results. She has the flu, type A.

Ugh. Drive home at 4 AM, sleep at 5:30 AM. Wake at 7 AM. Wife took off to take care of daughter. I worked from home.

On top of all of this, I had a demanding project, where I was working late almost every night and every day last week (Sunday through Saturday). Deadlines for multiple (and changing) deliverables Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Ugh.

Ugh rough week! Sorry to hear that the little one is sick - that's super stressful and scary. Hope to hear soon that she is feeling better.

Fat Tuesday! Eat drink and be merry because tomorrow we fast!

I'm fat every Tuesday

Funny but true for me lately! I've been dieting to lose the weight I've gained since last summer so my eating will be healthy and my drinking will be water but I will still be merry! Down 9 lbs in the past month. Quite a few more to go!

We're all on diets, except Miss Maggie, her activity level is like an Olympic swimmer, expending 8,000 calories a day, on our daily walk by the creek, Maggie will jump in the middle of the creek, then sprint up and down until Gary is tired. She slows down when she completely submerges her head under water to dig up some algae and flinge it onto the banks.

 

[Gary A.]

Today in Germany they have colorful parades with marching bands and floats, from which they throw sweets and chocolate into the crowds and everyone has a great time. Later underground parking lots are transformed into discos in which upbeat music is played extremely loudly and a small amount of alcohol is also consumed, apparently.

In Britain they have pancakes today.

They know how to throw a party, those Brits!

Other than New Orleans area and a few other places, Fat Tuesday is not a big holiday here in the US. Have always wanted to visit NO during Mardi Gras but have never had the opportunity. Me thinks my window for truly enjoying that has come and gone long ago

In Gary's household, like JC's household, every Tuesday is a Fat Tuesday. When Gary was just a little tike, Fat Tuesday was a special day out here ... but no longer.