The Coffee House

[SquarePeg]

We have tile!!! Sort of. Pics later. This reno is taking forever. New estimate on completion is first week of October as we have run into another project on the contractor's schedule and are sharing the tile guy and the floor guy. Sigh

 

[vintagesnaps]

This has been a morning...

Yesterday my dad fell and hit his head and went to the hospital. So they transferred him to a university hospital to see a neurosurgeon. My mom said he was complaining a lot which I said is probably good. This morning so far so good, looks like they won't have to do surgery as the bleed is responding to medications. My mom said he's in a bad mood which again is encouraging; I'd be more concerned if he wasn't. My younger brother is there getting to be the one dealing with the bad mood!

To top it off, there was an active shooter downtown (my brother doesn't live too far from there so he won't be stopping back at home anytime soon). The guy came in thru a loading dock into a lobby so there's speculation it was a situation specific incident; now they're saying he was dressed business casual and carrying a briefcase. A couple of people died and there were a few injured - then it dawned on me they could have been taken to the hospital where my dad is, although more likely it would've been a different one; there are more than one within blocks of each other.

Guess I'll see what else the day brings.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Now that they showed a TV crew at the hospital, it might be where my dad is, sort of... had to check the map because people call things something different than what they really are. It's a big complex so he's probably in a different building. Bet they heard the sirens coming in.

There was yellow caution tape and the reporter was saying it had nothing to do with the situation, it was from construction. Of course. There's yellow tape all over. One of the eye witnesses was a construction worker, he really got a close up view of a couple of the people injured.

One of the reporters said it's eerily quiet, yeah I noticed no traffic, no cars at all.

 

[davidharmier60]

Hope it all works out VS. I have done the comics. Listening to 60's Doowop.

 

[waday]

One fun thing I've been doing at work is introducing new sayings and idioms, and then watching others use these new sayings. It's pretty entertaining.

 

[limr47]

Hey hosers.

Not feeling it today.

 

[smoke665]

This has been a morning...

Sounds like you've had one of my days! LOL Talking from experience as an older man "When I stop complaining, you might want to check on me!!!" I've had more serious falls the last couple of years, that or I don't bounce like I used to and it seems to take longer to recover after. Hope you Dad is already on the mend!

 

[snowbear136 67]

Good afternoon, peeps.

I half-jokingly asked MLW if I could go to a Geo Preparedness Summit; she said sure, if we could wait until the end of the month to make the reservations (the summit is free to me). It's in Boulder, CO during the first week of December.

 

[smoke665]

RIP Bandit. East bound and down - Burt Reynolds, Star of ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ Dies at 82

 

[CherylL1]

Starting to think I have a black cloud overhead. Yesterday I found out by accident that the young lady who scheduled my second cataract surgery, put the wrong date on my surgery packet. Based on the dates they gave us we scheduled DW's chemo infusions, which once started are locked in for 9 weeks. Then the young lady who had made the mistake got an attitude, with me about fixing the problem. In the end, to her credit she changed their schedule around to make it work. Then I got to my Optometrist for the final check on the right eye, and find out the domino effect had screwed up my follow up appointments with him. They managed to work things around, and then I get a text from the pharmacy that my insurance has declined payment on the second round of drops needed for the surgery because it hasn't been thirty days since the last refill. Thirty more minutes on the phone with them, and they finely approved. When I get to the pharmacy I find out they only have 2 of the 3 drops I need in stock. More phone calls and they find another pharmacy 20 mins away that has it in stock. With all my problems solved I hurry home to meet a roofing contractor who was supposed to be coming out to do an estimate. He doesn't show, doesn't call, doesn't answer his phone. Perfect end to a crappy day!

Sorry Smoke for the bad day. My husband had the same problem with the eye drops not all available at the same pharmacy. Don't you know the rule of marriage? You both can't have medical events at the same time. When my husband was scheduled for a second eye surgery I came down with the flu. Fortunately the doctor had a free car service.

 

[SquarePeg]

One fun thing I've been doing at work is introducing new sayings and idioms, and then watching others use these new sayings. It's pretty entertaining.

Love it. Don't forget to make up your own sports metaphors for the pep talks.

 

[waday]

One fun thing I've been doing at work is introducing new sayings and idioms, and then watching others use these new sayings. It's pretty entertaining.

Love it. Don't forget to make up your own sports metaphors for the pep talks.

Oh oh oh... I'm so going to try this.

"Like a dog barking at a postal worker, this needs your full attention." LOL

 

[SquarePeg]

One fun thing I've been doing at work is introducing new sayings and idioms, and then watching others use these new sayings. It's pretty entertaining.

Love it. Don't forget to make up your own sports metaphors for the pep talks.

Oh oh oh... I'm so going to try this.

"Like a dog barking at a postal worker, this needs your full attention." LOL

Swing for those end zones!

 

[terri53]

Hey hosers.

Not feeling it today.

Yep.

 

[snowbear136 67]

RIP Bandit. East bound and down - Burt Reynolds, Star of ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ Dies at 82