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[y4m]

My wrist hurts.

[pugz]

My husband did this to my car and is all "eh, it happens!" He is a crappy driver but telling him that would do no good

[pugz]

Sept 17, 2014 19:16:23 GMT -5 y4m said:

My wrist hurts.

Mine too, too much iphone use :/

[y4m]

Oh here's a more practical one maybe someone can help with. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to put a bra on using only my left hand. I have no idea how I can travel slash do my job without mastering that.

[crashgizmo]

It's so hot here that I haven't turned OFF my A/C in 3 days. When I heard it kick on at 1am last night, I was like WTF? It's been 102-108 the last few days. I thought I left the Phoenix desert 5 years ago.

[explorer2001]

Some punkass (seriously shaved sides of his head long pink and orange hair, black metal band t shirt) was giving me shit for not moving faster at security. There was hardly a line so if he was late it was totally his fault. For goodness sake my arms in a sling and I'm not allowed to lift. TSA was nice when they saw the sling at least.

Plus I'm now chilling next to my gate with good Mexican and a margarita that are getting expensed.

[crashgizmo]

Sept 17, 2014 19:19:59 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Some punkass (seriously shaved sides of his head long pink and orange hair, black metal band t shirt) was giving me shit for not moving faster at security. There was hardly a line so if he was late it was totally his fault. For goodness sake my arms in a sling and I'm not allowed to lift. TSA was nice when they saw the sling at least.

Plus I'm now chilling next to my gate with good Mexican and a margarita that are getting expensed.

How are you feeling? I haven't seen you around lately. 

[af1212]

Sept 17, 2014 19:19:31 GMT -5 y4m said:

Oh here's a more practical one maybe someone can help with. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to put a bra on using only my left hand. I have no idea how I can travel slash do my job without mastering that.

I was curious about this so I googled. There was actually a lot of info, and lots of you tube videos and tutorials. Here is a picture guide and a product you can buy to help you with it:

patienteducation.osumc.edu/Documents/Bra1Hand.pdf

www.amazon.co.uk/Bra-Angel-One-Handed-Dressing-Aid/dp/B006J7H948

[y4m]

Sept 17, 2014 19:24:04 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Sept 17, 2014 19:19:31 GMT -5 y4m said:

Oh here's a more practical one maybe someone can help with. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to put a bra on using only my left hand. I have no idea how I can travel slash do my job without mastering that.

Sorry about your wrist, I didn't get to comment in your original post

Have you tried with the bra clasp in front of you?  I don't know if that's any easier, but maybe you could sort of lie down on top of it to hold one end in place, clasp it, then spit it around and put your arms through?  Not ideal but maybe it'll work.

The problem is the one arm really needs to go in before anything else because it can't bend.

[noodleoo]

My coworker drives me nuts. I finally understand what bitch eating crackers means. He's completely unprofessional and a complete narcissist. I can't complain to my boss either because she loves him. (Although she did ask me in my first week if he was offending me...). He's pretty senior and unfortunately good at his job, so I'm stuck with him. He's in the management training program and I know we're hiring more people onto our team (just the 2 of us right now) and I'm paranoid he's going to be promoted and I'll have to report to him.

I'm actually considering trying to switch teams to get away from him. But I have no idea how to even inquire about that. I've only been here 6 months and I actually like my work and my boss. Sigh.

[gatsby]

Sept 17, 2014 19:31:47 GMT -5 y4m said:

Sept 17, 2014 19:24:04 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Sorry about your wrist, I didn't get to comment in your original post

Have you tried with the bra clasp in front of you?  I don't know if that's any easier, but maybe you could sort of lie down on top of it to hold one end in place, clasp it, then spit it around and put your arms through?  Not ideal but maybe it'll work.

The problem is the one arm really needs to go in before anything else because it can't bend.

Can you hook it first and then step into it? I just tried it and my band had just enough stretch to make it around my hips.

[y4m]

No way a bra is getting around my hips. The waist thing is intriguing though. Maybe if I lay it on the bed and lay on it...

[explorer2001]

Sept 17, 2014 19:24:17 GMT -5 crashgizmo said:

Sept 17, 2014 19:19:59 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Some punkass (seriously shaved sides of his head long pink and orange hair, black metal band t shirt) was giving me shit for not moving faster at security. There was hardly a line so if he was late it was totally his fault. For goodness sake my arms in a sling and I'm not allowed to lift. TSA was nice when they saw the sling at least.

Plus I'm now chilling next to my gate with good Mexican and a margarita that are getting expensed.

How are you feeling? I haven't seen you around lately. 

Monday was the extended corporate filing deadline. So I was working a ton right up until Friday. Saturday I got the call the grandma was in the hospital non responsive. Saturday and Sunday in the hospital taking care of her. She was released Monday.

I'm OK. I have appointments with the pain specialist andmy regular doc next week. Tonight I'm headed to OK city for a conference. I present Friday. No rest for the weary

[StJess80]

My sciatic nerve on my right side has been flaring up lately. Not sure why, but it hurts!

[crashgizmo]

Sept 17, 2014 19:47:59 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Sept 17, 2014 19:24:17 GMT -5 crashgizmo said:

How are you feeling? I haven't seen you around lately. 

Monday was the extended corporate filing deadline. So I was working a ton right up until Friday. Saturday I got the call the grandma was in the hospital non responsive. Saturday and Sunday in the hospital taking care of her. She was released Monday.

I'm OK. I have appointments with the pain specialist andmy regular doc next week. Tonight I'm headed to OK city for a conference. I present Friday. No rest for the weary

I'm so sorry- but sounds like your grandma is doing better? OK City sounds fun! (?) 

[delawarejen]

I would try to find a front-hook bra. Make life a tiny bit easier for yourself.

[gatsby]

Yesterday I paid too much money for a haircut that I don't really like.

[polarbearfans]

Poorly trained att employees costing me my release day iphone, and att not caring one bit that their employees told lies multiple times over the past 6 months. If I'm going to pay a higher price, I'm going to Verizon for better cell service. Why would I pay the same price for one bar of service??? Verizon gives full bars!

[Deleted]

I am watching someone in my life self destruct. It's not pretty, and I don't know what to do about it.

[Pom]

It's midnight and I have to get up for a flight in 4 hours.

[Pom]

Sept 17, 2014 22:45:20 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

I am watching someone in my life self destruct. It's not pretty, and I don't know what to do about it.

Sorry to hear this. (Hugs)

[bluefish]

I had my shoulder/arm immobilized for the majority of last summer. In the beginning, I wore camis with shelf bras. Then I moved onto strapless. Once I figured how to get a shirt over my head by bending at the waist, then I used pullover style bras.
HTH

Oh the Places You'll Go!
*i am here*

[audette]

Korean drivers. I got the car today so I could run some essential errands.

Some insanely-defensive driving is the only reason I wasn't hit by another driver at least 3-4 times... How do people not see a big, bright _red_ car?!

[Deleted]

Sept 17, 2014 23:54:30 GMT -5 @domerjen said:

I want boots, but I can't find any I like w/ wide calves. Is an all-leather shaft w/ a full zip too much to ask??? Why would you think I want what is essentially an ace bandage sewn into the back of my boot???

::kicks rocks in my summer shoes::

www.widewidths.com

I've also bought previous years styles of Ros Hommerson boots on Amazon

[ohyouknow]

We had dinner with my boss and his wife last night and my usually sweet and awesome and kind husband decided to be "funny" and said some stupid things. Nothing unforgivable, but uncomfortable. Like he misunderstood the name of my boss's dog as Dim and then said something stupid about me being dim-witted also. Which was not funny or true, I just think he was super nervous and uncomfortable and was saying dumb things. So now I think my boss probably thinks I'm married to an asshole or moron. Which sucks because he's neither.

[Norticprincess]

Hospital billing and my insurance company are making ragey.

Last month's lesson was just go to the ER vs outpatient urgent care because the copay is only $200 vs $300 as UC gets billed as outpatient procedure if you get fluids.
This month - trying to figure out why they are calling my chemo doses an outpatient hospital procedure and I'm getting a $300 copay again instead of the chemo copay of $30. I will hit my max out of pocket when the second one goes through or when my hospital stay clears. I really didn't budget to spend $4k on medical bills in the past month.

I got someone's itemized bill stuck in with mine - found it this morning when I opened yesterday's mail. The hospital's privacy admin is very nice.

[y4m]

Sept 18, 2014 8:32:43 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Sept 17, 2014 23:54:30 GMT -5 @domerjen said:

I want boots, but I can't find any I like w/ wide calves. Is an all-leather shaft w/ a full zip too much to ask??? Why would you think I want what is essentially an ace bandage sewn into the back of my boot???

::kicks rocks in my summer shoes::

I bought these last year and have been very happy with them: www.6pm.com/naturalizer-juletta-wide-calf-banana-bread-leather.  They used to have them at Nordstrom where you could get triple points on their card right now but it looks like they might have stopped carrying them.

y4m, I need to know if my bra suggestion worked.  I'm weirdly overinvested

YES!!  laying down on it low around the waist i can get it hooked, then slide up.  it was a proud moment this morning

[delawarejen]

As part of my job, we take turns going to print checks. The ink cartridge ran out during the run, so we had to reprint some of them. I get back to my office, and my boss and her boss were in a meeting. I gave the good checks to the clerks to process and held out the other ones to be destroyed. Apparently I was supposed to call to indicate a problem (I didn't know they were going to be in a meeting when I returned), fill out a report that doesn't exist and which I had specifically asked about, and let both of them look at all the checks. I'm fully capable of handling something like this on my own, but my boss's boss likes to treat people like they're 3 (including now chewing out the person who let the ink run out). There was really no way I could have won - if I had held the checks out, the clerks would have lost an hour each and the checks have to be done first thing tomorrow. If I had called, I would have been harassed about the report that doesn't exist.