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turpsAs James is at work I couldn't go to nanna's today, so I've had a very relaxed day. As it was warm and sunny I've tidied the garden up, and finally chopped up the real Christmas tree so it could be thrown away in the bin. I also pulled up the Jerusalem artichokes, and now have many many of the things and no idea what to do with them. Along with some weeding and power washing the path and decking the garden is looking much better, though sadly it looks like the solar fairy lights are completely broken and not just powering up due to lack of sun.
Normally I'd have gone for a walk up mam's, but she behaved horrendously on Friday night. It's been a while since things have happened to that extent. She's been going out drinking but coming home with only minor grumbles. Friday it all exploded, then yesterday, unlike her usual ways when she deletes the mean FB posts and sulks for a while, she went out again and did it all again on the night. Which is why I've spent the last two nights with the land line off the hook.
I just can't be bothered with her right now, especially so as on Wednesday I'm going to get my gastric balloon removed.
You can only have the balloon in for 6 months, and my 6 months is up this week. Since last Wed I've had to avoid certain foods, ones that would stick I'm assuming, and from tomorrow can only eat and drink clear soup, semi skimmed and skimmed milk, diet yoghurt, tea, coffee, fruit juice and diet drinks. Which is doable but I had a lot of trouble actually finding clear soups, so have had to buy broth which I'll strain.
While the removal doesn't need an overnight stay in hospital it is a bigger procedure than getting it in, so I can't say I'm looking forward to Wed. But, I have to say I don't regret getting it at all. I don't have any numbers about losses yet, but I feel so much better than I did last year. My energy levels are up, I can walk so much further, and just in general I'm feeling good. Well, usually, I'm really tired right now but that's due to limited food and working in the garden this afternoon.
Pauline also phoned earlier and she said her daughter had mentioned I'd visibly lost weight, which is a nice reassurance because it's something I'm not seeing for sure myself yet. Yes I'm doing more. Yes I'm feeling better. Yes, my clothes are fitting so much better, and in fact, I was in my new favourite shop last week and I tried some clothes on that fit but I didn't buy, because I didn't love them. Unlike before when I'd have to buy anything that fit, no matter if I liked them or not. But despite that it's hard to see any losses for myself.
So yeah, that was a nice thing to hear.
Tonight I intend to watch more Sons of Anarchy. I'm nearly at the end of season two right now and am really enjoying the show. Though the other day I did get spoiled for the end episode, and in a horrible way, too. It was on the money saving forum I lurk on. Two groups on there have been having a battle and one person from one group was posting saying how he'd been binge watching the show, and someone from the other group came on and posted what happens at the very end. I couldn't stop myself reading as I didn't expect something like that to happen. And what's especially annoying is I've deliberately kept away from A03 etc as the one time I chanced a look I saw pairings and situations mentioned that I hadn't seen yet so I backed out at speed. Then some prize idiot decided to maliciously spoil just for the sake of it.
Normally I'd have gone for a walk up mam's, but she behaved horrendously on Friday night. It's been a while since things have happened to that extent. She's been going out drinking but coming home with only minor grumbles. Friday it all exploded, then yesterday, unlike her usual ways when she deletes the mean FB posts and sulks for a while, she went out again and did it all again on the night. Which is why I've spent the last two nights with the land line off the hook.
I just can't be bothered with her right now, especially so as on Wednesday I'm going to get my gastric balloon removed.
You can only have the balloon in for 6 months, and my 6 months is up this week. Since last Wed I've had to avoid certain foods, ones that would stick I'm assuming, and from tomorrow can only eat and drink clear soup, semi skimmed and skimmed milk, diet yoghurt, tea, coffee, fruit juice and diet drinks. Which is doable but I had a lot of trouble actually finding clear soups, so have had to buy broth which I'll strain.
While the removal doesn't need an overnight stay in hospital it is a bigger procedure than getting it in, so I can't say I'm looking forward to Wed. But, I have to say I don't regret getting it at all. I don't have any numbers about losses yet, but I feel so much better than I did last year. My energy levels are up, I can walk so much further, and just in general I'm feeling good. Well, usually, I'm really tired right now but that's due to limited food and working in the garden this afternoon.
Pauline also phoned earlier and she said her daughter had mentioned I'd visibly lost weight, which is a nice reassurance because it's something I'm not seeing for sure myself yet. Yes I'm doing more. Yes I'm feeling better. Yes, my clothes are fitting so much better, and in fact, I was in my new favourite shop last week and I tried some clothes on that fit but I didn't buy, because I didn't love them. Unlike before when I'd have to buy anything that fit, no matter if I liked them or not. But despite that it's hard to see any losses for myself.
So yeah, that was a nice thing to hear.
Tonight I intend to watch more Sons of Anarchy. I'm nearly at the end of season two right now and am really enjoying the show. Though the other day I did get spoiled for the end episode, and in a horrible way, too. It was on the money saving forum I lurk on. Two groups on there have been having a battle and one person from one group was posting saying how he'd been binge watching the show, and someone from the other group came on and posted what happens at the very end. I couldn't stop myself reading as I didn't expect something like that to happen. And what's especially annoying is I've deliberately kept away from A03 etc as the one time I chanced a look I saw pairings and situations mentioned that I hadn't seen yet so I backed out at speed. Then some prize idiot decided to maliciously spoil just for the sake of it.
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Date: 2016-03-14 03:42 am (UTC)Good luck with the surgery. *crosses fingers*
For whatever reason, I never got into SoA. It's one of the many shows that didn't quite ping me and then it was over and I was like "yeah, I still don't feel like watching it". I'm ornery like that sometimes I guess.
It does suck, however, that you got spoiled for it at the most random of places! Developing skills to avoid spoilers has become even more difficult in this day and age. Back during Buffy's original run, I would gleefully hang out in the spoiler sections of boards. TBH, I have no idea why since something like 80% of the spoilers would always turn out to be false and the remaining 20% were never as awesome as I'd imagined them to be.
Eventually, though, I began sidestepping spoilers. Nowadays, I'm at the opposite end: avidly keeping myself from knowing as little as possible about things. It's super hard to do that because of Insta and Tumblr (imho, those are the primary culprits). The gods know I'm going to be on total social media blackout when Captain America: Civil War comes out at the end of next month in Europe.
But, yeah, going back to you getting spoiled, I can't believe that there would be someone so petty that they'd do that at a place that has nothing to do with the show, TV shows in general, or motorcycle clubs. >:(
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Date: 2016-04-10 03:32 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Sometimes I wonder why I like SoA so much, they do such horrific things and I really shouldn't like the characters that I do. Yet somehow I find myself rooting for them despite their murderous ways.
I'm strange about spoilers as some I don't mind but others really annoy me. The last time I really got annoyed at a spoiler before this SoA one was when I'd been avidly watching Project Runway, and the day after it was broadcast someone posted this huge post showing the winning collection and winner.
Good luck avoiding Civil War spoilers, I suspect you're going to have to be careful about a lot of social media. You're right though, tumblr and insta seem to be the worse.
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Date: 2016-04-10 11:12 pm (UTC)One thing I'm v. sensitive about and will ALWAYS want to be spoiled about is animal harm that results in death.
Overall, I try to avoid as many spoilers as I can. Especially if it's regarding media I'm interested in. One of the worst cases was early on this season of RuPaul's Drag Race. One of the Twitter accounts I follow would link to a post-episode vlog featuring the losing drag queen. Which would've been OK had they not used something along the lines of "See what [eliminated drag queen's name] has to say about her time in the show". And they'd tweet that early in the morning right after the episode had aired. We're talking about less than 24 hours later.
I tweeted at them complaining that there had to be a better way to link it without naming who'd gotten eliminated (I tend to watch the show on Tuesdays because I've subscribed to it on iTunes). Can't tell if other people complained too, but that account adjusted the "morning after" tweets & kept the identity whoever was cut from the show a mystery.
So far, my luck is holding in regards to not knowing much about Civil War. Tumblr peeps are behaving (which was a total surprise because, well, Tumblr). I was feeling quite confident about Twitter, but I've followed a few new peeps in the last couple of weeks and don't know their thoughts on spoilers. The only ~dramatic~ thing I had to do was unfollow a handful of accounts over on Insta. Some people (who I'm going to assume don't know each other) had posted links to the twitters of people who saw the movie this past Friday. Like, without ANY spoiler warnings.
Life's stressful enough for me to have to worry every time I read my Insta.
The one thing that's making it very messy is that the movie was screened last Friday, its "official" premiere is this coming Tuesday. THEN, it's rolling out in some theaters next Thursday, premiering in Europe and some countries in Latin America in the following two weeks, and not showing in the US theaters until MAY 6. #WTF
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Date: 2016-03-14 01:23 pm (UTC)Man, spoiling in a forum like that just sucks.
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Date: 2016-04-10 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-03-15 10:57 am (UTC)Good luck getting the balloon out tomorrow. I hope it goes smoothly. {{{hugs}}}
Spoilers suck!! And that is such a random space for it to happen. What a jerk.
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Date: 2016-04-10 03:33 pm (UTC)Spoilers are horrible. I still can't get over someone would actually do that with the SoA spoilers.
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Date: 2016-03-15 04:08 pm (UTC)ALL the good luck tomorrow! I hope everything will go smoothly and swiftly. (You definitely sound much happier and more energetic than you've done in a very long time!)
I don't really understand the fear of spoilers - I want to be spoiled! - but I respect that people feel that way and wouldn't dream of spoiling something deliberately like that. It's so petty and small-minded. And yes, malicious.
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Date: 2016-03-15 10:31 pm (UTC)I never quite know what to do with Jerusalem artichokes either -- apart from plant them and have even more next round. They're good roasted, I hear!
I had solar lights as well -- I may have been inspired by yours, mine floated out in the big pine tree -- and they stopped working in the autumn. I was disappointed, as they were meant to be OK for outdoor use, but I guess not *much* outdoor use. Boo.