Betty is home from the hospital and curling up to sleep with our Aurora, who missed her very much.
Sick Betty
Despite her having promised to quit with the medical shenanigans starting in 2009, my sweetie is now in our local hospital with atypical pneumonia.
She went to the emergency room last night because she couldn’t breathe. (I called her a cab, from WI, to take her there). They’ve done umpteen tests, to rule out things like embolism, and they put her on oxygen right away.
She’ll probably be there a few days, is my guess.
Otherwise she seems to be getting better, & is in okay spirits. She does have her own room because she’s female but still legally male – a benefit of being out as trans, I suppose. & According to her, the medical staff have all been respectful of her gender.
So do send your best vibes in betty’s direction, so she gets better soon. I have a funny feeling all the stuff that happened last year lead to a shot immune system and so, now this. Feh to illness.
What You Don’t Need
It’s not good news, but it ends pretty optimistically. Worth watching.
10 Days In
After a nearly balmy 10 days in Appleton – it’s been aboug 20 degrees everyday – on Tuesday it’s meant to plunge to 2 degrees, and by Thursday, to 0.
I am amazed by how much I don’t mind the cold. I’m a little amazed by the consistency of both the cold and the snow, but since I don’t have to shovel my own walk or dig out a car, I just have to bundle up to walk to class or to get groceries and the like, which isn’t too bad.
I’m teaching three courses this term – Freshman Studies, Gender Studies 100, and Trans Lives – so I’m happily busy and feeling optimistic about 2009. Obama may have a first 100 days to make changes (and only 10 days until he takes office!!), but so far we’ve all had 10 – how have yours been?
She’s Gone
She left today, right before I had to leave for a lecture about Milgram, and I watched her cab pull away and I counted the days in my head: about 35 before she’s back, a little over a month.
At least Aurora has her back, and I’m sure she’s very, very pleased with having family back.
Friends
This is just too beautiful. I knew about Tara & Bella, but I’d never seen a clip specifically about them & their friendship.
The Boards
The mHB message boards are back up.
The Boards
The mHB message boards are down for now, & will probably go back up sometime this weekend. There was a bit too much acrimony going on for us to manage with very limited internet access and we needed to talk amongst ourselves about their future.
So hold tight, & they’ll be back.
HNY
A very happy New Year!
I still have very limited internet access here in snowy Wisconsin, but should be up & running at home by Saturday. Hopefully, fingers crossed. If you’re trying to get a hold of me, for whatever reason, please be patient.
Bumpit
Here’s my nomination for weirdest product of the year, but the best part of the website isn’t the godawful promo videos, which are hilarioius, but the * on the Instructions page that actually says:
* Bumpits are not edible.
Yours?