Freak Magnet

And then....

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:24:49 -0700

Just got off the phone with my youngest brother (the calm one) who is very agitated about this whole trip to the beach. He talked to my mom this morning and found out my dad had a really bad day yesterday (fever, extremely low blood pressure at d...

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Good news...sorta.

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:49:32 -0700

So, just today, we've finally received some conclusive word on why my father is filling with fluid: the replacement bovine mitral valve that was put in five years ago is not working properly (I'm going to try to focus on being grateful that we fi...

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Being a Baltimore Juror

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:38:26 -0700

So for the past two days (Wednesday and Thursday), I had the privilege (?) of serving on a Baltimore jury. Thankfully, it was a civil rather than a criminal trial (despite my interest in all things morbid, I did NOT want to serve as a juror in ...

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Being a Baltimore Juror

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:38:26 -0700

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Emotional Consumer

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:25:00 -0700

Some people are emotional eaters. Turns out I'm more of an emotional consumer of goods. In the past week, I've shelled out about $2,000 on various crap, mostly scuba gear (even though I'm leaning towards postponing next week's dive trip for a few...

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Congestive heart failure. Ventricular...

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:04:33 -0700

Congestive heart failure. Ventricular stretching. Phosphatase levels out of whack, indicating a problem with either his liver or his bones. Low blood pressure, which prevents the doctors from taking off too much fluid because that could cause car...

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T.S. Eliot had it wrong

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:08:51 -0700

Or, at least, July is turning out to be my cruelest month. My father is back in the ER as of this morning after spending most of the night throwing up. He's being prepped for a cat scan so hopefully, hopefully they can figure out what's wrong.

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Terrapin Adventures

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:20:51 -0700

I managed to make it through the first level of this thing (the log Alex is walking over was actually pretty easy to negotiate, unlike the wire, which, for me at least, was a complete bitch). This log, on one of the higher levels, ...

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A Sympathy Card

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:36:30 -0700

A sympathy card from my niece after the death of my cat Max two weeks ago. Being the world's worst aunt, I managed to spill Sprite on it, which is why it's a bit blurry. So, yeah, Max is gone. He was over 15 years old and had always been a bit o...

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Sailing...

nobody@vox.com(deirdre) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:19:22 -0700

A few weeks ago I volunteered at an accessible sail at the Downtown Sailing Center (DSC). The thing I really dig about DSC is their total commitment to get everyone who is interested in sailing in a boat, regardless of financial or physical abi...

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