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What Are You Doing Right Now?
- Thread starter CrazyTechnoBoy
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perusing the forums thinking about either going to bed or eating something.
Eating is always the right answer. Or a nap. A nap is really always the right answer. Going to bed early/on time is lower on the good idea list. Have a drink! I'm going to bed though.
very well then.....Ice cream time!!
Ah, perfect choice!
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Kaat72
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Staying up late.
Trying to think of gifts for the last 5 people on my Christmas list.
no one
Android Expert
It's to late to order a pole. 
I think you should go with tradition here. It's always best to follow tradition at the holidays.
Here's what you need to buy:
1. A kitchen appliance.
2. An ugly piece of clothing with a copy of the gift receipt displaying proudly you bought it on sale.
3. A gift card placed in a gift bag with a gift tag and gift ribbon just to make sure the recipient knows it's a gift.
4. A platter of assorted processed meat and processed cheese surrounding a semi-edible block of soggy dough overloaded with candied (aka "petrified") fruit, and decorated with poinsettia leaves and holly berries (both of which are poisonous).
5. A kitten from Schrodingers' pet shop with a note advising them not to open until Christmas. (and they probably shouldn't open it then, either.
You're welcome.
PattiCakeUS
Android Expert
I'm stressing about my dad's health, & hoping he's going to be OK until he goes in for a heart procedure on Friday & that it goes well so he (& me & my siblings) can finally be done with this crap.
Recap:
There's no emoji for how I feel tonight.
Recap:
- Mom passed away in July of this year (she would have been 78 on 12/26 but had a lot of health issues & didn't take care of herself)
- Dad (he'll be 74 in January) was neglecting some health issues of his own because he was her full-time caregiver, but had been having heart problems (both too fast & too slow). Other than these heart troubles he's in great health & takes good care of himself.
- Dad had a pacemaker put in 2 weeks after mom passed so the slow heart rate problems are fixed, & he was planning to put off the procedure to fix the frequent palpitations (atrial fibrillation) until spring because he had been planning to leave the state for the winter.
- He's been in the ER a couple times over the last six months with a-fib incidents, most recently last week - so they moved his procedure up & scheduled it for this Friday.
- He emailed me late tonight (for some reason, that's his go-to communication method) to tell me his heart was racing & asking me to call in the morning to make sure he's OK, that he doesn't want to go to the ER again.
There's no emoji for how I feel tonight.
^^^liked for empathy. Hoping and praying for the best. 
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Deleted User
Guest
About to leave for office Christmas meal. Group social situation, but not really that much anxiety, as I'm with fellow nerds. We can talk tech without fear of boring each other. 
I hope your dad's okay, @PattiCakeUS. Old people can be very stubborn when it comes to their own care.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
you can take heart that you are not alone in this, I have been living in the hospital with my wife 24/7 since Aug 19th of this year. we thought she was ready to go home this week, but a final doctor's inspection of her foot revealed that the outer skin had healed too fast, and the inner tissues had not healed good and fluids are trying to drain.... she has to go back to surgery soon to have a Wound Vac drain installed so that her foot can heal up.
Add to all of this, the constant battle with the Medical Transportation services trying to get them to arrive "on time" to take her to and from dialysis....
My only saving grace is that here in the Skilled Care rehab facility, there is a 2nd bed for my use.
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PattiCakeUS
Android Expert
I actually called him a "very stubborn man" to his face when we went over there this past Saturday. We've been over there at least once a week since Mom passed, slowly going through all the stuff mom hoarded over the years. But late last week we got several inches of new snow so I told Dad that we'd be over to do his driveway Saturday, because with his heart issues & being on blood thinners to prep for the surgery - & it still being pretty cold, I thought it would be a bad idea for him to do it himself. He agreed to wait until we got there.
Saturday morning we pulled up & he'd already done half of the driveway! My honey took over the snowblower & I took the push scoop & we did the other half while Dad went inside.
Yesterday, Dad apparently told his doc that he seems to go into a-fib a day or two after using the snowblower or the scoop shovel. Gee, ya think maybe you should have listened? UGH.
PattiCakeUS
Android Expert
AZ: My heart really goes out to you. I can't even imagine how exhausting & difficult it would be to go through what you're going through. I hope she heals quickly & you guys are able to go home soon.
Listening to The Golden Age of Wireless on YouTube.