Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: January 2019

  • Gary Drug

    Gary before the thyroid drug: It’s been a week now that Gary’s been medicated for his thyroid. On the first day he was literally pounding on his skull from the seizure activity and panic attacks. I’m amazed he made it to day two. For the next few days, he was fairly normal. Then, at two…

  • Snowpuppy / Snowgiant

    Last week’s snow was perfect for packing. There were several excellent snow sculptures on my drive to work. (Not my photo – it was taken by Friend #4, who lives nearby.) I took this photo – even though I took it a week late. The snowman below was originally ten feet tall. They must used…

  • Placebo Revisited

    This just happened: I found a bottle of turmeric among my medicines. “What on earth?” I thought. “Why do I have a bottle of turmeric?” Side effects of turmeric: loss of memory of events that happened less than a month ago. It would seem that burping up a capsule of the stuff was enough to…

  • Small-Minded Dogma at Chick-Fil-A

    Thursday night, for a variety of tedious reasons, we ended up having dinner inside a Chik-Fil-A. Gary started reading his phone (rude) and of course that launched a political rant about Republicans and how corrupt they are. Gary: [boring rant edited for time and content] ” … and that’s why all Republicans are corrupt.” Me:…

  • Gary Health

    Well, the test results came back and my poor husband is indeed hypothyroid. We had a brief fight about it (“Gary, stop dismissing this!” “Ellen show some sympathy!”), then realized once again we were having an Information Deficit Fight, then we went off to the internet to gain all medical information. I found basic facts…

  • Gum

    Sometimes I chew gum when I am hungry at work. My work area has recently been rehabbed, and part of the rehab is the recycling station. Paper / Recycle / Landfill / Compost. I am stymied on where to throw my used gum. I no longer have my own trash can, and I chew too…

  • Work Ellen

    One of the reasons I’ve been quite happy that Gary quit his job five and three-quarters years ago is that I don’t have to deal with Work Gary anymore. Work Gary was an ass. He would come home angry, yell at me, I’d ask why he was angry, and it always turned out he was…

  • Lady Garden Blight Returns

    My affliction is back, despite a respite of almost half a decade. The labia is again weeping blood from the outside, not the inside. (See here. In fact you should see here, because that post-menopausal post from five years ago sums up my attitude today.) Since my reproductive hormones have utterly shut down now, I…

  • I Brave the Fifty Three Hour Brisket

    Remember when I was too chicken to cook beef? I couldn’t bring myself to brine a brisket for almost a week and then cook it in the sous-vide for two days. Well, I am braver now. I think I balked at the five days of brining, because my new recipe requires only a half hour…

  • Snow

    So, last year we didn’t get the snowblower out at all. We’ve taken to storing it in the basement instead of the garage. There was an anticipated snow earlier this year so I brought it upstairs, but that ended up being light enough to melt. So, now we have actual snow. I am wild with…