A new Costco opened up near us -- and right across the street from my cancer clinic...
So, yesterday Mom joined and shopped for stuff...
My kitchen is full of food.
Mom's car is full of TP, Paper towels and enough freezer bags to last a lifetime.
When she joined, they gave her a coupon for a free cooked chicken, which she's using to make chicken soup. Right now my house smells amazing -- and, since the soup is a two day process, there will be more yummy smells to come...
yea mom!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Photos of my brain...
.. I have the MRI films of my brain.
My neurologist, who looks quite a bit like Alan Alda, said they were clean -- as was my EEG... thus, no reason for my seizure. He's going with the 'perfect storm' theory Mom and Hubby suggested --i.e. that the over-sedation and sleep apnea combined to create the conditions for a seizure.
He also gave me a way to resolve the dizziness -- and it seems to work pretty well.
and -- I have photos that prove I have a brain, if only those photos would reveal the completed version of my dissertation I know is hiding in my mind --
sigh, oh well.
My neurologist, who looks quite a bit like Alan Alda, said they were clean -- as was my EEG... thus, no reason for my seizure. He's going with the 'perfect storm' theory Mom and Hubby suggested --i.e. that the over-sedation and sleep apnea combined to create the conditions for a seizure.
He also gave me a way to resolve the dizziness -- and it seems to work pretty well.
and -- I have photos that prove I have a brain, if only those photos would reveal the completed version of my dissertation I know is hiding in my mind --
sigh, oh well.
GDS.... hubby is right...
I love an articulate man --- good thing I'm IN love with one, or I may have to stalk Obama.
Debaters have a theory that some girls are attracted to good/great debaters... they call it Great Debater Syndrome.
I've got it -- which made watching hubby win debate rounds pretty fun!
Damm-- I really hope Obama wins, so he'll keep talking!
Also, I love his idea that we can disagree on issues without casting the other side as horrible, immoral people. This has been the central message in my ethics classes for the past 8 years or so -- and it is wonderful to see a political and cultural leader echo my thoughts.
Debaters have a theory that some girls are attracted to good/great debaters... they call it Great Debater Syndrome.
I've got it -- which made watching hubby win debate rounds pretty fun!
Damm-- I really hope Obama wins, so he'll keep talking!
Also, I love his idea that we can disagree on issues without casting the other side as horrible, immoral people. This has been the central message in my ethics classes for the past 8 years or so -- and it is wonderful to see a political and cultural leader echo my thoughts.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Cycle 4
This morning I teach my classes, this afternoon I have the last of the icky chemo...
YEA!
The icky chemo is a combination of drugs -- they are the drugs that typically make people sick etc...
Two weeks from tomorrow I'll start the first of 12 cycles of a less icky drug. That's the one they'll do every Friday.
I've had a bunch of unusual things happen so far, but they haven't been directly related to the chemo... so, I'm optimistic about how I'll tolerate the next step.
now -- maybe I should think about what we'll do in class in 20 minutes...
yikes...
YEA!
The icky chemo is a combination of drugs -- they are the drugs that typically make people sick etc...
Two weeks from tomorrow I'll start the first of 12 cycles of a less icky drug. That's the one they'll do every Friday.
I've had a bunch of unusual things happen so far, but they haven't been directly related to the chemo... so, I'm optimistic about how I'll tolerate the next step.
now -- maybe I should think about what we'll do in class in 20 minutes...
yikes...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The RNC and me...
I have quite a few students who are being ordered to work at the Republican National Convention... they are cops, National Gard Members and even an employee of the parks department.
I'm not particularly fond of Republicans in general -- so the fact that some of these folks will miss two weeks of classes right at the beginning doesn't make me happy....
I'm not particularly fond of Republicans in general -- so the fact that some of these folks will miss two weeks of classes right at the beginning doesn't make me happy....
One down...
One teach-a-thon down... 15 (I think) to go...
It wasn't so bad, really -- and I think my classes are going to be fun.
My 7:45 class has a couple of really fun students --
My evening logic class is pretty saucy... they suggested making an argument to support the contention that "Evening students are smarter"...
yea, the semester has some potential ---
It wasn't so bad, really -- and I think my classes are going to be fun.
My 7:45 class has a couple of really fun students --
My evening logic class is pretty saucy... they suggested making an argument to support the contention that "Evening students are smarter"...
yea, the semester has some potential ---
Monday, August 25, 2008
Day 1 eve....
I'm pretty much back to normal -- thank goodness...
My office is minimally organized and I have my syllabi copied for tomorrow...
I'll meet about 180 students tomorrow -- in four sections. Two ethics and two logic. Yes-- my math is correct, we have 50 as the course cap in ethics and 40 in logic.
no, that isn't right or good --but it is what it is... and attempts to change it have been met with stone walls all around -- because, as a department, we have a very low cost per student.... and that means the college makes cash on us.
If you look at your class of 20-30 tomorrow, be very, very grateful, as someone else is teaching a class of 50 to make the academic math work.
now, to bed -- as my first class is at 7:45 AM... and it could be a doozie, as registration was opened up late.... maybe all the really, really good students waited until the last couple of weeks in the summer to register for ethics??? yea, right.
ETA -- all my courses are at the max, except the early ethics course... who knows what will show up this week --- yikes.
My office is minimally organized and I have my syllabi copied for tomorrow...
I'll meet about 180 students tomorrow -- in four sections. Two ethics and two logic. Yes-- my math is correct, we have 50 as the course cap in ethics and 40 in logic.
no, that isn't right or good --but it is what it is... and attempts to change it have been met with stone walls all around -- because, as a department, we have a very low cost per student.... and that means the college makes cash on us.
If you look at your class of 20-30 tomorrow, be very, very grateful, as someone else is teaching a class of 50 to make the academic math work.
now, to bed -- as my first class is at 7:45 AM... and it could be a doozie, as registration was opened up late.... maybe all the really, really good students waited until the last couple of weeks in the summer to register for ethics??? yea, right.
ETA -- all my courses are at the max, except the early ethics course... who knows what will show up this week --- yikes.
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