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Behind and stressed with it
Bit behind on these. There's a lot happening here with house renos, Greg being away, and having to have an iron infusion because my count was still low despite pills (which I've now stopped).
The infusion was awful because the nurse was so bloody (literally) incompetent: putting the needle into a vein and out the other side (I still have a big bruise); having to wait for a doctor to do it properly; failing to get the attachment on the canula before blood went all over my hand; nicking the drip bag getting the iron solution into it so it started leaking down the wall... all while whittering on with a ditsy stream of consciousness. The practice didn't charge me, and fair enough too! If I need another one I'm going to make sure it's damned well not her.
9 – Professional Pet Sitters Week: Have you ever engaged the services of a professional pet sitter, or do you usually rely on family or friends to take care of your pets when you're away?
Actually I rely on catteries; I don't have family nearby and none of my friends are animal people. I tried a pet sitter once with my first two cats who used to go right off their food when I was away and look half-starved when I came back. I thought they'd be happier at home, but - not the sitter's fault - they still refused to eat.
10 – Middle Name Pride Day: Is there a story behind your middle name if you have one?
It's Ruth, after my maternal grandmother. When my mother was pregnant, she, a redhead herself, said to "drown it if it's a redheaded girl". Just a joke; she doted on me, though I don't remember that as she died when I was three.
11 – World Plumbing Day: We take indoor plumbing for granted – until there's a problem with it. Have you ever suffered a major plumbing emergency?
Twice I've had leaks in the connection to the washing machine, one due to the outlet hose being dislodged in an earthquake during a wash, the other due to the hot-water hose perishing and. Both floods dried out fine, but it's so annoying given that I turn off the taps when I'm not doing laundry.
Have you ever tried to fix a plumbing issue on your own? Did you succeed?
The ones above were easy enough apart from cleanup - just put the outlet back in the sink for one and replace the hose connections for the other. Apart from that, just replacing washers.
The infusion was awful because the nurse was so bloody (literally) incompetent: putting the needle into a vein and out the other side (I still have a big bruise); having to wait for a doctor to do it properly; failing to get the attachment on the canula before blood went all over my hand; nicking the drip bag getting the iron solution into it so it started leaking down the wall... all while whittering on with a ditsy stream of consciousness. The practice didn't charge me, and fair enough too! If I need another one I'm going to make sure it's damned well not her.
9 – Professional Pet Sitters Week: Have you ever engaged the services of a professional pet sitter, or do you usually rely on family or friends to take care of your pets when you're away?
Actually I rely on catteries; I don't have family nearby and none of my friends are animal people. I tried a pet sitter once with my first two cats who used to go right off their food when I was away and look half-starved when I came back. I thought they'd be happier at home, but - not the sitter's fault - they still refused to eat.
10 – Middle Name Pride Day: Is there a story behind your middle name if you have one?
It's Ruth, after my maternal grandmother. When my mother was pregnant, she, a redhead herself, said to "drown it if it's a redheaded girl". Just a joke; she doted on me, though I don't remember that as she died when I was three.
11 – World Plumbing Day: We take indoor plumbing for granted – until there's a problem with it. Have you ever suffered a major plumbing emergency?
Twice I've had leaks in the connection to the washing machine, one due to the outlet hose being dislodged in an earthquake during a wash, the other due to the hot-water hose perishing and. Both floods dried out fine, but it's so annoying given that I turn off the taps when I'm not doing laundry.
Have you ever tried to fix a plumbing issue on your own? Did you succeed?
The ones above were easy enough apart from cleanup - just put the outlet back in the sink for one and replace the hose connections for the other. Apart from that, just replacing washers.