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I keep trying to understand CHIM, but it still evades me. My guess from what I’ve read is that it’s as if the character realizes that he’s in a dream but he's not the dreamer, and the realization might allow him to change the dream. Even though I don’t get it at all, not getting it is still one of my favorite TES things.

haute, it sounds like they took enough bits to check everything! Glad you’re on your feet, and I’m having a good thought for things that can be treated easily. I had an MRI back in January for the spine injury, and it turned up some mysteries and surprises as well, most worrying was a bone marrow issue. My regular doctor gave an early all-clear, but she was not entirely right about that. Cue series of tests with three different specialists, each turning up something that needed another test to clarify or confirm. They don’t have my name on a new radiology wing or anything, but they should!! Anyway, this time the thumbs up came from the hematologist/oncologist. She’s awesome, but like I told her, hope to never see her again.

Also the spinal thing is improving, which is nice to know.

As a veterinarian, I understand all too well how those medical journeys can go!

Ever thought about writing a quest fiction based on these puzzling medical cases? I have!

Glad to know that all is clear for you and that your bone marrow is just fine. Bone marrow problems are bone-chilling, to say the least.

Glad the two of you are on the road to recovery (I think)!

You'se a vet, you said? Did you get that from old animal bedding then?...Bit of a horses bolting/stable door (nyuk!) but do you wear a mask for thses things?...Maybe for next time...I have to wear them all the time...Between the straw and hay I wind up coughing or sneezing my guts up if I don't...(Oi wurrrk on aah faaaarm if you deeen't know... ...)

Aaamywho...

So glad you're both on the road to full recovery...*Applauds*...



...Um...Oh, I do that all the time!... ...

Well, tomorrow I'm off to Spain!

a week of absorbing more sunlight than Ive ever had in my entire life, being stumped by Spanish and pool time. Bring it on!

Sounds like fun! Enjoy!

oh dear oh dear! So much going on while i have been on vacation and stuff! hautie I'm glad you're somewhat improving..Lung issues are NOT funny! (I'm a smoker so...) And Grits, spinal and bone marrow problema are really nasty! I keep my gingers crossed for both of you!...

Thanks, minque!

Rollo, I hope you are enjoying some sunshine. It's rained so much here, there's even moldy-looking stuff on my car.

Today is The Boy’s first day of school. We started off with the wrong uniform, then he almost wore the wrong shoes with the right one. Now I wonder if there’s a third screw-up that I just haven’t noticed yet. Hopefully it won’t be me forgetting to go back and pick him up.

The Girl will attend a different school this year, so the car rides will be just me and The Boy. He likes to listen to NPR and argue about politics. I like to sip my coffee and look at the sky. (We live in a tree-infested area, so views are rare and to be appreciated.) This year he’s either going to learn to back off on the way to school, or I’m going to be steering with a knee while I wrap my hands around his skinny neck.

Perhaps I should have deployed the Red Coffee Cup this morning.

@minque: Thanks for the well-wishes. Bronchoscopy went well on Monday last week, but I won't know anything until i see the pulmonologist this coming Saturday. Does the fact that you'll be able to play MW again mean that we'll see more of a certain Archmagister?

@Grits: My advice when the Boy gets on your nerves: turn off your hearing aid and keep your eyes on the horizon. Oh, wait, that only works for me . . . I hear you about the tree-infested area! Our family home was located on half an acre with about 24 mature oak trees (and two Norway maples), so stargazing was always out. Now in the current home I co-own with my mother, we have skimpy saplings and a great view over farm fields to the south. I get to see some pretty dramatic weather from time to time. Wish you could send some of your rain our way - we are in the worst drought since 1988.

I like to listen to NPR too, but I'll do without the politics. I like the other stories they do. They often interview writers and musicians. And there's hardly any commercials! (the biggest plus for me!)

@haute ecole rider: You must live near where I do, it's been terrible. We got some good rain last week for the first time in months. I mowed the lawn yesterday, and that was the first time I've done it since the end of May.

!!!

Grits the mother needs to make rules for the inside of her car:

"There will be no debating politics, religion, or (fill in the blank) within these doors...no flaming, opining, pontificating, etc."

Ok so i will keep track here now, follow the progress of the recovery of Ms Grits and lady Vet!....

Well playing MW will hopefully get me back to lady gaga..oops Lady Renie...that was one of the purposes....the other one and by far the most important one was that I MISS playing sooooo much so when the opportunity arose....YAYYY!

Grits: Good to hear that the bone scan was clear, hope it stays that way.

Haute ecole rider: I don't really know what fungal pneumonia is, but good luck with getting better.

The Solo Rollo: Have fun on your trip!

First day of school for me as well today, and it went well. The teachers seem nice and though I haven't really talked to any of the other students yet people who work with animals or have pets are usually nice/cool people. The school's got a cooperation with Skansen (the zoo in Stockholm), so apparently we have some educational visits to the zoo to look forward to, as well as a lot of workplace situated education. For once I'm actually looking forward to going to school in the morning. I've also edited the videos I took in Nordens Ark, and uploaded them to youtube. Just search for SaqinEkali to get to my channel.

AWWWWW!!! Snow leopards are so cuuute!!!...*Drools*...

And then...The wolf puppies!!...Awww!!....

Loved the music you chose btw...Groovy... ...

Well I'm back online. Had a bit of an epic getting a connection but should be back now, though I'm away one another holiday or two on saturday before I begin my phd.

It appears I've missed a fair bit and have a fair bit of reading to do Should cover entertainment for the next few days.

HER: sounds nasty, hope it clears up as easily as possible.

A guy I knew at college found that after he had his PhD, he was just about un-employable. So he ended up becoming a politician.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

@Saqin: enjoyed those vids! The maned wolves (not really wolves, as you likely know already) look like skinny, leggy hyenas to me, with their shoulder-high stance. Yet they move like foxes, and are as beautiful as foxes. Looked up the maned wolf, it seems they are unique, unrelated to any other surviving canids (including wolves, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs). The snow leopard video was too short (but you don't have a great viewing angle, though), but it's enough to admire their huge feet and loooong tail. Snow leopards (along with jaguars) are my favorites of the big felidae. Oh, and fungal pneumonia is a lung infection caused by mold (simply put, mold is one form of fungus, yeast is another).

@Olen: Welcome back! You've been missed! Don't let ghastly scare you! Go for that PhD - you can make everyone call you Doctor then!

Neat, Saquin! I love snow leopards, of course. I’d never heard of maned wolves, so I took the opportunity to fill in my South American canid education. Also: pups!! They were fun to watch. Thank you for sharing these!

Welcome back, Olen!

I'm glad you like them

haute ecole rider: Yeah, it was amazing to see the maned wolves. I've only seen them once before in another zoo, but in that place they're always hiding in the back of the enclosure. About the snow leopards, I didn't have a good angle of that sequence, I did however get an absolutely great angle of the two snow-leopards playing with each other afterwards, but my battery ran out just as I finished filming the stuff in the video and I didn't want to use up all of dads battery as well. I really regret not being able to make a longer video. Okay, lung infections in general sound pretty horrible so again, I hope you get better as soon as possible.

Olen: Good luck with the phd

So they removed the three subjects I've already got grades in from my schedule, and it looks soo empty. I'm hoping that I'll be able to study a higher level of one of those subjects at least, because I'm not looking forward to having three hours to wait for the next lesson. It might be alright when we get homework, but at the moment it's going to be so dull. However, of the six subjects currently on my schedule, three of them are about animals and animal care, and one is biology, which will later include animal biology

Grits checking in: it's been a rough couple of days, but everything is fine. Hopefully I will catch up here this weekend!