really, Maroon Five?*

[lunabee34]

1. Josh is a lying liar who lies, so he told us he was feeling better while the rest of us were at my parents', and though it is true that the intense, protracted bout of vomiting that began this whole thing has not been repeated, he has been so so ill. We are just waiting on the culture to finish so he can get the meds he needs, and I am so angry they didn't call him yesterday because they damn sure aren't going to call him today since it's a holiday. He is so so miserable. I would not wish cdiff on anyone.

His foot surgery has been canceled, and I am relieved. But I am also a bit worried because the surgery is to repair a tear in the tendon, and I worry that putting it off means that the tear will just get worse. Now he won't be able to have it until December. Our offices are not ADA-compliant; they are only accessible by stairs (I know), and also it will just be an enormous pain in the ass to recover from the surgery while working and much easier to do it during our off time. Sigh.

2. If you are in the market for some beautiful, handcrafted jewelry, check out OiShiny on Etsy. The wire work on these necklaces is amazing. I have two of them already and just ordered a couple more. They are even more beautiful in person; photos and videos can't really capture how pretty the stones are.

3. The roof is leaking over the bathroom again because, of course, it is.


* If you sing about making a beautiful mistake in your bed, the conclusion I'm drawing is not the one you intend.

Comments

[sheafrotherdon]

I am so sorry about Josh feeling so bad! Will the U not do something to accommodate him? My colleague had foot surgery in August, two years ago, and the college installed a chair lift to get her up to her classrooms (and also to make the classrooms generally more accessible). Is it worth asking, or are they just jerks?

*shakes fist* at roof!

[lunabee34]

Oh, they would totally accommodate him in some way, probably by giving him office space somewhere that is accessible by elevator. But that's such a pain in the ass, you know? All his stuff is on his computer in his office, and wherever they found for him to go might be stupidly inconvenient--a shared space or somewhere kinda public like the library or I don't know. He's just not going to want to fool with it. If it an unavoidable surgery he had to have right now or whatever, they would 100% accommodate him. I don't mean to disparage them.

[sheafrotherdon]

Oh, no, I didn't take it as you disparaging him! My own office is up six flights of stairs in a building without an elevator - I was thinking about what a giant pain it would be to try and live without my office for a prolonged period, without access to my books and files, and that was what made me think of the stair lift. Totally understand, though, that institutions are not generally forward thinking when it comes to any kind of disability, short or long term. I'm sorry that there's so much to juggle, including institutional crapness.

[lunabee34]

*hugs and hugs*

I'm sorry you are also in a building without an elevator. We are at least only up one flight.

I think our trio of buildings (it's three connected really old buildings) are the only ones left that aren't accessible. Honestly, I think they're afraid to start renovating because they're afraid they're going to find asbestos and then it becomes a question of whether to raze the thing.

[sheafrotherdon]

Ohhhhhhh, yeah. We have a whole building on campus that's just sitting empty because the repairs would be so significant (I'm sure asbestos) and they can't decide whether to raze and rebuild or try and renovate. They've been stuck on this for years.

My building was built in 1857, so it has many quirks like the six flights of stairs. It has a dirt-floor basement, for example, which leads to some seriously funky smells when we have a lot of rain. and our HVAC is aspirational on the third floor for sure :D

[lunabee34]

Our campus goes back to 1887, but our building is not that old. I think one of the buildings of the adjoined three may go back to the early 1900s. I think we have only one building left that's from that original time, and it's a house that I guess the president lived in?

[sheafrotherdon]

We have one of those too - allegedly it's haunted!?

[lunabee34]

I've never heard that ours is. I feel like planting a rumor. Ahahhaahahhahhahaa.

[sheafrotherdon]

I love this!

[lunabee34]

It's the ghost of a professor who was asked to serve on too many committees.

[sheafrotherdon]

LOL