Cormorant to rock, gulls from the storm
I did not post it last night because I was so tired, but ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch took a proof of life when I was finally home which does indeed look much more like a person than my fluorescently washed out self-portrait of a couple of nights ago and amazingly more so than the traditional tubes-and-wires effigy of earlier in the week. It's peculiar to look back on. Concentrating to talk to doctors during that period worked well enough that I was asked more than once if I had a medical background and had to answer only in the sense of having had a lot of medical to deal with, but otherwise much of what I remember of the first few days involved drifting in and out of weird half-overheard half-sleep acutely punctuated by conversations or procedures. It was amazing to go back to sleep this morning after my medications without having to discuss them extensively with anyone.
fleurdelis41 seasonally sent me some cases of piracy tried at the Old Bailey, of which my favorites are the prosecutor no-show, the punch line of the stolen hats, and the dudes whose defense was having been very drunk at the time.
spatch took a proof of life when I was finally home which does indeed look much more like a person than my fluorescently washed out self-portrait of a couple of nights ago and amazingly more so than the traditional tubes-and-wires effigy of earlier in the week. It's peculiar to look back on. Concentrating to talk to doctors during that period worked well enough that I was asked more than once if I had a medical background and had to answer only in the sense of having had a lot of medical to deal with, but otherwise much of what I remember of the first few days involved drifting in and out of weird half-overheard half-sleep acutely punctuated by conversations or procedures. It was amazing to go back to sleep this morning after my medications without having to discuss them extensively with anyone.
fleurdelis41 seasonally sent me some cases of piracy tried at the Old Bailey, of which my favorites are the prosecutor no-show, the punch line of the stolen hats, and the dudes whose defense was having been very drunk at the time.
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I thought so! I have a 200% decrease in IV jacks and absolutely no electrode leads on!
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"But you're sober. I'm talking to you right now. Your frock is even ironed."
"NUH-UH."
*unleashes New Year goats*
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Thank you! I do not feel altogether in my own head, but I can tell that I look a lot less like a wraith.
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YAKETY MEHHHHH
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A foolproof plan, one would think.
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Thank you! She is curled on the back of the couch behind me as we speak.
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Right up to the hats!
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Thank you! I'm enjoying it so much. I went for a walk this afternoon and afterward I was wiped, but I had been outside!
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This is excellent.
Nine
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Thank you. I still feel fragile and expect to for some time, but I like being ambulatory without nurses worrying about me.
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Thank you! I feel much better!
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It was amazing to go back to sleep this morning after my medications without having to discuss them extensively with anyone.
I imagine so!!! <3
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And, ha, excellent pirate defences. (I think one of my random Devon ancestors also pleaded drunkeness as an excuse - due to celebrating a friend's return from the Boer War - but that was for the more minor and distinctly less piratical Barnstaple crime of Swearing In His Own Home. If Barumites had not been banned from Swearing In Their Own Homes, I would know less about them).
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Thank you!
And, ha, excellent pirate defences. (I think one of my random Devon ancestors also pleaded drunkeness as an excuse - due to celebrating a friend's return from the Boer War - but that was for the more minor and distinctly less piratical Barnstaple crime of Swearing In His Own Home. If Barumites had not been banned from Swearing In Their Own Homes, I would know less about them).
Man, if you can't swear in your own home because your friend made it back from the Boer War, where can you!
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Thank you!
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Thank you! I feel more alive, although cautious about it.
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Thank you! I actually am!
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Thank you!
I imagine so!!!
I do not actually like my health being the primary subject of discussion. I would be a terrible Mr Woodhouse.
*hugs*
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Bideford? XD
I fished the account out of my docs, er, whether you want it or not, although it's not strictly one of the Swearing In Their Own Homes charges, although bad language is included, so I slightly misremembered.
DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR WHILST DRUNK AT BARNSTAPLE Three charges of disorderly behaviour whilst drunk were heard at the Barnstaple Petty Sessions on Thursday. – William Toms, when charged, replied “I will say guilty.” – P.C. Drake stated the case, proving that the offence took place at 10.55 p.m., defendant being very drunk and making use of very bad language. – Toms’s excuse was that a friend came home from the seat of war and he was sorry that he took a drop too much. “Do the best you can” he pleaded to the Bench. – Fined 2s 6d. – In the case of Alfred Harris cabinet maker, it was proved by P.C. Drake that the offence took place at 10.15 on August 11th – Defendant was very intoxicated and shouted at the top of his voice, his conduct being most disgraceful. This defendant also said that two or three friends came home from the front. He was in a very weak state, and a little drop of drink took effect upon him. – The Mayor said that the excuse of friends home from the front was getting rather worn out.
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That is a priceless line.
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Thank you! I even ran errands this afternoon (and then slept for several hours).
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That bright by the sides of roads, I do! I like the pylons, too. Thank you so much.
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