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About Jen

Jen isn't quite sure when she lost her mind, but it is probably documented here on Meditatio. She blogs because the world needs her snark at all hours of the night... and she probably can't sleep anyway.

Why I’m Pissed That I Have This Sinus Infection

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To Do in the Next 24 Hours
-get flowers set up for church
-get bread split and to church
-figure out my church clothes for tomorrow and make sure they’re clean Thanks Jon!
-make sure I have someone to help me clean up tomorrow
-read lessons at Church #1’s service both services
-get curricula organized for Wednesday

The Zithromax is kicking in and I managed to get by with only one co-pay. (My stupid prescription insurance only gives me 4 pills when the normally prescribed dosage is 5. I had one left over from the meds I had before surgery in June, so I have my 5 pills and only had to pay for 4 of them.) I’m starting to feel a little better though death is still looking preferable because of the freaking post nasal drip in my throat. For asthmatics like me, it feels like someone has stuffed a wet towel down my throat.

/whining

The NOLA Sitch

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I have to say… I loooooooove NOLA’s mayor. Any mayor that tells FEMA, Bush, and others to “get off your @$$es and do something!!!!!!” has my vote.

CNN.Com: Governments pledge aid after Katrina. If only we as a nation could be so generous internationally…

George Bush: you are a f***ing jerk. ANY other president before you would have had their @$$ in NOLA the day AFTER the hurricane instead of doing a flyover and saying it looked bad. The hurricane was Monday. You didn’t even set foot there until Friday. What the f*** is wrong with you?!?!?!?!?

To FEMA and the Dept. of Homeland Security: get your acts together!!!! This disaster is on par with 9/11 (which could have been prevented if the FBI and CIA had actually COMMUNICATED) and you guys need to get your @$$es in there and do something!!!!! Why did you wait until Friday to get aid in there?!?!?!?!?

OK… I feel better now.

Sinus Woes

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I have an appointment at the clinic in an hour. Please, for the love of all deities, let them find cause to give me antibiotics for this plague that is raging in my sinuses and causing massive headaches, ear pain, throat pain, dizziness, nausea, and a fever last night!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE: I have my drugs. All is sort of right with the world.

Fun with Medicine

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I have what I think is the beginning of a sinus infection (and of course, I was too chicken to ask Tom for antibiotics when Jon saw him today so I’ll suffer through this weekend) and to try and nip it in the bud (or at least stone me out of my mind so that it’s mildly bearable), I went to the drugstore for some Sudafed. They didn’t have the regular stuff on the shelves so I got the closest thing and went to pay for it.

When my debit card went through, I saw the display of Sudafed behind the counter. Apparently, it is now a Schedule V Medication, so they can’t have it on the shelves. The box of regular Sudafed was more expensive than what I was getting, so I just gave them a check for the difference. Then… I had to sign the log and fill out the amount I was buying, etc.

*dopeslaps the meth lab people for making my life more complicated*

Hurricane Housing

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You know… I’d so do a blogathon to raise funds if I had enough publicity…

I just received something from Move On.Org:

Hurricane Katrina’s toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go nextâ????and we can help.

Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a stadium in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least 80,000 are competing for area shelters, and countless more are in motels, cars, or wherever they can stay out of the elements. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling to find shelter for the displaced.

This morning, we’ve launched an emergency national housing drive to connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online at:

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance (about 300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially New Orleans.

Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might be able to help.

But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.

The process is simple:

  • You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever housing you have available, along with contact information. You can change or remove your offer at any time.
  • Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends and relatives can search the site for housing. We’ll do everything we can to get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters actually already have Internet access, but folks without ‘net access can still make use of the site through case workers and family members.
  • Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together decide if it’s a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements. The host’s address is not released until a particular match is agreed on.

If hosting doesn’t work for you, please consider donating to the Red Cross to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can give online at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859

As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this together, and today is an important chance to put that idea to work. There are thousands of families who have just lost everything and need a place to stay dry. Let’s do what we can to help.

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

I just gave to the Red Cross. There are lists of other places you can give here, here, and here.