Jazmee27 
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Mom brought over:
- Three containers of "assorted" leftovers;
- Two containers of ambrosia;
- Two containers of cranberry stuff;
- One container (Cool Whip) of pumpkin pie.
Georgette picked up:
- Large pump bottle of Gold Bond (came with sample tube of bodywash);
- Smaller tube of Gold Bond (looks just like what I'm using now)
Pump "accidentally" came open
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Reply #2501. Nov 25 11, 6:18 PM
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Jazmee27
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Ethan's been more vocal than usual the past two days
Oh, speaking of, he came out for a bit last night
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Reply #2503. Nov 26 11, 8:47 AM
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Jazmee27
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I'm asking Georgette from now on to bring her own snacks and drinks.
She came around 2, and we ate a salad--but I don't have any fatfree or light dressing, or I don't think, so I'm sure she used regular (that shouldn't be, especially given all the sugar she took in this afternoon).
Had I not heard the refrigerator dor opening, and asked her what she was doing, I wouldn't have known she was getting a drink (regular iced tea--I didn't care, except that she didn't ask before she got it out).
Later, she asked for some peanuts and cashews (I keep waiting for the day when Georgette will limit her intake, but it seems not to be happening).
Later, she laid down with a headache (and I thought 'oh my God, what if it's something she ate?' After speaking to Grandma, I'm sure it was).
If she doesn't bring her own snacks and drinks, she has to be content withwater the entire time she's here (if something she eats makes her sick, at least it won't have come from me) :(
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Reply #2504. Nov 26 11, 7:03 PM
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Jazmee27
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Reply #2505. Nov 26 11, 7:59 PM
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Jazmee27
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This could take the curl out of your hair (or curl it if it’s straight)
 http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/cryptofacts.htm.
“During the past two decades, Crypto has become recognized as one of the most common causes of waterborne illness in the United States.”
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/factsheet/crypto.htm.
http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/bio38/hannahs/crypto.htm.
“The discovery
of Cryptosporidium is usually associated with E.E. Tyzzer, who, in 1907, described a cell-associated organism in the gastric mucosa of mice”
“the first case of human cryptosporidiosis
in 1976 involved a 3-year-old girl from rural Tennessee who suffered severe gastroenteritis for two weeks”
“Little is known about the pathogenesis of the parasite, and no safe and
effective treatment has been successfully developed to combat cryptosporidiosis”
“Unlike other intestinal pathogens, Cryptosporidium can
infect several different hosts, can survive most environments for long periods of time… and inhabits all
climates and locales.”
“The various symptoms of cryptosporidiosis differ greatly between immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals.”
“Transmission
is usually fecal-oral, often through water contaminated by livestock mammal feces.”
“The
probability of transmission from just a small amount of contamination is fairly high”
“There have been six major outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis in the United States as a result of contamination of drinking water”
“untreated groundwater or wellwater public drinking water supplies can be sources of contamination.”
“all waterborne outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis have occurred in commmunities where the local utilities
met all state and federal drinking water standards”
“Food can also be a source of transmission, when either an infected person or an asymptomatic carrier contaminates a food supply.”
“The oocysts do not survive cooking, but food contamination can occur in beverages, salads, or other foods not heated or cooked after handling.”
“approximately 50% of calves
shed oocysts and the pathogen is present on upwards of 90% of all dairy farms”
“Cryptosporidium transmission occurs at a high frequency in day-care centers, where infants or younger children are clustered within classrooms, share toilets
and common play areas, or necessitate frequent diaper-changing”
“An outbreak in a bone-marrow transplant unit occurred where five patients developed cryptosporidiosis after
a sixth, infected patient was admitted to the unit”
“Another major outbreak occurred in North Wales after a terminally ill AIDS
patient infected with cryptosporidiosis was admitted to the infectious diseases unit of a major hospital.”
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Reply #2506. Nov 26 11, 8:00 PM
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Jazmee27
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Wrote this draft up yesterday, but only just typed it:
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The infant’s limp, bloody form lay on the floor of the circular chamber, only the slight rise and fall of his chest betraying the tiny spark of life still clinging to existence. His body was still wedged between the the hickory chair leg and stainless steel table leg, and his limbs were strapped down by overlapping threads and cords.
Suddenly, a head peeped tentatively around the doorframe, and three figures rushed to the youngster’s side. After ordering his companions to “secure the area,” the taller of the three knelt down next to /Fentyn and placed two trembling fingers on the infant’s wrist, breathing a low sigh of relief as his sensitive fingertips detected a faint pulse.
As if hearing the sound, one of his companions turned and squatted down next to him. “Lucian?”
“He needs a Healer, but I’d say he’ll puoll through.”
“Thank the Protector,” she exclaimed.
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Reply #2507. Nov 26 11, 8:14 PM
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Jazmee27
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Time for bed
I'm listening to "The Tenderness of Wolves," now, not because I'm done with the other book but because I need a break from sanitation (or lack thereof)
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Reply #2508. Nov 26 11, 8:32 PM
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Jazmee27
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'Morning'
Had a bad dream about Georgette getting sick when she was here :(
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Reply #2509. Nov 27 11, 10:14 AM
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Jazmee27
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Story time:
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Anja’s brown eyes flashed. “I’m ten years old, Anastasia—old enough to take care of myself!”
Anastasia’s jaw dropped in surprise. Quickly, she recovered herself. “First of all, I don’t feed you, and second you’re *not taking care of yourself! That’s why we’re having this conversation. You know certain foods—“
“Back off, Ana. You’re not my mother!”
“No, but I’m the only family you’ve got!”
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Reply #2510. Nov 27 11, 10:38 AM
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Jazmee27
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===
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“I’m sorry, Anastasia, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I know you just care about me, and you’re concerned.”
“What kind of sister would I be if I allowed you to eat anything and everything you wanted?”
“You could never do that,” the ten-year-old replied softly.
“That’s what I’m saying, Anja!”
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Reply #2511. Nov 27 11, 10:39 AM
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Jazmee27
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Took a bag of trash and a basketful of bottles to the other room (the trash shute and thre buckets for recycling are right next door)
When I came back filled the sink with soapy water
I need to gather some quarters together into the wallet I use for laundry (Mom's coming over around five or six)
Grandma's coming up tomorrow with ten tea bottles and six yogurts (the tea is the pints, 1/$1, and the yogurt is the La Yogurt, 4/$2; they also have the Dannon Fruit on the Bottom on sale 5/$3 and, this week, the Yopolait 5/$3-I might ask for some of them before Saturday, when Grandma comes up for the bazaar)
I'm signing off for the day
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Reply #2512. Nov 27 11, 3:11 PM
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Jazmee27
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Found out last night I get GSN
When Mom got here, while she was putting the wash in the machine, turned on channel #7, which was playing "Friends;" didn't really payattention until 6:30, when "Two and a Half Men" came on
Turned to channel #74 around 7:30 when the commedy ended, and I couldn't find any other "funny" shows (Mom likes "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Seinfeld"); so we watched "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader (it was funny at times, because a rocket scientist got the very first question he was given wrong)
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Reply #2513. Nov 28 11, 7:20 AM
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Jazmee27
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Thought Georgette had been in the Sweet Bologna Saturday, though wasn't sure as she didn't tell me; this morning, reached for the bag and it all fell out and that's how I knew (prior to Saturday, it hadn't been opened, and I didn't even have one piece)
Drank the last cup of chocolate milk last night (just opened Saturday, and only had one cup)
Surprised to find peanuts and cashews still left (prior to Saturday, hadn't opened cashews-I did give her permission to eat some, but it was right after that Georgette lay down with that headache, probably from finishing off the tea and eating all those nuts; had to tell her not to eat them all; oh, wait-she had that salad before the tea and nuts, not bad unless you count the fact that all I have is regular dressing, and that's when she opened the bologna-without asking if she could have some)
Note: I wouldn't have cared about the bologna, but the fact she didn't ask upsets me. And I'm one of those who believes that, although technically she's not supposed to be drinking regular tea, a little is all right (but she can't be content with a little, but finishes off the bottle-and doesn't even tell me it's gone)
"And she wonders why she's overweight!" (not nice, I know-she refers to me as her "best friend," and looks up to me like a "sister," though I don't see her as anythijng other than a friend-without the "best" and she already has a sister)
Rant done :((
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Reply #2514. Nov 28 11, 7:43 AM
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Jazmee27
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| Didn't dream about Georgette, but did have a nightmare in which I fell down an incline or something (I think there were poisonous plants at the bottom). Haven't had a similar dream in years, not even related to my stories (the last vivid nightmare of a similar nature, yet diferent, also from years ago, was the one in which I was being chased through the woods by a gunman and trying to outrun bullets. Or there was the one about being dunked underwater in the swimming pool by bullies, or the one about my toenail getting caught on an electric fence in the middle of the ocean). |
Reply #2515. Nov 28 11, 9:17 AM
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Jazmee27
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My phone was charging, so when Georgette called I missed it. She said that, when I called last night, she'd just gotten out of the shower, and she then went to bed as she still didn't feel well. And she just took a tylenol for her headache, as she has to work this afternoon. And she requested (demanded, more like) I call her back around five or six tonight.
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Reply #2516. Nov 28 11, 9:46 AM
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Jazmee27
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Grandma's response to these things is perhaps a lot harsher than mine will be once I've calmed down, though I'm going to report the problem to Compeer and request a call-back from her caseworker at MHMR
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Reply #2517. Nov 28 11, 12:27 PM
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Reply #2518. Nov 28 11, 1:03 PM
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Jazmee27
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Talked to Julia today, and she's going to the Lions Club Lunch at the Country Club on the twenty-first, so will see her then
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Reply #2519. Nov 28 11, 1:04 PM
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Jazmee27
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Side b of tape thirteen or fourteen, and I'm acting stupid (I do that when I need to destress) :(
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Reply #2520. Nov 28 11, 2:20 PM
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