Thursday, June 24, 2004

10:50 AM.Thurs.June 24.
It's official. We now have enough Jello to feed a small African nation.

Well, we do. We have red jello, green jello, yellow jello, sugar-free jello, jello gel sticks...the only thing that compares to our supply of jello is our supply of pudding.

All of it is, of course, for Mark, who just got his tonsils out. He's doing fine, and a big thank you to everyone who gave their good wishes to us. He won't take his pain medication willingly (then again, the way that stuff tastes, I wouldn't either), so every four hours or so I have to hold it down while my aunt forces it down his throat. It's not pleasant, but it's better than him being in pain 24/7.

Of course, at night it's different, we only give it to him if it's been four hours AND he wakes up (presumably from pain). He only woke up once last night, which was really good. My aunt came in to get me to help her restrain Mark, and for like the first five minutes I was really confused. My mind went 'medicine? what medicine? I don't need any medicine...' Then I thought about it for awhile, realized what she wanted, and hopped out of bed to help her.

Other than that, life is pretty much the same. My aunt and I worked out last night (I burned 300 something calories and biked over 9 miles. Yay for me!!). Before that, I was on the phone with my grandmother, who lives with my other aunt who happens to be schziophrenic. And I mean, full, blown-out mental illness. She hasn't been taking her medication lately, and she is bloody psychotic. My grandma, bless her heart, is really only making it worse, but she sounded pretty determined that my aunt wasn't going to live in her house anymore, and I hope she sticks to it, because it would be a MAJOR step in the right direction for the both of them. I'm kind of worried about her, but I can't do anything about it, and this has been going on for awhile now, so I'm just like "whatever, let them do their thing."

.:Commentary:.
Mimmi: I hope my rant helped! I think the power of waffles is connecting us psychically...

Sennen: Inspiration is both a curse and a blessing. I also think that there has been a wave of waffle-thought going on throughout myOs. >.>

Mitch: * tries to imagine Mitch and Des as a couple *
* fails *
* tries again *
* succeeds, and is slightly disturbed by the images. *

.:End Commentary:.

Anyway, I had a really cool idea last night. OB Chain Mail. There would be a letter from me, a Paper Karmi, and some photos. I would send it to another OB member, who would spend five days with Paper Karmi and write about their escapades, hopefully take some photos, and send it to another OB member.

Slowly, Paper Karmi would make it around the world to all the OB members who wanted to be a part of the chain. Then, it would get sent back to me, and I would post everything on a website.

Of course, I've left a lot of details and precautions out, I really just wanted to give a feel for how it would work. If I did do it, it wouldn't be until I got back from Cali, in late July or early August. What do y'all think of the idea?

-Karma

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