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Performed a procedure today, patient needed some preprocedural lab work before I could safely gouge them, something happened with lab that it took 90 minutes to get results back, technologists were telling me the husband was irate in the waiting room dropping f bombs and the like and I told them to tell him to shape up or ship out. Results come back, I go consent the patient, she keeps saying “just get it done” (same thing my wife says) so I fly through the procedure, go out with her to talk with the husband, he looks like fury incarnate, plus he is a foot taller than I, which is pretty darn tall. Here I was hoping for a little shrimpy I could intimidate and say “don’t be swearing at my techs, it wasn’t their fault”.
So did you show him what for?
Give him the ol’ “supply chain” run-around – never fails…….
I have 2 6.5 Creedmoor’s…wait a minute…
life has been a bit hectic and crazy lately….
2 of my kids had birthdays in the last month, enjoyed fun birthday activities with them.
went on vacation for a week to door county, amazing beautiful time with my family and parents
my coworker (of 20 years) his wife had a massive stroke and died suddenly less than 2 weeks ago, so been dealing with that tragedy, so sad
my mother in law was diagnosed with breast cancer last week, so dealing with that currently. MRI done, meeting with doctor in a couple days and my wife will be spending a week or so with her parents before and after surgery
my wife’s cousin (we are close with) her husband of less than 1 year, fell off a ladder and hit his head and died suddenly last week.
It’s been quite the last month, good and bad.
BUT what i will say, and what i have been telling my children and encouraging my wife with….we rejoice when we have trials and hard things, because we are NEVER promised ONLY good in life. it’s the hard times that bring us closest with the Lord. Why only rejoice in the good times, because the Lord gives both good and hard. We must continue to praise Him through the storm.
Amen. Sorry about the trials though, brother. Prayers they keep making you all stronger in trusting Him.
Tough time Freezey.
But hanging on with the LORD is the only real and fruitful option imo.
I’ve been trying to force myself to “live in Joy” the last month or so.
It has worked a little.
Keep on keeping on !
My family has always believed that bad things happen in 3s – hopefully that’s the case for you as well. Wishing a great outcome for your mother-in-law
Psalm 34:18
I look forward to the season and as I said earlier expect a big year. Perhaps wishful thinking, but dome thoughts that lead me to this. In no order.
This is KOC’s fifth year – time to start cooking.
We have a solid defense with a very good DC.
We have elite receivers.
Then there’s Murray. What a problem for defenses with our weapons. You let him run around like he does, and Jefferson and Addison will have huge years. You play to keep him in the pocket, split wide, good opportunities for the running game between the tackles.
Think maybe KOC will alter offense to take advantage of Murray’s mobility too.
The Rams worry me, but not to many others.
Oh, one last thought. Money is a great motivator and Murray has a lot to prove.
He’s made like 170 mil already, not sure how motivated by money he is at this point
If he’s anything like KC……
LOL – correct
Fist!
The Vikings offense was terrible in the preseason, no kink shaming but hopefully they work them out
Claiborne looked alright, but he might be too small against a starting defense in a real game
He’s a nice change of pace from Mason and Jones, I have doubts he’ll ever be a featured back, gotta be able to pass block
FIRST!
FTP!!!
A week and a half to go!!
SKOL!
FTP!
And I for one am STOKED! I’ve never understood the doomers going into the season… I’d get it if we came off of a 4 win season and hadn’t done much to improve but this is a talented roster FOR SURE! Until this exact group of guys proves otherwise… I am excited for VIKINGS FOOTBALL! Spending a few days this weekend staying with Tucker Kraft’s stepdad, hopefully I can talk him into swaying Tuck to leave the Packers and jump ship the team the both loved before he got drafted lol.
Expect the worst, hope for the best
I’m a doomer, but you better believe I’ll be cheering for the good guys to beat the FTP a week from Sunday
If they look great week 1, I’ll start finding reasons for optimism
Ugh, like why not go the other way with that? Why choose doom?
team history, and I am a 63 year old that has been a fan since 5 years old.
Normally I am very excited this time of year, and by the end of October I have decided to watch the games after the fact vs live since they keep failing.
This season I would love to see them crush FTP week one, but literally have no idea what to expect from the offense. Our QB has had some success, but never sustained success. Hard for me to get excited. With JJ last season, I could make mental excuses in my head figuring that eventually he will suck less. Now I am not so sure.
That’s living int he past! 63 years and that argument only works if they have sucked for most of that time, especially if it was recently I’d get that. Like the Browns or the Jets. But actually for the 63 years they have been a pretty damn good team who just hasn’t won the big one.
Been hurt too many times. Too much hope in the wrong years.
When I was a kid my dad was always positive, I mean until things started going sideways during a game I remember him throwing his cowboy bout at the tv and he usually swore a lot, but gradually became more doomer over the years and eventually totally apathetic, he pretty much didn’t watch anymore last season before he died. He was a die hard fan since his parents got a tv but the same shit every year wore him down.
Similar situation with my Dad…..diehard Viking fan from the start, he was a member of the “Just one before I die…well, next year we’ll get them” club.
He lost interest the last year he was alive, but at least in his case it was because his dementia was advancing, not because he became a doomer.
I feel like I’m on your dad’s path. Been a fan since the playoffs after the 87′ season (I was 6). Positive, passionate, furious, hopeful, angry, quiet, apathetic. There are moments and stretches that deviate, but the overall trend is a slow slide into BLEH.