Anybody else up? Busy night on call after a horrendously busy day in clinic.

[Aristus]

I can't be-lieve how many med refills I've had to do just since 6 this evening. It's as if everyone forgot that it was going to be a three-day weekend, and just put off getting their meds refilled until all the clinics closed...

Anyway, at 8am tomorrow morning, I can start my weekend.

How are the Lounge night-owls doing tonight?

[NYC_SKP]

1. I need some Kepra and Bupropion, whatcha got?

I tease... I'm good for a week or so.



One day I'll tell you about how ACA forced Anthem to pay $500,000 toward this years brain surgery!

but true.

[Aristus]

2. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm too tired for a long story tonight, though...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I'm still up, my dear Aristus!

I'm doing OK...

Started PT again for my left shoulder and its newest repair.

It went well. I have a new guy doing the work with me, and we are getting along well. Mutual respect and all that.

Good to see you!

[Aristus]

4. Hey, CalPeg!

Hope the PT helps your shoulder...

[lovemydog]

33. So glad you're doing the PT CP.

What else are you doing to relax this weekend? PT is hard work, so I imagine you'll sleep a lot.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. We haven't planned any activities this weekend...

I really am glad for the PT. My shoulder still needs work, and this will be that work.

My PT guy gave me some simple exercises to do at home, and I will be doing them every day...

I hope I can sleep. Sometimes my head refuses to let go of the day, and my thoughts keep me awake.

Thanks for asking, my dear lovemydog!

[lovemydog]

38. Ah, I hear ya!

Rest well though. You need it.

[RiffRandell]

5. Great!

Listening to tunes.

[Aristus]

7. Heya, Gorgeous!

What tunes are you listening to?

[RiffRandell]

12. Ha! Thanks!

A medley...Ramones, Van Halen, Tone Loc, Echo & the Bunnymen, Jesus and Mary Chain, DRI...it's whatever I'm in the mood for.

Great to see you!

[Aristus]

14. Quite the eclectic playlist there.

Tone Loc always reminds me of when I was stationed in Germany. His stuff was popular at the time.

right back!

[RiffRandell]

16. I was a punk but loved to dance at clubs...that was a favorite.

[Aristus]

20. I'll bet you were a great punk!

I was always too shy and buttoned-down to be a great clubber, punk or not...

[RiffRandell]

23. Of course!

I was shy when I first started dating, then took charge....haha!

[Aristus]

24. The right clubs can give one the confidence to let it all hang out.

So to speak...

You seem like the take-charge type. In the good way. I like that.

[RiffRandell]

26. Thanks...I am.

[Aristus]

28. Strong women rock.

I have nothing but contempt for all those republican men whose anti-women views and policies reflect a terror of smart, independent female citizens.

Pathetic. A strong man respects and admires strength in women...

[lovemydog]

34. Hey, ho let's go

runnin' with the devil's funky cold medina by the killin' moon, where we're happy when it rains.

That's the medley version.

[RiffRandell]

48. Ha!

It was more like Chasing the Night Finish What You Started Wild Thing by The Cutter Sometimes Always Karma.

Although you did a great job!

[Skittles]

6. I am always up all night

And I work holidays

[Aristus]

9. Whoever is scheduling you for holidays,

ought to get his ass kicked!

[Skittles]

15. I always work Mondays, for example

does not matter if it's a holiday.....if a holiday falls on my normal day off, I volunteer to swap with someone with kids

I have never met my boss

[Aristus]

17. Never having met the boss seems a fair trade-off for working holidays.

There are some people whose boss never goes away...

[lovemydog]

35. Good. Most bosses suck.

I'm in a mood Skittles!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

8. I relaxed in my hot tub.

Then I bought online tickets to see Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Steve Winwood.

Never was crazy about Tom Petty, although I recognize he's talented. Turned off the radio when I heard "Freefallin'". Some of his songs are much better than that.

Have always dug Steve Winwood. Ever since "Gimme Some Lovin" and "I'm a Man" with the Spencer Davis Group way back in '64. He's the master of the cheesy rock organ. Great musician & nice guy.


Posted some Wes Montgomery for the Lounge to chill by.

[Aristus]

10. I grew up listening to Wes Montgomery.

His cover of The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" is pretty cool...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

25. Good stuff!!

Wes was cool!

I've been following Pat since he was a pup in the 70s (Got some of his early vinyls on the ECM label) and he's continued the tradition. Clean guitar is not fashionable these days. Too much distortion shreds the music.

[lovemydog]

32. That will be a great concert.

I love Stevie Winwood's music with Blind Faith. I bet he'll play some of it.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

42. I saw him in Austin some years ago.

In college we listened to "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" Traffic album and Blind Faith. Love "Can't find my way home".

I was thinking about seeing Jeff Beck/ZZ Top but Dusty Hill fell down and hurt his hip and the tour is now postponed.

[fizzgig]

11. i'll be up for at least a bit yet

it wasn't a particularly challenging week, but i am beat tonight and am looking forward to the long weekend.

have anything exciting planned?

[Aristus]

13. Hey, fizz!

Doing nothing!

That's a pretty exciting weekend plan, from where I'm sitting. I'm beat!...

[fizzgig]

19. sounds like a good weekend to me!

you've earned it.

[Aristus]

21. I don't exactly plan on being comatose until Tuesday morning.

But immobilized will be more like it...

[lovemydog]

30. Yeah, long weekends rock.

Hope you enjoy a fun one fizzgig. What do you like doing to relax? I like reading Simpsons comics collections. I bought two of them recently, so when I'm done with the first I can move on to the next. They crack me up.

[fizzgig]

39. i don't have much planned for the weekend

chores around the apartment, going to my dad's so he can work on my car and then one day of absolutely nothing. i may even have enough in the piggy bank for a six pack.

cooking is one of my favorite things in terms of relaxation. i fuss around on the internet, my husband and i play dice with buddies and texas hold em on our phones together and i hang out with the cats. i'm also rewatching star trek voyager (i just finished tng and ds9 was before that).

it never dawned on me that there would be simpsons comic books, but that makes perfect sense. enjoy them!

anything fun planned for the weekend?

[lovemydog]

44. My fun will be chillin around the house too.

I enjoy playing solitaire online. Also gonna watch another tv show (just finished watching first part of the series Ancient Aliens from the History Channel) called Archer. It looks like it's right up my alley - crazy funny animated comedy, sort of based on James Bond but more of a parody. Will try and take a long walk too. Enjoy your weekend.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

18. yep, like usual but with a bit of a twist

I've been twisting in the wind for a week and half about a job that sounded like a done deal a week and half ago, with a start date on Sept. 2nd... But now I've been told that they'll get back to me on Wednesday. After being unemployed for such a long time, I was super eager to get going at this really good job... now I'm starting to get paranoid about it. I'm hoping the delay is just because of the long weekend.

[Aristus]

22. I hope that's it, too.

Hope you get it. Unemployment sucks.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

41. Thanks man,

I'm pretty nervy about it right now. It would be a sea-change of remarkable proportions for me. A hard to come by 3rd chance etc...

[lovemydog]

29. Good luck Joe.

I hope you get it and remember, whether you do or don't you're still cool.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

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[lovemydog]

27. I'm doing pretty good Aristus.

Thanks for asking. I stayed home tonight, treating myself to watching the first dvd of Ancient Aliens, a show on the History Channel a few years ago. It's kind of fun imagining all those ancient civilizations, and how much they knew about the stars. And hearing people theorize about how some of their amazing structures may have been built.

How are you doing now? Is it hard to unwind after such a busy day at the clinic? I hope you're relaxing now.

[Aristus]

31. Yeah, it's been a couple of hours since my last call.

I guess people are starting to go to bed now. I'm hoping for no 2am calls this time.

After a busy day of clinic, when I don't have call afterward, I come home, do an hour of cardio, some weight-lifting, take a hot shower, and then kind of melt into bed. Last night, I was just about as tired after all that as I can remember being...

[lovemydog]

37. If there's a call at 2am tell them

to take a couple aspirin and go to bed.

[steve2470]

43. can't sleep, still up

Hope your night is going well !

[lovemydog]

45. Hey, same to you steve2470.

It's fun surfing around the web (I like reading Cracked and Listverse) and checking in here and seeing which progressive friends are up. Hope you enjoy a nice long weekend!

[steve2470]

46. hope you do as well, sleep well when you get there :) nt

[Aristus]

47. I love Cracked!

I'd never heard of Listverse. I checked it out. Love it! I'm adding it to my favorites right now. Thanks!