Comments on: Standing by the van

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:03:55 +0000

Every post you write makes me want to respond with what happened in our situation, but I try to hold back. I just want to say that I am so glad that things are looking up - it is going to be a long haul, but you will make it through. My hubby was in the hospital for a total of 33 days, but once he got out of ICU (12 days), I was able to stay with him. Once he got home, it was a couple of months before I really felt like he was “back,” but he did come back to me, and is maybe even an improved version of his former self. At least improved in the fact that he appreciates life a lot more, and stops to smell the flowers now. Hang in there, you are doing great. This is so emotional for me reading your thoughts, as they are just almost the very same things that went through my mind. Thank you for sharing them with me.

By: jonathan hickman

jonathan hickman — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:10:41 +0000

What stat program is that?

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:11:51 +0000

Christina, I’m glad you told me this. Yes, it sounds like we might end up having a lot in common. And you’re right, it will feel like a long time until she’s back. I can wait.
I also like the fact that I’m at least ‘normal’ in that we had the same kinda stuff. Funny, because I’ve always tried to be abnormal, what with the music, and the hair, and the clothes, and whatnot.
Thanks for watching, even tho its hard. It strengthens me, and I hope you had somebody like you to talk to you when this happened with your hubby.
Give him my regards!

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:15:30 +0000

Jon, its statcounter. I’ve been using it since the get go. Actually, if you look, you can see the dates in May that we were all down. Theres the time in November that I moved from Typepad to WP. Its pretty cool to check out in normal times, but extra cool now!

By: jonathan hickman

jonathan hickman — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:56:13 +0000

Yeah, that’s an amazing graph. I linked to it on my blog, but apparently the whole trackback thing isn’t so perfect.

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:39:33 +0000

Things are really wonky here since the server move. In better days, I’ll have a lot of work. Like, none of the dead archives work. Seems like there’ve been a few other things.
Dunno.
Statcounters cool. It has a little javascript that runs whenever somebody hits the page, and gets a bit of info. It sorts it nicely, but unless you pay, it only tells you about the last 100 hits.

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:53:19 +0000

AT - I am abnormal too (or always tried to be..lol) - loves me some Bowie, and it hasn’t been *that* long since I had bright pink hair and ran with the crazy crowd. Perhaps we have run into each other in Knoxville at some point…LOL I’m glad my babbling isn’t driving you crazy, I could babble on so much more…

By: jennnster

jennnster — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:36:11 +0000

amalah featured your blog on her daily picks site- and she has TONS of readers… thats how i found you! :)

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:29:00 +0000

Yep, Bowie is what its all about. Now, I’m particular about my Bowie. I think the Spiders days were the best, from about “Man Who Sold The World” on, until about “Low”. The german records, with Eno… well… meh.
And then the 80’s, gad. I pretend that he got the Michael Jackson alien replacement treatment.
Jennnster, yeah, I saw Amalah’s page yesterday. Wow, wow, wow, blogger moms. GAC never got terribly into it, mebbe I can tap into my feminine side and do it… :)