Greg had to work New Year's Eve, you'll all remember. And if you saw the comments on his post, you'll know he didn't make it all the way through his shift. I seem to remember the comment starting "Well, there was this man with a knife," which is not a comforting way to start a comment explaining why you're at A&E, by the way, just a tip. But he'd stepped on a bottle and fallen the wrong way on his ankle, so it wasn't as bad as it could've been.
Murray and Mrs Hudson were there to watch the fireworks on television, so I left the boys with them and headed out across the city. Things I inadvertently collected along the way:
-three hugs from perfect strangers
-one unfortunately wet kiss
-two handfuls of sweets
-a plastic necklace, spray painted gold, with a pyramid hanging from a long chain
-almost a dog
I got the dog back to its owner, and I can only hope the dog got its owner home. Otherwise he's still singing on a street corner.
Got to the hospital, did the requisite waiting around while I checked his ankle. Got an X-ray, eventually, and it was...two or three in the morning by the time we got home, I think? Which actually isn't bad at all, considering the holiday, but apparently he picked the right A&E to get sent to.
Came home to find Murray dead asleep on the sofa and Sherlock dead asleep on Murray. Took a picture to torment them in years to come. Murray's drooling a bit in it. Mycroft was reading in a chair with the dogs on either side of him like bookends, and Mrs Hudson had sensibly gone to bed, although she left us some orange cake, which was very kind.
Got Sherlock to bed, got Greg to bed, got Murray a blanket...and then I went to bed and passed out on Greg, leaving him to stare at the ceiling (sorry, L!). I think one of my resolutions last year was not to let anyone I love end up in the hospital. Glad I didn't make that one this year - I try to keep them for at least a few weeks...
Anyone else doing New Year's resolutions? Broken them yet?
Murray and Mrs Hudson were there to watch the fireworks on television, so I left the boys with them and headed out across the city. Things I inadvertently collected along the way:
-three hugs from perfect strangers
-one unfortunately wet kiss
-two handfuls of sweets
-a plastic necklace, spray painted gold, with a pyramid hanging from a long chain
-almost a dog
I got the dog back to its owner, and I can only hope the dog got its owner home. Otherwise he's still singing on a street corner.
Got to the hospital, did the requisite waiting around while I checked his ankle. Got an X-ray, eventually, and it was...two or three in the morning by the time we got home, I think? Which actually isn't bad at all, considering the holiday, but apparently he picked the right A&E to get sent to.
Came home to find Murray dead asleep on the sofa and Sherlock dead asleep on Murray. Took a picture to torment them in years to come. Murray's drooling a bit in it. Mycroft was reading in a chair with the dogs on either side of him like bookends, and Mrs Hudson had sensibly gone to bed, although she left us some orange cake, which was very kind.
Got Sherlock to bed, got Greg to bed, got Murray a blanket...and then I went to bed and passed out on Greg, leaving him to stare at the ceiling (sorry, L!). I think one of my resolutions last year was not to let anyone I love end up in the hospital. Glad I didn't make that one this year - I try to keep them for at least a few weeks...
Anyone else doing New Year's resolutions? Broken them yet?
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I shall make a resolution to write less worrying comments about injuries.
(New Year doesn't start until you've been asleep and woken up again, right?)
Don't worry about falling asleep. I did it to you last night. Sorry I sort of seemed like I didn't know who you were last night. I'd been dreaming.
Bad dreams?
err...sort of? I mean, I wasn't that worried while I was having it...and then when I woke up I sort of felt like I ought to be more bothered, if that makes sense?
Well...I suppose it could be worse then? Still sorry they weren't more pleasant though.
Yes. Could have been.
I was dreaming about when Ttid got me, but...I wasn't trying to escape or anything. I was just sort of...resigned to it? And then you woke me up.
I'm sorry, love. I'm glad I woke you up then. That sounds pretty disturbing actually.
But...it wasn't, I mean, until I woke up and thought it really should have been. If you see what I mean.
I'm beginning to fear what Sherlock will build with his Meccano. At least the box didn't look that big... He told me he wanted to put a crane on our roof.
We'll be lucky if he doesn't build a helicopter and take off for Brazil.
don't mind if he takes us with him :)
Excellent point.
i'll have to call work tomorrow. see about going back. i don't want to, until we give Mycroft back.
Might get Anthea to take a kneecap out with a sledgehammer or something.
Maybe they'd let you get away with paperwork at home?
they'll start volunteering me for stuff. And I'm sure there's a meeting someone would like me to take their place in.
Tis the season to be volunteered to do conference speeches, too.
Tis always the season for that, isn't it?
what should I do, if I get any choice?
Any of you have anything you'd like to know about?
...shall I do 'how to hide your tears when listening to the cricket?'
I'm not sure it's possible, although at the moment "I'll do my crying in the rain" springs to mind!
Should I just start supporting the side that has a Watson on it instead? Assume he's one of Danger's long-lost criminal relations? Claim family ties?
I'm hoping John remains asleep, and listens to this when I've got up in the morning.
Otherwise he may smother me in my sleep.
http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2013/12/patrick-stewart-cow-moo/
Delurking...
I did in my ankle last August - tore three out of four ligaments and was in a cast for 3 months. No surgery, but still. Which is by way of saying, if it doesn't improve, have a scan. Though I'm sure John is on top of all of this.
Well, if you guys do go to Brazil, Lestrade should be right at home...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGXcjM9SOQ
Kestral,
Brazilians are also quite accepting of wearing flip flops (flimsy thong sandals) beyond the environs of pool or beach, which, if I recall correctly, would also be to Lestrade's liking. Though not perhaps providing enough ankle support at the moment.
Perhaps it's meant, as a vacation destination.
formerlyAnon
I think I could cope with life in Brazil, yeah.
Becca - hope yours is okay now! I'm doing supervised exercises ;). It seems okay, just got to be careful.
For some reason John doesn't think going in to work and riding my bike back counts as careful.
I'm concerned criminals will dash through your office and tempt you to chase them.
more concerned than any temptation I have to chase you? Or Sherlock? (for differing reasons.)
His ankle is smaller and it's going blue now
Blue is progress, I hope. Sky blue or more of an indigo?
As for New Year's Resolutions, I resolved not to make any more of them a few years ago and so far I've been very successful at keeping to that!
Yes blue is good. It's dark blue down in his foot and a bit up his leg and next it should go green and Becca John said that's what Lestrade's done with ligaments but not as bad as yours just a bit and that's why he has to be careful and not tear it more or it might snap straight through like yours did and that would be really boring.
Come on you Gooners!
I presume someone has had to sit on you to prevent you doing a victory dance, L.
Hey, I can chair-dance with the best of them ;)
Actually, literally as the final whistle went John turned to me with a full on Grade 3, pointed and said 'NO'... forestalling any form of vertical celebrations.
And I noticed you giggling behind your book, Mycroft.
Well that's got to have brightened your day however good it had been up to now Greg ;-)
Hope you've all had a good day :-)
we've got curry I like curry and we helped and Lestrade barely had to do anything because we all helped instead.
Good job Sherlock! I bet L appreciates it, even though he's probably feeling a little stir crazy now. How did the curry taste? And which part did you do? Measure spices, maybe? And did you do the "leave some out for Lestrade" bit so John could make his hotter?
How hot do you like it?
I have had Thai curry more than Indian; though I like Indian food a lot i don't have as many opportunities to eat it where I live. In Thai I like yellow curry and mussleman's, which has lots of potatoes!
I ma a bit - we all are, with the weather. I did get out on the dog-walking mission today, but mainly sat on a bench once we got there, then went and got coffee because I was freezing.
Curry was very nice, they did indeed rescue some for me. The boys have a little extra heat in theirs - or they do when Mycroft is home ;) and then John turns his up to flamethrower heat...
Reg came around to see Mrs Hudson... we have been frowned upon by our lack of recent allotmenteering. We're all feeling guilty now. (We thought the defence of 'it's been raining so hard all the ground is liquid' was an excuse. It isn't.)
Oh dear, sounds like your free time will be booked at some time in the near future then. I can just picture you all in your wellies and waterproofs, wading through the floods to get your tools in action. ;)
Is it today Mycroft goes back, if so then enjoy your last day together for a while and good luck for the term ahead, Mycroft, I'm sure you'll be brilliant as usual.
Have a great day everyone. :)
No, Sherlock starts school in the morning, Mycroft just has to be back at school by tomorrow evening.
Which isn't fair.
But not too horribly unfair, because he'll have to spend most of the day getting ready to go back anyway--and he doesn't have to waste today on that stuff.
And I wanted to say, Sherlock, that I'm very impressed by what a good job you're doing taking care of Lestrade, tracking his progress and helping make it so he can rest his ankle.
That's what John and Lestrade said that its better to pack when I'm at school than be boring now.
I'm helping Lestrade because he can't ride his motorbike until he's better and because I know how boring it was when my arm was hurt and because I want to go swimming but John said Lestrade could probably still do swimming if he wasn't stupid.
... I'm feeling like that last line didn't quite read like you meant it to Sherlock.
John said I could come swimming if I didn't DO anything stupid. Like...try to swim. Or dive. But I could come and float about and generally be some sort of source of entertainment for you.
And then John could actually swim.
I said I didn't think diving would be a good idea; you intuited the rest yourself. Although fairly accurately. ;)
Well, if I keep an eye on Squidlock, you can actually do lengths, if you wanted. Instead of constantly being stopped to either watch him or throw things/time how long he's underwater for/become some form of climbing apparatus. I would be a captive audience...
I can do lengths too!
I know you can! But you get bored. And probably can't do quite as many, quite as fast, as John might want to.
Of course, he might not. I might be projecting ;)
Swimming sounds like a very good plan! I was thinking yesterday that it was a good inside activity that Lestrade could do a bit, and you all would enjoy.
Remembering how boring it was when your arm was hurt is a very good reason, too. :)
The stack of books Mycroft is taking back to school is taller than Sherlock. And John.
Possibly both of them added together. ;)
I just finished moving everything over the new house, and my mom couldn't believe how many books I have. She kept saying, "But why do you need this one?" A person can never have too many books!
That's kind of the opposite of when I moved in here. I didn't bring any books, save a few stained old cook books. Not the sort of thing I've ever felt the need to keep. When I do read them I tend to give them to a charity shop after, or the book swap at the yard. The boys couldn't quite fathom that.
I'm with Pip--you can't have too many books! If it weren't for space constraints, I'd still have almost every book I ever owned. As it is I have over 1500 crammed into my bedroom/office, and every time I winnow my collection I agonize over those I give away or sell. (Of course, there are always some I can't get rid of fast enough! But those don't make it to my shelves in the first place. :))
ha, I have waaaaay too many books too! :D I have gradually begun to train myself to take books out of the library, so as not to have to find permanent shelf space for them... and to sell books on line that I don't really think I'll read again. it's a bit like pulling teeth to get them out of the collection though. I'm not even always sure why I get so attached to them. Some, it's obvious, others... I guess I'm just a book lover! And sometimes they represent a connection to a person now departed, or a time in my life, or an experience, or even a yearning. Which is completely irrational. I actually kind of admire the ability to not have to externalize those connections, and be able to travel light.
S
I'm with you, S. I wish I could get rid of stuff. We have a LOT of books in our house, because all five of us read voraciously. I have at least two copies of "War for the Oaks" because it was out of print and I never want to be without it.
Have fun swimming, and good luck with all school returns tomorrow!
John takes me to the library and I get books from there and he says if I ever want one I got out for ever then we'll buy it but once I've read it I don't need it then because I can remember it. Mycroft has loads of boring school books.
That's a very sensible way to go about it, Sherlock. I take out books from the library, too--I used to go more, and I really should start going more again.
For me, some books are read-once, but lots of books are read-many-times, even if I remember them, I find it comforting and happy-making. Of course, most of the read-many-times books are fiction, but not all--I think you don't like stories so much? The bulk of the non-fiction books I keep are reference books, but also books that I just like rereading. (My screen name is not an accident! :))
I try to only buy-to-keep, books that I know I'll need or want to refer to lots of times. I have grudgingly admitted to myself that most fiction is a read-once thing, no matter how much I THINK I'll read it again, there is almost always something new I'd rather spend the time on. But, it frees up the book budget for really worthwhile things, like that awesome tailoring text book with the excellent photos, so now I can make really good suitjackets and topcoats! :)
I have yet to make the transition to an e-reader... although I can see the appeal in terms of fitting a whole bookcase worth of books into a single portable device.
S
I am suffering now, in that I can't get to any of the various boxes of books or movies that I packed. They were all packed away in the waaayyyy back of all the things that were brought over. On the other hand, it just gives me incentive to unpack everything quickly!
I quite a few books, more than my sisters do so far, but not more than my mother or my aunts. We all read a lot, but some of us keep more than others do. I've always used libraries heavily, even before I became a librarian, because I like the idea of the collection being convenient and shared, but not necessarily in my own house. Some books I just love to have around so that I can pick them up on a whim during a snowstorm like last week, or grab late at night when I'm tired and have finished all my new reading. My cookbooks and my sewing and knitting books are like that, and especially my huge guide to all the kinds of animals whose fiber we make into fabrics (it's great: perfect combination of interesting facts and enough detail to make me sleepy at bedtime!) I have favorite novels I like to read over and over, like Dorothy Sayers books. I need another large bookcase to hold it all.
I've missed you all these last few weeks-- Happy New Year to all!
AftSO
Oooh, I have and love to reread Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey books, too, AftSO!
I just saw some photos of the flooding and high waves you all are getting over there, it looks like scenes out of Hurricane Sandy, yikes! I hope everyone stays safe. (clearly some are choosing not to, given the number of "wave watchers" shown in some photos. I guess they're trying to win Darwin awards?)
S
S - don't get me started on the news websites/shows saying 'Send in your pictures of the weather!' in one breath, and then telling you about people being swept to their death/police and coastguard telling everyone to stay away in the next. I have been ranting!! :)
The 'O' fell off the Odeon in Leicester Square earlier. the Fire Brigade had to abseil down and get it before it came down into the square and killed a few people. It's all go here...
I think I heard earlier that every single region has a flood warning. And the Thames Barrier has been shut for the past 11 high tides...
I'm glad they built the barrier, then! I hope today's a bit drier for you all.
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