"as tolerated"
one of the curiosities of being injured is all the well-meant advice and admonishment that arrives (mostly unsolicited) seemingly every moment. yeah, i know, i look even more like the old man i am when you see me hobbling around these days, but i have a piece of paper from the doctor ok'ing all weight-bearing activity "as tolerated", and i'm going with the letter of the law here. if i'm doing it, i am, by definition tolerating it, so you can save your admonishments and just stick with your generous expressions of sympathy (sincere, i hope) and awe at how quickly i'm recovering. (doesn't have to be sincere, but i like to hear it anyway). the goal is to be back on the soccer field well before christmas, and i won't get there by lolligagging around.
oh--jen kearney is at the barley pub in dover on saturday, in case you'd like to gawk at me in person. i'd be at the melvern solo show at toad tonight, too, but i have some other plans already, and i can't be held responsible when shows get scheduled at the last minute. ;-)
oh--jen kearney is at the barley pub in dover on saturday, in case you'd like to gawk at me in person. i'd be at the melvern solo show at toad tonight, too, but i have some other plans already, and i can't be held responsible when shows get scheduled at the last minute. ;-)
Labels: jen kearney, lost onion, melvern taylor
posted by kad barma at 8:57 AM
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You gotta love the unsolicited advice / admonishment.. (in its own special way). I'm sure it mainly comes from a good place, but there's definitely something funny about how adamant some people can get about something that doesn't really concern them at the end of the day. Or how quickly people would label themselves as "open-minded," unconcerned with others' affairs, etc. but then show it in that funny way.
I can relate just because even though I've been quite busy lately with subbing, my job situation this year is sort of what you might call unconventional (very hit and miss based on ARNG training). The level of panic / alarm / concern from people about my "doing nothing all day" (even though subbing has been anything but) is somewhat funny but also curious, given the fact that the Concerned have no personal stake in the matter, and probably don't realize the multi-layered irony..(hmm..sounds like a good topic for a future blog post)..
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