NDelphinus

Expecting people to list every one of their potentially oppressed identities in an internet bio everyone can see is performative liberalism at its worst

[scunthotter]

People who are making posts telling us what is happening over on threads, twitter, and Instagram are like war correspondents sending us reports from the front.

[ndelphinus]

I need to remember to ask the nurses at Scotty's dad's nursing home if he's allowed to put photos and stuff up with, like, blue tack. The place is fucking depressing even before you get into the reasons he's there, even a 10% improvement would be great.

[barnsburntdownnow]

Lindy Pollard Oregon, 2022

[ndelphinus]

Being from cities makes it weird to visit not cities because, like, this is the road outside our hotel:

This kind of emptiness outside hotels does not happen in cities

[ndelphinus]

I will never not be annoyed at getting downvoted for something that is factually true.

[ndelphinus]

Scotty's mom is looking and acting better than expected, so that's nice. Her usual, cheerful self, just a bit more medicated and iffy about food. Assuming the treatment works, I could see her bouncing back and living to almost 100 like her mom.

His dad...I expected a fair bit of physical decline. He's made great progress in terms of ability to move around and while his prognosis has never been good, it's better than it was when he was first diagnosed. Mentally, though, he seemed...less there than I'd have liked. Not disoriented, really, but like he was struggling to keep track of the conversation and doing his best to hide it.

That could well just be pain or discomfort, but there was something about it that I can't quite explain. And, honestly, I've always been far more concerned about his dad's cognitive health than his mom's because regular socialisation is vital to maintaining cognitive health in older people and the man doesn't talk. He is a prime candidate for preventable age related decline.

I think if he can get to a point where he can go home, he'll improve at least as much as he can given that he does have a brain cancer that is almost certainly going to kill him. I really do not want him in that nursing home a second longer than necessary though

[ndelphinus]

Googling what parts of a car are safe to touch in a thunderstorm while waiting for Scotty to check-in to the hotel is fun

[damazcuz]

(Smugly after failing at a task) and they said it could be done.

[damazcuz]

sorry to everyone tagging this "malicious helplessness" "learned incompetence" "some straight girl's bf who sucks at doing the dishes on purpose" etc etc etc but this post was actually about disability.

[ndelphinus]

Trying to stay awake after a red-eye is hell

[ndelphinus]

I will never be fully prepared for humidity no matter how much I know in my head that it's a thing

[ndelphinus]

We are in the car. Doing better than last time so far

[ndelphinus]

Made it to the long term parking!

[ndelphinus]

At the gate! Scotty is off in search of food, and we have both been reminded that we actually like the airport because it usually means we're going somewhere fun

[ndelphinus]

My hands have the pre-hive feeling and Scotty has a cluster headache triggered by his mask. This is less than ideal, but at least we're at the gate. All we have to do is get on the plane.

[ndelphinus]

On the plane! First row and they didn't give us enough time to deal with the wheelchair so I feel like an ass with going back and forth to put up luggage, but we are on the plane

[ndelphinus]

Landed safe and I felt like an ass getting the luggage down so I'm pretty sure I just generally feel like an ass in situations most people think are normal

[ndelphinus]

We are in the car. Doing better than last time so far

[ndelphinus]

Made it to the long term parking!

[ndelphinus]

At the gate! Scotty is off in search of food, and we have both been reminded that we actually like the airport because it usually means we're going somewhere fun

[ndelphinus]

My hands have the pre-hive feeling and Scotty has a cluster headache triggered by his mask. This is less than ideal, but at least we're at the gate. All we have to do is get on the plane.

[ndelphinus]

On the plane! First row and they didn't give us enough time to deal with the wheelchair so I feel like an ass with going back and forth to put up luggage, but we are on the plane

[ndelphinus]

We are in the car. Doing better than last time so far

[ndelphinus]

Made it to the long term parking!

[ndelphinus]

At the gate! Scotty is off in search of food, and we have both been reminded that we actually like the airport because it usually means we're going somewhere fun

[ndelphinus]

My hands have the pre-hive feeling and Scotty has a cluster headache triggered by his mask. This is less than ideal, but at least we're at the gate. All we have to do is get on the plane.

[ndelphinus]

We are in the car. Doing better than last time so far

[ndelphinus]

Made it to the long term parking!

[ndelphinus]

At the gate! Scotty is off in search of food, and we have both been reminded that we actually like the airport because it usually means we're going somewhere fun

[ndelphinus]

We are in the car. Doing better than last time so far

[ndelphinus]

Made it to the long term parking!

[ndelphinus]

We are in the car. Doing better than last time so far

[ndelphinus]

Packing for trips is always like "On average, an issue of National Geographic, Scientific American, or The Atlantic takes me 1-2 hours to read. Therefore, I need at least 10 for this six hour flight, in addition to 3 e-readers, 3 notebooks, a Switch, my phone, and two sets of headphones for whatever in-flight entertainment is offered."