{"id":11629,"date":"2018-06-13T09:19:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11629"},"modified":"2018-06-13T09:19:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:19:23","slug":"random-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11629","title":{"rendered":"Random thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I love being at home rather than at work, especially given what work is like right now, it is less fun when I have multiple surgically inflicted stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy mentioning the stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>People are stupid. Or maybe just colossally unprepared. I am in a few online bariatric surgery groups, and I am perpetually surprised by the questions people ask. It&#8217;s like they&#8217;ve had this major surgery without even reading the most basic information ahead of time. &#8220;What are we allowed to eat now that we&#8217;re home?&#8221; &#8220;When can we go back to work?&#8221; &#8220;What is a protein shake?&#8221; &#8220;Why have I only lost 7 lbs this week?&#8221; Some of these people should have their stomachs put back until they&#8217;ve done some reading. Especially the ones complaining that they have &#8220;only&#8221; lost some huge amount of weight.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, I am also one of the stupid people. I have a call in to my surgeon&#8217;s office because I don&#8217;t remember which specific date I am supposed to return to work. I&#8217;m sure my boss expects me to be back at some point.  I have 3 different dates written down.<\/p>\n<p>PJ Harvey is wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>My cat is useless at domestic chores, and 13 is excellent at them.<\/p>\n<p>Routine maintenance on a Lexus is stupidly expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Autocorrect wants to capitalize the weirdest shit.<\/p>\n<p>I am simultaneously surprised that I am doing so much better than I thought I would be after 9 days and that I am still prone to hitting a wall  and needing a nap. Yesterday afternoon I took a 5 hour nap and then went to bed at 9:30 and slept all the way through the night. I never take naps!<\/p>\n<p>There is a limit to how many classic films even I can watch in one day.<\/p>\n<p>I never get tired of Bette Davis.<\/p>\n<p>If I get a rotisserie chicken so 13 has real food for dinner, I am very sorry that I can&#8217;t have any of it, and I compensate by not letting the cat have any of it either.<\/p>\n<p>I am not a very nice person.<\/p>\n<p>When recovering from surgery, it is important not to be consumed by world news. Particularly news involving the person currently occupying the White House.<\/p>\n<p>It is a lot harder than you might think to get 68 ounces of fluid and 90gms of protein into your stomach when it&#8217;s the size of a banana.<\/p>\n<p>If you swallow more than you should at one time, you will be very sorry.<\/p>\n<p>My refrigerator is filthy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going for a walk now, rather than face the filthy fridge.<\/p>\n<p>Filthy Fridges would be a good band name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I love being at home rather than at work, especially given what work is like right now, it is less fun when I have multiple surgically inflicted stab wounds. I really enjoy mentioning the stab wounds. People are stupid. Or maybe just colossally unprepared. I am in a few online bariatric surgery groups, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11629\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Random thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-31z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11625,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11625","url_meta":{"origin":11629,"position":0},"title":"A brief, unblog-like update","author":"Michelle","date":"June 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday 6\/4, I had my surgery. 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