Hahaha I don’t know what to think about that picture. Is it supposed to be creepy or sweet? It’s weird, but the last think I’d expect you to post a picture of Hank would be kittens, little girls and daisies. Cookies for sure.
Good night OKP. I love all of you.
I’m a cat fan
but yeah it is pretty weird 
thats one large kitty!
I think it would be awesome to be able to snuggle up to a cat, like they snuggle up to us. The only ones that big are rather wild… and in Africa.
A cat that big would be the greatest pillow ever.
My little babe:
She’s a year older now, and bigger, but still loooooooooves to snuggle!!
I love it when she bid’s me a goodnight!
She thinks she’s a lion, though… so I guess that’s as close as I’ll ever be to one!
I wish this was facebook so I could Like this pic.
Ironic, that’s where I got it from.
Damn, that is an awesome photo… 
outta here, 'night all… 
Took 1 gram of Xanax last night, BAM instantly good to go… But, should the affects still be “hanging” around this morning, 10-11 hours later?
^^yup, elimination half life is 11-15 hours, renally at 371 ml/hr if ya like to know 
so what this mean is: The elimination half life of a medication refers to the time necessary for the drug to be reduced to half of its original level in the body through various bodily processes. The longer the half life, the longer it will take the drug to be purged from the body.
in other words it will take 10-15 hours for half the xanax to leave your body… but you still have half the drug floating around and affecting your mind… i’d say 24 full hours before your mind and body are completely free of the drug’s effects.
signed- “still alive” nurse jeff
Take 1/2 next time. Oh and I think you mean 1 “mg”… I think 1g would kill you.
^yeah less drug will be excreted quicker… also the variance in half life time is due to the type… if its extended release or quick acting etc… you want the lowest dose of quick acting that works for your situation i think.
but really why you need the xanax? i mean lifestyle changes could fix your prob without resorting to drugs. turn off electronics an hour or so before bed, establish a consistent bedtime and wake time, establish a healthy bedtime ritual… warm soak, reading, relaxing your mind and body somehow, cleaning yourself… no coffee/caffeine after 2pm… or make it noontime… don’t go to bed drunk, in fact drink less… alcohol represses REM sleep… our deep sleep, we don’t cycle there so we are less rested, sleep lighter and leads to sleep problems.
really benzo/hypnotic/sedatives should be the last resort.
^Don’t forget tea…that keeps you up too. Not to mention that having to go to the bathroom can keep you up which kind of falls into the tea thing since that stuff makes you piss. Then there’s snoring or grinding your teeth that can keep you up too. And would it be safer just taking a few hits from a J then doing Xanax? I know that if I had to resort to as drug to sleep, that’s the one I’d go for. I don’t trust pills, but that’s me.
^I don’t take pills, either. You won’t even find Tylenol in my house. I guess because I’m in the medical field people assume I know about pharmacology and are always asking me about antibiotics, narcotics, etc, and I’m always like, “huh?” I truly don’t have any frame of reference because I’m completely uninterested. You wouldn’t believe the bewildered looks I get from physicians when I’m asked what medicines I’m taking and I reply, “None”. Apparently that never happens which I find completely sad. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that a nation of fastfood junkies would rather take a pill with side affects instead of changing their diet and exercise to curb the majority of their health problems…but I digress.
My evenings have been SO boring this week. Makenzie is in Alabama for spring break and Holt works 2nd shift. It’s just been me and my snoring ass dog with 3 days still to go. I’m leaving Asheville for Auburn directly after work on Friday to pick up Makenzie and spend the weekend with my family. My sister is about to spit out her 2nd kid any day now, so I’m glad I get to see her and my neice. I just hate Auburn and always have a piss poor attitude when it comes to going. I can’t imagine anything I’d rather do less. I’m supposed to meet up with a friend or two I haven’t seen in quite a while, so that’ll be cool I guess.
I’m on call tonight after a 2 week absence. We just got several new accounts who were using one of our competitors. That competitor is a national company with a central dispatching system that is up and running 24 hours a day whereas we only have someone on call overnight for emergencies. These motherfuckers have been calling sometimes 6 or 7 times all night long to order x-rays for the next morning or for 6 weeks from now. Sometimes it’s impossible to go back to sleep after a call comes in or at the very least it takes a while. Sometimes, they minute you finally fall back to sleep is the minute they call again. There are too many nights we sleep less than 3 hours. Since we ALL work day shift and have to be behind the wheel of an automobile at 9 a.m., you can see how this has become a huge problem for us. It’s dangerous and someone’s going to get hurt. The people who orient the staff to our services aren’t the people who get woken up all night, so they don’t really stress how important it is that calls in the middle of the night be emergencies. Well, I’m about to school them. Everybody else is so worried about stepping on someone’s toes, but I’m more worried about falling asleep at the wheel and leaving my daughter without a mother.
It’s about time to get settled in for the night. I’m sure someone will call in the next hour or so for an x-ray 7 years from now, so I need to get a head start on sleeping.
Sleep tight, OKP.
'night OKP.
I fucking love every last one of you. Had a wonderful evening chatting it up, Seanifer, Ollie, and even the One Himself stopped in to say hi… neck. The 'ol bastard’s still got it, I tell ya.