Hey Maria! This week marks the one year anniversary of finding out my mom needed heart surgery, so I am right there with you. I am going to pass on the pep talk her surgeon gave me: “Hearts are the rare part of the body we understand pretty well. At the end of the day, hearts are pumps, and there is a limited universe of stuff that can wrong with pumps and we have checklists for coping with all the elements in that universe.” Also, if it is a surgery with major post op restrictions, here is a random life hack that worked on my mom. After her pre op appointment we toured her house with a pack of post its and I prompted her to mimic a bunch of activities of daily living as if the restrictions were in place, and then put post its on things that were no go like the chair in her bedroom and the shower door handle she used like a grab bar and the doors on the washer and dryer. I also moved things over her weight limit out of sight (iron, laundry detergent, heavier pans). It helped.
“They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger*, and clearly that’s not always true. But what’s for sure true is what doesn’t kill you doesn’t kill you.” -- This absolute gold. Love your perspective, as always.
This reminds me that my friends got to hang out with Mitch Hedberg before and after the show when we booked him at our college 23(?) years ago. I was busy actually setting up and taking down the showroom (just a big room by the cafeteria) and cell phones weren't really a thing back then. So I guess I forgive them for not bringing me along. But I don't forget!
San Antonio or Houston, please! Preferably San Antonio though; I’m going to Houston to see Taylor Swift with my sister, so she can come to San Antonio to see Josh Gondelman with her sister.
I feel the same way about HOTW:II - thoroughly enjoying every minute and every cameo! It’s giving me the same feeling of awe the Get Back Beatles doc did.
Hey Maria! This week marks the one year anniversary of finding out my mom needed heart surgery, so I am right there with you. I am going to pass on the pep talk her surgeon gave me: “Hearts are the rare part of the body we understand pretty well. At the end of the day, hearts are pumps, and there is a limited universe of stuff that can wrong with pumps and we have checklists for coping with all the elements in that universe.” Also, if it is a surgery with major post op restrictions, here is a random life hack that worked on my mom. After her pre op appointment we toured her house with a pack of post its and I prompted her to mimic a bunch of activities of daily living as if the restrictions were in place, and then put post its on things that were no go like the chair in her bedroom and the shower door handle she used like a grab bar and the doors on the washer and dryer. I also moved things over her weight limit out of sight (iron, laundry detergent, heavier pans). It helped.
“They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger*, and clearly that’s not always true. But what’s for sure true is what doesn’t kill you doesn’t kill you.” -- This absolute gold. Love your perspective, as always.
Just here to say how much I love (from a reasonable and totally normal distance) and appreciate you Josh.
This reminds me that my friends got to hang out with Mitch Hedberg before and after the show when we booked him at our college 23(?) years ago. I was busy actually setting up and taking down the showroom (just a big room by the cafeteria) and cell phones weren't really a thing back then. So I guess I forgive them for not bringing me along. But I don't forget!
San Antonio or Houston, please! Preferably San Antonio though; I’m going to Houston to see Taylor Swift with my sister, so she can come to San Antonio to see Josh Gondelman with her sister.
I feel the same way about HOTW:II - thoroughly enjoying every minute and every cameo! It’s giving me the same feeling of awe the Get Back Beatles doc did.
dear josh,
love you! love this!
also, PEP talks? more like PUP talks!
(for some of them)
love you!
myq