<p>I am older than you and started back to school this summer to fulfill the requirements to apply for a 1.5 year master’s program.</p>
<p>never too old.</p>
<p>Donna, James is at UChicago? Do PM me if there’s anything he needs. My parents are 3 blocks from campus.</p>
<p>oops, posted above comments on the wrong thread. wonder how that happened.</p>
<p>James…ice chips…kitty curled next to you…thoughts of happy things.
V is an angel.
Stay strong</p>
<p>Donna, I told S1 (who knows James) that you are in the hospital and he sends you both good wishes. Seeing your son will be the best medicine – for both of you.</p>
<p>Donna, I, too, am in the Chicago area, and would love to do anything I can to be of support to James. Please let me know.</p>
<p>Teri</p>
<p>Hindoo: “Skoodle” is a word from my youth – don’t know the origin – that means (to me) a combination of “toodle” and “skootch.” In other words, to quickly get closer to someone.</p>
<p>Another word from my youth: “Mounce.” Whenever my father would get upset, we would have to yell at him to stop “mouncing.” It means to sort of worry and fret and wring your hands.</p>
<p>Donna - are you able to walk? Is Physical Therapy working with you at all?</p>
<p>Very Happy: I always knew the word as skadoodle. Just checked with my husband and he agrees.</p>
<p>From Urban Dictionary:</p>
<p>skadoodle<br>
(Verb)
- To leave with haste
- To perform a dance step while doodling<br>
(#2 is an interesting definition … ?)</p>
<p>Urban Dictionary certainly adds an interesting twist to the common words :)</p>
<p>I hope Donna is having a peaceful rest before her long journey.</p>
<p>^ ^ So do I.</p>
<p>Re definition #2 of skadoodle: Maybe it is a combination of “ska”–Jamaican music genre which also is the basis of a dance craze–and “doodle”.</p>
<p>Don’t you all have words you use that aren’t real words? Or was my family the only weird one?</p>
<p>Well, not the ONLY weird one; ours uses many non-words.</p>
<p>^ We certainly do, too! And they make such perfect sense to us that it’s not always easy to remember to avoid using them in public, lest we sound a bit goofy.</p>
<p>Hello and best wishes to you, Donna! When I read your description of the hospital–“subterranean post-apocalyptic emergency room complex, endless corridors of writhing patients, interspersed occasionally with jackhammers and construction”—I thought, “No matter how sick she is, she’s still a writer.” Please get well soon and come back and entertain and inform us with your posts.</p>
<p>DonnaL: Thinking of you today and wishing you a safe and speedy journey down the Thruway, and an even quicker and complete recovery. Godspeed!</p>
<p>I am hoping we haven’t heard from Donna because she is being whisked down the NYS Thruway to NYC! Continued prayers…</p>
<p>I’ve been worrying about Donna all day. I hope there is some good news soon.</p>
<p>If she had an ambulance ride for seven or so hours, I suspect she’s not too chipper right now. She may also be being checked in, checked out by the docs, etc. I’m hoping those are the only problems.</p>