Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
The discussion here also reminds me of:
Lucy is jumping rope when Linus asks:Linus: Do you ever pray?
Lucy: That's kind of a personal question, isn't it? Are you trying to start an argument? I suppose you think you're somebody pretty smart, don't you? I suppose you think. . .
Linus with his blanket, talking to Charlie Brown.
Linus: You're right . . . religion is a very touchy subject."
Just reading Anne's painting posts makes me want to lie down.
I'm about ready to collapse. I think I'm going to run out and pick up the drywall patches, pick up something yummy for dinner, then come home and call it a day.
I hope your niece is okay, Robin. Not being able to do anything in situations like this is especially frustrating.
{{{Robin's niece}}} I hope you find the right words to say to the right people.
There are places where you feel like all the things that happened there should have left some sort of psychic imprint--places like the Tower of London or concentration camps. I felt kind of a shudder at Dachau, but it's hard to know whether that was just because of what I knew. I felt a somewhat different shudder at the sign that said "Dachau McDonald's." I suppose you couldn't ask them to change the name of the town.
If she's under 18, CAN she refuse the blood test? If she's using, the weight loss points to coke or meth...but the rest sounds like pot (although not the weight loss) and IMO teenagerhood, sulleness and pot go hand-in-hand.
Maybe it's not drugs as all, but an eating disorder?
I dunno.
Ugh, Robin I'm sorry. The classes and job thing probably make it worse because she's got something to, in her mind, prove she doesn't have a problem. I hope they can find a way to get her the help she needs.
Anne, that sounds like a good plan.
Robin, at least the therapist knows. That is worrisome. I hope the situation improves quickly.
Oh Robin. Hoping all the best for your niece. At least the family is aware of the problems and the probabilities and she's already getting help.
I hope the therapist can help, Robin. I really do think that it's a lot harder to be a teenager today than it was when I was young.