You are not a whiner. You have a serious reason [actually multiple reasons] to be upset. Whiners just whine for the fun of it, imho.
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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sj - Jul 31, 2005 1:09:57 pm PDT #4042 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
SailAweigh - Jul 31, 2005 1:17:14 pm PDT #4043 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
What sj said. No way you're doing it for fun, Tep. You're in a hard place, let us plump up some pillows for you, feed you grapes and throw glitter in your hair, k?
DavidS - Jul 31, 2005 1:20:40 pm PDT #4044 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Constant? No. Pshaw, even! That's right! PSHAW!
Look at that - you made Nicole use Strong Language. I hope you feel really horrible now.
P.M. Marc - Jul 31, 2005 1:26:00 pm PDT #4045 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Tep, your father is having yet another heart issue, you're stuck eating tunaglue, you have a wedding to go to, and you're still working on rebuilding a local network of friends following your escape from the FAC.
You are not whining. You are venting in a much-needed fashion to prevent yourself from going completely batshit.
DavidS - Jul 31, 2005 1:32:42 pm PDT #4046 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
you're stuck eating tunaglue
This really forgives a lot. Any day you have to eat $1 vending machine tunaglue when your back hurts and your knee is sore? A free day for venting.
meara - Jul 31, 2005 1:34:43 pm PDT #4047 of 10001
Don't forget, I have your cell number and since you can't answer your phone in the ER, I'll be forced to leave a very long, very ranty, and sometimes very schmoopy message about how strong and supportive and CRAXY you are. DON"T THINK I WON"T!
Heh. And since she threatened to, I figured I would. And did. HAH! Silly Teppy. Very valid issues, you are having. Much better than "I'm too lazy to clean my house, but it distresses me how it's a mess", like some of us. :)
Cass - Jul 31, 2005 1:34:45 pm PDT #4048 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
because it's the Santa Ana and it sucks.t checks thermometer
Yep.
If life starts imitating reality shows, I am voting against it.
venting in a much-needed fashion to prevent yourself from going completely batshit.Plei = wise.
"I'm too lazy to clean my house, but it distresses me how it's a mess", like some of us.Hey! This is totally valid. Not that I am doing the same or anything.
brenda m - Jul 31, 2005 1:50:14 pm PDT #4049 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
"Bereavement fares--how do they work?"
When I needed to fly back to NM for my dad's funeral, I just called the airlane and told the person I needed a bereavement fare. They were really nice about it. I would've rather just stuck my card in the computer kiosk, but for an interacting-with-a-person experience it wasn't bad.
I was jumping ahead to respond to this, both for Susan and for others who might have relatives in a bad way, and now I see it's maybe more immediately relevant than I thought? I gather something's up with your dad, Tep? Sorry to hear it, and I'll go back for the details in a moment. But this is for you and for anyone else -
Something I learned when my mom was ill - airline bereavement fares are not just to get you there for a funeral - they offer them as well when someone is seriously ill. I was in DC at the time, and my mom in Chicago. American gave me rock bottom fares for a flight in between, and I must have changed the return flights three or four times each trip, all without hassle or penalty. I had to give them my mom's name and the main phone number of the hospital she was in and that's it. I'd no idea you could do this. So if anyone does have a loved one having health problems, do check the airlines - going to see them might be a lot more feasible than you think.
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2005 1:58:21 pm PDT #4050 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I would give the hospital staff $1,000 to let us go the hell home.
DavidS - Jul 31, 2005 2:00:13 pm PDT #4051 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I would give the hospital staff $1,000 to let us go the hell home.
Try this time proven method: "Dad, I'm beat and achey. I think I'm going to go home. If you need a ride home, I'll come back and get you, but if you're going to stay overnight just call me anyway so I know."