Dang it, the nice long fic I've been reading has gotten impossibly maudlin. Souled!Spike just does not say "I'm trying. It's hard, but I'm trying." more than once in a lifetime, let alone once every chapter.

Maybe the author confused Spike with Spike's much more sensitive and gentle brother Rod.

Is Rod the one on the soda vending machine?

In the absence of coffee, a mug of milk and a couple of dark chocolate covered caramels will do nicely.

{{vw}} I know this is tough on you , but

Why are difficult decisions so hard?

Made me giggle a little. Mostly because I feel like that all too often.

{{vw}} Also, job-ma.

{{vw}} Big changes are difficult to make, but you've done what's right for you and you've done it in the best way possible by giving them notice and letting them know why. I've just told the boss folk around here that I'm going to be looking for another position, and they are all happy and supportive of me and I still feel badly about leaving them. It makes no sense.

~ma for Raq's FIL.

Is Rod the one on the soda vending machine?

Yes.

Actually, I have no clue what this reference means.

shrift has some guys on a soda vending machine that she likes to slash.

I don't recall their names.

I'm gonna go with Rod and Lance. Because I am twelve.

Vons wants me to have my groceries delivered. [link] The last item is hilarious. I suspect that is not the image they intended to put in but it is fun-nee.