vw, once you get home, you can microwave damp washcloths and wrap them around the ouchie areas.

Thanks. I will be talking to someone from HR, so that's also a pretty positive sign, I think. It could be de rigeur for 2nd interviews there, though, for all I know.

That's a good idea. Emily's got some of those thermo-heat pad things too. Maybe she'd let me use some of those.

Yeah, the Therma-Care things are great. You can get them at CVS or Walgreens.

Well, this ain't fair. I stressed myself into getting my period 5 days early.

grump grump grump

Ugh, vw. Pain of any variety is of the suck and that much pain is just disgustingly wrong. It needs to stop and I'm so sorry you're dealing with so much of it.

Am I bad to admit I want Eminem on my iPod?

Hell no, bitch! /rapper love

Ahem... I mean, I have Eminem on my Shuffle...

Perkins, I'm so tired, it took me a minute to parse that but YAY!!!!!

In C related news, while she has yet to show any geniune regret for the lies and lack of respect, yesterday she at least thanked my mom for all she has done for her.

I don't know when I'll see C again. She won't be back at the house to pack out until the weekend and I'm gone until Tuesday. I feel like an evil, cold-hearted woman cause I have had to block my feelings for her.

Not evil. Self preservation is never evil.

Your feelings aren't evil. You are justifiably hurt and upset. As an adult who realizes that C has had YEARS of bad parenting and so can't recognize good parenting right now and doesn't have the tools to face responsibility, you can't express those feelings, but the feelings are perfectly healthy. I hope you can support C from the outside in the future if it comes up--she desperately needs a stabilizing force in her life, even though she doesn't know it. And even if you never see her again, what you have given her so far is invaluable.

Gah, C's dad just called to get the bf's phone numbers. Yes, dad knows all, including the situation that sparked this (no, I'm not going into details on that).