{{{Nora}}} If it is too hard to say anything specifically supportive to your friend, all you have to say is, "I'm really glad you've been my friend all these years. I want you to stick around."

{{vw}} I hope that the docs get your lungs under control. Um, at least there are Olympic events to watch while at home??

The DH and I got a last minute hotel room in Monterey for the weekend and went to see the fishes. So pretty. Otters = Cute, but I can't quite forget when we saw them rip the heads off the dead baby chicks they were fed at the Auckland Zoo.

You'd think so, wouldn't you? Life on the other hand...not so much.

Yeah, Nora, I'm going through something similar, sort of. I finally emailed her today and said, "look, it seems like right now I'm not helping you or making you laugh or being what you need, so I'm going to give you the space you need; but if you want a friend I'm here." and that took *a lot* for me to say, because normally I don't throw myself out there, I withdraw from the relationship. But it's tough, watching someone hurt themselves, and they don't want to be helped.

SA, good on you for sending that email...

Now I'm in a weird place for being angry about feeling guilty, or something.

::sympathy:: Yeah. I know that feeling, too.

{{{vw}}} and {{{bitches}}} with extra chocolate and glitter for thems that needs.

Nicole - I would expect by the 28th, which is the first time they have separate Varsity/JV games.

Last night I discovered the wonder that is Nutella. Why has no one told me about Nutella before?

I ran out of fabric, so I can't put the binding on my quilt before my doctors' appointments today. This disappoints me greatly and is going to force me to do homework between appointments instead of sewing the binding on. Darn.

t /first world problem

I would like to announce ....

I have lost 20 lbs. Yahoo! Most weight I have ever lost.

10 more to go and I will weigh what I did at 25 (140). I just really want to weigh what I did at 25 when I turn 50. It's entirely arbitrary and shallow, but it will make me happy.

Woo hoo Robin!!

Robin, that's WONDERFUL! Go you!