I knew my last post (8753) might stir up a few choice comments. I really did post and run as I had a massage appointment to get to (oh, poor me) but when I got home the comments were chucklesome enough to have been worth the wait.

ION, I'm sorry to hear that Spidra. I'm shocked that your parents don't see how you have no sense of security or comfort there.

I would never be able to do that, JZ. My people come from Lake Wobegon and would expect me to get smited over that much on...well, fancy underwear. This is why getting the smackdown about extravagance last month? Seemed particularly harsh. Because the only thing that remained of things Lutheran is almost crippling guilt about spending money on myself. It is still close to unpossible. Honestly.

Woo Daniel! Refunds rock.

Hi Laura! Have I told you lately how psyched I am to see you and your DH next month?

Sadly I am going solo this time. First time. He has been to all the others. I am however quite psyched to see you. Next month! I am ready for vacation I tell ya.

almost crippling guilt about spending money on myself. It is still close to unpossible. Honestly.

Well, this just makes me twice as awed as I was before by your gorgeous tat and what it must have meant for you to say yes to it.

If I ever go to Phoenix, I swear you're going to have to strap my hands down to keep me from bitch-slapping basically everyone in your family besides your mom. Or, rather, all the people who share a name with you but don't quite merit the precious word family.

JZ!

That is all.

Oh, and I'm sad I missed your call.

If you do it, I'll take pictures. On a somewhat related note, it's okay to skip a meeting if your brother's chairing and he's getting on your nerves and they won't interrupt the meeting for you to kick him in the 'nads, right? Cause I'm thinking next month we'll have a better handle on our Personal Issues, and be all dialoguing and all that meeting crap. The thing is, he spies on us. It's repellent, but I know from experience it's easier to bond with my father if you have somebody you're mad at that he's mad at, too. So I sort of understand it, but it's hard not to get pissed about the lack of privacy and etc. Our whole dynamic has gotten weird and he eats here all the time and junk.(That's not weird...the NSA impression is, however. But I always want to talk about when I'm like "Drop the goddamn mail, you asshole!" But we've only started to get along after assloads of sibling strife and I don't want to bicker with him any more.

Oh crap, Spidra. That's just hell. There must be something that can be done. what you're dealing with is unacceptable.

I'm with JZ in bitchslapping (and not in a fun way) the asshats in Erika's family. Grrr.

Is there a way to calm his nosy ass?

I just had a total awwww moment with my girl.

aw, well, that's a better story than J.Edgar Hoover junior.