Awwww, Toto is so cute.
Happy Birthday, Askye!!!
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
Oz ,'Him'
Spike's Bitches 36: Did I Sully Our Good Name?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
libkitty - Jun 16, 2007 11:25:26 am PDT #3051 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
libkitty - Jun 16, 2007 11:29:24 am PDT #3052 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Much ~ma for both you and your friend, vw. Perhaps if you pace yourself, you can continue to help. But make sure to take good care of yourself! I'm glad you got yourself a treat.
vw bug - Jun 16, 2007 11:32:47 am PDT #3053 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Yeah, I'm gonna try.
I think I offered to take her to physical therapy. In Framingham. Three times a week. Without a car. Fortunately, that doesn't start for a few weeks, so maybe a better plan can be thought of that doesn't involve me spending $30 on a zipcar each time.
libkitty - Jun 16, 2007 11:49:25 am PDT #3054 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Oh, vw. She goes to your church, right? Surely there's someone there with a car who could help out.
vw bug - Jun 16, 2007 11:52:35 am PDT #3055 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Surely there's someone there with a car who could help out.
You'd think, but not so much. We live quite a ways away from our church, so any of that type of coordinating is going to be really difficult.
Emily - Jun 16, 2007 11:57:40 am PDT #3056 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
One-car family, I'm assuming? She could see if the physical-therapy place has a shuttle arrangement or something. I'd say back out of it as soon as possible, to avoid unpleasantness later -- say you have the time and energy to devote to helping her, but you were forgetting that you don't have the money. Your eagerness to help got the better of you.
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2007 11:58:22 am PDT #3057 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
vw, bless you for even starting, no matter how much more you can or can't do.
vw bug - Jun 16, 2007 12:02:15 pm PDT #3058 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
One-car family, I'm assuming?
When that car is running.
She could see if the physical-therapy place has a shuttle arrangement or something.
They don't. And, they live in Brookline (near Jamaica Way), and the wellness place is in Framingham. She doesn't qualify for The Ride.
I'd say back out of it as soon as possible, to avoid unpleasantness later -- say you have the time and energy to devote to helping her, but you were forgetting that you don't have the money. Your eagerness to help got the better of you.
That never happens. I'm probably going back to take care of her on Tuesday, so the husband can go to work. He's missed a lot lately, and they really can't afford him to miss anymore. I can take my laptop and work while she sobs. I think I may talk to the secretary at church tomorrow to see if there's any way we can set something up to help them with the ride situation, 'cause yeah, I really can't justify that.
SailAweigh - Jun 16, 2007 1:28:39 pm PDT #3059 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Happy Birthday, askye!
Hil R. - Jun 16, 2007 2:50:25 pm PDT #3060 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
First world problem: They don't sell Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream ice cream at the Ben and Jerry stores in scoops. You can only buy it in pints. I want to try it, but I don't want to have a whole pint, because I'm trying to eat more healthy stuff. A scoop of ice cream today is fine; a scoop today and tomorrow and the next few days too isn't.