'Heart Of Gold'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
It was weird. I had a a bed that moved; like, when I twitched, it twitched back. I thought it was the morphine at first, but it wasn't. Bizarre.
Oh, I freaking *hate* those beds! They are air beds and are supposed to be more comfortable. Yeah, right!
Yay Erin! Quick recovery ~ma to you!
And, because it demands a separate post from my previous selfish burblings, {{{Jilli}}}. Grandparents are so... a good, loving and beloved grandparent is so much not like anyone else, and that relationship is so particular and irreplaceable, that it doesn't matter how expected any health struggles are; it's still unexpected, and wretched. Vibing to you and your grandma and your parents right now.
I had a bed that moved; like, when I twitched, it twitched back. I thought it was the morphine at first, but it wasn't. Bizarre.
Maybe that was just the cyst, coming back to haunt you!
Congrats on a successful surgery, Erin.
Once my sister had a cyst removed and her best friend sent her a "condolences on your loss" card. Inside it said, "we shall all miss the cyst."
Who replaced Matilda with a big girl? She was a baby last time I checked.
It was weird. I had a a bed that moved; like, when I twitched, it twitched back. I thought it was the morphine at first, but it wasn't. Bizarre.I had one of those in the hospital last week! Really weird. I'm so glad that you're home and doing all right, hon. So much recovery~ma to you. Keep taking the good drugs.
vw, I'm sorry your job is stressing you out on top of having health issues. Please be good to yourself and go to the hospital if you need to.
{{{Jilli}}} Knowing it's coming doesn't make it any less difficult. Hang in there, love.
Hi Erin! I missed your return call because I went for a swim. Yay for finally being home. If I had a big ole ovary eating cyst removed the first thing I would do when I got home would be to weight myself. Hey, it's a plus.
Erin, I'm glad you're home!
Thanks for the solace, folks.
I would never want a hypothetical transgender kid of mine to get beaten up for being transgender, but even MORE, I would never, EVER want to give my child the impression that his/her core identity is unacceptable. If your *parents* don't accept who you are, starting at age 3, that's just about the ultimate negation.
I'm currently reading Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman (he also wrote Why Marriages Succeed or Fail). It's very much about allowing kids to trust that their feelings are genuine, valid and acceptable, (and distinguishing between feeling sad, hurt or angry, and choosing how to act appropriately on those feelings). His findings (he studied a large number of families over an extended period of time) was that trivialising or dismissing (or worse, punishing) a child's hurt feelings was damaging to their identity, not to mention self-reliance and self-discipline. This whole transgender thing has to be orders of magnitude worse.
Meanwhile, work-is-my-antidrug moment: peer reviewed a document, the following exchange now appears in the comments:
Work Bod: Should we be using a different name for [Billytea's team]?
Me: Yes - refer to us as "The Lords of Kobol".
I am pursuing a degree in Secondary Education - Language Arts major. Haven't really chosen a minor yet.
My mother got similar comments regarding her insistence on studying Latin in her teaching degree. She still got a job. Oh! And they put her in charge of the library, told her it had been neglected recently and could she improve the book selection a bit, but forgot to set any limits on how much she could spend. They get a great library and no budget for sporting equipment for two years.
And we know he’s not gay, since you’re gettin’ it regular ;)
Huh. I thought a certain degree of irregularity was kind of a goal here.
Also, dang. I thought I was the only stepmother on b.org. It's good to be not alone on that weird little step-island.
You can form a club! You could step out together!
Who replaced Matilda with a big girl? She was a baby last time I checked.
I think when I saw her she was going through a pupal stage where she was cocooned in a pumpkin.