ugh. Utter terror is setting in and my hands are shaking. Please tell me it's all gonna be okay? In a convincing tone of font?
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Feb 27, 2009 5:46:47 am PST #8518 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Sparky1 - Feb 27, 2009 5:50:26 am PST #8519 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
It will be okay, Allyson. This is a temporary setback, and not your fault. You have a huge network of family, friends, invisible people in the computer, and pets who are ready, willing and able to help.
Aims - Feb 27, 2009 5:56:24 am PST #8520 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
What Sparky, said, babe. Temporary setback. I promise everything will be ok.
sarameg - Feb 27, 2009 6:10:28 am PST #8521 of 30000
You will get through this and it will be ok in the future.
Cashmere - Feb 27, 2009 6:12:56 am PST #8522 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
It will be alright, Allyson. You're talented and smart and good people got your back.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2009 6:19:15 am PST #8523 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You will absolutely be OK, Allyson -- better than OK!
Laura - Feb 27, 2009 6:24:40 am PST #8524 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It will all be good, Allyson. Trust me on this.
Liese S. - Feb 27, 2009 6:35:06 am PST #8525 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup. You are fabulous and smart and savvy and there are going to be *more* people that appreciate you for who you are in your future.
You have support and you know how to use it. You have friends and family behind you. You have a ton of resources at your behest. Give yourself time to feel whatever you need to feel, but you are going to get through this.
Kat - Feb 27, 2009 6:41:26 am PST #8526 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson, I'm not going to give you the BS about how all things happen for a reason, because that shit is bananas.
But things will be okayish. Can you go back to JPL as a worst-case scenario?
Kathy A - Feb 27, 2009 6:41:36 am PST #8527 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What they said, Allyson.
From upthread:
It's my view most cats are toddlers, some more than most.
Mine is a demanding three-year-old, meowing at the top of her lungs at every opportunity for me to "Entertain me! Feed me!! Pet me!!!!!" when she's not sprawled out on the floor fast asleep.