Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
I tried to fix it! It works for me!
Oh, my god. That's what it does. I just went to the domain, not with buffistas.org attached. How...crazy.
I am frustrated. My bug fixing seems thwarted, and I can't remember my domain administration user name. I'm a flake.
bon bon made me LAUGH. I wanted to post more but I'm headed to bed instead.
Oh, god, there's a guy from Barcelona on OKCupid IMing me who wants to talk dirty with me. I guess I could just close the window, but I feel I should talk my way out of it graciously.
I have a pretty boy from Sweden who does the same thing, but also wants to talk to me about science all the time. He's a little cutiehead.
Well, my browser crashed so he disappeared. I really didn't want to get into anything with him. He was kinda creepy.
Oh, look. He's back. And he wants to visit me. I should have just left the site.
By relocating ourselves, we shake loose the shackles of expectation.
Worked for me when I was 15. And at other times. Now that means whenever I get really stressed I start considering moving. That could become rather expensive therapy if I let it, so I don't.
Ginger, if it comes to it, you and Mr. Peabody should paddle out this way. We're on high ground.
By relocating ourselves, we shake loose the shackles of expectation.
Sorry, sarameg, others: I was trying to be specific about it being substance abuse issues you can't just 'move away' from, not that, in fact, physically moving to a different community can be life-enhancing.
Note that I moved away from New Jersey to Boston and stayed here, much much happier with the culture and opportunities.
You know, there's something to be said for staying and toughing it out, as it were, but at some point you have to take a step back, take a long, considering look, and ask yourself, "is it worth being this unhappy?"
Which is where Lewis and I found ourselves, in our particular case. We didn't move from Ohio to Jacksonville because we particularly wanted to. This was a case where we did it for the benefit of our kids and it was the right choice for that time. However, I think we've gotten the most out of our time here and at this point, the negatives far outweigh any future benefits.
Which is not a response to anything in particular, just me parsing stuff out in the wake of poor Lewis being ambushed by his parents yesterday.