MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Went with, "Oh! I'm not quite done making lunch yet! Why don't you change these while I finish up."

Smooooth

You are not responsible for my mental health!

Actually, I control it from afar.

I do have to mail my brother's birthday card, so I can mail your drugs out. I don't need them, can't take them, so if someone can use them, I'd rather not waste them.

Which reminds me, I also have generic prozac (floxetine), 10 mg (I think) that I don't need. About 2 weeks' worth, if anyone uses it.

Finally, I'm going to cry, I swear. But from gratitude this time. You know how, when you're upset/overwhelmed, you can maintain some semblance of equipoise as long as people *aren't* nice to you, but if someone does something nice, you lose your shit? Well, *I* do that.

Anyway, I posted on FB about the dead air conditioner saga, and that the solution for now seems to be getting 2 window units. A local friend who just moved into a house from an apartment commented on my post saying she has window units that are just sitting in her shed, so we could borrow them.

I seriously almost lost it.

If they're the right size for our windows and we could borrow them, that would be SUCH a relief.

You know how, when you're upset/overwhelmed, you can maintain some semblance of equipoise as long as people *aren't* nice to you, but if someone does something nice, you lose your shit? Well, *I* do that.

Oh, this is so me.

I'm glad to hear about the possible A/C solution!

Kindness in a crisis is a killer. In a good way.

::wanders over to Natter to sit with the 'today is broken' people::

Oh, Steph, that's good.

And Trudy, well done. You gotta be careful with the ultimatums unless you're willing to hold out. Would you really not feed her, you know, stuff like that. So the way you handled it works well, because it's not an either or kinda deal.

You know how, when you're upset/overwhelmed, you can maintain some semblance of equipoise as long as people *aren't* nice to you, but if someone does something nice, you lose your shit? Well, *I* do that.

I'm extremely familiar, yes. I go around muttering "people need to stop being nice to me so I can pull myself together" quite often [I do not mean it, please continue to be nice]

Very glad for the A/C loan, what a relief.

Very glad for the A/C loan, what a relief.

Even if it doesn't work out (window size wrong, whatever), I'm touched by the offer. And honestly, buying a couple of window units, while not the ideal way I want to spend my money, isn't the worst thing in the world. I'm surprised at how (comparatively) inexpensive they are. The last time I bought one was 1999, and it was a wee tiny 5,000 BTU one and was maybe in the $250 range. The one we saw on Sears' Web site last night is 5,300 BTU and is $99.

I'd rather have $99 worth of books or sex toys, but honestly, I loves me some a/c.

I'd rather have $99 worth of books or sex toys, but honestly, I loves me some a/c.

Get A/C for the living room and sex toys for the bedroom. Win/win!

Well, I was thinking of putting Hil's ex-advisor in charge of repairing the elevator.

With nothing but a wad of chewed gum and some dental floss.

Re: no connection between dental and physical health... tell it to Andy Hallett, insurance companies.

You know how, when you're upset/overwhelmed, you can maintain some semblance of equipoise as long as people *aren't* nice to you, but if someone does something nice, you lose your shit? Well, *I* do that.

Doing that right now, actually. Should have known I wouldn't make it very long without my intern seeing me cry.

Steph, I very much hope the a/c units work out for you.