Oh, Windsparrow, how hard. Good on you for handling the situation, and definitely give yourself space to react.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Liese S. - Mar 13, 2011 1:13:57 pm PDT #17489 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Beverly - Mar 13, 2011 1:14:20 pm PDT #17490 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm glad you got things managed, Andi, and got to a place where you could have your own reaction without impacting anybody's care. I hope you feel steadier soon.
smonster - Mar 13, 2011 1:16:35 pm PDT #17491 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Windsparrow, oh my gosh. Major adrenaline dump aftereffects, I'm sure.
sj - Mar 13, 2011 1:18:59 pm PDT #17492 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
(((WS))) Calm~ma to you.
beekaytee - Mar 13, 2011 1:20:18 pm PDT #17493 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Goodness, Andi. Good on ya for being your professional, caring self. I hope the housemate recovers well and that you are able to unjangle soon. Such an ordeal for you all.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Mar 13, 2011 1:26:55 pm PDT #17494 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Sounds like you did wonderfully, Andi. I hope you can get space and rest and time to yourself now.
WindSparrow - Mar 13, 2011 1:52:57 pm PDT #17495 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Thanks, everybody. Starting to unjangle.
Strix - Mar 13, 2011 2:12:07 pm PDT #17496 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And then when I get home, that's when I fall apart.
Yep, sounds par for the course. Pros freak at home, stay cool on the job. Good on you, Andi.
erin_obscure - Mar 13, 2011 2:24:59 pm PDT #17497 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Andi, how wonderful for the patient that you were there to provide such fantastic support and information. May your evening be full of unwinding. Those adrenaline dumps can be powerful things.
beth b - Mar 13, 2011 2:56:27 pm PDT #17498 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm sorry you have to go through the jangles, Windsprrow, but you really wouldn't be so good at your job if you couldn't hold it together so well when you need to. And the stress has to come out some how.
and cholesterol. I am on a drug for it because I have diabetes and they want my cholesterol down to same level that someone who has had a heart attack should be at. My combined number is 200 , but my ratio is fantastic. For a while i had a job where I walked slowly for two hours 5 days a week . When I stopped that job my good cholesterol dropped. So I started walking a little more. ( It worked ) I think exercise is the key , but then again, everyone is different