Thanks, all.
Thanks for being there, thanks for the support, thanks for ....everything.
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
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.
Strix - Apr 06, 2011 12:59:34 pm PDT #19231 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Maria - Apr 06, 2011 1:03:31 pm PDT #19232 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
{{{Erin}}} You have to do what you have to do. It takes courage to make these kinds of decisions, and I wish you nothing but the best.
Shir, that was just lovely.
My allergies are horrible this year, compounded by the fact that I skipped 2 doses of Zyrtec and sent myself back to the beginning. OMG, I'm miserable.
Liese S. - Apr 06, 2011 1:04:10 pm PDT #19233 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I've heard that allergies all over are worse this year. The SO has allergies and he never has before. I even have a few sniffles.
beth b - Apr 06, 2011 1:09:11 pm PDT #19234 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Good for you , Erin. It is so hard after putting so much effort into something to say, nope it is n't going to work. but your post is so well thought out that it makes sense.
and although you are saying no to teaching - and I don't think you should go back to a class room full of kids , there might be some other kinds of programs that might use your teaching and organizational skills and let you be in a place where you don't have to be 100% on all the time. ( adult literacy ) But it may be way to soon to even think that way.
Whenever people find out that I work at the library- they ask me why I don't teach. Seriously? one on one interactions are good. Occasional presentations/demonstrations - no big deal. 30 to 45 min story times. Ok . But all day everyday in front of classroom trying to keep 30 kids attention. Then grading for hours? No way.
sj - Apr 06, 2011 1:09:13 pm PDT #19235 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Erin}}} best of luck in whatever you decide to do next.
Daisy Jane - Apr 06, 2011 1:10:43 pm PDT #19236 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Can someone tell me why I just accepted a 6:30-7pm conference call for today?
beekaytee - Apr 06, 2011 1:26:03 pm PDT #19237 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Oh Erin, good for you for figuring out what does and does not work for you. I hope your next steps get lighter and lighter as you head down the path to balance.
I'm grateful to say that my horrific hay fever phase seems to be over. I am still a bit snuffly every now and again, and my throat sometimes feels skritchy, but overall gratefully better.
Cass - Apr 06, 2011 1:35:29 pm PDT #19238 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It takes courage to make these kinds of decisions, and I wish you nothing but the best.
What Maria said. You are making a difficult but important decision and you're doing it for the good of all involved. You are amazing.
Porn made Cass a teabagger. Pass it on.
You take that back!!!!
I've heard that allergies all over are worse this year.
Even highly medicated, it really feels like it.
We have thunder hail. I didn't know this existed but there you go.
Steph L. - Apr 06, 2011 1:43:11 pm PDT #19239 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Erin, nothing is better than knowing your boundaries and respecting them. I think you're taking good care of yourself, and that is awesome.
Unrelatedly, my allergies haven't bothered me thus far, which I am attributing entirely to my daily Allegra habit. (Of course, now that I've said that, I realized I just invoked the wrath of 100 tons of pollen. I await the sneezes to come.)
Burrell - Apr 06, 2011 1:48:32 pm PDT #19240 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
{{{Erin}}} You have to do what you have to do. It takes courage to make these kinds of decisions, and I wish you nothing but the best.
Maria said it beautifully, so I will just echo her. I wish you the best.