Erin, you handled that as well as you possibly could. And I am sneaky and petty enough that I think you upping your contact with M is a fantastic plan. Let me know if he starts showing an interest in gaming or goth stuff - I'd love to be his fairy gothmother via mail.
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
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.
Atropa - Jun 03, 2011 9:21:00 pm PDT #22647 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Strix - Jun 03, 2011 9:27:16 pm PDT #22648 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, hee, that cheers me to no end!
And I AM trying to balance being petty and bitchy and doing right by M. So far, doing right is winning, but my violent fantasies are rather satisfying.
Barb - Jun 03, 2011 9:28:25 pm PDT #22649 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Hell, let's just have a summer camp in Seattle, land o'weirdness and fully of petty, vindictive, sneaky peoples who encourage all sorts of anarchistic creative shit and have anarchistic, creative children for M to befriend.
IJS...
Strix - Jun 03, 2011 9:41:57 pm PDT #22650 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
God, that would be perfect! How fun would that be? D and I could have a quasi-honeymoon, and M would have so much fun!
Oh course, I am now officially going to the the bitchy stepmom who turned her son into a freak.
Funny thing is, this chick is a rapid liberal, but she's so helicopter parent, it's just baffling and crazy-making.
Tangent: I turn 39 this year. I may throw myself a big yet casual birthday party at my house. It'd be late August, and I'd have to do a lot of work in the backyard...which I was planning on doing anyway. Hmm. Maybe...
amyth - Jun 04, 2011 3:08:29 am PDT #22651 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Augh, Erin! That is maddening! You are handling this with so much more patience than I ever could.
WindSparrow - Jun 04, 2011 3:22:15 am PDT #22652 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.
She's nuts and you're handling it beautifully.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
sj - Jun 04, 2011 4:43:50 am PDT #22653 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
She's nuts and you're handling it beautifully.
This.
Trudy Booth - Jun 04, 2011 5:11:30 am PDT #22654 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You know, hot on the heels of our decision NOT to move to PA besides, oh, we don't WANT to, own a house, have a 20-yr old circle of best friends, ailing, aging family all in Midwest, silly non-reasons like that, is the simple fact that if I lived within driving distance of her and I had to deal with this F2F bullshittery, one of us would end up face down in the dirt.
Aw honey, that would never happen. If you and D uprooted your lives and moved to PA she or her husband would have an utterly irresistable job opportunity in Portland (Maine or Oregon, doesn't matter) within six months.
Strix - Jun 04, 2011 5:56:13 am PDT #22655 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Truds, that was certainly a consideration.
However, I am going to try to not think about it today. She's wacky, I'm not, and we'll just go along and try to keep the drama to a minimum.
ION, the outside cat decided the shoots of catnip sproutingg up are strangely alluring. Guess I'm going to have to move it until it matures a little more.
Let's see, I need to weed, water and mulch today, get some more potting soil. I think it is tomatoe planting time! And I need to soak the morning glory seeds from last years plants and plant some in the back garden and some more on the front fence. The morning glories from last year are already a decent size.
It's going to be hot, though. I may just try to get some weeding and watering in, and then wash the dog. STINKY dog!
Pix - Jun 04, 2011 5:59:44 am PDT #22656 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
What Jilli and Trudy said especially. I am awed by your ability to remain calm under such circumstances. You are my hero.