Maria you are a great wife. Being unemployed would not be better for your husband. Hope scans give best possible news.
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Typo Boy - Sep 17, 2011 7:44:33 am PDT #29746 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Maria - Sep 17, 2011 7:57:05 am PDT #29747 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
Thanks, all. I know being unemployed would not be good, but the INF treatment is five days a week and I won't be able to take him. He's going to be depressed and weak and achy, and incapable of driving, and I can't help. His dad has said he'll move in for the first month and be his chauffeur, but he's 69 and has had his own health issues. It's a lot to deal with.
I don't want anyone thinking I'm trying to get out of dealing with the hard stuff.
DavidS - Sep 17, 2011 8:06:56 am PDT #29748 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't want anyone thinking I'm trying to get out of dealing with the hard stuff.
Yeah, you're such a slacker. @@
Pix - Sep 17, 2011 8:07:36 am PDT #29749 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Maria, you are far too hard on yourself, sweetheart. You are doing everything you can under very difficult circumstances. Much love to you, sorella. Be kind to yourself.
Andi and Daniel, so glad you're back home! Take care of yourselves, too.
Universe. Do we have to have a talk? Because you won't enjoy it.
le nubian - Sep 17, 2011 8:17:48 am PDT #29750 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Maria,
do you live near a high school or university? You might be able to get a student to drive him to pick up the slack.
WindSparrow - Sep 17, 2011 9:08:18 am PDT #29751 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.
Maria, if you were suddenly granted a trouble-free and easy life for the rest of your days, you have already had enough of the hard stuff to prove you don't avoid it. I'm glad that ~ma is a renewable resource so that we can send you and yours the best we can while still knowing there's some for Daniel's leg.
erikaj - Sep 17, 2011 9:59:48 am PDT #29752 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Erin, yeah, I'd prefer that people I make money arrangements with not be drinking:) Unless it brings out the Arthur Bach in you and I get an awesome rate!(I really want to finish writing this one, though.) Maria, I've never been a wife, but it seems to me you're sticking with your DH...hang in there. Cash, sorry to hear about your brother...if only the meds made them feel better too, right?
Strix - Sep 17, 2011 10:27:47 am PDT #29753 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Maria, you ARE NOT slacking or being a bad wife! You are doing the best that you can, under trying circumstances and this job has to pay for the medical care. MUCH LOVE, because you are dealing with a massive shitstorm.
Daniel and WS: healing and coping-ma to you both. Ugh.
erika, I am working on follow-up email to you in the nextt 1/2 hour, I swear. NO DRINKING...I mean, iced tea, but that's not very Burroughs/Hemingway/Fitzgerald-esque, which may be disappointing!
Quick query: So I download and unzip some fonts from dafont.com.
How do I get them to show up on my font options for Word and Powerpoint? Do I need to restart my computer? Or extract them specifically to those programs? (If you have advice, pretend you are talking to a bright 6 year old, ok?!)
Calli - Sep 17, 2011 10:32:49 am PDT #29754 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Maria, I'll just echo what the people above said about taking help when offered. When someone you love is hurting, whether a child, parent, spouse, or other loved one, you want to be able to help out. While it might be stressful for your FiL, being elsewhere and feeling like they can't do anything is also stressful.
Strix - Sep 17, 2011 10:35:02 am PDT #29755 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
And insent, erika!