Xander ,'Empty Places'
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?!)
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.
And insent, erika!
I don't want anyone thinking I'm trying to get out of dealing with the hard stuff.
Who is this anyone? Seriously--being the wage earner in a sick spouse situation is *not* getting out of anything. Who'd be better off in the long run if you were jobless? You certainly wouldn't be, mental healthwise.
Take care of yourself, Daniel. Quick healing wishes.
Maria, you are doing everything and a whole lot more. Strength and energy wishes.
Maria, Hubby wanted to tell you something, that if your DH is anything like him, that not having you there means he doesn't have to be stoic and tough and not show the effect these treatments are having on him. Hubby has asked me to leave treatment rooms because he can't hold on to the "I will not show weakness in front of my wife" thing he holds on to at nearly any cost.
The point of all this is to get your DH better. Whatever it takes--you at work, someone at his side that he doesn't care if they see him showing "weakness"--doesn't matter so long as it all works.