Ugh, amyth - that does not sound like a good start to the day. Hope you get some rest later on.
Yay table, Hil! I'm waiting for our little kitchen table to arrive. It will make the house feel almost complete (just a sofa and we'll actually be comfortable).
OK. Wait for food delivery first, hire PAs later. It is the sensible order of things, after sitting in a hotel lobby interviewing all day. The potential PAs included several hire-able ones. Which has me all in a quandry, because I don't know who to choose, apart from one person who seemed particularly good. I might have to sleep on it, then do trial shifts or something. It's great that they were all so good! Not a single one, out of five candidates, seemed totally unemployable. This is a great step forward from previous years. Perhaps I have finally learnt how to write a job advert.
Fooooood.
Edit to finish a sentence.
Did you get one of those super-foldy ladders? Because those are cool.
I just received the final accounting paperwork from the lawyers for my late father's estate. After I sign everything and send off all the checks I'll be done with it.
It feels very strange. I've been the in-state family support for my mom's ovarian cancer struggle and then for my dad's lymphoma fight. Being an executrix for him just seemed like an extension of the support role, but with fewer phone calls. I kinda want to cry now.
If you can take a few moments to let yourself cry, Calli, you should.
Calli, if you need to cry, and can take some time alone to do it, then you should.
Unrelatedly, I disremember: does anyone here have IBS/Crohn's? I am having the worst IBS flare in about 2 years. I've taken all the drugs that I can, and I'm thinking about stabbing myself in the belly with a ballpoint pen. Grah.
So, my question is: any suggestions for what else I can do? When I get home I'm going to snuggle up with a heating pad and very old 90210 episodes on the laptop (DON'T JUDGE ME), but beyond that I don't know.
I have IBS, Steph, and earlier today I was thinking about stabbing my intestines with a straw. I was also wondering whether I'm a significant contributor to global warming. I keep thinking about keeping some kind of food/symptom journal, but there's never been anything obvious except that it's at least three-quarters stress. Fizzy things help. Mint helps a little. I'd love anyone else's solutions.
very old 90210 episodes on the laptop (DON'T JUDGE ME)
Never! I have as many seasons of that as I can find online, saved on various drives, for emergencies. Good comfort TV. My sister has Crohn's, but I don't know that she's ever found much that helps, alas. Hope you feel better soon.
Mine was more or less under control until a week or so after Tim's mom died. Then my innards decided that they were going to run the show. I know it's all stress-related, and while I'm working on chilling out, I wish there were some direct whammy I could put on my guts to calm the fuck down.
