Chemo~ma for Connie's sister.
Max isn't doing well. We've started him on a new chemo regimen. If it doesn't help, I think we're going to have to Make The Decision.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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.
Fred Pete - Oct 21, 2010 5:09:24 am PDT #6337 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
ChiKat - Oct 21, 2010 5:09:31 am PDT #6338 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Jars, that sounds like a great opportunity.
Stephanie, so glad you and your mortgage broker figured things out. And, a pox on your mortgage company.
Caution: work rant ahead: I am thankful that I have a job that I like particularly in the sucky climate that Illinois has for teachers right now. I know thousands of teachers got laid off last year and my district did not have to lay anyone off (for this year...next year we probably will). And, I know we made cost saving cutbacks to help with that. Including getting rid of all printers. We now have to print to the copy machine. Which is one floor up and the entire building away from me. So, not a quick thing to do. Assuming the mothereffer even works, which frankly, it does not. Ever. I can't ever print anything at school anymore. I print at home and bring it to work and make copies. Which of course means that I can't ever change my plans without at least 2 days notice which doesn't always work in teaching. I don't have textbooks, so it's not like I can just have them turn to a different page. I am so frustrated I can't stand it. Imagine not being able to print at work. Ever. Fucking pisses me off to no end.
Please return to your regularly scheduled lovely morning.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2010 5:14:42 am PDT #6339 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FWIW, my sister did great on Topomax - once she'd passed through the initial Dopomax brain-fog phase, her migraines vanished almost entirely.
Shir - Oct 21, 2010 5:20:09 am PDT #6340 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh Fred Pete, I'm sorry. {{{}}} ~ma to all of you.
JZ - Oct 21, 2010 5:23:44 am PDT #6341 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Betsy, I'm so sorry for the Topamax misery, and full of HULK SMASH rage at your employers (and also heartbroken, because it used to be such an amazing place to work and gave you so much joy; it's disheartening and terrifying how quickly the culture can change with just a handful of different people in place). But it's so good to see you here again.
Jars, DO IT.
Connie, I'm so sorry, and vibing hard for your sister. And cancer can go hang itself, the sooner the better.
bonny, all possible peace and ease and comfort to Niki. You and she have both been such blessings in each other's lives, and yet no matter how much time you have it's still never enough. Wishing her, and you, every imaginable grace at this time.
ChiKat, that sounds enraging.
Much more meara-ing, but now off to dress Matilda and run out the door. Bah.
Shir - Oct 21, 2010 5:27:00 am PDT #6342 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, and Jessica - thanks for the info.
Betsy - what JZ said. I am sorry.
Jars - Oct 21, 2010 5:31:19 am PDT #6343 of 30000
Fred Pete, I'm so sorry. Fingers very crossed for a change in outlook.
I'm starting to lean towards applying for the BM job, but am very worried that after the year I'd be out on my arse and have no job and no way to pay my bills. Eep.
brenda m - Oct 21, 2010 6:21:25 am PDT #6344 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jars, this seriously sounds like the kind of opportunity that's worth taking a leap in the dark for.
Shir - Oct 21, 2010 6:22:18 am PDT #6345 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Listen to brenda, Jars.
Trudy Booth - Oct 21, 2010 6:50:21 am PDT #6346 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
Close your eyes, clear your heart, cut the cord, Jars...
(Why does this make me think of The Killers ?)
but am very worried that after the year I'd be out on my arse and have no job and no way to pay my bills. Eep.
True true true... but also:
The other issue is that I'd probably be better off applying for a PhD after working for the BM, even if only for a year.
It seems like this is a solid career move regardles, really. AND IT'S FUCKING COOL.