My grandmother won't move out of her house either. And she fell again. Nothing broken this time but still a few days in the hospital.

Typo,

I have never seen that site. Now, the rest of my evening is gone.

The "mayo" one kills me.

I stayed with my grandfather until he passed. I don't think my little brother will leave the house until my mother passes (the thought makes me freak). I doubt they or we could afford assisted living beyond visiting hospice care. My sole remaining grandparent refuses to leave her home of eighty thousand years, and I think she'll outlive me. I think, despite my grandfather's constant grousing, that he was terribly lonely with just me and would have benefited from a more social community if he hadn't been so stubborn. I can't think of how much worse it would have been if I hadn't been there.

So, last June my director walked off the job. This morning my new director walked off the job (after having given her two weeks notice and giving me a heads up and making plans for the weekend work-wise. ED pissed her off so much she got in the car and drove). She didn't last five months. Part of me says "good for her, this is bullshit" and "I'm such a fucking coward that I'm sticking with the bullshit rather than risking the unknown devil of a new job". The other part says "Pussy and good riddance."

I am so very loopy from sinus/allergy drugs...

Congrats, Pix! We're proud of you too!

Elderly care, man. One of my BFFs has basically given up her life in NY to move back to Louisiana to take care of her elderly grandparents for the past year and a half, she has changed diapers, administered medication, hired nurses, been at their sides etc. And she was, well not happy, but willing to do it because they raised her (her mom is the flakiest flake to ever flake, like married a hobo-with a hobo name even!-flake). Now her grandfather has died, she has had to move her grandmother into a home as there's no more money for in-home care. She'd been staying at her grandparents while she cared for them, but now that they're dead and out of the house, her aunt wants her thrown out so they can sell it to recoup the medical expenses. One aunt is sticking up for my friend, but every other day or so, something else is turned off.

It's just horrible, everyone wants to have a say about what should be done for them, but only 1 person actually put her life on hold to do it, and now she's getting no leeway to start her life again.

Sorry for the essay, I've just been getting messages from her about how horribly depressed she is about the whole thing, and I feel helpless to do anything for her.

I'm thinking when I get old that I'm going to volunteer to get set adrift on an ice floe in the Arctic--if there still are any!--and let the polar bears deal with it. Or maybe just stroll off into the desert.

now that they're dead and out of the house, her aunt wants her thrown out so they can sell it to recoup the medical expenses

Oh, for pete's sake. I hate people.

I feel bad for your friend, DJ. Family can be so fucked up when it comes to money.

Thanks. I do too, I just have no idea what to do but let her vent and then tell her I love her. What I'd like to do is...something not very nice to her aunt.

It wouldn't have been so bad had there been anyone else willing and able to step up, so that she could either just fly home as needed or have a regular job while back home so that she could save up for what would come after.

She could barely drive the 2 1/2 hours over here to Dallas for a Dr.'s appointment.

That being said, Suela, I wish you luck and wisdom in dealing with your parents.

Ugh, and WTF, Daisy. I think just loving your friend is all you can do, but you can do the hell out of that.

Completely trivially, my hair is like a giant lint brush. I can't make it to lunch time without collecting fluff. Also, some of it curls, and some of it sticks straight out. I really need to stop being avoidant about getting this crap shorn.

do you have a lot of static in your hair? maybe that's just it.