And hard to know what to do.
I am horrible at comforting. All I am ever able to do is offer kleenex and a glass of water.
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 1:07:46 pm PDT #1113 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Jesse - Mar 31, 2011 1:10:03 pm PDT #1114 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I couldn't even do that! I mean, I offered her some water in a glass I had already been drinking out of, and a napkin. I did bring her kleenex eventually.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 1:14:57 pm PDT #1115 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Glasses of water help? Noted.
I can't imagine being in either position at work. I would suck at them both.
I got thrown under the bus into a meeting at the last minute without preparation. I asked co-worker for the one document I was asked for, and she's sent me ten documents that aren't that one.
To make myself feel better, I tossed another co-worker under a different bus. If you won't reply to my emails, maybe when I send it to additional recipients you'll pay attention.
Not my best day. I'm going to print out some more materials and go home and read up for tomorrow.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2011 1:16:42 pm PDT #1116 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'd always prefer to keep my personal life trauma on personal time....
Amy - Mar 31, 2011 1:18:00 pm PDT #1117 of 30001
Because books.
I did bring her kleenex eventually.
At work, I think most people don't want any more than a closed door, someone to hand them the tissue, and a minute to compose themselves. You did good.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2011 1:25:02 pm PDT #1118 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Crying makes you dehydrated, so water. It's also calming and helps you get your breath regulated again.
I prefer to do my crying silently in the last stall in the bathroom like a normal person.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2011 1:28:09 pm PDT #1119 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have absolutely never purposely rehydrated after a crying jag. The things you learn.
I prefer to do my crying silently in the last stall in the bathroom like a normal person.
If I can't get to my car, this or the emergency stairwell will be my choice. Other people==emotional anathema, especially work people.
Cass - Mar 31, 2011 1:43:32 pm PDT #1120 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Glasses of water help? Noted.
They actually do. Rehydration and the repetitive motion of sipping give you (them) a pause.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2011 2:43:49 pm PDT #1121 of 30001
30 minutes of sanding by hand a night is enough, right? I'm not sure my hands can take much more.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2011 2:47:23 pm PDT #1122 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Call me crazy, but can you buy or borrow an electric sander?