Oh dear god. So my father's gf called. Asking if I would call my brother and sister and beg them to call my father. Seems I am the only one who talks to him. And this past week of treatment has stepped up the side effects from the radiation, and he could use some cheering up. WTF?! They live in the same time zone! One of them lives in the same TOWN. Ugg I really do not understand my family. Anyhow, some coninued health~ma for my father would be appreciated. He is starting week 6 of 8 for the radiation treatment.
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I'm glad your father has you, o-a. I hope your siblings step up.
health ~ma for you Dad Omni.And siblings step up~ma too.
omnis, tons of ~ma for your dad and a clue by four for your siblings.
What sj and Typo said, o-a.
step up family!
I called siblings today. Left message for brother. Not uncommon. He always screens calls, and rarely picks up. I called sister, she was taking a nap. Talked to neice. Asked her to tell sister to call me when she wakes. She never did. Not sure if that's sister flaking, or neice not passing along message.
OK, brain hurting. Doing programming for ND. My notes at 3am weren't quite complete. Trying to remember what needs doing. Ouch.
You know some of my co-workers and I were talking about Scandal and Revenge and it struck me - two very popular new shows, with action, intrigue, etc., and the protagonists are women. And women are fairly high up on the list of antagonists. Add in Once Upon A Time, where the two main characterss are women, and it's looking interesting. And they're all on ABC.
It just struck me ... so often, in these nighttime shows, women will be "the girl" "the romantic interest" but not really active. It may not mean anything, but I find it interesting.
So far today is not going well. I may need a do over.
Omnis, I can understand how frustrating your siblings' lack of participation is upsetting for you and your father. Just keep in mind that it's actually their issue, not yours. Just do what you can do to connect with your dad as you've been doing. It's actually kind of not cool for your dad's gf to put this on you to solve or fix. It's their decisions to not reach out to your dad, and they may feel like they need to do so for whatever reasons that makes sense to them. It's not your problem to solve. Just keep doing your own thing with him.
I know in my past I have had to step away from family situations because they were unhealthy. I had my reasons, and I also didn't always share them with my sister because I didn't want to taint her relationship with them.
Sj, I hope your day gets better! Sorry it's sucking so far.