random food question for ita ! - is something called manishwata one word or two?
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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hippocampus - May 23, 2012 4:32:05 am PDT #13759 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Zenkitty - May 23, 2012 5:10:48 am PDT #13760 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Flashlights, firearms... what do I have scattered about the house in strategic locations? Screwdrivers. Scissors. Hair clips, lip balm, and reading glasses.
brenda m - May 23, 2012 5:23:06 am PDT #13761 of 30001
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
Not ita, but mannish water is what I've always seen/heard.
§ ita § - May 23, 2012 5:50:04 am PDT #13762 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, brenda's got it right. It's soup of the goat--everything left over after you cooked the bits you actually wanted, you make soup with the rest.
amyth - May 23, 2012 6:20:51 am PDT #13763 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Cass, I'm so, so sorry. So much love to you and your family.
JenP - May 23, 2012 6:39:21 am PDT #13764 of 30001
Holding many of you in my thoughts, and in most recent particular, Cass and Steph and brother.
I'm mostly lurking due to caring for recovering mother, which is now beginning to ease up as she recovers more physical capabilities -- one cast came off two weeks ago and another last week, though that arm is still non weight-bearing. She's doing well, though. Starting tomorrow, she'll be spending morning to mid-afternoon on her own for the first time since Easter. I expect she's looking forward to the quiet of nobody checking in or reminding her about [insert exercises, to eat, to walk] for a few hours. I know I would be.
I'm still staying up at my sister's, but now I will start tapering off and rejoining my previous life. Contemplating going to Balto. Sat/Sun, but also thinking maybe I just need to spend the day a my home and... probably clean. I think it's a mess. I, too, enjoy the quiet.
But I have been lurking and reading and sending ~ma along.
hippocampus - May 23, 2012 7:20:54 am PDT #13765 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Thanks Brenda and ita ! Someone said it an audio tape and the Internet has a lot of different ways to spell that particular word. Thought I'd ask experts.
Ginger - May 23, 2012 7:26:16 am PDT #13766 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm glad your mother is doing well, Jen. Gravity is a bitch.
Why does everyone I had to deal with in terms getting things like another transfusions have the IQ of a walnut? A stupid walnut at that. Why does everything require me to drive to the other side of Atlanta? Why does no one think in terms of "She's going to be here Wednesday, so maybe she can get her blood drawn before or after her appointment?" It's not like my whole life isn't scheduled in their computer system.
eta: And did I mention I have to get a notarized form from the doctor to skip jury duty this time around?
JenP - May 23, 2012 8:03:49 am PDT #13767 of 30001
What a pain in the ass, Ginger. You don't need one tiny bit of extra stress right now. And thanks. (And you're on my permanent extra and continuous ~ma list).
Just tried to put together the shower chair. Even the three legs that I got height adjusted were hella harder than they should be for a piece of equipment that someone presumably physically challenged should have to deal with, but now the last one won't budge. Tool-free assembly my ass.
Cass - May 23, 2012 8:18:12 am PDT #13768 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.
I'm still staying up at my sister's, but now I will start tapering off and rejoining my previous life. Contemplating going to Balto. Sat/Sun, but also thinking maybe I just need to spend the day a my home and... probably clean. I think it's a mess. I, too, enjoy the quiet.
Time at home when you've been dealing with injured or ill parents is a good thing. At least it is when you didn't rush home to deal with another loss. I, too, enjoy the quiet.
Tool-free assembly my ass.
That is usually the case.