My week here is almost over and it has gone well. Although I've been doing most of the home care, my two brothers were doing all kinds of stuff for my mom, In speaking with one brother, he said his wife was a little shocked to hear him joking with my mom right after she found out she had cancer again. Chris said he told her we're irish and we looked at the bright side, I demurred, and said we are Irish and look at the dark side and LAUGH IN ITS FACE.
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
Scrappy - Dec 13, 2012 7:00:11 pm PST #23874 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Ginger - Dec 13, 2012 7:06:11 pm PST #23875 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My mother (also part Irish) says, "If we weren't laughing, we'd be crying."
Scrappy - Dec 13, 2012 7:13:04 pm PST #23876 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
oh and I need a bitches reality check. I get home early Saturday. J and I have plans to go to a movie that night. At ten, our nephew's band is having its final concert. j wants me to go with him, ButI I will have gotten up at five am EST, so I know I'll be too fried to go. He suggested going to dinner and the movie, then being dropped off at home so he can go see this show and I can sleep. rationally, I think this is a really good idea, but emotionally my feeling is, I was away bathing and feeding and organizing a cleaning lady for and installing shower bars for my very loved and very sick mom and that he should want to spend the evening with me, even though I will be asleep 20 minutes after we get home from the movies. Not rational,me.Right?
Ginger - Dec 13, 2012 7:19:51 pm PST #23877 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Not rational, but perfectly understandable.
Burrell - Dec 13, 2012 7:21:10 pm PST #23878 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Scrappy, I can totally see both points of view. If it were me, I'd agree to being dropped off and secretly hope in my dark little heart that he'd change his mind and stay with me instead.
Cass - Dec 13, 2012 8:07:27 pm PST #23879 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.
Not rational, no. But a perfectly understandable emotional need. You're exhausted and have been emotionally drained. Wanting to be taken care of makes sense. Maybe skip the movie until the next day and J can spend that time with you at home, you sleep and he goes to the concert?
Deena - Dec 14, 2012 4:30:34 am PST #23880 of 30001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Hi again guys! I always feel silly posting again after a post and run, but I was tired. Our Christmas tree is up, the rent is paid, the utilities are paid, and the grandparents are getting the kids stuff they want for Christmas. I think we're doing okayish over here.
Ginger, so glad I popped in to see your update. You're in my thoughts all the time.
I was hunting something for Kara that wasn't as expensive as a Hatsune Miku doll but would fill the need, and saw that doll and immediately thought of you, Jilli. Love that doll. This one looks like Aidan: [link]
Don't you love it when someone thinks they know more than you do, Aimee?
sj - Dec 14, 2012 5:02:35 am PST #23881 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Deena!
sj - Dec 14, 2012 5:08:06 am PST #23882 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tea:
I'm trying to decide what the builder meant when he said he would be back in the afternoon. How long can I get away with still being in my pajamas today? I also need to try and get my glasses fixed. I found a pair of prescription sunglasses, so I can actually drive somewhere to get them fixed if I go out before the sun goes down without worrying about getting stopped and having to explain why I am not wearing my glasses while driving.
le nubian - Dec 14, 2012 7:30:07 am PST #23883 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Aims,
this is why I love the holidays. I can find new ways to get into arguments with people I love.
Grinding update: I have been wearing a Targét mouthguard for 2 days and I have nearly bitten through it. When my dentist said he recommends people buy 3 mouth guards, he was not playing around. I figure I probably have another day or so for this one, and then I'll have to break in a new one!
I purchased the brand recommended above so we will see how I do with that.