billytea for the win!
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Scrappy - Apr 09, 2012 7:35:18 am PDT #110 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2012 7:42:37 am PDT #111 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good thoughts to your grandma, msbelle!
tommyrot - Apr 09, 2012 7:45:45 am PDT #112 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Apr 09, 2012 8:20:55 am PDT #113 of 30001
Because books.
Grandma ~ma, msbelle! And doctor's appointment ~ma for mac.
Why does "tossing salad" mean that other thing that "tossing salad" means?
I have no idea. I'm not sure I know what the other tossing a salad means, in fact. I'm way behind on the sex slang, woes.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2012 8:31:57 am PDT #114 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of the things is means is literal, right??
Consuela - Apr 09, 2012 8:45:16 am PDT #115 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
~ma to all family members in need, as there seem to be a lot right now, woe.
I was complaining in the Movies thread about The Hunger Games making me so nauseated that I had to leave the theater. Which is true, but I suspect it was exacerbated by yet another difficult conversation with our parents about bringing in more help.
Seems my dad had a meeting with a neurologist last week, who immediately called my sister and expressed concern about Dad's condition, what with all the stress of being Mom's full-time caregiver.
I keep thinking I should step up and offer to live with them, and then I remember that I have a full-time job, and they would need help during the day anyway, and it would make me miserable. So once more into the breach of trying to find help, and lots of horrible conversations. Argh.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2012 9:00:52 am PDT #116 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Consuela, I really recommend talking to folks at the Alzheimer's Association about strategies for helping them get help. I'm sure your local has a Helpline you can call, if you don't want to join a group or whatever.... Because ugh.
Theodosia - Apr 09, 2012 9:06:32 am PDT #117 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I wholeheartedly agree with Jesse -- people who have been there and done that are going to offer better advice and the sympathy that only comes with bitter experience.
Kate P. - Apr 09, 2012 9:15:38 am PDT #118 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Happy anniversary, Erin! I love reading about how happy you are with D.
Much ~ma for your grandma, msbelle.
Suela, I have no advice, except to say stay strong on the not-moving-in-with-your-folks front. From everything you've said here, that would be no good for any of you. You need your own space to relax and recharge. I hope you can find a decent solution soon.
Laura - Apr 09, 2012 9:16:52 am PDT #119 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I keep thinking I should step up and offer to live with them
Just being their daughter doesn't make you qualified or capable of being the caregiver. Often it makes you less qualified because objectivity goes out the window. The times I have been in that role it was made clear to me that if I was exhausted and/or miserable it was not doing the patient or me any good at all. Better to be the one that brings cheer and good company than the one that bugs them about taking their meds.