Australia! SO COOL. Someday I'm going there, I swear.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
Consuela - Aug 21, 2012 5:02:04 pm PDT #18978 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
sarameg - Aug 21, 2012 5:07:12 pm PDT #18979 of 30001
I'll be gone about 2 weeks, but with the dateline and freaking 23ish hours of flying each way, it ends up to be about 11 days in Australia. And I'm hoping to tack on the weekend before in DFW visiting certain FRIENDS... (check your email, msbelle!)
23 hours flying with my parents, SIL and nephews. Thank god it is Qantas. They don't make you pay for booze on Qantas, do they???
billytea - Aug 21, 2012 5:22:44 pm PDT #18980 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
23 hours flying with my parents, SIL and nephews. Thank god it is Qantas. They don't make you pay for booze on Qantas, do they???
IT WOULD BE UNAUSTRALIAN.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2012 5:25:07 pm PDT #18981 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It is super exciting, Sara!
Consuela, if you decide that your mom is better off in a home of some kind, the transition may be really hard, but I bet the long-term will be easier for all of you. She can try to kick a caregiver out of her house, but in assisted living or a nursing home or whatever, they are just always there regardless.
sarameg - Aug 21, 2012 5:28:26 pm PDT #18982 of 30001
Fucking USAirways made me a doubter. Yay Aussie wine!
If given a choice, I want to fly internationally on sheik-funded MidEast airlines. Avoiding US based like the plague. They've been the cushiest in my limited experience. Best food, entertainment, perks. C'mon Qantas, impress me with more than your safety record!
Amy - Aug 21, 2012 5:28:36 pm PDT #18983 of 30001
Because books.
the transition may be really hard, but I bet the long-term will be easier for all of you
I agree. It sounds like one of the things that really upsets your mom is any disruption of her schedule or the familiar things she expects to happen/have. Once that transition is over, the routine in a facility might be really comforting for her.
billytea - Aug 21, 2012 5:31:43 pm PDT #18984 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
If given a choice, I want to fly internationally on sheik-funded MidEast airlines. Avoiding US based like the plague. They've been the cushiest in my limited experience. Best food, entertainment, perks. C'mon Qantas, impress me with more than your safety record!
Qantas is pretty nice, I'd place them ahead of US and United. My favourite airline is probably Singapore, though it's been some years since I last checked them out.
Dana - Aug 21, 2012 5:34:24 pm PDT #18985 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
It sounds like one of the things that really upsets your mom is any disruption of her schedule or the familiar things she expects to happen/have.
Yep, that's the case with dementia.
lisah - Aug 21, 2012 5:35:53 pm PDT #18986 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Australia!!
Consuela, I have no advice but I wish there was something like an easy solution for you.
Consuela - Aug 21, 2012 5:46:23 pm PDT #18987 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I wish there was something like an easy solution for you.
Me, too.