Of course, that may have been because we were flying on the black passports.
I think Vortex just confirmed what I always knew: she is one of the Incredibles.
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
Host ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
le nubian - Aug 21, 2012 8:22:23 pm PDT #18992 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Consuela - Aug 21, 2012 8:37:52 pm PDT #18993 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh Suela, I hope you aren't feeling piled upon right now. We are all speaking out of love for you.
Oh, no worries. I'm just sort of flailing. We had rather decided it would be too difficult to get my mother into a facility, but I think we're going to have to re-evaluate that. If there's one where they can be together but still get enough support for dad and he doesn't have to be the full-time caregiver, that would be best.
Liese S. - Aug 21, 2012 9:42:33 pm PDT #18994 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That does sound most ideal, Suela. And I want to pipe up with how difficult I know it is. My mother has expressed in no uncertain terms how she would never be happy in any kind of home and that she expects us to care for her should the need arise. She's not speaking out of a vacuum; she was the primary caregiver for her mother, blind and partially deaf, for many years, and is now the caregiver for my father with Parkinson's. She's not asking anything she hasn't already done herself. There are definitely times when providing the care yourself is, in fact, the best thing you can do for the person, albeit not the best thing you can do for yourself. So it's not ever an easy decision, and I feel for you.
Liese S. - Aug 21, 2012 9:43:42 pm PDT #18995 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Man, I have to leave at 6 tomorrow to pick up the SO from the end of his tour. I should have been sleeping, not getting myself involved in a discussion of Native spirituality on facebook.
Typo Boy - Aug 21, 2012 9:53:32 pm PDT #18996 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I will add that while getting the best airline is ideal, almost any foreign airline is better than the U.S. airlines. When I went to a conference is Bali, the budget of the people paying for my tickets only covered my fare if I took a bottom of the basket Taiwanese airline. And it was great. 20 hours. The seats were comfortable even though I'm a fat guy. The food was good. (We had either a Chinese or an American option. I always took Chinese. Why fly a Chinese airline and eat American food?) The flight attendants were not only polite. They were warm and went out their way to be be helpful. I had no special dietary requirements but there were to my knowledge one vegetarian and one person eating kosher in my seating area and both seemed happy.
Jesse - Aug 22, 2012 2:31:43 am PDT #18997 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Argh. There is no water in my apartment. Which makes me not want to go to work, but actually, I should, since there is water there! But I feel (am) dirty! Oy vey.
Liese S. - Aug 22, 2012 3:36:52 am PDT #18998 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, that sucks, Jesse. I have water, but I'm still having trouble with my water heater.
However, I don;t care, because I'm off to pick up the SO, who is through with his tour, yay!
Kat - Aug 22, 2012 3:46:57 am PDT #18999 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
'suela, out of curiosity, does your father have medical power of attorney for your mom or do you or your sister?
Week two of school has been brutal and it's only Wednesday AM. I'll survive, but it was not made easier by the $2000 needed to fix the clutch of my car. ARGH.
Noah and Grace's first day of Kindergarten went okay. Noah is extremely excited about school. Grace needs to be forced to use her AAT in order to communicate about what happens.
Oh man.
Liese, yay for DH coming home.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 22, 2012 3:47:47 am PDT #19000 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I would not go to work with no water. No HOT water I could make do with, but no water means no teeth brushing.
I want to do a study of the comments on the original "mansplaining" article to count how many of the comments are men explaining mansplaining, discounting the women's experiences of mansplaining because they have never noticed it or making a "joke" like "Because women are constantly asking their men "Why are you doing fill-in-the-blank?" or "Why did you do fill-in-the-blank?" practically every time we turn around. It's like constantly being on trial for our every waking move."
Roger Ebert just shared the article on Facebook, and the comments are hysterical. Article: [link]
Jesse - Aug 22, 2012 4:04:45 am PDT #19001 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No HOT water I could make do with, but no water means no teeth brushing.
Luckily, I had water in the Brita that I used to brush my teeth and make coffee. And I cleaned the rest of me with face-cleaning wipes!
If I had been a little smarter, I would have come to work earlier and showered here, but whatever.
At least when I got outside, the street is all torn up, so it's not that my building is crappy.