Oh, wait, settlement. I forgot that. My sig will not resemble my name by the end of the month.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
sarameg - May 27, 2013 5:48:52 pm PDT #23887 of 30001
§ ita § - May 27, 2013 6:08:41 pm PDT #23888 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seriously, do parents do things like this:
My StepDad is planning on taking her out of the house tomorrow, but I convinced them to let me keep her until I get a job if I can get 10,000 notes on this post by tomorrow at 1 P.M. EPT.
What possible motivation could you have to do that? If you're going to get rid of the cat, JUST DO IT. 10k notes is just...it's not even a thing. It shouldn't be affecting anyone's decision making. If there's a reason to keep the cat, KEEP IT. If you're not gonna, stop tormenting your daughter and get off the pot.
(Which is to say, I basically don't believe those posts, but then I remember being startled by actual trufax poor decision making, which reminds me that if it's not this, it'll be something else quite dumb. That's what you get with billions of people and glacial evolution (never mind wack reward scenarios))
le nubian - May 27, 2013 6:10:28 pm PDT #23889 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana,
I was in the same predicament when I moved. I had to get my car registered and the reg was expiring less than 30 days after my move. I had to study (!) for the DMV test to get a new license, and get a DMV appt. The DMV closest to us did not have an appt in less than 4 weeks (!) so we had to go to the next county over. Then we had to get car inspections and go back to the DMV.
Hell is bureaucracy.
Cass - May 27, 2013 6:53:17 pm PDT #23890 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.
Read the manual, Dana. Before you test. Trust me on this one.
Which is to say, I basically don't believe those posts, but then I remember being startled by actual trufax poor decision making, which reminds me that if it's not this, it'll be something else quite dumb.
I don't believe them and then I realize, yeah, people are dumb.
Consuela - May 27, 2013 7:33:28 pm PDT #23891 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So Mom's in hospice now, and since she's no longer taking hardly any food or drink, we don't expect that to last very long.
... it's hard to type all that and know what it means.
And I'm cancelling my vacation plans, because going on that trip one way or another means I will be a horrible unfeeling person.
I guess it's just as well I'm out of work right now?
Lee - May 27, 2013 7:40:31 pm PDT #23892 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Oh Consuela, I am so sorry, on all fronts.
le nubian - May 27, 2013 7:41:05 pm PDT #23893 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesus, Consuela. I'm sorry.
Do the doctors think small strokes may have accelerated her situation? Man.
DavidS - May 27, 2013 7:44:23 pm PDT #23894 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sorry, Consuela. This has been such a shitty year for you.
WindSparrow - May 27, 2013 7:51:49 pm PDT #23895 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
There are no words, Consuela.
But I wish there were, and that I knew them.
Consuela - May 27, 2013 8:08:23 pm PDT #23896 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
This has been such a shitty year for you.
Oddly enough, it's been even worse for my sister. She's had her house broken into (lost her husband's saxophones & a bunch of other stuff), her dog died, she got shot at, and her oldest friend from childhood died suddenly a few weeks ago. And Mom.
Do the doctors think small strokes may have accelerated her situation? Man.
Maybe? We don't know whether it's strokes, or the dementia, or a change in the meds, or a reaction to the meds, or water on the brain, or what. It almost doesn't matter, at this point. I'm grateful we seem to have some skilled caregivers with a lot of experience.
But it's all still pretty shitty.