Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[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.


Zenkitty - Sep 11, 2015 9:32:18 am PDT #21526 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

a form that he needed me to sign that absolutely had to be signed today

Then why didn't he bring the important form to class for you to sign? Probably not that important, certainly not your problem to deal with. Ridiculous for him to expect you to sit around your office for hours waiting on His Majesty's pleasure to join you.

Which I think if there is a newspaper or magazine someone reads all the time it's a good idea to keep up the subscrption even if they can't read it. Just the routine is really settling and helpful.

Good idea, also with the making a person popular. Note to my future caregivers, I want my subscriptions to Smithsonian and NatGeo continued. Pretty pictures even if I can't read them.

My mom stayed in the old farmhouse, literally miles away from any neighbors, because it was "home". (My sister and I still refer to the old place as "home" even though we sold it years ago and neither of us have lived there since we left college.) She refused to plan for any kind of end-of-life care, besides buying a shitty little life insurance policy that didn't even cover the burial. I understand the desire to remain at home, and I'm trying to not ever get so attached to my home that I can't leave it when it's better for me to go into a communal living care situation. My BFF's mother has picked out her nursing home and is on the waiting list, and I plan to do the same thing. I don't want what happened to my mom to happen to me, on any level.


Ginger - Sep 11, 2015 10:08:57 am PDT #21527 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

After touring the assisted living facility where a friend's parents lived, the friend and I both agreed we'd like to move in now. It had a library, game room, gym, woodshop, pottery shop and more. A concierge made reservations for you, and a limo drove you there and back. You could be driven to the grocery store or they'd shop for you.


Zenkitty - Sep 11, 2015 10:24:59 am PDT #21528 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Seriously, some of those places are awesome. I'm hoping to be able to afford them.


WindSparrow - Sep 11, 2015 10:30:00 am PDT #21529 of 30002
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.

The thing about continuing subscriptions is, while there may not always be enough staff or volunteers to read everything aloud, if you don't have it, it can never get read to you. The staffing ratio at the types of homes I work in is extremely favorable, so I can easily get around to reading magazine or newspaper articles with people. Plus if you have it, and are willing to share with a neighbor, if the neighbor can still read, then it expands the possibilities for getting it read to you.


askye - Sep 11, 2015 11:14:39 am PDT #21530 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

Oh, I wasn't htinking in terms of someone reading the paper or magazine to G'ma. I know that well before she went into the nursing home she wasn't able to read but would still sit and drink her coffee and "read" the paper. Usually over and over, she'd loop a bit but also forget that she'd "read" it. It was more the routine having the something she'd done all of her adult life continue.


sj - Sep 11, 2015 11:31:20 am PDT #21531 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Tons of ~ma for all those dealing with aging parents.

Mom and stepdad actually have insurance that covers nursing homes and assisted living places and are fine with those options, especially if they start to get dementia.


Liese S. - Sep 11, 2015 11:38:39 am PDT #21532 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hahaha Brenda, you can see your priorities. Packers were super fast and efficient today, so hopefully that bodes well for Sunday.

They were done before I even got out of the optometrist. Speaking of which, I need hive mind input for new glasses. [link]

One set is titanium like what I have now, so lighter and more durable but more than double the price. But it comes with a magnetic sunglasses clip on. It would be in gunmetal, unlike the photo. The other set is a much greater digression from what I have now, and is cheaper but heavier.

I haven't changed these since 2011 when my vision stopped changing so rapidly. I used to have new styles every year! Now I can't make as trendy choices because they need to last, hopefully, but I don't want to get stuck in that thing where you can identify my decade of choice by my eyewear for the rest of my life.

So I dunno! I think the SO prefers the titaniums.


brenda m - Sep 11, 2015 11:41:05 am PDT #21533 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Lighter and more durable, for something you wear all the time, is totally worth it.


Sue - Sep 11, 2015 11:45:03 am PDT #21534 of 30002
hip deep in pie

I really like the semi-cateye shape of one set of frames, but I think the other shape looks better on you. And more durable and lighter is worth the extra money.


Zenkitty - Sep 11, 2015 12:01:33 pm PDT #21535 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Lighter is better. IME you'll regret heavier glasses.