Alzheimer's is such a difficult disease, and I think people who haven't experienced it personally don't fully understand that it isn't just memory loss but often a complete personality change.
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
sj - Jan 20, 2014 5:57:40 am PST #17595 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Calli - Jan 20, 2014 6:06:01 am PST #17596 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Alzheimer's is such a difficult disease, and I think people who haven't experienced it personally don't fully understand that it isn't just memory loss but often a complete personality change.
Yes, this. I never really knew my paternal grandmother, because she was sliding into Alzheimer's when I was born. One of my good friends is the caretaker for her mother, who has a slow progressing form of it, and it has been very hard for both of them over the past several years.
Consuela - Jan 20, 2014 6:07:38 am PST #17597 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hey, Theo, were you meeting up with people at Arisia on Saturday for dinner? Because I got a random phone call for a Connie about getting Indian food, and I think it might have been from some mutual aquaintance getting us confused. It wasn't Nutty, though...
Jessica - Jan 20, 2014 6:22:27 am PST #17598 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Unlimited free alcohol as part of a prix fixe meal isn't legal in NYC, but most restaurants get around it by setting the limit higher than most people will order. (So instead of "unlimited mimosas with brunch" it becomes "up to 8 mimosas with brunch" and then the waiters just walk around with a pitcher and refill glasses without keeping track.)
hippocampus - Jan 20, 2014 6:34:39 am PST #17599 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
I don't think I quite understand the situation, Sox (which is fine, vagueness really is okay, just not in disclaimers), but good luck.
thank you, t. Any ~ma is appreciated.
Amy - Jan 20, 2014 6:37:17 am PST #17600 of 30000
Because books.
Medical ~ma, Sox. I hope everything's okay.
Jesse, that's awful about your friends. I can't even imagine that, at 51.
sj - Jan 20, 2014 6:42:17 am PST #17601 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tons of ~ma, Sox.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2014 6:51:52 am PST #17602 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In good news, I have patched my bathroom walls! After confirming with the guy at the hardware store that the skim coat was, in fact, what I was talking about, and that I was buying the right stuff. It looks more or less crappy now, but I think after sanding and everything, it will be fine! Woo!
SuziQ - Jan 20, 2014 6:57:25 am PST #17603 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Surgery is set for the 30th. Now I scramble to get work coverage dealt with. At least I only have to plan for a week off since I work from home. If I had another job I'd be out 4-6 weeks.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2014 7:19:08 am PST #17604 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's good, Suzi!