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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.


Jesse - Apr 16, 2014 3:49:55 pm PDT #25399 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

She called me today, THE SAME DAY THIS HAPPENED, because she had now, in the 30 minutes since school let out, gone through the papers and found his missing. SAME DAY CALL TO THE PARENT! so key.

OK, so the teacher's OK. I can go back to blaming mac. MAC!


Jesse - Apr 16, 2014 5:08:24 pm PDT #25400 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So my father's going into the nursing home tomorrow -- our first choice place! My mother says I don't need to go with her, but should I? Maybe I could just leave work for a couple of hours in the middle of the day.


Jesse - Apr 16, 2014 5:08:39 pm PDT #25401 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'll take my answer off the air -- need to go to bed.


-t - Apr 16, 2014 5:11:19 pm PDT #25402 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think if you can it's probably a good idea. But if it would be hard to manage, it's okay not to.


§ ita § - Apr 16, 2014 5:14:48 pm PDT #25403 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, it would be nice to, but I wouldn't feel guilty if you can't/don't. Great news!


brenda m - Apr 16, 2014 5:16:55 pm PDT #25404 of 30000
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

That's really good news.


tommyrot - Apr 16, 2014 5:21:26 pm PDT #25405 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I just uploaded 53 new pictures of shelter cats: [link]

Kitties!


Consuela - Apr 16, 2014 5:22:22 pm PDT #25406 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Jesse, we had all my brothers come to town when we moved my folks into assisted living. And I'm wondering if maybe that was the wrong thing, because it made it all way more DRAMATIC than might have been wise. It was too exciting, too much going on, and so forth.

OTOH, you see your dad all the time, so it's not like your presence is going to make the move more stressful for him.

I guess that if you think being there will help, and not make it more difficult for either of your parents, you could go. But maybe you could visit the next day? My sister & I don't visit with my dad together much, because if we go separately he ends up seeing people more frequently (just in smaller groups).


meara - Apr 16, 2014 5:27:52 pm PDT #25407 of 30000

That's exciting, Jesse! Maybe if you don't go, you can plan to take a few hours Frosay or the next week?


shrift - Apr 16, 2014 5:27:57 pm PDT #25408 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I just uploaded 53 new pictures of shelter cats

Tom, these are really great. I mean, I just yelled "KITTIES!" and put my hands out in an attempt to cuddle them through the intertubes, so I think that indicates a job well done.