The goddamned universe needs to back the fuck off.
Kate, I am so sorry for your loss.
Burrell, I'm sorry. It is so tough watching a loved one go through this, and I'm glad we can be here for you. I expect I'm an authority on how this community is so damned awesome at supporting a person through tragedy and hard times. I won't say I'm happy that I finally get to pay some of that back, but you know what I mean.
And lisah, I don't think I ever expressed my condolences for your friends. If there's anything I can do, please let me know.
And thanks again, everyone, for your condolences. I'm at work and don't really want to talk about it with anyone here, but I can't really think about much else, so it helps a lot to be able to talk to you all.
Burrell, my deep sympathies. I wasn't as physically close to the situation when my oldest sister died, but, well, sympathies.
Burrell, so many sympathies. You, too, KateP.
CHRIST I just ate a mini Kit Kat and my head is trying to break for the hills. I wonder how long it will take for me to analyse cause and effect?
Huh. I just got my first actually useful message on LinkedIn -- an HR person from an impressive and exciting organization that is hiring.
Went to chiro, spent 20 minutes with electro-stims on my ankle and calf, and the swelling went down quite noticably! Doc gave me my exercises and permission to walk with one crutch and to get as much range of motion back as soon as possible writing the alphabet with my foot. Yay one crutch! Stairs? So much easier (and safer). Then told me horror stories of the sports injuries he's treated that were a billion times more swollen than mine. Also got a very painful massage.
Burrell, so much sympathy for you and your sister, and Kate, I'm so sorry for your loss. ita !, I hope that letter lights a fire under your doctors' butts.
My problems are small. I can't stop coughing, I spent the day in bed answering work emails on my phone, and now I'm sitting here waiting for a guy from Freecycle to come pick up the doghouse I'm getting rid of, and he's three hours late. Dammit, why can't people do what they say they'll do? I want to go back to bed.
