Perhaps I am callous and strange, but I don't see anything selfish about working and taking care of a sick dog. He's a grownup; he can watch television or read a book.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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Ginger - Apr 09, 2015 4:48:13 am PDT #24047 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Strix - Apr 09, 2015 4:52:00 am PDT #24048 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Take care of the dog and work; it's like asking my husband to take off work when I went to the hospital to get a mammo. Wouldn't have occurred to me. I mean, fuck, I drove myself to the ER when I was having a kidney stone attack, called him later.
sj - Apr 09, 2015 5:00:12 am PDT #24049 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, if he is not in immediate danger, go to the vet and get some work done.
-t - Apr 09, 2015 5:23:43 am PDT #24050 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dang, Tep, that is a lot for one day. Taking care of your own stuff does not seem callous and selfish to me, fwtw.
I forgot to bring my assortment of glasses to work so I am stuck with working on the computer with normal distance glasses. We'll see how this goes, I guess. I can always go home at lunch to get the right glasses if I need to.
Calli - Apr 09, 2015 5:29:17 am PDT #24051 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Steph, your dad can reach out for help if he needs it. And he and his doctor have initiated the process of getting him the care he (possibly) needs. Your dog does not have that option. I'd take care of the dog first.
And I was the first call for my dad for about a year and a half while he was dying from lymphoma, so I totally get the whole, "Hospital? Again? Damnit," feeling. I loved him dearly, but still. It doesn't make you callous, it make you human. There's only so often that worry spot in your brain can be hit before it has to offload stress onto other areas.
hippocampus - Apr 09, 2015 5:48:37 am PDT #24052 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Congratulations, Bonny!
-t - Apr 09, 2015 6:08:14 am PDT #24053 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also - 17! Wow, way to go, Harvey. Keep it up sweet kitty.
Tom Scola - Apr 09, 2015 6:11:27 am PDT #24054 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2015 6:19:03 am PDT #24055 of 30000
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shrift - Apr 09, 2015 6:30:17 am PDT #24056 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
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