I'm sorry, Strix. I hope this move eases the stress on your family and that he finds some comfort there.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - May 27, 2016 4:32:27 pm PDT #22142 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Hil R. - May 27, 2016 4:37:08 pm PDT #22143 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm sorry, Strix.
Zenkitty - May 27, 2016 4:56:09 pm PDT #22144 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, Strix, it's so awful. We went through it with my mom too. The nursing home really is the right call, even if it doesn't always feel that way. I'm so sorry!
quester - May 27, 2016 5:03:32 pm PDT #22145 of 30003
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Strix that is so hard! And there is no good way of dealing with it.
belated congrats to NoiseDesign!
Calli - May 27, 2016 5:08:01 pm PDT #22146 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Strix. How hard for all of you.
sarameg - May 27, 2016 5:22:10 pm PDT #22147 of 30003
Hoping the path forward brings you clarity and strength, Strix.
My SIL brought home 2 4 week old kittens from a litter a neighbor found dumped by the road. She looks happy as a clam, even with the prospect of bottle feeding. My brother...knows not to fight this. Now up to 4 cats, one dog, one teen. I'm laughing my ass off.
sarameg - May 27, 2016 5:24:45 pm PDT #22148 of 30003
(Lisah, they look like Magellan.)
-t - May 27, 2016 5:46:23 pm PDT #22149 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm caught up on Empire. Not to take away from all the WTFBBQ moments, for lo there are many, but my favorite detail may be the string ensemble playing White Wedding before Laura was supposed to walk down the aisle.
DavidS - May 27, 2016 5:58:04 pm PDT #22150 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oof, that's so horrible, Strix.
Hearing tales like this makes me grateful that I didn't have to deal with that with either of my parents, nor was I primarily responsible for them in their failing health.
My mom died young at age 50 (still boggles me that I'm older than she ever was). And while my Dad was in ill-health for the last three-four years of his life, he was still completely present when I talked to him on the phone two days before he died.
Ps. He is the costume designer
I should have said that!
Strix - May 27, 2016 8:17:23 pm PDT #22151 of 30003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Thanks, all.
I know that the nursing home is absolutely the right decision for us -- but it still sucks utterly that it is happening.
Also, I'm real damned likely to be at risk for dementia myself, which is terrifying.