I am so sorry, Laura.
Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.
'Life of the Party'
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JZ - Oct 23, 2016 5:39:37 pm PDT #29949 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
sarameg - Oct 23, 2016 6:57:55 pm PDT #29950 of 30003
Laura, I'm so sorry. I'm deep in mom issues.
Tonight on our walk around the lake, I told my mom "your index is just getting corrupted." And when I went on to explain how I was perceiving her memory issues as she's been describing them (she remembers shit, it isn't lost, but just not retrieved with her usual cues) as much like when that happens to our databases or when our data location db contents get corrupted:"the contents is still there, we just can't find it using the prescribed paths," she said that sounded just about exactly how it feels,but she'd never even thought of herself as a database. Or knows how they work. But our conversation lead her to a conclusion that she should start journaling daily activities, especially those outside the routine, so she can use those as reminders.
Unprompted, for example, she'll ask when I was last in Cruces. It was last summer. She gets nothing. "Tyler's shitfit about going to MY favorite Mexican place for MY 40th birthday?" And it all comes flooding back, down to, "he was sullen until he figured out the chips and salsa were self serve and so served us all too much!" So.
Her memory finder databases are getting corrupted. Gotta rewire. And figure out if there is an underlying cause other than just old cells.
Lee - Oct 23, 2016 7:15:36 pm PDT #29951 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm sorry for your loss, Laura.
Kate P. - Oct 23, 2016 7:21:16 pm PDT #29952 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm so sorry, Laura. Sending peace and comfort to you and all who knew her.
WindSparrow - Oct 23, 2016 7:34:50 pm PDT #29953 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
That is a very interesting metaphor, sarameg. I hope it leads to some practical solutions as well as guiding the medical types in diagnosis.
Laura, I am so sorry for your loss. I am thankful for your mother's sweetness because it comes through in you.t
aurelia - Oct 23, 2016 7:39:06 pm PDT #29954 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Laura, I'm so sorry.
sarameg - Oct 23, 2016 8:05:59 pm PDT #29955 of 30003
If she can just remember to write it down and tell her drs! I think I'm might have to soon be conferenced in or emailing with them.
And I always thought dad was going to be the one. At least she's proactive in telling us something ain't right. But I really hope this is temporary. No history in her family until 90s, and her older sisters aren't experiencing this at all (she's the youngest girl of 5 girls, last a baby boy.)
Karl - Oct 23, 2016 8:11:59 pm PDT #29956 of 30003
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
We love you, Laura. Anything you need, just ask.
Consuela - Oct 23, 2016 8:52:46 pm PDT #29957 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Laura, I'm so sorry. I'm glad you had her as long as you did, and that she knew you loved her (and vice versa). Hugs to you and your family.
shrift - Oct 23, 2016 10:34:16 pm PDT #29958 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Laura, I'm sorry for your loss. It's clear that your mom was awesome.