Pretty sure that Connie's post was actually about her feelings and only tangential to your stuff, Tep.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
-t - Mar 31, 2017 1:18:55 pm PDT #9245 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2017 1:21:31 pm PDT #9246 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I didn't think it was a criticism of our situation! I probably worded it badly. Let me edit.
t edit Actually, I just deleted it, to avoid misunderstanding. I wasn't trying to argue or anything.
Sheryl - Mar 31, 2017 1:23:17 pm PDT #9247 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I guess I should be thankful my folks are still able to do the snowbird thing, and plan on doing that as long as my dad's able to drive.(My mom doesn't drive anymore as she has lost her peripheral vision) They will both be 77 this year.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2017 1:24:36 pm PDT #9248 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In a sort-of-related-to-this-conversation context, my mother just said to me, "I don't think you're very neat." Seriously, mother?!?!?! I would say I'm about as neat as she is, but in different ways. Also she has a cleaning lady. Basically, she can kiss my ass.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2017 1:31:49 pm PDT #9249 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, I just realized half the problem -- she's constantly walking through my spare bedroom, because that's how she walks through her apartment, but I use it for storage and it is a shithole in there. Oyyyyy.
NoiseDesign - Mar 31, 2017 2:09:02 pm PDT #9250 of 30002
Our wings are not tired
It's hard, but I've mostly made my peace with it. Mainly I so acutely feel for anyone else faced with these decisions with their parents. I was trying to cope with this when I wasn't even out of my 30s. There is no way to know if you are making good decisions.
Steph, I hope that everything plays out in the best possible way for your FiL.
WindSparrow - Mar 31, 2017 2:23:54 pm PDT #9251 of 30002
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.
I have a question for the swimmers among us. I ordered this [link] two piece suit and recieved it today. The bottom part fits perfectly but the top is not snug, a bit loose. Given that pants I order to fit my hips (because what else can I do) are often loose at the waist, it isn't surprising. But will I be able to get in the pool and do an aqua-Zumba class without the top floating up? Should I try to take it in a bit? It doesn't look particularly snug on the model, but then she is not moving vigorous in the water.
shrift - Mar 31, 2017 3:12:14 pm PDT #9252 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yay, I don't have to report for jury duty service on Monday! One day down, four more days of uncertainty to go next week.
aurelia - Mar 31, 2017 4:36:58 pm PDT #9253 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm lucky that my parents and my grandmother are doing okay, healthwise. I have wondered if I will eventually need to move nearer to them though.
it has awakened the temptation for me to daub the lintels of my cubicle with fake blood for Passover.
I would laugh.
I am sitting in my office listening to the first preview of King of the Yees, a comic fever-dream story that takes place in SF Chinatown. I can also hear Destiny of Desire in the other theatre which is a tele-novela musical. Trying to read Ah, Wilderness is not going well.
Kate P. - Mar 31, 2017 5:47:47 pm PDT #9254 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
OK, I was talking to my mother today about sewing, and I said something about tying the thread to the needle once you put it through the eye, and she looked at me like I had said something so crazy she wasn't even sure she understood it. Is this not a thing that other people do when they're sewing? Or is she the crazy one for not tying her thread to the needle?