Oh msbelle, I'm sorry that Mac is being such an irresponsible ass.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Laura - Jun 22, 2022 3:32:30 pm PDT #15815 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2022 4:08:34 pm PDT #15816 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ and David, I have been watching the moving travails and cheering - did you hear me? - though I am outraged/not surprised about the detritus the detritus human left in the attic. Has it all been relocated to the dump now?
It has been! Our guy, Landis, spent 2.5 hours filling up his very big pickup truck and we are unburdened by their past.
I don't know if I mentioned, but I found her clippings up there (she was a local writer, he was a photographer) and you could see them slowly coming together. His nude drawings of her, and his photographs of her when he was in love, and his portfolio when his daughter was younger. All the wedding gifts tossed into the attic (like a framed drawing of their two family crests).
Then the tidbits from the eldest daughter who was obviously pretty bitter about her dad's behavior. She's the one that showed us how to go get on the roof. And there in the corner were all the cigarettes she smoked while she brooded up there, out of sight of her mother.
Just all the details of their marriage from courting and love to bitterness and trash.
Beverly - Jun 22, 2022 5:49:06 pm PDT #15817 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Beginnings of a novel, there, David. I'm glad the detritus is gone.
Sympathies to those of you in pavement-melting climes. Our heat was running night before last. Our temps are supposed to be up to spring this weekend. I have unplugged the space heater in my icebox of a bath. I have not completely removed it from the room yet, though.
Jessica and Tom and Steph and others still dealing with long covid--pushing health vibes in your direction.
Maria, I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. Peace and comfort to you and your family.
msbelle - Jun 22, 2022 6:30:37 pm PDT #15818 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
This is the safe place to freak out right? E's last response to a test was 6:30. He is also not answering calls. I've been calling for over an hour. rings and rings and goes to voicemail. When he is annoyed he will set it to go immediately to voicemail.
I texted an adult friend not far away to go check on him. Also called his one friend (are they still friends? I have no idea) that I have a number for and he has not heard from him today and he tried calling also, no answer.
the places my brain are going are all awful.
Dana - Jun 22, 2022 6:33:15 pm PDT #15819 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
If he's not feeling well, he may be asleep.
msbelle - Jun 22, 2022 6:45:31 pm PDT #15820 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
he's not dead. he was, in fact, asleep.
my thoughts in no particular order:
overdose
stopped breathing
covid heart attack
kidnapped by an uber
tried to walk to drug store and hit by car
Now to try to go to bed. I foresee awful anxiety/guilt dreams.
I swear I cannot figure out which is worse trying to parent 1000 miles away and having no answers or having him do nothing under my roof.
meara - Jun 22, 2022 8:04:34 pm PDT #15821 of 30000
Oh yikes msbelle. What a nightmare. And he's probably JUST FINE and doesn't realize he's making you bonkers. Good luck. Hope he manages to not have COVID and keep the job. (ETA: Glad to see he was in fact asleep)
I managed to apply for a job tonight! I'm not sure I'd actually want it (it's local--would they want me in the office all the time??) but it would be a step up from my current role, and if I managed to get it and it sucked, I could probably springboard back to my current company easily. Worth a shot, but I didn't spend a toooooon of time on the resume update or the cover letter. I fulfill basically all the requirements, so hopefully they'll see that and at least get me in for an interview. It's a small place, but I linked-in stalked some of the folks and wasn't horrified (sometimes at tiny companies I read the bio of people who would be my coworkers or boss and am like "that's all your experience??? what? NO"). Fingers crossed I at least get an interview? Even if I don't tend to be great at interviews.
Cass - Jun 22, 2022 9:01:16 pm PDT #15822 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I swear I cannot figure out which is worse trying to parent 1000 miles away and having no answers or having him do nothing under my roof.
I think all of it. At once. I'm sorry that you are going through it.
Did he test? My experience with Covid was, amongst all the rest of the bad, being so exhausted. Scaring everyone who cared about me and couldn't reach me because I was just so tired.
I hope you can get some rest for yourself, msbelle.
-t - Jun 22, 2022 9:16:17 pm PDT #15823 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{{msbelle}}} ugh, how awful!
Good luck, meara! Go you, applying
Laura - Jun 23, 2022 2:59:41 am PDT #15824 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Today is the day we celebrate the birth of Teppy! Steph, I hope this is a day you put in the very good day column. May the day and the year to come be filled with good health, love, and laughter.
Oh msbelle, I feel your parental pain so much. I hope the visit goes better than anticipated.
Go meara! I hope it works out.