Tag: sad
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Flu sucks.
So I am currently hosting some kind of convention for crappy viruses and the upshot of this is that I feel really, really crummy. This has been going on since Sunday afternoon when instead of running a few errands, doing a little housework, and settling in to a few carefree hours of masters-level homework, I…
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Many frustrate, such sad
So the past few weeks have been fraught with turmoil. We moved, and that’s good. But stressful. Rhonda’s ex-mother-in-law passed away rather suddenly. She was not someone I knew well, but she was family to Rhonda for many years and was her girls’ grandmother. That was sad, and stressful. A good friend was diagnosed with…
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That time I unfriended someone
So the other day one of my FB friends posted this: And they captioned the post with something about nail salons, tanning beds, maxed out credit cards and financed BMWs, indicating that they felt that a lot of people who receive food stamps are somehow able to afford a rich lifestyle. And I chose not…
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The Grandma from Kalama
Okay, technically she wasn’t from there, but she did live there for a time. Tonight I had occasion to dig out some little odds and ends that I inherited when my grandmother passed away. This happened when my daughter was five months old. She is now 9 and a half years old. It’s really true…
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Goodnight, Mrs. Norris, wherever you are.
So last summer we took in a tiny cat who had been abandoned in an empty apartment. She was all of six pounds, and striped, and we named her Mrs. Norris after Filch’s cat. Because Harry Potter. She did not care to be held, nor petted overmuch, but would allow for some cuddling now and…
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Say goodnight, 2012.
So it’s New Year’s Eve. Shortly I’m going to log off and make fudge and take it over to some friends’ house and sit and play games and talk to people and eat things dipped into other things and drink things mixed with more things (but not very many things because I want to come…
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Good Boy, Otto.
So the other night I was back in one of the kids’ rooms “helping” them wrap some gifts for The Lovely Rhonda. And TLR came home, knowing where I and the kids were, yet still called to me from the other room. I was slightly annoyed, but eventually came out of the bedroom to find…
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Yesterday
So yesterday I woke up Angry, and the other six dwarves: Cranky, Pissy, Funky, Disorganized, Impatient, and Depressive. I suspect this was a combination of hormones (because I am elderly) and a delayed reaction to what happened in Connecticut. Those babies. Those teachers. Those families. My heart hurts. I think everybody’s heart hurts right now.…
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Life Changing Accessories
So I’m the one who cleans the shower at our house. It’s an arrangement borne out of a) The Lovely Rhonda’s bleach allergy, b) the excessive mildewy-ness of our particular shower which necessitates the use of bleach, and c) the fact that TLR is willing to take care of the bill-paying. That last point alone…
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Holiday update
So, Thanksgiving was yesterday. And it wasn’t bad, overall. We had a friend over with her kids, and The Lovely Rhonda’s parents came, so it was a reasonably hectic affair. I’m not sure if I would have enjoyed it as much without some chaos and mayhem. We had a smallish turkey and smallish spiral-cut ham…
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