Where the heck have you been - and why can't you walk anymore??
Been out of touch far too long - I tried to hit on the highlights, but a lot has changed.
( April 2006 - March 2007 - just your average run of the mill year... )
( April 2006 - March 2007 - just your average run of the mill year... )
Isn't it awful? The way I phrased this in my LJ a while back was "I used to complain about things that were CURABLE! Can you IMAGINE?"
And you're absolutely right that we still do focus on our own crap. Just because someone has it worse doesn't mean we aren't also in pain. I want my friends to be able to rant and vent in front of me, even if they just got off a marathon finish line and I'm sitting down because I couldn't stay standing. They're still my friends, I still want to hear what's bothering them, and the existence of my problems doesn't take theirs away.
I guess all of that just adds up to: when I'm having a Rage Against The Universe day, I will try not to offer to be a sounding board for other people to vent. On a day like that I probably WILL call them whiney spoiled little brats, and I don't want to be that kind of friend. So I can offer to hear them out on the following day. :-)
The day I figured out how to get into the shower by myself and wash my hair
Oh man, THAT must have been HEAVEN! I'm so glad you figured out how to do that. Now if only you (or we or anybody) can work out a similar solution for getting you to and from work!
My LJ address works for e-mail, if you want to send your snail mail addy to me that way.
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