Hubba-bubba nightmare
An update on my/our lives, in no particular order:
BAD ~ I have a cold. It's making me cranky today, as I slept badly last night. Out, out damned snot!
GOOD ~ Sinus headaches are immediately differentiable from migraine. And are a pleasant change, so to speak - they are irritating rather than debilitating.
GREAT ~ Work gave me a 10% payrise. Yay! And it kicks in next week. I was getting worried about being so unreliable, what with all my time off for migraine problems and dr's appointments for me and Al. Guess I didn't need to worry - I was hired with those issues known, and they have been great about letting me come and go as I please.
GOOD ~ I read Deathly Hallows on Monday, when I was off with nausea. It was good - I didn't feel let down. (No spoilers in the comments please, but feel free to link me to posts you may have made that I would have skipped over previously.)
BAD & GOOD ~ I had a serious talk with Firecracker last week, and the nature of our relationship has been changed from gf/gf to friends-with-benefits. I hate hurting her, but I was being hurt too much to leave it the way it was. Which sucks, but there you go. Unfortunately it also seems to be impacting my relationship with Sparky ... I really don't want that to happen, but don't see how to avoid it.
GOOD & BAD ~ I won tickets to the preview of Die Hard 4.0 next Wednesday (thanks to nzgirl), and no-one wants to seems to be available to come with me. Anyone interested? It's in Newmarket. (I shall be picky about my choice of viewing partner, rather than just accepting the first person to offer. You have been warned.)
REALLY BAD ~ My brother Alex/bigtaz is dying. You all know that, right? There's no more treatment to be done, everything is palliative. He has an approximately 6-24 months to live. The methadone he's now on for the pain isn't working as well as it should be either, so I guess he'll be back in the hospice soon so they can up the dose. Guess that means a move from pills to liquid.
INTERESTING ~ He and I talked a lot after that cheery diagnosis though, and are planning a trip to the Gold Coast in late Oct/early Nov (flying out 30/10, flying back 10/11). Any suggestions for places to stay or things to do happily listened to. It'll just be the two of us, not Ben. We daren't leave it until next year, as we really don't know how quickly he will deteriorate.
GOOD (I think) ~ Ran into my ex-best-friend, Adeedee, on the weekend. I haven't spoken to her for three years. I was cool and vaguely polite, but really didn't want anything to do with her. Discussing it with alasatyr on the way home, I've realised that I will bend a long way in my friendships and relationships, but once they're broken, that's it. And that friendship is well and truly broken. Up until seeing her, I wasn't sure how I would react in that situation. Now I'm like, bring it on with M-the-ex! I can handle seeing him, too ... (universe, that's not an actual request. I think. Um).
GOOD ~ Saw my doctor again on Wednesday, and my blood results are pretty good. Migraine is being controlled a little better again. And she's told me if/when it gets to the point that I need to look after Al from home, she'll provide all the paperwork so I can get a caregivers benefit. Not something I'd thought about previously, but a possibility. We shall see. When it gets to that point he may go back to the hospice. It's all unknowable right now.
REALLY GOOD ~ It's Friday. Going to The Simpsons tonight, watching vids with friends tomorrow, off to the Food Show with Firecracker on Sunday. Social goodness ahoy :)
BAD ~ I have a cold. It's making me cranky today, as I slept badly last night. Out, out damned snot!
GOOD ~ Sinus headaches are immediately differentiable from migraine. And are a pleasant change, so to speak - they are irritating rather than debilitating.
GREAT ~ Work gave me a 10% payrise. Yay! And it kicks in next week. I was getting worried about being so unreliable, what with all my time off for migraine problems and dr's appointments for me and Al. Guess I didn't need to worry - I was hired with those issues known, and they have been great about letting me come and go as I please.
GOOD ~ I read Deathly Hallows on Monday, when I was off with nausea. It was good - I didn't feel let down. (No spoilers in the comments please, but feel free to link me to posts you may have made that I would have skipped over previously.)
BAD & GOOD ~ I had a serious talk with Firecracker last week, and the nature of our relationship has been changed from gf/gf to friends-with-benefits. I hate hurting her, but I was being hurt too much to leave it the way it was. Which sucks, but there you go. Unfortunately it also seems to be impacting my relationship with Sparky ... I really don't want that to happen, but don't see how to avoid it.
GOOD & BAD ~ I won tickets to the preview of Die Hard 4.0 next Wednesday (thanks to nzgirl), and no-one wants to seems to be available to come with me. Anyone interested? It's in Newmarket. (I shall be picky about my choice of viewing partner, rather than just accepting the first person to offer. You have been warned.)
REALLY BAD ~ My brother Alex/bigtaz is dying. You all know that, right? There's no more treatment to be done, everything is palliative. He has an approximately 6-24 months to live. The methadone he's now on for the pain isn't working as well as it should be either, so I guess he'll be back in the hospice soon so they can up the dose. Guess that means a move from pills to liquid.
INTERESTING ~ He and I talked a lot after that cheery diagnosis though, and are planning a trip to the Gold Coast in late Oct/early Nov (flying out 30/10, flying back 10/11). Any suggestions for places to stay or things to do happily listened to. It'll just be the two of us, not Ben. We daren't leave it until next year, as we really don't know how quickly he will deteriorate.
GOOD (I think) ~ Ran into my ex-best-friend, Adeedee, on the weekend. I haven't spoken to her for three years. I was cool and vaguely polite, but really didn't want anything to do with her. Discussing it with alasatyr on the way home, I've realised that I will bend a long way in my friendships and relationships, but once they're broken, that's it. And that friendship is well and truly broken. Up until seeing her, I wasn't sure how I would react in that situation. Now I'm like, bring it on with M-the-ex! I can handle seeing him, too ... (universe, that's not an actual request. I think. Um).
GOOD ~ Saw my doctor again on Wednesday, and my blood results are pretty good. Migraine is being controlled a little better again. And she's told me if/when it gets to the point that I need to look after Al from home, she'll provide all the paperwork so I can get a caregivers benefit. Not something I'd thought about previously, but a possibility. We shall see. When it gets to that point he may go back to the hospice. It's all unknowable right now.
REALLY GOOD ~ It's Friday. Going to The Simpsons tonight, watching vids with friends tomorrow, off to the Food Show with Firecracker on Sunday. Social goodness ahoy :)