Update
I've got myself into this circular non-posting frame of mind lately, in that I don't have much good news to report, but the last post was such a downer that I didn't want to turn into the LJ version of Moaning Myrtle. And then I tell myself that it's only going to bring other people down too for no reason, really, and that's not why you've friended me.
But here's the update anyway:
1) Mom's holding her own with all her illnesses. And she comes up with some really strange ones. I just went back to Detroit for a short visit (and to finish laying the basement flooring that I had to start a year ago, and wasn't that just a barrel of laughs?) This time she had some strange swelling in her shoulder that caused her great pain, but it's slowly healing.
2) The unnamed member of my family who was ill was my sister-in-law. During the first week of her treatment she developed a serious infection and unexpectedly died. My husband, her brother, had just gone to see her but by the time his plane arrived, she'd already slipped into a coma. The next day she was gone. She had never married or had children, so the siblings are her survivors. And she had not even whispered to her mother or two of her brothers that she was ill, so he had to immediately fly to Detroit to tell her everything. Lesson to all: don't keep secrets like this; it never turns out well. And now my mother-in-law is in the hospital and it could be serious too.
3) The London trip for hubby and me turned into a Washington DC trip for him, for the displaced meeting and for cleaning out his sister's condo.
4) My daughter has a new guy in her life with lots of new baggage of his own. And there's nothing we can do about any of her choices except try to give neutral advice.
5) A new one! I'm working at my old place of work on a one-year renewable appointment. Or at least it would be renewable if the stupid admin gal would have properly submitted the paperwork to the right person, had bothered to answer her email, and hadn't royally fucked it up. I learned last week that I might be abruptly terminated. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, my papers were rushed to the top managers and were signed just before the deadline passed. Or so I thought. Yesterday about an hour before I was going to leave work, my boss rushed to find me to tell me that no, they hadn't been signed yet, so I couldn't keep working and had to go home. This morning I again was sent home. So I'm just banging around the house doing unpleasant chores and trying not to indulge in comfort snacking (or drinking). Oddly enough, the job I'm doing for them now is really different from what I used to do, suits me to a T, and has also become mission critical in the past 3 months. So I really want to be there, they really want me to be there, and I'm in mourning that I can't be there. Who'd have thought.
Gah! Rereading this is grim going, and I'm tired of hearing myself whine. But I do owe you an update every now and again.
But here's the update anyway:
1) Mom's holding her own with all her illnesses. And she comes up with some really strange ones. I just went back to Detroit for a short visit (and to finish laying the basement flooring that I had to start a year ago, and wasn't that just a barrel of laughs?) This time she had some strange swelling in her shoulder that caused her great pain, but it's slowly healing.
2) The unnamed member of my family who was ill was my sister-in-law. During the first week of her treatment she developed a serious infection and unexpectedly died. My husband, her brother, had just gone to see her but by the time his plane arrived, she'd already slipped into a coma. The next day she was gone. She had never married or had children, so the siblings are her survivors. And she had not even whispered to her mother or two of her brothers that she was ill, so he had to immediately fly to Detroit to tell her everything. Lesson to all: don't keep secrets like this; it never turns out well. And now my mother-in-law is in the hospital and it could be serious too.
3) The London trip for hubby and me turned into a Washington DC trip for him, for the displaced meeting and for cleaning out his sister's condo.
4) My daughter has a new guy in her life with lots of new baggage of his own. And there's nothing we can do about any of her choices except try to give neutral advice.
5) A new one! I'm working at my old place of work on a one-year renewable appointment. Or at least it would be renewable if the stupid admin gal would have properly submitted the paperwork to the right person, had bothered to answer her email, and hadn't royally fucked it up. I learned last week that I might be abruptly terminated. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, my papers were rushed to the top managers and were signed just before the deadline passed. Or so I thought. Yesterday about an hour before I was going to leave work, my boss rushed to find me to tell me that no, they hadn't been signed yet, so I couldn't keep working and had to go home. This morning I again was sent home. So I'm just banging around the house doing unpleasant chores and trying not to indulge in comfort snacking (or drinking). Oddly enough, the job I'm doing for them now is really different from what I used to do, suits me to a T, and has also become mission critical in the past 3 months. So I really want to be there, they really want me to be there, and I'm in mourning that I can't be there. Who'd have thought.
Gah! Rereading this is grim going, and I'm tired of hearing myself whine. But I do owe you an update every now and again.