A short skinny fiftyish man with terrible teeth and a scraggly gray ponytail and cigarette breath, who reminded me powerfully of my high school Greek teacher, showed up to patch the hole in the screen and reattach the bathroom light fixture and put a showerhead in the shower and explain that the reason the blinds don't work is because they are ( Read more... )

We're in NORTH CAROLINA, punks ( Read more... )

I just had a conversation with my mom about Jeremy's and my living situation after we move back to North Carolina, which was a barrel of laughs. (Apparently it's okay to be living with someone outside of marriage if it is a) in a hotel, b) in a "foreign city," c) near a hospital, and d) under medical duress. Back in one's home state, where one ( Read more... )

I've got the title, but not much more. Woke up the other day with the wind howling around the hotel and that song in my head. It's not really cold here, but it's definitely starting to be winter. All the Christmas things are in the stores-- candy canes and whatnot. I love that. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I like a lot more things ( Read more... )

I think I have postpartum depression, or something. I'm ( even phoning in the perfume entries. )

( Subject: Day 6 transplant update )

Right, so everybody's parents are en route back to NC, which is a bit of a relief to be honest. I haven't gotten a chance to be alone for the past several days, and it's been a little tiring. Things are going quite well anyway, there's no need for all of us to be down here. J's parents are coming back when he gets moved from the hospital to the ( Read more... )

Thank you, everybody who affirmed me. :D I was sleepy, jittery, cranky, weepy and the rest of the Seven Dwarves of Emotional Regression, and that entry was sort of the equivalent of throwing myself down on the floor and howling. Thank you for your indulgence. *kisses ( Read more... )

LJ decided to wipe the original version of this entry out of existence, so I shall attempt to re-create the basic gist as follows ( Read more... )

Lovely day yesterday with the girls and family. I have new measuring spoons and a scary ghost story, and a juice glass that says "Smart Women Thirst for Knowledge." And my cup did not leak one single drop last night. Also, I may have figured out a good way to get to sleep, mentally. Details at eleven.