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I just read that a friend I made here on LiveJournal passed away on Friday. I feel very hollow. Although she did not share the same issues as me physically (nor I her), she "got" me in ways many don't - she lived every day with pain, with depression, yet she soldiered through, there for her family, her coworkers, her beautiful dogs - she was SO strong and so tough and so funny, and it scares me to know that out of everyone, she didn't make it, that it caught up to her. I am always caught by suprise by the depth of feelings one can have for a person you never met, only knew "Online".
Had an ok weekend - got to spend a lot of time on my own Saturday, talking with someone I miss a lot, and then later spending HOURS on Ancestry.com and getting lost in that. Went to see Star Trek (DUDE, awesome...will have to see it again with my nephew), the day kinda blew up after that with news that Kelsey wasn't going to be home at all Saturday and then was doing a sleepover Saturday night, so I texted her at work and recinded permission for the sleepover - dammit, at the very least she can wake up at home on Mother's Day. Strangely enough that did not cause a fit from her, which is good.
Mother's Day was nice, had asked my mom to come over but she begged off, as it was her only day off - Glenn rebuilt the bottom step of our entry stairs (brick and mortar) and it actually looks pretty nice, the kids and I took the dogs for a walk along the Nashua River Railbed trail - the dogs were completely confused, because they never go for walks, given the electric fence we have. They were so damn cute - but they got really tired - Pixie had to be carried on the way back because she kept stopping and wouldn't walk. I apparently have to do this more with them.
Fun little gifts - $ for my Sony Reader to buy more books, a DS game (the Professor Layton one) for when I am couch bound post surgery (if I don't finish it first), the offline version of Family Tree Builder, and the first volume of the Sandman graphic novel by Neil Gaiman (think Ty wants to read that himself, cause that was an original thought!)
Lacking energy today before I read the news, now I feel like lead. At least my pain is very low. *knock on wood*
Had an ok weekend - got to spend a lot of time on my own Saturday, talking with someone I miss a lot, and then later spending HOURS on Ancestry.com and getting lost in that. Went to see Star Trek (DUDE, awesome...will have to see it again with my nephew), the day kinda blew up after that with news that Kelsey wasn't going to be home at all Saturday and then was doing a sleepover Saturday night, so I texted her at work and recinded permission for the sleepover - dammit, at the very least she can wake up at home on Mother's Day. Strangely enough that did not cause a fit from her, which is good.
Mother's Day was nice, had asked my mom to come over but she begged off, as it was her only day off - Glenn rebuilt the bottom step of our entry stairs (brick and mortar) and it actually looks pretty nice, the kids and I took the dogs for a walk along the Nashua River Railbed trail - the dogs were completely confused, because they never go for walks, given the electric fence we have. They were so damn cute - but they got really tired - Pixie had to be carried on the way back because she kept stopping and wouldn't walk. I apparently have to do this more with them.
Fun little gifts - $ for my Sony Reader to buy more books, a DS game (the Professor Layton one) for when I am couch bound post surgery (if I don't finish it first), the offline version of Family Tree Builder, and the first volume of the Sandman graphic novel by Neil Gaiman (think Ty wants to read that himself, cause that was an original thought!)
Lacking energy today before I read the news, now I feel like lead. At least my pain is very low. *knock on wood*