Apparently, my parents are getting together for lunch this coming Sunday. With Little Brother. And Little Brother's girlfriend. And Little Brother's girlfriend's parents.

They didn't even do that with Bear's family. And, you know, Little Brother was engaged to her ( Read more... )

Little Brother and Bear have officially broken up, and he's told her that he just wants to be friends. Except, you know, he hasn't actually moved out yet.

... so, yeah, who knows?

And here I was thinking that moving almost a thousand miles away would mean that I'd stop being dragged into the middle of my family's drama. I guess not.

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It's been announced that both Diana Wynne Jones and Geraldine Ferraro died today.

Speaking of which,
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Well, I survived Christmas (well, and a belated Solstice in the case of Bear and Little Brother, not that my parents know they celebrate it) with the family. Lots of food, lots of Rook, lots of food, lots of Apples to Apples, lots of food, lots of random "how do you like it way up North?" questions (seriously, Washington D.C. is not another country ( Read more... )

Now, there's a topic that I haven't brought up in awhile ( Read more... )

... but first, I would like to take a moment to say for the record that my brother? Is a complete and total idiotIt's a long, complicated story, but the short(ish) version is that he lost his temper, quit his semi-decent job (benefits, guaranteed full-time hours, and a ten minute drive from his trailer) instead of simply bringing them a doctor's ( Read more... )

Just a quick update on real life (other than, you know, the job from hell ( Read more... )

Today was my first day off work since I got back from vividcon. So... yes, eleven straight days of working at the Restaurant From Hell™ - but I survived, so that's all that matters. *sheepish grin* Admittedly, I slept for twelve hours straight today, got up at 2:00pm, checked LiveJournal and Neopets, and then promptly went back to bed for another three ( Read more... )

Bear's colonoscopy has been postponed for at least two weeks. They're afraid that her colon and intestines are so weak right now that, if they do the colonoscopy there will be major complications ( Read more... )

She had a CT scan earlier today, and apparently there's something wrong with her large intestine. They've scheduled a colonoscopy on Monday, but until then they've sent her home. (For those of you outside the U.S., if you don't have insurance then the hospitals get you out of there ASAP, whether it's for your best interest or not.) They did at ( Read more... )