Seriously, I think 2011 hates me...
Sorry, sorry, still no chapter 7 for OWS. My email to Aera went into a black hole, so she didn't realize that there was a chapter to edit. She's on it now, but that means no chapter at this moment. I'm trying to work on ch8 in the meantime, but man, it's been hard to focus lately.
However, I do have a birthday present from the_god_of_sun to share with you-- ( Read more... )
However, I do have a birthday present from the_god_of_sun to share with you-- ( Read more... )
It's been hot as hell over here too, though this summer have been mostly spent indoors, due to my mother being treated for a serious illness. That is good news for me, since I'm a red-head and thus have fair skin that is easily burnt. Sorry to hear about your A/C signing out, without it, summers would be unbearable. Now though, it already feels like autumn, with more rain than usual and cooler weather.
Having never worked for longer than a month a time (still a student, will graduate in January 2012), I can't really comment on that part of your post other to say I agree with the HR lady and hope you find something worthwhile that pays you decently.
'Bout the cat, I'm still sorry that he's not getting any better (he won't either, or will he??). I hope he's not in too much pain and that he'll live a longish life free from pain and suffering.
I have a friend who's had friends commit suicide, and this person also suffers from slight borderline mainly connected to her relationships with boyfriends, when they break up, she's 'useless' at taking care of herself, she just doesn't care about living anymore and she's sometimes hard to deal with when this happens, but she's aware of her problems and actively search for ways to help and talks to a therapist so I have hope for her. I also hope that your friend will get rid of the booze, to be plain (and probably kinda rude at the same time) since it might get him started again on the path to self destruction.
Happy b-day! Glad you got to spend at least that day happily, and slightly worried about aging parents. I have since being a teen felt that my parents are getting old (they're in their early 50's and 60's), and I've spent too much time thinking about the time when they won't be here anymore. Much of that thinking was done this spring, with my mother being diagnosed with her illness. Also spent time thinking about my brother who also have a disease (incurable but liveable)and worrying about what's going to happen and how long it's going to take the doctors to find out a medicine that works for him.
I've kinda babbled, I notice, I hope you don't mind too much (if you do, don't read it).
... I just noticed that I spilled things that I haven't really talked about with other people, sorry about taking up so much of your time with just a comment...
Anyway, I hope your life will sort itself out soon, preferably before 2012, even though 2011 seems to hate your guts. "When you've hit rock bottom, the only place to go is up." Don't remember who said it, but it's a profound sentence in my opinion, and quite true.
Take your time with writing, put yourself ahead of that though. Be well and good luck!
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Ugh, it has STILL been in the mid-90's here. I keep being teased with storm clouds in the evenings, but it doesn't actually rain or cool anything down. Thank goodness for the A/C, even if getting the new one has made my saving accounts cry. ^^;
Sadly, Skid is never going to get better. All I can do is keep him from getting worse. But hey, he still looks good and he's pretty darn active for a cat who was given a "can live months or years, but probably months" death sentence. If he ever gets to the point of being in pain, I won't let him suffer, but I hope that is a long time away!
So sorry to hear about your friend. It's definitely hard to watch a friend go through the same cycles and wonder what will happen this time. At least your friend is actively seeking help, though. I'm frustrated because I don't think my friend is taking his therapist seriously, but he doesn't take a lot of things seriously. I am relieved since he is trying to get the drinking out of his life (he apparently was about 3wks clean, and then had a half bottle of vodka, and it hit him harder than he thought), but his big problem is that most of his friends do drinking and bars as a social thing. When he doesn't drink, they ask him constantly to have something. It's a sticky peer pressure kind of situation where my friend isn't telling them WHY he shouldn't drink. They would understand, but he's not good at telling other people about what is wrong.
Isn't it terrible to have to worry about your parents like that? At least my parents are technically healthy, but my mother smokes and my father has his memory issues. I think it would be worse if they were actually diagnosed with something. I hope the best for your mom, and especially your brother. Medicine is improving all of the time, and doctors are getting better at figuring out drug combinations to help other diseases. Hopefully they'll figure out something for your brother.
Haha, babbling is perfectly fine! I do it all of the time since, honestly, it's pretty therapeutic to tell someone about these things, especially when the other people can mention their similar situations. It makes me feel less crazy and alone to know that other people are going through the same things, and better yet, that they lived through it to something better.
Heh, the sad thing is that it can always get worse. I have my health, I have my parents, I have my house, and I have a job (I hate it, but I have one). So yeah, 2011 may have a few more hits left for me, but I'm hopeful that 2011 is tiring out and that I may be able to squeak out a couple of nice things before the year is done with. *crossing fingers!*
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