In which I admit how needy I am

[vanillafluffy]

I've spent a lot of time with J over the last few days. Thursday, we had a dog, first in quite a while. Actually, four dogs belonging to a family, and as we surmised, the dog they called us is NOT the one instigating the trouble---and the one who's instigating is being set off by the owner. Fun-fun, IF the owner will let us help. She's somewhat

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[smtfhw]

Sometimes just telling someone is more help than any actual help they can give. I'm glad you have a plan, and a friend to help you through this. I wish I could do something, but I'm too far away...

[vanillafluffy]

She and I discussed that old proverb, "If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach him to fish, he will eat for a lifetime." So, she's going to teach me to "fish"---but I'm still the one who has to do all the dirty work.

I appreciate your intentions; if you were closer, we could get together and talk food and cars....
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[vanillafluffy]

At the moment, the hardest part is going to be the getting up and going...at the moment, I'm operating on about three hours sleep---I'm actually in pain!---because lately I'm not asleep til around 5AM. Resetting that is gonna be a woolly booger.

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[vanillafluffy]

I've always been a bit of a night owl, and three years on second shift fed into that. I've had brief periods of synchronization when I was up bright and early, but always lapsed back into nocturnality. And it's worse during the summer, since it'smarginally cooler at night....

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[cbtreks]

That sounds like a good idea - someplace to be every day. I'm glad she's there to lend an ear (and an air conditioned place to job hunt from).

[vanillafluffy]

That's the downside of living alone---no accountability. So having to physically check in evrey day is going to be a big thing. It's just...getting through the first couple weeks is gonna be hell.

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[karaokegal]

Nothing wrong with getting a good coach. (Hopefully not too much of Bobby Knight type.)

[vanillafluffy]

Most sports metaphors are wasted on me, I'm afraid. My first thought when I read this one was, "Wasn't he the youngest boy on The Brady Bunch?!".

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[karaokegal]

Presumably this is not what you're looking for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvRO2GE4x4M

[kukkurkurat]

I am glad you have a friend like that. One of my problems is that I am the friend everybody seems to lean on and they do ask how I am but somehow they do not BELIEVE that I could have problems... Meh about that. I am very happy that you have a plan now. Plus was J not the one who at some point in the past mentioned you the possibility of being on eBay and selling some of your numerous keepsakes? If she was, there IS a possibility of a financial gain. Plus the air-conditioning.

[vanillafluffy]

I wish your friends were not such flakes. I consider myself somewhat lucky in that respect. (Although I watch some of the reality wedding shows, and I'm always agape at these gals who have a dozen bridesmaids strutting down the aisle with them. Good doG, if I had that many attendants, there'd be no one left to sit in the pews.) Mind you, J's take is that I need to stand on my own two feet and not rely on help from anyone else. Yeah, that's gonna be a treat.

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[kukkurkurat]

WurstkittyMistress is not that flaky but she also lives in the higher income bracket and thus is less likely to lean on me. But yeah. And I do not have that many close friends to begin with.
I might indulge in a treat of a shower this week, maybe.

[vanillafluffy]

I hope you get your shower.

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