My woe is me post

[dominyk]

Last few days have been sucky. Not life-ending horrible just sucky.

Saturday I was going to go with Illadore to a big practice in Aethelmarc but had to stay home and take my Grandmother computer shopping. I was bummed, but I love her. But then at 10am on Saturday she called me and said it was snowing and she didn't want to drive around. Suck! So

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Not to one up you....

[sp1cadet]

More, to help you put things in perspective. I mean, you *do* sound pretty realistic about the suckiness of your situation. And I do agree that it sounds like you've had a rough couple of days. But, if it makes you feel any better....

My mom died 2 months ago. My birthday is tomorrow and it will be the first time in 29 years I haven't at least been able to talk to my mother on my birthday. So. There's that.

Also,

[sp1cadet]

My first, and only to date, NFL game was a Buffalo Bills game, in Buffalo, on my birthday (it was the only place my friends could think of to get drunk on a Sunday). It was absolutely bone-chilling, the Bills were playing one of their worst seasons ever (I don't think they'd won a single game, but if they did, it was only one) and I'm not a Bills fan. Or a Jaguars fan, the team they played.

On the bright side, they did manage to pull off a win while I was there. It's where all my football voodoo magic began!

[rani23]

Hugs

[moonflake1978]

Can't really 1up Sp1cat, but figured I would help you put life in perspective a bit too. 1 week from tomorrow I will have a disk removed from my back and the vertebrae fused. This will be the day BEFORE my final project is due in class. Of course I have to turn mine in the day before my surgery which gives me a day less than everyone else to finish it. Plus a final on Monday, three more papers to write this week, and a picture to frame for tomorrow night! I have heat in my car for the first time in over a year. Now I just need to overhaul the brake system and the suspension. I have been without a job since the beginning of February so I can't buy my husband a christmas present for our first christmas after our wedding. I haven't been able to practice consistently for over a year, and recently, since April I can count the practices I have fought at on my fingers. Of course I still have to go because I am the only marshal available every Tuesday night. So I get to sit, night after night and watch everyone else fight as I feel my prowess

Thank You

[sp1cadet]

Please believe I'm not looking for sympathy. My lot is my own. I'm a big girl now and I can get through this. I was just in a sharing mood. I haven't been telling anyone about my mom. Dom and I know each other from a few years ago. It seems easier to tell the people I don't talk to regularly now. (There is no grave, she donated her body to medical research and she's over 600 miles away anyway. But I did wear my mother's jewelry today to keep her close to my heart.) That being said, I still appreciate the condolence.

I am sorry to hear about your difficulties. Christmas woe always tugs at my heartstrings. If there is anything I can do, anything you would accept from a stranger, I'd be happy to help.

Re: Thank You

[moonflake1978]

I understand completely and agree, I too am a big girl and will bear my burden. Even when it is 1am and I have to go back outside to try to thaw out frozen pipes under the mobile home after driving home from school without heat again. I understand the loss of a parent all too well and where you may not want sympathy, think of it more as a deep understanding. My grandpa was my father growing up. My dad wasn't really around much so it was always grandpa who taught us things, did things with us and did all those loving things a father should do. He was my hero, and losing him was the hardest thing to face. He was cremated, and yes there is a grave for him, I went there on the day he died this year and balled my eyes out. Then drove off to school

[troyfish]

Sucks on all fronts, It will get better. I'll give you a call later and we can commiserate on stuff.

Talk to you later.