Ash Wednesday

[silent_five]

Dad Update: he is finally home. Hoorah!

Days spent in hospital: 11
Heart attacks: 1
Operations: 2
Stents implanted in his heart: 2
Pills he is on: 23 (I think)
Cysts discovered on liver: 1
MRIs needed: 2 (the second is coming up-- they have to use special dye that won't kill his kidneys.)
Scalp lacerations: 1 (he blacked out from low blood pressure and

Comments

[littlecatfeet]

DAMN STRAIGHT.

I hear that battle cry, and I echo it back.

This year for Lent, I'm giving up fear. Fear of women, fear of success, fear of new things, fear of being disliked, fear of failure, fear of whatever it is inside of myself, all of it. I'm giving it up and letting it go.

Here's to better things for both of us.

[anonymous]

Yes! From SPACE! Or a zeppelin, those're real nice too, and it's easier to visit your friends (unless they're also IN SPACE).

Susan, darling, when-oh-when shall we see each other again? I miss you. A lot (I'm afraid you've already trumped any metaphor I might come up with, although I'm tempted to go with "like a noble gas misses an electron" or something). Hey, what're you doing like friday/ saturday of next week? Turns out it's reading period.