...and had to be the one to tell him his mother's dead. He's barely 1 year older than me, in the middle of being 33. His mother just turned 65; she's (was...crap) the oldest child in that family (her, my mom, and their 2 younger brothers)

When I got the news I called him and it went straight to voice mail, I thought ( Read more... )

It was confirmed late last week. We're not sure how early/advanced it is, but obviously my family is at max-stress right now. My dad (Fred is his younger brother, and only sibing) advised me that I should start getting screened for that; my dad doesn't like doctors/hospitals, and it's not often he advises any of his kids on medical stuff. ( Read more... )

I was feeling better about it, sorta-normal, until Saturday night when I finally put the cooler (the one she used to bring me soup when I was sick...) into my closet, then remembered hours later that it was still full of ice, and had to clean the floor ( Read more... )

I don't feel that tired and fear that if I got into bed I'd just lie there and wind up with crappy night's sleep (which is what I got last night). Yet it's too late to start watching a movie or anything. I don't want to re-read any of my books (maybe I should get some new ones??). The Internet isn't nearly as fun, captivating and time-wastingly- ( Read more... )

...and somebody's dense.

I got home and decided to have the rest of Kim's soup for lunch. Following is a transcript of text messages.

Me: Mmm...soup
Her: brownies in front pocket

Me: Where?
Her: Orange cooler

Me: I has no orange cooler :-(
Her:The one the soup was in.

Me: I think you gave me the soup container and kept the cooler? Or ( Read more... )

May as well, since I'm home sick. Well, I don't FEEL sick, but I had a sore throat during the early part of this week, it got pretty bad Wednesday night, and yesterday morning I lost my voice. Turns out I have a sinus infection, and the bacterial crap draining out of my head infected my vocal cords. I got some antibiotics, and at this point my ( Read more... )

Holidays were pretty fun! Unfortunately, because J&A's (my sister Jen and her husband Anthony) cats are sickly (two require daily medication) we couldn't travel at the same time. They went to State College a few days before Xmas and I took care of the cats for a couple days. Morning of 12/24 I went to State College (4 hour trip) and they left there ( Read more... )

01. Reply with your name and I will write something about you ( Read more... )

Or, at least, not assume that they have ill intentions toward me ( Read more... )

1. Who are you ( Read more... )