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kyburgPretty damn productive, all told.
I think we've got all the items on the DCFS punchlist complete - need to take the tops off the picket fence in the backyard (but we knew that) - five minutes with a chainsaw, and it'll be all better.
I think we'll be able to schedule the final inspection in a couple of weeks.
Note to self: plan to get child care from non-relatives. Your in-laws are not going to be suitable.
No, no plans to buy chainsaw. See sentence above. Ditto any kind of firearm.
Got to see The Incredibles this evening - did anyone else catch the Dykstra kid in the credits or the Bakshi?
Also got a call from an old friend this evening - remember that high school chum who works for the CIA? I was named partly after his mother - who died in his late twenties from MS, and now his father has passed from CHF and COPD. I knew that good ol' boy well - and I'm sure he's fishing somewhere and catching up with my Dad. They used to be such good friends -
Just the corker of a long list of crap this week. I haven't been this angry and sitting on it this well in years. I've come to the conclusion that sending a letter out with Christmas cards might not be possible - the biggest news is going to be coming down as I'm getting them in the mail.
As Sis put it - "We'd like to see Mom have a heart attack and die in her sleep. We don't want her to be an end-stage cancer patient." Ain't that a pip?
Life goes on. If you aren't happy with the view, don't worry - it'll change. That's the nature of things.
I think we've got all the items on the DCFS punchlist complete - need to take the tops off the picket fence in the backyard (but we knew that) - five minutes with a chainsaw, and it'll be all better.
I think we'll be able to schedule the final inspection in a couple of weeks.
Note to self: plan to get child care from non-relatives. Your in-laws are not going to be suitable.
No, no plans to buy chainsaw. See sentence above. Ditto any kind of firearm.
Got to see The Incredibles this evening - did anyone else catch the Dykstra kid in the credits or the Bakshi?
Also got a call from an old friend this evening - remember that high school chum who works for the CIA? I was named partly after his mother - who died in his late twenties from MS, and now his father has passed from CHF and COPD. I knew that good ol' boy well - and I'm sure he's fishing somewhere and catching up with my Dad. They used to be such good friends -
Just the corker of a long list of crap this week. I haven't been this angry and sitting on it this well in years. I've come to the conclusion that sending a letter out with Christmas cards might not be possible - the biggest news is going to be coming down as I'm getting them in the mail.
As Sis put it - "We'd like to see Mom have a heart attack and die in her sleep. We don't want her to be an end-stage cancer patient." Ain't that a pip?
Life goes on. If you aren't happy with the view, don't worry - it'll change. That's the nature of things.
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Date: 2004-11-28 12:11 am (UTC)I guess you are meant to be angry at the moment - it is a natural reaction to what you are experiencing. Without standing on your toes, have you read up on the 7 stages of dealing with serious illness? I found that just understanding the range of emotions I was experiencing made it easier, in that I didn't feel a) wrong for what I was feeling, and b) like I was losing my mind.
Good luck sweetie.
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Date: 2004-11-28 12:26 am (UTC)I hope all things will go well for your mother.
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Date: 2004-11-28 12:39 am (UTC)Oh, so many things I could apply this to. I think some places will rent you a chainsaw? For the fence, that is.
I am reminded that I unintentionally dodged having to meet with my parents to discuss their will during my last visit. I believe they're currently hoping to die together in a plane crash.
Got any rugs that need beating with a stick? I find that one rather therapeutic. Futons too. It gets the dust *and* the irritation out, and it's a pretty good workout.
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Date: 2004-11-28 02:08 am (UTC)I guess we wouldn't be suitable foster parents...we do, in fact, have a chain saw. We live in the woods. You need one here.