Miral and Ski:

I hope you can get it all worked out. families can be a pain once in a while. good luck to you both. and don't worry, shit happens. I understand that and I'm sure Miral will too.

Hey, you don't have to apologize or anything, I understand. My family isn't exactly like Ozzie and Harriet either, believe me. Although, I'd like to say my family puts the "fun" in dysfunctional. *grins*

You can choose your friends. You can't choose your family. Don't even get me started. Just breathe. ;)

Ummm, that last post was supposed to be me... oops.

Miral, are you trying to be me again? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Sorry for not calling you guys earlier, but since I'm here right now, I might as well put out a message. Things have, as usual, become fucked up, and we simply don't have time to meet up with the two of you. I'm really sorry that it didn't work out, but then I've been in kind of a weird (read: shitty) mood, due to the fact that I'm dealing with my parents, and there's somethings that I'm facing right now. Maybe another time.

Thanks guys. Things turned out OK, my parents even liked Dan (maybe better than they like me) (But then, we all like my sister in law better than we like my brother, so that works out).

Mostly it was scary? frustrating?, seeing how much my mother is... losing ground? She's getting more and more forgetful, and it's hard to deal with, especially when I have some of the same tendencies. Or something.

*hugs* it's all good

Ok, I've been meaning to ask this for awhile, ...

Do Miral and Ski live in the same city?

no...Miral lives in Maryland and I live in Michigan. [img]smile.gif[/img]

*whaps ski*

Gem, Ski was visiting Miral, and I was hoping to hook up with the two of them while I was in the area.

But instead...eris escaped that fate... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I don't know. Dan and I can be pretty nauseatingly cute when we put our minds to it...

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Oh I get it. Well its a good thing she escaped then. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Why am I not suprized.

Eris, it is very painful to see someone you love seemingly fall apart and become some "other person". Two of my Great Uncles have Althzeimers and it is heartbreaking to be around these two once bright and lively men. They are mere ghosts of the people they once were. And my Uncle Sam is worst off because he was being taken care of by his wife, who is over 80! She's not fit to take care of him... and now she's worse off because of that. My grandmother gives us updates on them, but it's never anything you want to hear. *gives eris a hug* I hope you can somehow ward sickness off on your mother better than they could with my uncles. *hugs again*

Well, she's nowhere near that bad yet... no Alzhimers, not even close to senile... just forgetful. Gods willing, that's as bad as she'll get. But still, it's hard, riding that line between frustration and fear, you know?

Yeah I understand that very well. When my Uncle Sam started losing his memory it was very odd cause he reverted back to when I was little. It was like his mind stepped into a time machine and went backward. I can't explain it. So, wondering what happened to him made everyone upset and scared for him, but when we found out it was althzeimers it was almost a reliefe until his son went into denial about it. He could not see... and still cannot see, that his dad is not himself. He's over 30 still lives with his parents and doesn't help out with his father. It's the saddest thing in the world to think about, and it still pisses me off.

*hugs again* I hope it's just forgetfulness. I wouldn't wish althzeimers even on a member of my worst enemies family.

Amen to that. When I was growing up, my parents ran a sheltered care facility out of our house. We had two residents who had alzheimers, one who developed it after moving in, and one who was already well into it when she moved in. It's a terrifying disease.

But, all that aside, it really was a nice trip. Walked my ass off, and my feet too. They're just now starting to recover. Mostly. [img]wink.gif[/img]

Did a little of the old "sightseeing" eh? Yeah, I haven't been to D.C. for the educational side since I moved to Maryland... it's weird, actually, cause I really do want to go to the Smithsonian again.

The Smithsonian is fun. Only had enough time to make it to a couple of the museums, but what we saw was great.