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I hate to keep crying on everyone's shoulders, but life is getting to be too much this year, or at least the part between May and now. If you don't read to the end, that's ok with me.
First, I break my wrist, out of work on two jobs for several weeks. Get back to work on one of the jobs. Not getting enough hours. Fall and smashed my face on a sidewalk at work, get taken to get put back together. Wind up losing that job(hopefully I can find a different office soon). Other job, I'm back to work, but any time I'm scheduled, there's no cases or the case I was given is cancelled for whatever reason. I've worked less than 40 hours in the last month.
Then last week fell on me like a ton of bricks. Last Monday night, my dad called me but I was already asleep. I called him back in the morning and talked to him, he sounded a little weak, a little out of breath. He said he and his wife, my step mom, had been coughing a lot lately. Talked for a little bit, then he had to go to the bathroom, so I hung up the phone and went about my day. Wednesday.... blech.
Thursday, my son brings my laptop and I see an email from my dad that he sent on Wednesday, one of his jokes he forwards. The rest of the weekend, nothing. I get home today, and send them both an email. I didn't have her email address on the other laptop, but I had sent him an email saying I was in the hospital, and didn't get a response. That should have been my clue, but I wasn't thinking clearly with all my pain meds. Waited about six hours, no reply to the email, so I called the house phone to see if anyone would answer. My step mom answered and told me what she could. She's been good for him, and I know she's shaken up, and what with the holiday weekend.... Turns out she had bronchitis and recovered.
My dad fell Thursday, came to, unable to move or speak, stroke evidently ruled out. He can occasionally get the word "no" out. Some blood work has been drawn, but no results. Has aspiration pneumonia, some sort of dysphasia from what I gather, and paralysis. During the 50's, he had polio and it took him a long time to recover. She also told me that he has been having trouble swallowing for quite a while...
I'm just so done with this year. Thanks for reading this far.
Zichar wrote:
Uh-oh? What happened Laura?
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Exactly what every vegan foregoes... dead animals. The photos are gorgeous though, especially the first one so thoughtfully presented. And, of course, delivered with your usual rhetorical flair. You do have a way with words my friend.
