I'm doing all right, l-n-f. H had another surgery and his recovery has been horribly slow this time. He's been crabby and in a lot of pain. I saw him last night and he was a little better (read: medicated). He tries not to take pain meds but sometimes he just has to. It's been rough to watch him go through this one.
We will be putting the Christmas tree up at the house this year. Last year was a mess as I was moving out and he was moving back in. The kids were split up for the first time. God it's been a year...
Anyway, last night he said we'd put it up at the house this year.
So we will all be together.
That's good stuff.
I'm presently praying for a Christmas bonus or there won't be one thing to put under the damn tree. Between my money which is tight already and him being out of work most of the last 6 months for these surgeries, I am starting to sweat it. Hopefully my boss is planning on giving me a bonus. That's the norm, I've heard.
AmyC, God bless you. Your posts here are inspirational. Your ability to cut to the heart of the matter combined with your understanding of MLC are truly INDISPENSABLE. Thank you for being who, when, and where you are.
When you outgrow this place, please think of those who are here who could benefit from your insight.
Even a 2x4 for someone else, usually has something for me & the rest of us in it.
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He tries not to take pain meds but sometimes he just has to.
Good for him! Without you, there would be a lot more of that!
I hope that you will all be together this Christmas.
Best,
TFH
-------------- The Forlorn Hope:...A picked body of men detached to the front to begin the attack....Fortified, meaning strengthened to stand...and thus, positioned for victory
I am not sure that I like your sig line... Sounds hopeless. I imagine it's a quote from a book or something?
Mind if I change it around?? I'm kinda ballsy like that
A chosen body of men, dispatched to the front to lead the attack...seemingly in desperate condition...but fortified (means "strengthened to stand")...and thereby positioned for victory.
AmyC, OH YEAH, I like that a lot. It means the same thing in the context of the original quote, but I like the change for what I am trying to do here.
Thanks.
TFH
-------------- The Forlorn Hope:...A picked body of men detached to the front to begin the attack....Fortified, meaning strengthened to stand...and thus, positioned for victory
Actually I just spent the last 3 1/2 hours alone at the house with him, too! Just talking, talking, talking while I went through Christmas stuff and did a few things around there that he can't yet do. We'll put the tree up next weekend with the kids assuming we can get them corraled!
D12 is coming home with a friend that is staying the night. H asked me to hang out but I needed to do laundry - could have just put it in over there but didn't...also had to go to the store. I might just give him a call and go back over. They may have gone to a boat parade at Marina but I might give it a shot...
I'm really happy for you Amy. You've certainly proved that if anything is going to work it is patience. It seems that things have really changed. I know there's still at least as far to go as you've already come, and I imagine that can be discouraging, but the improvement over the past year is remarkable. I hope Jeff really gets healed up soon, I'm sure all the physical problems, with the related work problems have been really rough on him. The fact that things are still getting better despite all that is even more incredible.
It's good to hear, you hadn't been saying much about yourself, and I was worried, but it seems that the reason was that when things are going slow and steady, there's not much to say!
