Mellow Musings

I'm so sorry to hear that your ex has turned into such a d!ck. Even though you don't have his financial support, at least you have the loving emotional support of G.

Beautiful.

Those were very punny!

Sorry to hear that you're off your meds. Yikes. I hope you can get your prescription renewed and be back to normal again soon. Sounds like tae kwon do is doing wonders for you!

The time will come for you too.

Sh*t... I'd totally de-friend your SIL too.
That's so hard with the dates almost matching up... I'm sending good thoughts your way.

I recently read somewhere that grapefruit juice has something in it that blocks the impact of certain medications... but if it's fish oil that's doing the trick for you, why not drink grapefruit juice all you want?! (Sounds like you've sacrificed more than enough of everything else already...)

Very nice.

Stupid lottery... you should ask them to double-check those numbers.

Maybe the positive in the accident was something you couldn't predict... like if traffic wasn't backed up and you were doing your regular speed, perhaps you might've ended up in an accident. (At least that's what I always try to tell myself whenever we're stuck in a situation like that. )

Love the dual monitors... I had dual monitors at my old office and it was so hard to go back to one now that we're working from home.

I couldn't agree more. It's such a horrible thing to watch. My younger sister was in an abusive relationship for almost 10 years. I didn't like Charlie before I had even met him (and I give *everyone* a chance.) In fact, my folks in poor judgement actually let him move in with us for a while, which is why I moved out on my own before graduation. I couldn't stand him. Over the years I'd watch her break up with him and then immediately go back to him because he always begged forgiveness. He had it so ingrained in her head that she was a worthless piece of skin, that she really believed that she couldn't do any better than him... and so the cycle continued. It was unbelievably frustrating. I tried to help her escape from him a couple times, but she would always return and when she was with him, she wouldn't/couldn't talk about what was really going on behind closed doors... so that made it hard. Then, of all the stupid things she could do, she intentionally got pregnant. (Don't get me wrong, b/c I love my niece more than anything... but this was obviously not a wise move on my sister's part.) When she was 7 months along, he held a knife to my sister's throat. She called the police and he was admitted to the hospital. My niece is actually named after the nurse who "helped" him (or who I think his cheating heart simply had the hots for) during his all-too-brief 2 week stay. A year or so later my sister finally left him for good. She said she had to do it on her own time and on her own terms. It was in the middle of the night in the dead of winter, and she ran away with nothing but the clothes on her back and her daughter in her arms. She never said what the final straw was... but you'd think that when he risked her and her unborn child's life that would've been an ideal time. She could've easily packed up and left while he was in the hospital... but she didn't. She stayed for almost two more years. Unfortunately, he still had custody rights to see his daughter for the next couple years (my sister now has full custody), and there have since been some pretty clear signs that my niece suffered some mental and sexual abuse during her visits with him. Since then, he moved on to his next victim... a very slow, 18 year old girl (he's in his mid-30's), who he also abused and got pregnant. He went to jail for a while, but I believe he's out now, and no doubt looking for another target. I hate to admit that a part of me is p*ssed at my sister for not leaving him when she had the chance, so my niece wouldn't have been his victim as well, but what's done is done... Gosh, look at me go on and on and on... I guess what I really should say is your story touched a real chord with me. I'll never understand the logic of abused women either.

So happy to see that you're back and it's nice to see your face!

Seriously unbelievable. Like you were saying, if only they could direct their hateful negativity towards something loving and positive. What a pathetic waste of energy. I feel sorry for them.

Brr... we had a light dusting of snow while granny-sitting at J's folks' place, but it immediately melted. I don't know... it still feels too early for the white stuff.