That's sad news, Gypsy. I hope he hets better, and is in good hands not only with your ma, but also with the people responsible for his treatment. For most people, it takes ages to get help at all, so that he's getting treatment is already encouraging, although hearing an actual diagnosis on something like this has, at first, a sledgehammer effect. Some people's reactions make it harder, too - as if the stress level weren't high enough when you have that kind of thing to deal with - so I can understand he shys back from talking about it. I still hope he finds it easier to confine into family members over the time. I don't know much about your family, but I always feel most helpless when it comes to helping my parents, because it just isn't the role they'd let me fill in anyway. I've seen people find their way out of similar situations - well, not that I can judge from here how similar, but they'd had to be taken out of work for periods of time -years in one case- because of psychological baggage, people my age... and got their lives together again. They just wore down a few therapists, that's all (seems to be hard to find a match there...)


Missy & Victimof8, multo congratulations! I hope things straighten out further for you, and soon, so the road is clear! Victimof8, is your nick still appropriate seeing what this board got you into?

Everyone else, get better if need be.

We? Nothing much changed. I have a douzen auctions on ebay, it's like a kind of snail race to watch them... Yay, another 50 cents! Who'll make it into the goal fiiirst?

Also, insomnia. Well, one is creative at 2 o'clock in the night. Oh, and our health insurance forgot about us for a few months, which is bad. Because I'm not too well, and now I have to make it through another three weeks until the system recognizes me as an insuranced member again. Meh. Meh? ...damn, where did that come from???

Molto congrats Dave and Wendy, that's great news although not much of a surprise, you li'l luv burds you

Gypsy, hang on in there, dealing with relatives' mental health issues - depression especially - is a pain in the arse, it's so hard to feel like you have any kind of control over it, no matter what you try, you're not in their head... You can only do what you can, and that's one of the hardest things to accept. Just be there for him and make sure he knows you are, there's not much more you can do.

Hello, more news from me...

I'm doing much better, and my dad is starting therapy...and he seems to be settling back into work and home life well.

I started work again today - no more summer holidays, waaaaa!
At least that's how i felt before I saw the students agin. Put a smile right on my face, and they all seem a lot less shy than I remember. SPaking english and yelling hello across the schoolyard, it reminds me that i did enjoy working here pre-summer holidays, and I will again, no matter how much i miss munging out at home.

To all teachers going back to school, have a great term!
To anyone on holiday now: run and frolic while you can!...

and i am SO jealous! Might come cattle prod you for fun...

we had great fun with Jaccairn yesterday and all you what didn't come are really badly rubbish.

Sorry I missed it, Kat. Was really looking forward to seeing you guys, but couldn't find my scuba gear. I learned my lesson last time, don't try driving across the big pond. I was planning on enjoying a nice swim to the Emerald Isle, but i still haven't found my flippers.

Guess I'm just one of those equilaterally rhomboid shaped people. But, I have been re-writing my web site. (unashamed advert).

Only if you include a link...

Glad you two had fun. With less people there there was probably less faffing around and getting down to the important business of drinking and talking.

I've got nothing news wise. Nothing. Oh why am I so boring?

Well, did everyone already know you were boring? That could count as news, i guess...but in telling everyone about it you become less boring, which makes it a lie which makes you a bit more interesting which could be news in itself!

Um.

I am BORED.

NOTE: Silmaril, this has to be the longest topic of all time, with over 80 000 views and over 3600 posts.
Great choice - people do love to talk about themselves (and i am no exception).

Marcia and I are at sea, in fog, off the coast of Newfoundland aboard the world's largest ocean liner. We'll be in New York in two days.

Out to sea, wow! Have a great time in New York.

I went to work today only to find that the place is shut down for two more days, I guess they decided that a day after I called to tell them I'd be okay to come to work today, and HR doesn't feel obligated to inform anyone that they don't have to come in, we are supposed to have mental telepathy I guess. So I get to try it again at 6 am Thursday. I'm glad on one level and sort of scared on another, I don't think missing more then two weeks of work is going to be easy to catch up. But it hasn't turned too cold yet and probably won't for a little while. It is just rainy today so it will be nice to be able to hibernate again.

I had a lymph node behind my ear swell up on me over the weekend. It kept getting a little more sensitive each day, so yesterday I went to the doctor. Turns out, I have strep throat. I don't have a sore throat. I'm not running fever. I had no symptoms at all of strep, but the culture came back positive for it. So, now my dad is throwing up and feeling like shit. I more than likely gave it to him. He's heading to the doctor tomorrow to find out what's wrong. I still feel rather well for being sick and not knowing about it.

The best kind of sick there is.

In my health news the antibiotics i had for the sinusitis didn't work so I still have sinusitis and need to go back to the doctors for something stronger.

I got so sucked into the board, reading and posting and the like...that I stayed at work an extra 36 - no 37 minutes later than necessary!

Oh the shame!

As the board is in a bit of a lull at the moment I'm taking the opportunity to go on my honeymoon, meaning that the everyone can start posting again until I get back...

I'll think of you when I'm lying by the pool with my cocktail in a coconut and a masseusse rubbing my shoulders... Can't wait. Suckers.

Congratulations, but if I read that second part correctly, isn't hubby going with you? Or is it an Aussie thing?