it's a bit tattered and torn, and now it's broke.

it's a recliner i've had for years. comfy, ya know. but after my son has plopped down on it hard over the years it's suffered. it still reclines, but the chair position isn't quite right.

ah well, it's still serviceable. i'm too frugal and too broke to get another.

altho i'd love a nice leather overstuffed chair with ottoman.

can a vegetarian own a leather chair??? is that pc???

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i've worked all week, hence my absence here. and next week will be hell...mother's day week. i see some nights working til midnight or later. but that's ok, i can use the money.

and work is fun.

and there's the "secret" bar next door.

*heh*

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my meth addict cousin is supposedly doing better. he had some kind of lung surgery and is finally conscious again. my aunt says he may actually go home soon.

home to what??? is his wife still doing meth? what about their kids?

no one knows. no one is giving up much information.

why the hell do families feel "ashamed"???

my uncle is home from the hospital altho he's pretty much bed-ridden. my other uncle's young girlfriend who's a nurse is going over every day to bathe him and clean his bottom (yes, diapers) and try to get him up out of bed.

he's already fallen once and my aunt says he's giving up. what kind of life can it be being bed-ridden after being self-sufficient for 85 years?

sad, so very sad.

i should get my good black pants dry cleaned i think.

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we had a lovely thunderstorm tonight. soft, rumbly thunder with sparse lightning and big grops of rain.

nice.

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my sister's daughter won't speak to her, doesn't want to stay at their new condo, just wants to be with her dad. she tells my sister's she's ruined everything.

course it doesn't help that my sister's husband is telling their daughter that he'll do anything to save the marriage and that it's all my sister's fault for being so selfish.

why does it take desperation to wake people up??? it seems that if he really cared he'd have come to his senses years ago.

i believe in monitoring situations and making small adjustments often.

i dunno. i dunno what the answer is.

i just hate it for my sister and her daughter. i've had some bad times with my kids too, and i know how gut wrenching it is.

will ya send some good thoughts her way??? i know she'd appreciate it.

ya'll are the best.

xoxo