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serious shit

Life goes on.

I sit in front of my computer.
A fresh cooling breeze hitting my shoulders from the open window beside me.
The TV is off, the only sounds are Strong Bad on loop coming from Boo’s bedroom while he sits in the family room with MPS making a ‘movie’.
I hear a helicopter in the distance, the only thing [...]

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In less than 10 hours from now…

As I type this, at 9.10pm Sunday night, it is less than 10 hours until Moo logs on to her computer and finds out the result of 13 years of schooling.
In less than 10 hours from now, we will be standing watching, waiting, biting our nails waiting for her reaction.
In less than 10 hours from [...]

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Ugly

I was wandering around the internetz, being a dirty rotten lurker and I came across Miss Britts post about feeling ugly.
And it hit a nerve.  A big ol’ ouchy nerve.  Cause even those as lovely as Miss Britt have days when they think they could rival Jabba the Hut.
I don’t think that there is a [...]

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Alexander tells me…

Alexander is the head shrinker I have been seeing.
Alexander tells me that I am fascinating.
Alexander tells me that I am one of those people who just cope no matter what life throws that them.
Alexander tells me that I tend to cope by using humour and sarcasm to hide my stress.
Alexander tells me that I have [...]

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You know what fucking SUCKS about your husband being an orphan?

The fact that when you separate/take a break/ I don’t know what the fuck this is but I am here and you are not and that is the way it needs to be right now, your husband goes and stays with your parents.
After spending 2 nights in a hotel with cable TV.
And now my parents [...]

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It is time to say goodbye.

It is time.
You have been there for me during the good times and the bad.
Held me up when I was crumbling.
Celebrated with me when I felt on top of the world.
But we both know you are no good for me.  The price I pay is far too high.
How I loved you.  And still crave your [...]

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Home.

I am home.
The worst is over.
MRI a couple of hours ago aided by copious amounts of Valium.  No fucking rainbows and unicorns as promised Mr Lady, I am rather pissed about that.
No bleeding in my brain.
No MS.
No MS.
No clue why my right side is still weak but hopefully it will resolve itself soon.
I can breathe [...]

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The clean up begins.

Fires still burn throughout the state.
Fires still burn here.
But life goes on, and the clean up and rebuilding of lives begins.
Apparently there is a list of the dead in the paper.
The paper is now nestled in the bin.  I don’t want to know yet.
My heart skips a beat every time the phone rings.  No no, [...]

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Everything is grey.

I have been trying to write a post.
A post to thank.  A post to calm.  A post to share.
But I just can’t deal right now.
I am fine.  The house is fine.  The kids are fine.
And you know what ‘fine’ means.  So yeah.
Too many friends have lost homes.  Still more are trapped, not allowed to leave.
Others [...]

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night in the day time.

I sit here whining.
I am hot.
I am snarling at everyone
‘Stop hogging the fan.’
‘My boobs are sweating.’
Outside the temp has reached over 46C.
Hotter than I have ever known.
I whine and complain.
Then I look out the window.  The air is choked with smoke.  Bushfires surround us.

We are not in the path.  We are safe.  A minor annoyance, [...]

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