It’s been a while.
I’ve been taking time off from the blog for as I try to deal with an assortment of health issues that have been hitting me especially hard in recent weeks. This year has been a tough one for me, health-wise, as I’ve continued to deal with seemingly unending chronic migraines as well as worsening sleep problems that have seriously derailed my life and my work.
Progress in dealing with these issues — and several others I’d rather not go into right now — has been frustratingly slow, in part because my particular problems have proven rather resistant to treatment and in part because, well, let’s just say our healthcare system here in the US isn’t what you’d call perfect.
But things have been getting a little better in recent days and I’m hoping I can get back to regular posting shortly.
Thanks for your patience. I very much appreciate your support.
— David
So sorry you’re assailed by these horrendous health problems, and wishing you better soon. It’s great to see you, though!
No worries!! Just glad to see you’re still breathing!
Get better soon. Until then, rest and recover. You matter to this Internet rando. 🙂
Dang, that is truly brutal. But I’m glad you’re still around. Feel better soon!
Get better, David. In the meantime, perhaps this will make your spirits lift a little?
Tom Price has just resigned.
Good.
Sorry for what you’re going through, David, but take care of yourself and get well soon!
I admit I was getting a little worried. Thanks for letting us know. Now take as long as you need to get things taken care of. We’ll wait.
Sorry to hear about it. I hope you get better soon.
Thanks for the update, David. I was worried about you! Take care of yourself.
Get well soon, David! Let the world turn without you tonight.
Hang in there!
We love you, David!
I hope you get well soon, but at the same time, take as much time as you deem necessary.
We hope you get better soon David.
@PeeVee the (Perpetually Ignored, Invisible but Noice) Sarcastic
Dun Dun Dun
Another One Bites the Dust
Get well, David!
Take care fella. I love your emails!
Feel better soon, David, but take as long as you need. Your health is important.
I wish you all the luck in the world dealing with the US medical system, and I hope that you feel better as soon as possible.
Take all the time you need.
Thanks, everyone! It means a lot.
Feel better soon!
Marketplace doing some of the work today, heard MGTOW pronounced on live radio -_-
https://www.marketplace.org/2017/09/29/tech/not-all-men-agree-silicon-valley-has-gender-problem
Ooglyboggles: heh heh heh.
They ALL need to go.
It is good to hear from you! ? Get well soon, David!
Edit- Peevee- that’s fantastic!
Thanks for letting us know how you’re doing, David!
Been wondering if you were feeling okay. Take care of yourself!
Price out, what’s the count now? about one/month gone? And Zinke’s in trouble over luxury travel as well.
I just wish Sessions and DeVos would… I dunno, skip hand in hand through an interdimensional portal, maybe.
Take all the time you need, David. Health is important.
Not to take over the thread or anything, but I have to ask this:
As I mentioned in another thread, I recently bought a house after previously always renting. It’s been expensive and I’m just now starting to get everything arranged so that it feels like home.
My sister wants me to let my niece move in with me. My niece is bipolar, like me, so my sister thinks that she is therefore my responsibility in some way. While I can see that it would objectively be good for my niece to get out of the shit town where she lives now and into the fantastic Louisville job market, I don’t want a roommate. I especially don’t want my thief of a drug-abuser niece as a roommate. I would be absolutely supportive of her if she were closer to me geographically, but I just don’t want her to have keys to my place. I don’t want her using drugs in my place. I don’t want her stealing my money or my car, or my medications to abuse. I don’t want to deal with another bipolar person. I know from bitter experience that two bipolar people is not 2x worse, but more like 100x worse.
There is a 0% chance that my niece is moving in with me, and I am perfectly willing to set my relationship with my sister on fire over this. But I don’t want to hurt my niece. I don’t know if my sister has told her about this cunning plan yet, but there is an extremely high probability that she will if she hasn’t already, in order to try to manipulate me with my niece’s hurt feelings. I don’t know what to do about this. It hasn’t become an issue yet, but it is likely to, and I have no idea how to prepare.
Mammotheers, what on earth do I say when it inevitably comes to that? I’m great at speaking my mind and standing up for my boundaries, and kind of shitty at doing that in a way that doesn’t bulldoze right over the feelings of others. Normally I don’t care because someone overstepping my boundaries doesn’t deserve my caring, but this situation is different. It won’t be her fault my crappy sister is getting her hopes up over something that will never happen.