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[bldavis]

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[Skye1013]

Mkay... so my Papa was back in the hospital with a high WBC count (was something like 114 when it's supposed to be below 20.) They can't do chemo because even at a low dosage before, it caused him to become incredibly sick. He's not eating and while the docs could put in a feeding tube, it would likely only serve as a means of prolonging his pain.

So... my mom is supposed to be talking with some people today to get him hospice care. Not sure how long he'll be around, but since I'm flying home next Friday, hopefully I'll get to see him at least one last time. :'(

Doesn't help that with how things have been going, my Grandma probably isn't too far behind him.

[bldavis]

i hope you make it back in time!

[Nikachelle]

Wooo! Got our Christmas tree up! Our apartment is relatively small so I was pretty pleased about how well it fit in the corner of the main room.

Invis dragging the tree home.


Floofing that bad boy out.


A poorly taken photograph, but regardless:

[bldavis]

nice!

we have a mandate from my sister that we will NOT get a tree til she is here in a week, and then we get to go in the mountains with our dogs and cut one

[Skye1013]

I'll be impressed if my parents even bother to put up a tree this year (or really anything other than lights on the house.) Haven't seen them put one up since my sis and I graduated high school.

My dad's parents are likely to have one up. My mom's parents probably won't unless we put it up, but even then they may not be at home to enjoy it (see my previous post above.)

Of course... none of my family has ever used a live tree.

[Levantine]

Live trees always seemed... weird...

Crazy murricans putting trees in your living rooms.

I'm basically the grinch. It's now a joke among my friends that I actually hate Christmas after working in a Gloria Jeans and retail for so long.

[Skye1013]

Just seems weird to me to be having Christmas in the middle of summer... but I suppose if that's what you grew up with, having a "white Christmas" would probably seem weird to you.

Also... live trees aren't reusable. Which may be the deciding factor for a lot of people (at least initially... then they just never bother to "convert" when money is less of an issue.) Of course, that assumes you don't have your own forest available and have to pay someone else for use of theirs.

[Sagara]

Yay, probably no tree for us this year either (well, it's an artificial one, but wathever).

Although I'm guessing my wife will LOVE to put one up for our boy next year. Amusingly, while she feared she might not love him enough before she got pregnant, she's crazy about him and can't wait to see him for real. Cute to see

[Nooska]

@Nikachelle, I see IKEA Billy shelves in the background?

@Sag, I think thats a very normal thing - we went through the same back when.

And I think we are getting a tree this year - that is, if I can get the "library build" finished so we can get some room in the living room to put it.

[Barathorn]

We have bizarre ornaments for our tree. I prefer them to the tree in all honesty.

[firstamendme]

I just broke up with my girlfriend because I couldn't handle the drama of the roommate that had been manipulating her to treat me like shit all week. I'm more heartbroken over this than when I divorced my wife in September. At least there I had an angry reason with infidelity. I still really love this girl and I just want to run over and hold her, but it's just too much. I wonder if I did the right thing, cause I'm extremely heartbroken over this.

[Nikachelle]

@Nikachelle, I see IKEA Billy shelves in the background?

Indeed they are - and not something I would continue to purchase when we eventually get a house. While handy, they're not particularly sturdy.

As for the real tree versus fake one... For years my parents used fake trees due to my mother's terror revolving around the tree possibly falling. So I wanted a real one for once. Additionally, we just don't have the storage space for a tree to be boxed up in the offseason - our closets are already stuffed with other storage stuff atm so that wasn't an option.

PLUS - I couldn't believe how cheap the real trees were in the city. That tree was $20. A fake tree would be around $350. To even break even cost wise on a fake tree, I'd have to use the same sucker for 18 years (at which point it would likely start to look pretty tattered).

[Nikachelle]

I just broke up with my girlfriend because I couldn't handle the drama of the roommate that had been manipulating her to treat me like shit all week. I'm more heartbroken over this than when I divorced my wife in September. At least there I had an angry reason with infidelity. I still really love this girl and I just want to run over and hold her, but it's just too much. I wonder if I did the right thing, cause I'm extremely heartbroken over this.

Can't you just be honest with your (now ex) girlfriend? If she cares for you, she'll see the problem with her roommate.

Alternatively, confront the roommate - preferably with your girlfriend present. The roommate might be a sneaky manipulative bitch, but often people can't make up crap on the fly so you may actually take her by surprise and get some answers.

[KysenMurrin]

@Nikachelle, I see IKEA Billy shelves in the background?

Indeed they are - and not something I would continue to purchase when we eventually get a house. While handy, they're not particularly sturdy.

Arg. I just bought a set of those for my place. I resisted at first but couldn't seem to find anything that looked right and was reasonably priced. Hope they're stable enough, they'll be almost totally filled with books...