Be there for him, and cherish every minute with him that you can.

Oh, well , give me a hickey and a good dose of Herpes or something. And don't get all bugged up, okay? Neither hickeys and/or Herpes are all that great; it just sounded good using them in the same breath. I tried to be a nice guy today. Called up one of my Mother's old friends (now in her mid-eighties). I spent the entire conversation in the strangest places! First - "What is MS? My girlfriend's daughter had that and we were afraid to be in the same car with her!" Um, I never got sure what she meant there. MS=diabolical drivers? She had MS mixed up with manic depression, it turned out. Jeesh. That seems so cruel (but it really wasn't). I explained to her that she need not think I'll take a hatchet to her grandchildren or anything equally muddy. She got it finally. And then got on to asking me about my brother. Are we friends now? Have I got him calmed down? "He was never like the rest of you, Dave." Well, first of all I'm really not sure that being like the rest of us was exactly a good thing. Second of all I'm not going to give a hooting roost about it anyway just now. But making the call was the right thing to do, I think. Even though I'm sure the poor woman will never dare sit in my car and will always wonder how my sibling happened to become a complete pig. Yikes, indeed.

High and low. The high is I got to spend some time with my brother today as it is his birthday. The low is on the way home, my mom had a flat tire. It was a good thing I know how to change a tire!

Low for the day: canceling my first interview. I called in and told them my stomach was queasy, which it was but that wasn't the only reason. I wasn't ready, in more ways than one. I hadn't even looked up the directions to get to the place! I felt sicker afterwards, serves me right.

I don't like this job search. The stakes are higher; it feels like I have more to lose. I just want it over with! hahaha

High? When the company said I could reschedule the interview! (it's that confusing, my high and low are the same situation!)

Oh, snort! I just read somebody's blog and I still can't get around it. Who came up with "Blogs", anyway? But that's not really my point. I'm bisexual (go ahead - alert the media !). I'm not ashamed of it! I'm also quicker to say that what I am now (sexually or whatever) is so unimportant. But I know this as I go (even though I never get lucky *winks*) I'm a good guy who doesn't like hatefulness. And if any of you think, for one second, that I'm not going to get my ears blown off for saying what I just did ~ think again. I love my Katie now. I might have loved her a bit less than Ken twenty years ago. Love is love. It is all a matter of how we do it, isn't it? Not so much who we do it with.

Dave, dear - you certainly know how to make everybody around the world come bolt awake, sitting straight up in their chairs... using their sleeve to wipe the glass on the monitor , to make sure they've read right...maybe reaching for the scotch bottle while they're at it...

An endearing but exausting quality... I never know what you'll next announce to the entire free world. That's part of your charm, I imagine.

I did happen to reach for the Windex, just to make sure...

Although there are more imprtant things happening in my life this moment, I felt I had to comment on my Friend Gatsby's post.

Quote:

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Not by me you won't. To me you are Gatsby, what you see is what you get.

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That's how I feel. No idea which blog it is, but Gatsby, is just that....the Great Gatsby

Gatsby I don't care if your Green ,Purple with Pink Polka Dots or Blue with Orange Stripes.
You will always be my friend through rain,snow,hail, wind, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes.
I agree 1000000000000% with Sue,JaneMarple, Kstew and Peasy.

PF & Mr.PF

I don't agree.I thought I was yours exclusively. Oh fickle Gats............now you will NEVER get your bike back.

Bisexual huh? All that means is that your chances of getting a date is twice as good as the rest of us.

Yeah, that blog drives me nuts too. I try to tell myself "the blogger is probably very young and will mellow with age, the blogger is probably very young and will mellow with age," but that only goes so far. Sigh.

On the rest of it, I second vendome.

I had the same opinion as CellarDoor regarding the youth of that blogger. However, someone has got to have bought them up with those opinions, which is a worrying thought. Unless they're in rebellion against very liberal parents?

I've never posted here because I've never felt my highs were important enough and my lows were trivial compared to the lows some of you have experienced. I guess it's all relative because I enjoy like heck reading everybody's high/lows and I sympathize with you even though I don't say anything. I'm not sure why I decided to pick today to write, but something compelled me, so here I go.

My Highs this week: my niece graduated from HS and I was able to attend the ceremonies and parties for her. The whole family came in from out of town, as we did, so I was able to see mom and dad as well as my sister and nephews. My dad's birthday was yesterday and I actually remembered in time to order a gift for him.

My Lows: while I was visiting with my sister, I came to the sad realization that we have nothing in common anymore and being together was a strain on both of us. We love each other very much but things were different. Her divorce from her husband was final the day before my niece graduated and seeing him at the ceremony was hard. I truly cared for him and I wished he could have joined us as a whole family but feelings were just too raw to have that happen yet.

It is getting to the point that it's becoming increasingly harder for me to express my feelings and thoughts, whether it's in writing or verbal. This has had me totally alarmed as I used to teach classes to adults in effective communication and presentation skills. Now, I can barely form two sentences together and have them make sense. And writing something that makes sense is even more difficult (this is taking me forever to write this )
This past week as I was at my sister's, I found a magazine on aging. I've never had children so I kind of felt that I never actually grew up because I didn't have to be a mother to someone and have those responsibilities. Maybe that's difficult to understand, but maybe someone else out there in FT-land that's "older" and doesn't have children can relate. So, in other words, I've always felt that I'm younger than I actually am. Well, reading through this magazine pointed out to me that what I'm going through with this "fuzzy headedness" and not being able to think and speak straight is normal when a woman goes through "mid" stages in life. So, this was a high for me because it helped me realize that I'm not "losing it", but at the same time a low because I'm realising (dang it) that I'm not a young "chick" anymore.

Another high for me is when I can get on the internet with a halfway decent speed. Usually it's so slow I don't have the time to look at everything here that I want to, much less do any work that I need to do, so I haven't been able to read ANY blogs. I tried to start one myself, wasn't sure what to write, then just...let it go.

With all that being said I have to say: Gats, you are a truly wonderful man and as you know from the past, when you are not here, we all seem to suffer. Your post yesterday had me laughing out loud until I cried.

Clara, I can relate well. I feel younger too without the responsibilities of a family. But I really felt old when I realized that I could join AARP in less than a decade! Oye!

Wishing you all the best Jane.

Good morning all! It's too early here (6 a.m.) to have a high or low but I just wanted to say rise and shine! ha If it's night there, well, have a good night!

I'm glad to see new faces here. Welecome to the forums, supersal1. Glad to see Clara here too! I hope others who have never posted here will say good morning, good night...etc. Post your highs/lows...even if you don't think they are worth mentioning, they are! Especially highs. Remembering what is good in our life, big and small is important!

emmmm, so I should have at least one high alreadyl...well, the sun is pouring in like... Well, like that Sunbeam in the comic strip Hi and Lois. Trixie, the baby is always loving the warmth of the Sunbeam. Yeah, the sun is like that! And after yesterday's rain storm (while driving, I could hardly see right ahead of me )it's wonderful!

Everyone join in!

**Editing to add....
Just a thought I wanted to share...
Some have said they didn't post here because they didn't think their highs were that great or the lows so bad to complain. But high/lows isn't suppose to be just monumental highs or so lows bad we have are complaining. I think high/lows are to record how a person is or what the day is like. Kind of a perspective thing.

Today has been a good day. I'll start with my low...more fun to end on a high note!

Low of my day: talking to my mom and feeling fake as I'm sharing and listening to get so excited to talk with me. I love her...it's just with emotional abuse (latest was at Christmas time) I've experienced with her, it's hard to feel close. sigh BUT

I know things will improve and I can get beyond this too. Like I said, I love her, and want the best for her. This has affected me too long, I will get it finished and done!

My high: Finding a green frog!

Yes, a frog! A 4 inch stuffed animal left on my car wind shield (where the hood meets wind shield). I had driven to Madison, Wisconsin to shop for interview clothes. I had driven around town and not got lost (ah hah!) I'm getting in my car, look up, and there he is. The tag says Build a bear and Friendly Frog is his name. This is a city I'm going to concentrate on in my job search. So, I take it as a sign I'm welcome! (LoL I called the local Build a Bear store to ask if they'd had a marketing/ advertisement thing...silly becaue there was no advertisement with it!) Really, he is my good luck charm now!

I have an interview tomorrow at a Day care in town. It's a summer job, which I need because I can't move until lease is up in September. I've worked at this day care before...would be a good to get this (crossing my fingers)

That sounds like a neat good luck charm, Joy. Hang on to it! I'm crossing my fingers for you, too, tomorrow at the interview. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Yowsers, great goss here, I really must come in more often!

My high and low for the last few days - and actually these are not even about me but still ...

Today a friend fell off a roof and has done quite a bit of damage, two broken wrists, a broken arm, broken leg and a few ribs chucked in as well. I know they won't be thinking along the same lines but they really were so lucky not to do any neck/back damage as they sort of fell on the shoulder/side of the head.

High - and it's an amazing one, a couple days ago another friend gave birth after a very difficult pregnancy. Awwww. But it was very premature, at only 25 weeks and weighs just 700grams. How precious is that??? It's a little girl and she is even breathing on her own for spells and so far everything looks fine. I can't help but wonder at the fighting spirit of such tiny little people. (if anyone has premature baby stories to tell I would be most interested)

Oh wow, hello there!

I was looking for a birthday card yesterday and chuckled at one, I am wondering if your friend boozes at the same pub. It was along the lines of a joke in our Jokes and Humor forum...

http://www.funtrivia.com/ubbthreads/show...true#Post326442

Twenty five weeks, that IS early. My son-in-law (a paediatrician) spent quite a time working in the SCBU so is an expert on such little ones. One of my former colleagues had a 30 week baby, he is fine.

Highlight of today....it shows that I am gradually beginning to feel more myself...is just enjoying myself in the Chain Games . It's been a very busy few days, probably be even busier tomorrow and Thursday, with the funeral this Friday. But we're all as well as can be expected.

Good sign, indeed, Jane. You have had a few months to prepare yourself, and while nothing takes the shock away completely, knowing before hand has to make the transition a bit easier. Have a peaceful day.