My MIL is dealing with it as well as she can, but she's so very helpless without my DIL to take care of her. It worries me. She got panicky driving back from the hospital by herself because she's not used to driving on the freeway, and she got unhappy because a set of sweat-clothes had been left on the floor in a bag (from the hospital, I assume), and so sent them through the dryer so they wouldn't wrinkle (let me tell you how often I stress about wrinkles, oh yeah, that would be never). Unfortunately, she forgot to take DIL's inhaler out of the pocket and sent it through the dryer as well.
They're both so hidebound in their roles. There's a decidedly charming aspect to it: he takes care of her, and she takes care of him, but without each other, they sort of fall apart. She's never done her own taxes; he's never cooked a meal--that sort of thing. While I'm a huge proponent of healthy co-dependence, I'm very worried about my MIL.
On the laptop front, in a bit of timely vent-ableness, I got a "Customer Service Evaluation" request from HP on my recent experience with their service. I'm looking forward to filling it out . . . mwahahahaaa. Not that I think it'll accomplish much, but it'll be nice to engage in a bit of satisfaction-inducing ranting.
Writing Stuff
It has been brought to my attention (thanks
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Received:
- 25-day SALE of "Nobodies and Somebodies" to Aberrant Dreams. First sale of the year. Rah!