I received an unexpected phone call this morning and it has me a bit off my game.
My lawyer called letting me know I have a settlement offer in my toxic tort litigation.
It’s a bit of a mind fuck, because I kind of never expected this day to come. This litigation has been going on for six years now. I’ve forgotten about it for the most part. But now here we are, and it brings up all kinds of feelings related to my cancer diagnosis/treatment.
I have some thinking to do.
I feel nervous that we won’t pull it off. Nauseated even.
I can still remember how good I felt voting for HRC, just knowing she would be the first female president, because how on earth could Trump ever win? The disappointment was gut wrenching. I’m still not over it.
Please, please, please, please, please. Please.
I’ve stayed up way too late finishing another book by Taylor Jenkins Reid because her stuff is just so good and really resonates with me. I love her writing style.
I particularly loved these passages:
I’ve already started another one of her novels, but I have to force myself to give it up for tonight.
I haven’t been this enamored with an author for a while. I love it when this happens.
This chick I used to be friends with when I lived in Los Angeles, and with whom I’ve always had a bit of a rivalry, just had a gorgeous baby boy. I’m a tiny bit jealous. She has a newborn, and I’m a dried up old chrone with no ovaries.
I am forever grateful for the friendship of this incredible man. He was my first true best friend. The first person who ever truly knew me. We met in the dorm my freshman year and hit it off almost immediately. He lives in Honolulu now with his fabulous husband. I miss him so very much, and I treasure his friendship more than I can adequately express.
This email was a beautiful gift. ❤️
The post he was referencing can be found here.
We will take Gracie to the vet on Wednesday afternoon so that she can leave us and rest in peace. My sweet baby girl.
I’m a fucking mess. I’m trying to hold it together for the kids.
I told the kids I needed to rest before dinner, but really I’ve been sobbing in my bathroom.
This was right before he left for Idaho.
I miss him already.
My head really hurts.
And I’m sad.
I immediately changed into one of his t-shirts.
Thursday can’t come soon enough.
I’ve started packing up some of the stuff in my office. I mean…we have to be out of here by September 1st, and even though we have no place to go as of yet, that doesn’t mean this shit doesn’t have to get packed up.
I dug into the beautiful antique cabinet that I rarely venture into. In fact, I think it has been at least two years since I last peeked inside. It held three decorative boxes filled with pictures, scraps of paper, mementos. Things mostly forgotten about that likely need to be purged.
I did come across two things that surprised me a bit.
Packing this room up is bittersweet. This office holds so many memories. My law firm has been in this building for 7 years. I’m going to miss it very much. At the same time, I’m looking forward to a change. Things have gotten stagnant. It’s time to mix things up.
I’m in a grouchy mood. My clients are infuriating. And I haven’t had sex in over seven weeks. I can’t exercise or take a bath. I’m going to cut someone. 🤣
I was born next to my mother
She sang me to sleep
And I grew to adore my father
As he drowned in a drink
And I know that I should be grateful
For the things they taught
I was raised to be so damn faithful
I didn’t need a god
Time is crazy
My grandmother made up a lie of her life
When she died well she gave me
A necklace that came from the sky
Said my grandfather made it out of gold and a diamond that always reminded him
Of what life could have beenSo when I say I love you I want to mean it
Cause I say a lot of things that I don’t mean
And when I say I want to I want to mean it
Cause I know not to say yes to just anythingHope to die next to my daughter
Let her sing to me sleep
Having made the mistakes of a mother
Still I taught her to breathe
When you’re low and you’re deep underwater
Stay faithful, remember what you love
So when the world gets painful
You become your own god
I could daydream
Sit back and think of a mythical life
But the seasons change and the tragic thing is that you can’t live it twice
I try to be brave and tell her that we’ll meet again that we’d met before
But I’m not really so sureSo when I say I love you I want to mean it
Cause I say a lot of things that I don’t mean
And when I say I want to I want to mean it
Cause I know not to say yes to just anything
Mean It – K.Flay
I’ve always been sort of sappy, but this wedding has me crying over everything.
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I’ve been trying to stay off the internet, because the internet is dark and full of terrors. Seriously…I fucking can’t with people right now. It has been easy to do today because I was absolutely slammed at work.
The blog doesn’t count. The blog is exempt.
haha
Seriously though, Facebook is a pile of shit and I’m back to wanting to just deactivate my account. I’m tired of learning seriously alarming and disappointing things about people I like and/or love. I mean, I guess it’s better that I know, but still. It’s all very disheartening.
Oh and I can’t even with how everyone is suddenly an expert on the First Amendment. *epic eye roll* Read Brandenburg v Ohio and get back to me, please.
And listen…I get that it is so much worse for minorities and that they have been living with this ridiculous, disgusting bullshit fucking forever now. I get to have my feelings, though, and this is my space to express them. That should go without saying, but, ya know…motherfucking people are going to people. (That’s my new version of haters gonna hate, btw.)
There are like maybe 20 people I don’t absolutely loathe interacting with at this point.
