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…compartmentalizing, I mean. I can sit in my Dad’s hosipital room. That’s all anyone can do in his room. After about an hour or so, I can turn on my laptop and bingewatch Netflix to stave off ...

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Dad had another bad night. He didn’t sleep much if he slept at all. He has becoming increasingly more zoned out. He just lays in his bed staring absent mindedly at the wall. The nurses starte...

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I arrived at my Dad’s hospital Thursday afternoon, and I stayed with him that night. He had restful night. He was very physically weak, but his discomfort wasn’t so bad that it was apparent. L...

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We received the results of my dad’s biopsy yesterday. He has stage four liver cancer caused by colon cancer. They did an endoscopy today to find he has tumors pressing in on his stomach, which ...

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I’ve decided to buy a house. I was hoping to save for another year, but considering my dad’s health problems, I think it may be best if I bought a house now, so he could live with me. I spoke w...

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I took my dad for his biopsy today. The procedure went as intended with no complication, though Dad was worn out afterwards. I expect we’ll receive the results in no more than a week. One humor...

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I called my dad tonight to check on him. He sounds bad. I don’t think he’ll survive whatever he’s got. I’ll drive down to Eastman and take him to his biopsy next week. I’ll probably stay a da...

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My sister gave me a complete update yesterday. My dad has legions on his liver, and they’re probably cancer. He hasn’t had a colonoscopy in ten years, so the doctors don’t know how his colon lo...

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My dad is having health problems. He’s been nautious for the past month or so. Yes, he’s been sick for the past month, and hasn’t done anything about it. He wouldn’t go to the doctor. He does...

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I drove my dad to St. Simons last weekend for my brother’s engagement celebration. I was expecting my sister and her husband to be there (and possibly my niece and nephew), but they couldn’t att...

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My brother’s engagement got me thinking about my own lack of romantic prospects. My brother is 39, and this will be his first marriage. If that makes him sound like a socially inept virgin, tha...

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My brother got engaged a month or so ago. He and his fiancé are having an engagement party in St. Simons Island mid-May, and I will have to attend. Rather, my dad obviously wants to attend and ...

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I was watching a YouTube channel where the “owner” sometimes posts vlogs I find very interesting. I forget what in particular he was talking about, but he mentioned something about people buying...

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I’m finally over my illness. The Saturday following my previous entry at which point I hoped to have recovered turned out to be the lowlight of the whole ordeal. Saturday was a continuation of ...

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Why is it whenever you resolve to take on some new challenge, the universe seems to add to its difficulty? I’m not just talking about the additional work associated witht the new task. I’m talk...

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Thank you to those who commented on my previous post. You each provided some thoughts and perspectives I hadn’t really considered. I suppose my affections die hard. She and I were very close f...

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What does it mean to be over someone? I still think about Anya every so often. Not every day, but it seems like once every two or three weeks a memory of her pops into my head. Does getting ov...

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I’ve encountered a surprising benefit from going my GJJ classes, human contact. I’ve long accepted that I’m a monkish type of person. Left to my own devices, I could stay home and read, watch T...

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I’m definitely sticking with GJJ. I wish the school were at a slightly more convenient location. It’s close to my office, and the school offers classes at 6:30pm and 8:00pm depending on the nig...

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I finally signed up for Gracie Jujitsu. I’ve wanted to start learning GJJ for a while, but always found an excuse not to. I suppose one can always find a reason to procrastinate. In my case, I...

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Catcalling has been a topic of discussion frequently, and all this talk of the issue brought this memory to my attention. About a decade ago, I was attending a local community college. I was fi...

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Why is it that sometimes random luck aligns just perfectly to screw a person over? Allow me to elaborate. One of my responsibilities is capitalizing expenditures. My company builds a lot of it...

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I wanted to write about the following a couple of weeks ago, but year-end close kind of consumed my life as it usually does. Now that the books are closed for another year, I suppose I can get t...

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Maybe I’m a grinch or a scrooge, but my favorite part of Christmas is when it ends. Every year since my Mom died, each year my Dad’s mental health seems to get progressively worse. It’s increme...

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I wish there were a paint by numbers guide to reading women. A memory keeps popping up in my mind from that coffee “date” I had with that recruiter, Tayna. At one point, we were discussing how ...

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