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BOTH: a roller coaster of up and down.....
On 5/24/06 an heretofore unknown woman showed up over my house. And stayed. (Completely platonic.) Work all day, revel late into the night. Strange houseguest...
On 5/26/06 two more heretofore unknown people showed up over my house and also stayed. (Platonic.) Work all day. Revel all night. All weekend long.
On 5/31/06 I went to work, praying, groveling, nay, prostrating myself like a small child begging to a higher power that they would just LEAVE!
On 6/1/6 came down with the flu and dropped like a ton of bricks. For DAYS.
On 6/4/06, my mother had a stroke. I carried her to the car so my sister could drive her to hospital. It was almost my first time outside in days.
On 6/5/06 I came up for air, and still hoarse, crawled to work and draped myself over my desk, wondering when death would come. Please come. Oh wait, but not before I get to the hospital to check on mom.
On 6/6/6 my older bro turned 28. Flew (painfully) to FL to hang out and deliver his gift (ok, really went there for work, but that was a side benefit).
On 6/8/06 my mother turned 51. Flew (somewhat less painfuly) home to drop of her gift and celebrate her miraculous recovery (ok, actually just flew home to...y'know...go HOME, but somehow found my way over to her house to revel in midlife celebrations before dropping exhausted into my own bed).
On 6/9/06 good old dad turned 52. Called him from work to catch him on his way to see the Playoffs.
Now, I actually feel slightly less hoarse and somewhat more human, and worlds more optimistic. Yay.
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