PMS in a Handbasket--Don't be afraid, just bring us food... Part 19

[Mysteria]

ohhh look at all the pretty kitties!

Myster and I found this great bakery today. I have cake waiting for me in the fridge! I am such a chocoholic.

 

[Mysteria]

Hi pop Ox post?

 

[PixiePop]

Hi Snowy and Myst

There are a lot of kitties tonight.

 

[tevagirl]

They are actually [ewwwwwwwwwwww] peeling now, Teva - aren't you sorry you asked?

Lotion lotion lotion! I'm sure there are plenty of people that would help you with that.

You guys see the oxford post? Wow.

Yes and I had the exact same thought...wow.

 

[snowwhitesmom]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - chocolate cake with mocha frosting - sounds good about now!

 

[Mysteria]

You guys see the oxford post? Wow.

Ok, just read it and ya..Wow!

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Hello all.

 

[PixiePop]

Hi

 

[Mysteria]

Hey WD2

 

[tevagirl]

Fuzzy!! How you doing these days?

 

[LiteBrite]

Hi PopStar and Teva and Fuzzy

There is drama at my house.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

I am babysitting my nephews tonight.
If prayers have ever been needed, it's by me.....NOW!!!!

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

Fuzzy!! How you doing these days?

Much better. Thank you again so much. You'll never know how much that meant to me.

 

[tevagirl]

Hi PopStar and Teva and Fuzzy

There is drama at my house.

Uh oh, there's a lot of drama going on!



Glad you're doing okay, Fuzzy.

 

[PixiePop]

Hi PopStar and Teva and Fuzzy

There is drama at my house.

Hi LB...sorry about the drama....can we help?

 

[Mysteria]

I finally got to watch 300 last night. Holy crap what an amazing movie. I had to come look for all the actors online after though. I was always thinking..hey I know that guy, and that one, and that one, what were they in before. It drove me crazy because I couldn't place most of them.

 

[Mysteria]

Oh I missed that LB had drama. Want me to send the Llama?

 

[LiteBrite]

Oh I missed that LB had drama. Want me to send the Llama?

Yes, please

Here's the story - you guys may remember that DD lived in the dorm at college 45 minutes away last year, and has been living at home for the summer.

Just this week, 3 weeks from the beginning of the semester, we find out that her beloved roommate, who has been having major health issues over the summer, has been told by her doctor that she won't be healthy enough to go to college this semester. This has sent us into a tailspin trying to decide what Molly will do now. Her first reaction was that she'd rather live at home and commute than room with a stranger. That was fine with us (mostly). Fine, because it would save us the dorm money. Unfine, because it would mean she'd have to be here at our house alone for the weeks at a time when we're working in Ireland. We have a 5 week trip coming up in mid-September, and there will likely be another one or two this school year.

I know she's old enough to be home by herself while we're gone (she's almost 20), but I still don't love the idea. She gets lonely and leans toward depression with too much solitude. I felt fine when we were gone and she was in the dorm, but this is different. (She doesn't like the idea of being home by herself for weeks either.)

Another angle is that frankly, we really enjoyed our empty nest last year and we'd really like to have it back.

So now she's trying to find a roommate/apartment situation, and we're all trying to figure out if she can afford to pay for it, and if we can afford to pick up the inevitable slack. This is going to have to be worked out quite quickly, and so there is daily drama while we figure it out. Sigh.

 

[Mysteria]

Yes, please

Here's the story - you guys may remember that DD lived in the dorm at college 45 minutes away last year, and has been living at home for the summer.

Just this week, 3 weeks from the beginning of the semester, we find out that her beloved roommate, who has been having major health issues over the summer, has been told by her doctor that she won't be healthy enough to go to college this semester. This has sent us into a tailspin trying to decide what Molly will do now. Her first reaction was that she'd rather live at home and commute than room with a stranger. That was fine with us (mostly). Fine, because it would save us the dorm money. Unfine, because it would mean she'd have to be here at our house alone for the weeks at a time when we're working in Ireland. We have a 5 week trip coming up in mid-September, and there will likely be another one or two this school year.

I know she's old enough to be home by herself while we're gone (she's almost 20), but I still don't love the idea. She gets lonely and leans toward depression with too much solitude. I felt fine when we were gone and she was in the dorm, but this is different. (She doesn't like the idea of being home by herself for weeks either.)

Another angle is that frankly, we really enjoyed our empty nest last year and we'd really like to have it back.

So now she's trying to find a roommate/apartment situation, and we're all trying to figure out if she can afford to pay for it, and if we can afford to pick up the inevitable slack. This is going to have to be worked out quite quickly, and so there is daily drama while we figure it out. Sigh.

Good luck LB If you all decide that she commutes do you have family in the area or does she have friends that could stay over part of the time you are away?

 

[LiteBrite]

Good luck LB If you all decide that she commutes do you have family in the area or does she have friends that could stay over part of the time you are away?

My parents live nearby, but frankly, they're not much help. They're getting so forgetful that they're more work than they are help, and while Molly does love them, she's not close enough to them to want to stay at their house. She would just say that she'd rather stay home alone if I suggested that.

If it does come down to her being at home, I will try to get her to have friends to stay at least part of the time.