crtodd

I'm not saying it isn't a Gooden Eagle, but it could be a Bald Eagle. It takes five years for them to get all of their white feathers in.

I also thought they were doing experiments on me! I was paranoid for about a week after I got home.

I'm missing about a month of memory. I'm still finding out about stuff I did and things that went on around me going back several days before I went to the hospital. It's a very strange feeling when you find out about things you did, but have absolutely no memory of.

I am going through chemo treatments now, after being diagnosed about two months ago. Shortly after the diagnosis, I got very ill and spent 17 days in the hospital, four of them in a coma.

Before I got sick, the words "Stay positive " seemed like something people said just to say it. It was ridiculous to think someone could go through this and be positive!?

I was wrong. My life has completely changed in the blink of an eye. And so has my attitude. If I laid around moaning and feeling sorry for myself, I would feel like crap. But I see people so much worse than me, little children going through this, what do I have to whine about?

TLDR; I know you're scared, and with good reason. But I also know that dragging yourself down will only make you feel worse. Take each prayer and positive thought that people offer and appreciate them. It really does make a difference.

Broken arse glass!

Did it even occur to you that he likes his job? Maybe he started there when he was just out of school, and he stayed because he likes working with people? Other than quotas, it's probably fairly low-stress. Probably gets to work the hours he likes, or he might be manager of the department, but even if not, obviously makes good enough money to support a family.

You are a spoiled brat, I'm guessing.

Longevity with any company makes a difference, too. Shopping may lower your rate temporarily, but like you said, the company you get that lower rate with has to catch up some time.

You aren't funny. But you are really tacky.

Charles "Bo" Strange was my knee surgeon when I was a kid, and their sister, Virginia was a cardiologist and my boss when I was a senior in high school.

Three kids, three doctors. And both of the ones I knew were really nice people and good doctors.

One thing you might not truly realize is how exhausting a trip like that is for some people their age. The mix of the excitement of graduation and all of the hubbub surrounding it, and being in a large crowd of people. And let's not forget traveling to your house and back.

If my son told me there would be "consequences", I'd remind him without hesitation that I'm still the mom, and not a child going into time out. That was a pretty immature and disrespectful thing to say. If you act like that when you're with them, could it be the reason they aren't wanting to go?

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I agree with what you said, except the last part.... you clearly have never been in a mizzoukillz thread before.

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Hadn't thought of that...