Green Room - Week 8 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm]

 If there is one lesson from this mini season (so far), it's that "sometimes life happens" and we need to make the best of it. 

It's not disappointing to anyone else. Or, if it is, clearly they need to reassess their own priorities.  ;) 

It can still be a bummer... suck... be annoying if you are the one directly experiencing it. Or were just hoping for more.  I certainly know that people were hoping for more out of ME this time around. I definitely was.  But I hope that what you are getting is still enjoyable. 

That's kind of like every other aspect of life. There are a lot of things completely out of your control.... there are one or two things that are, as difficult as it is to believe, out of MY control.... (for now).  But we find a way to make the best of it. 

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Last night's results are up https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1115656.html
and so is the new prompt https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1115986.html

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What are YOU doing to help yourself get by these days? 

Comments

[roina_arwen]

I feel ya on the living situation. My hubby and I have a nice house, but we have three housemates, and while two of them mostly live in the downstairs half, the other (all of whom are dear friends, we aren’t living with strangers) is mostly upstairs with us. She has her own room when she wants/needs alone time, but I agree that sometimes it’s nice to not have to deal with other folks in your space.

[gunwithoutmusic]

Oof! Well I feel a little better about my situation; at least it's (supposedly) temporary. It's hard on me because my husband made the decision to take my father-in-law in without really letting me have any say. Not that I would have said no, because seemingly the options were "my dad loves with us" or "my dad dies alone in the street," since my sister-in-law has already taken him in once before and refuses to do it again (I don't blame her). I would have liked to have been consulted, though. Maybe we could have figured out another option.

Also, my husband and I are both very non-confrontational, so the idea of having "the talk" about setting a date for him to be out is like torture for us both, especially since his father is highly defensive in everyday situations, much less an actually stressful one. But that's more on us than him, of course!

[roina_arwen]

I get it, and I completely understand! Being consulted on situations that affect you both is a courtesy at least, even if he knows you’d have said yes. There’s still the option of you both figuring out another option for FIL in the future; maybe if you can do that, it would be less confrontational to talk with him? Hugs to you both!

[gunwithoutmusic]

Thank you :) That's not a bad idea about maybe figuring out a different living situation for him if he doesn't figure it out on his own.

[mollywheezy]

One of my closest friends lost everything in Hurricane Katrina and lived with my husband and me for nine months. It was extremely hard and we decided we'd never do it again. My husband actually offered to have my mom live with us when my dad died, and thankfully she didn't want to. It's hard to have other people around even when they are kind and helpful and you love them because you can never completely relax and always have to be on your best behavior. Hang in there! *HUGS*

[gunwithoutmusic]

Thank you! :) My husband did also take in a friend of his once, back when we were living in a one-bedroom apartment, and she ended up staying with us for close to a year. I try to put things in perspective, because now we're in a three-bedroom house so at least there's space to spread out.

But darn it I wanna be able to walk around the house in my underwear again!