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[pariann]

there's a brand of cat food that advertises "flavors that cats naturally crave".

fish.  chicken.  beef?

when has anyone seen a herd of housecats take down a cow?

OMG, if I had been drinking something when I read that, my screen would be completely sprayed!!

Naturally crave, I crave Ice Cream, but I don't make it.

[~vxn~]

that was one of the least pleasant experiences of my entire life.

might even make my top 10 list of worst days.... yup. 

[awol]

that was one of the least pleasant experiences of my entire life.

might even make my top 10 list of worst days.... yup. 

all i can say is "wait".

[fireguy]

that was one of the least pleasant experiences of my entire life.

might even make my top 10 list of worst days.... yup. 

When do you find out the results?

[~vxn~]

may 11th. 

i'm still laying there in my skivves and the radiologist came in and started asking me questions... do i have pain in this area, have i noticed swelling in that area... etc.  i asked why and he said my doctor will want to talk to me.  that was a real reassuring conversation.  (i wish they would have let me look at the CAT scan images... i don't know a whole hell of a lot, but i know enough--i know what normal should look like.)

(awol, i have lived through some pretty crappy stuff, i don't want to think that there will ever be worse days than the ones that have already passed...)

[awol]

sorry about that.

whenever anyone relates an experience as one of their "top 10" anything, i can't help but get competative about it.  (even if i don't relate my "top 10")

barium enema doesn't make my top 10 worst days.

[~vxn~]

fortunately, i didn't have to have one of those. 

[~vxn~]

my partial list of worst days... not in order:

the day my grandfather died
the day he was hit by a car (that led to said death)
the day of my parent's motorcycle accident
the day my father dislocated and broke my shoulder
going into labor 10 weeks prematurely
the day my father broke my collar bone
the day i had to put my dog and best friend of 8 years to sleep
the day a car accident broke my face in 4 or 5 places

yeah, still room for yesterday.

[awol]

pretty rough.

mine start with a day i was three...

my mother was taken away from me.  she was deemed a danger, and institutionalized.  later diagnosed with schizophrenia.

she's had several breakdowns since then.  usually when they adjust her meds.  they always suck.

i had a dog too.  eventually, that dog was blind, lame, and sick with age.  she lived longer, but died more brutally.  we couldn't afford to euthanize her.  didn't own a gun.  so my father smashed her skull with a ball peen hammer.  it took several blows before she stopped twitching.

i left home and struck out on my own before i had any saleable skills.  as a result, i spent many nights sleeping in alleys, and diving in dumpsters for food.  any one of those was pretty bad...

i had a pretty bad meth addiction at one time.  i can remember one day in particular.  i hadn't eaten in over 15 days.  i hadn't slept in over 7.  i was looking at a line of crank and thinking "this'll kill me or put me to sleep.  i don't care which."  that was a bad day.

i was rock climbing and fell 30'.  took a rock in the middle of my back.  spent the next 2 years in constant pain.  therapy three times a week so that i could bend over again.

my big brother died when he was 29.  it was 6 days before christmas.  that sucked.

[~vxn~]

sorry to hear that. 

our experiences make us stronger and contribute to who we are. 

(my mother is not sane, but managed to evade institutionalization by fleeing the state with her 4 small kids.  i raised us more than she did.  ran around quoting the bible, swearing she was pregnant with the 12 apostles, talking to jesus--who walked around next to her.  there are so many things i could say--but can't.)

drugs weren't my thing--alcohol was.

[pariann]

How come when we think we have had such a lot of bad experiences in our life, we fail to realize, there are people who have experienced worse.   I've had many many bad days in my near 46 years.  Lived a rough life, feel I've been made strong by it, and able to go through anything, yet can read these last two posts and know that whatever I've survived is not as bad as what I just read. 

You two have come across as such good people, and I think it's because you have risen above and beyond the experiences that could have brought you to your knees.

[awol]

our experiences make us stronger and contribute to who we are. 

yup yup.

on the other hand, the good days got better as i experienced more of life...

the day i bought my first brand new car.  i qualified for 0 down, 0 percent interest.  "you mean i just sign this, promise to pay, and you give me the keys???".
good day.

the day i got my degree.  "you mean i just show this piece of paper to people, and they believe i know what i'm talking about???"
good day.

the day i got my new job title and business cards.  (sounds like a small thing, but i'm proud of what i can do)

the day i got married.  i was nervous as hell.  near the point of throwing up.  sweating bullets.  then i saw her at the end of the aisle, and it all went away.  i was calm, i was at peace.  i knew that this lady was the end all be all, and i couldn't wait to start the rest of our lives together.

the day my son was born.  complete, unconditional, all encompassing love.  as if love were a warm blanket on a cold morning and i was wrapped in it.

most of the rest of my really good days have to do with my son.

[~vxn~]

the good days, oh there are plenty of those for me, too!


each day my grandfather told me i was strong
each day i woke up and my grandpa was there to be my friend, my parent, my hero
the day that each of my sons was born
every time they say i am the best mom ever
the day i moved in with my victim (he saved me--pregnant and sleeping the yard in a tent in october... freezing)
the day we moved into this house together
the day a local preschool program bought some of my books to share with other children
the day my preemie (with asperger's syndrome--a form of autism) learned to communicate with me

so many... most involve my children...

[Henry Hawk]

well let's see...

I was nearly 15 before I ever saw cable vision...
dad yelled at me when I threw a dart into a water hose in the basement..
my dog, when i was 8 years old, was gone for thee days...that sucked...
oh, and there was the Christmas, that my GI Joe with the kung fu grip was broken before I got it out of the box...

but, I grew up to be a better man because of it.......



ah....i'm not making light of you guys, I truely was blessed and very fortunate to have had the chldhood I had...

you guys ARE amazing that you turned out to be the good folks that you are, makes you wonder sometimes......I believe those times make you stronger and build so much charactor, if you are of the right mind to overcome those bad times...

[Bratalie]

Oh. . . . . . we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz!!   We hear he is a wiz of wiz, if ever a wiz there was!