One of these days...

[hummingwolf]

... I will get back to reading people's posts on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal, but that day is not this day. I keep coming back to read a few entries on a few semi-randomly-selected journals, but then I realize I've managed to tire myself out too much to read any more; so if you've seen me leave a comment in one place that seemed disconnected from everything else you'd have expected me to see, that's why. Briefly, I've been tiring myself out by:

(A) following online drama elsewhere (for those who know Slacktivist: I've been reading comments on both the new site and the old site, and yes, that is only possible because I have no life)

(B) continuing to be sick. Not coughing nearly as much as I was, but the bronchitis is still with me to a certain extent. I went outside and walked a reasonable amount on Monday & Tuesday and took a very short walk today (Wednesday), so I'm not just sitting here like a bump in a bed anymore. My rib cage is hurting a lot now, though, so when I do cough it is even more unpleasant than it was before.

(C) reading things written by adult children of alcoholics about their family life and doing some comparing & contrasting with growing up with a chronically ill parent. The differences are obvious, but in retrospect it seems to me that some of the similarities should have been obvious to me before now. I may share some of my thoughts on this topic later, but I'd advise you all not to hold your breath--mostly because somebody should be getting enough oxygen and I'm not sure it's going to be me.

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Tomorrow we're supposed to get some heavy rain. Sounds like a good excuse to stay home and rest some more.

Comments

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

Condolences & best wishes on your health.

Yes, I think other families than ones with addictions share some of the problems of not enough parental attention to go around, forcing children to be prematurely responsible, a parent with labile moods-- My family had some of that, due to four children, an irresponsible/depressed father, a somewhat narcissistic mother, and effects of a very unhappy parental marriage. My father probably also was a secret drinker, even alcoholic, but I don't think that's necessary; the others can present an adult-children-of-alcoholics situation on their own. (I'm not that much a classic ACoA, but my older sister was, and all four of us share some traits.)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Yeah, with my mother there was physical unavailability, general uncertainty, mood swings and cognitive issues caused by the combination of pain and medications--all sorts of things which are confusing enough for an adult, but even more confusing for a small child.

[historychick49.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you're a Slacktivist follower, too? I rarely read the comments, mostly because by the time I get to the post there's a bazillion comments already, but I'm aware of the main complaints about the move.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Fred Clark's passed the TypePad blog over to some of the more well-known commenters who are taking suggestions for what to do with the space, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next.

[historychick49.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that.

[windsparrow.livejournal.com]

Here are some prayers and wishes that your cough clears up soon, and that you can get some rest.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you thank you!

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

i don't even know what slacktivist is! will do some research on this rainy day.

sure hope you begin to feel much better very soon!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

This post gives an idea of what's been going on in Slacktivist-land.

Thank you, Vicki!

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

oh, ok, thanks. it looks much more high-minded than the kind of wankery i tend to go looking for! (i think you're generally more high-minded than i am, anyway. *s*)

[bunney.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I hear you. I've coughed so much the last two weeks that every breath is a struggle against the pain. Feel better soon!!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my coughing isn't bad now but the pain around my ribcage is really kinda disturbing.

::gentle hugs::

Cough

[(Anonymous)]

Pei pa koa is pretty decent cough medicine (from herbal as I remembered), great non alcoholic medicine, some western cough medicine are more effective, but this is non drowsy.

You can access info online @
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin_Jiom_Pei_Pa_Koa
ninjiom.50webs.com

Re: Cough

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info. I'm not really interested in trying something with that many herbs I've never tried, though--I might be allergic to them all!