What's making you happy today? - Page 637

Chocolatl · 08-30-2013, 06:56 PM

Hugs your way, infi.

orthodoc · 08-30-2013, 07:01 PM

Thinking of you and your family, Infi.

orthodoc · 08-30-2013, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Sounds good, Ortho. We should try to meet up when you are here!

Is OSHA HQ in downtown DC, or somewhere else?

OSHA HQ is in the Department of Labor building right by the Capitol. Do you work in downtown DC? We should definitely try to meet up!

glatt · 08-30-2013, 07:13 PM

Yep. Downtown by the convention center. Let's meet for lunch some time. My schedule is pretty flexible so I can hop on the Metro to meet you.

orthodoc · 08-30-2013, 07:31 PM

Sounds good. I'll pm you once I get my schedule.

Nirvana · 08-30-2013, 09:19 PM

I wish my {{{{{hug}}}}}} was in person Infi.

Sundae · 08-31-2013, 05:01 AM

I'm so pleased it's good news for your Ma.
Much love to you and your family.

Posting about your Mum potentially facing death on an internet forum probably would belittle the situation. The internet is transitory and cancer and its ramifications are incredibly complex.

But you didn't just post on an internet forum.
You came here.
We are family. Like us or loathe us or anything in between, most of us have a sincere emotional conection. And cancer is something many of us have been touched by. My Mum got off easy in comparison, but some of her friends did not.
There are Dwellars that wish they could have the disease instead of the ones they love, and those who are slogging through it and just worrying about how it affects those who love them. No-one can ever live another person's life, but our combined experience comes close to understanding.

You are doing the best you can. And from one black sheep to another we always worry about how much we have to make up for. I'm slowly learning that "being normal" isn't the be all and end all. Sometimes being there without other commitments turns out to be a good thing.

We have so much thrown at us in the media about what a fulfilled life is, what success is, what a good life looks like. I'm glad for those who meet that ideal.
But there is a place for those of us in the minority. We just don't see it in adverts, in sitcoms, in magazines.

We're strange and we're beautiful.

Chin up Infi.
You're coping.

Clodfobble · 09-05-2013, 06:26 PM

You know those things people do, "click on this to help me win" whatever, and no one you know ever actually wins?

I actually know a woman who won. Her son has an obsession with planes, and some folks (not me, admittedly, because I don't do Facebook) helped her family win 4 plane tickets to Europe on Lufthansa. They do some more plane-related stuff when they get there, I don't know. But she actually won the damn thing.

orthodoc · 09-05-2013, 06:38 PM

I had a similar experience earlier this year, where a woman who has end-stage metastatic breast cancer asked people who follow her blog to vote for it in a contest. She planned to put the prize money, if she won, in her son's college fund. He has another year of high school. I've never voted for things like that, but I voted for her every day. So did quite a few others, apparently, because she won the contest on Valentine's Day.

BigV · 09-05-2013, 07:30 PM

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I get happy when I see orthodoc's name as the most recent poster in the what's making me happy thread.

Aliantha · 09-09-2013, 06:52 AM

Aden now has a license and a car. That means a lot less driving for me and a lot more opportunities for him. He passed his test with flying colours. 100%! I was very pleased for him.

lumberjim · 09-09-2013, 07:09 AM

Cowboys win.

glatt · 09-09-2013, 07:19 AM

I went to bed at half time. What a weird first half. At one point, it looked like Eli was going to cry.

Sundae · 09-09-2013, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Aden now has a license and a car. That means a lot less driving for me and a lot more opportunities for him. He passed his test with flying colours. 100%! I was very pleased for him.

Good on Aden!
With Hebe having a licence too I am beginning to feel so old...

lumberjim · 09-09-2013, 10:43 AM

He looks like a little kid. But he's a good qb

08-30-2013, 07:01 PM	#9542
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Thinking of you and your family, Infi. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-30-2013, 07:31 PM	#9545
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sounds good. I'll pm you once I get my schedule. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-30-2013, 09:19 PM	#9546
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I wish my {{{{{hug}}}}}} was in person Infi. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

08-31-2013, 05:01 AM	#9547
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm so pleased it's good news for your Ma. Much love to you and your family. Posting about your Mum potentially facing death on an internet forum probably would belittle the situation. The internet is transitory and cancer and its ramifications are incredibly complex. But you didn't just post on an internet forum. You came here. We are family. Like us or loathe us or anything in between, most of us have a sincere emotional conection. And cancer is something many of us have been touched by. My Mum got off easy in comparison, but some of her friends did not. There are Dwellars that wish they could have the disease instead of the ones they love, and those who are slogging through it and just worrying about how it affects those who love them. No-one can ever live another person's life, but our combined experience comes close to understanding. You are doing the best you can. And from one black sheep to another we always worry about how much we have to make up for. I'm slowly learning that "being normal" isn't the be all and end all. Sometimes being there without other commitments turns out to be a good thing. We have so much thrown at us in the media about what a fulfilled life is, what success is, what a good life looks like. I'm glad for those who meet that ideal. But there is a place for those of us in the minority. We just don't see it in adverts, in sitcoms, in magazines. We're strange and we're beautiful. Chin up Infi. You're coping. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-05-2013, 06:26 PM	#9548
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You know those things people do, "click on this to help me win" whatever, and no one you know ever actually wins? I actually know a woman who won. Her son has an obsession with planes, and some folks (not me, admittedly, because I don't do Facebook) helped her family win 4 plane tickets to Europe on Lufthansa. They do some more plane-related stuff when they get there, I don't know. But she actually won the damn thing. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-30-2013, 06:56 PM	#9541
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Hugs your way, infi.

08-30-2013, 07:13 PM	#9544
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yep. Downtown by the convention center. Let's meet for lunch some time. My schedule is pretty flexible so I can hop on the Metro to meet you.

09-05-2013, 06:38 PM	#9549
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I had a similar experience earlier this year, where a woman who has end-stage metastatic breast cancer asked people who follow her blog to vote for it in a contest. She planned to put the prize money, if she won, in her son's college fund. He has another year of high school. I've never voted for things like that, but I voted for her every day. So did quite a few others, apparently, because she won the contest on Valentine's Day. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

09-05-2013, 07:30 PM	#9550
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	today's happiness is brought to you by the concept of recursion. I get happy when I see orthodoc's name as the most recent poster in the what's making me happy thread. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-09-2013, 06:52 AM	#9551
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Aden now has a license and a car. That means a lot less driving for me and a lot more opportunities for him. He passed his test with flying colours. 100%! I was very pleased for him. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-09-2013, 07:09 AM	#9552
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Cowboys win. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-09-2013, 07:19 AM	#9553
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I went to bed at half time. What a weird first half. At one point, it looked like Eli was going to cry.

09-09-2013, 10:43 AM	#9555
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	He looks like a little kid. But he's a good qb __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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