Writer's Block: Take Your Chances

[velvetpage]

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Yes, I do, on one condition: that they're trying to improve the situation for next time.

I had a poster many years ago, an early version of an lolcat, that had a picture of a kitten in a difficult situation (peering wetly out of a watering can and looking miserable, I believe) that said, "Be patient, God isn't finished with me yet." So long as you're not writing off nasty behaviour as the "way you are" and claiming you can't help it, you'll get a second chance to fix it from me.

Now, heaven help you if you try to tell me that your bad behaviour is someone else's fault, or whatever. I can lecture as only a teacher can.

Comments

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

There is truth in this.

Erin, you are allowed to relax, chill out, "waste time" (I put that in quotation marks because if it relaxes you, helps you recover, or helps you feel better, it's not wasted time), etc. Really. You're still recovering from major surgery. And that, I'm guessing, is why friends may not be initiating events with you--they probably aren't sure if you'd be well enough and don't want to pressure you to do more than you can handle. I think it makes sense for you to let people know if you'd like to spend time with them, since that'll make them aware that you're well enough physically to want to socialize and hurting enough emotionally that you need to socialize.

Speaking of chat programs, do you have AIM/iChat?

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

The problem this week has been Claire getting sick. It's incredibly hard to not pick up a sick toddler who just wants to snuggle, and I've overdone it badly the last four days. So I haven't been able to relax or take it easy, and since we thought Claire had the flu, I wasn't able to socialize much, either.

I don't have either of those chat programs; all I really use is gmail and sometimes facebook chat.

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Aww, I can understand how not picking up a sick snuggly Claire-bear would be hard.

I wonder whether Gmail chat coordinates with iChat. Even if it doesn't, I have a Gmail address, so I could probably try using that for Gmail's chat program on either my computer or my new BlackBerry.