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Friday, July 30, 2004
It's the little things
Sometimes many small events can really out-do one major. Like yesterday, where small stuff kept coming from everywhere and dealing with them one at a time was ok. But at the end of the day, it's all piled on top of you. Breaking it down into managable bits, instead of taking everything at once, becomes more arduous than if you had one huge issue to deal with.
First off in the morning, during breakfast, mom motioned over to my older sister and asked me if I knew that she had collapsed at work earlier in the morning and had been taken to the emergency ward. It didn't come as a huge surprise, but it was still really unsettling that she's pushed herself this hard. Certainly adds on to the feeling of absolute helplessness.
It got me a bit stressed and waiting for my dad to get around to driving me to the bank only added to that. So instead of pacing back and forth in the house, I walked over to the pharmacy and bought some dental stuff (floss etc). By the time I got back, dad was ready and we took off.
Ordering the money was a breeze. They'll get here in time and it was nice to get it sorted. But just as we're out of the bank, dad turns to me and says something to the effect of "you've calculated that the money will cover the expenses for you both right ?" ....
Freeze. Double take. What ?
That came completely out of the blue and getting that thrown at me was confusing. At first I didn't even understand what he was on about, since I thought my sister had money to cover for herself and suddenly dad is going on about how the money I'm exchanging into pounds will be split between my sister and I, like it's the most logic thing in the world. It was not perfectly clear for me that she had absolutely nothing to spend on this trip.
The last time we (my sister and I) spoke about things, I offered to pay for the ticket and the deposit on the hostel until her paycheck for this month came in. She never mentioned that there would be a problem for her to finance the rest of it (ie food, travel, etc).
Which again leads to the ever pressing issue of communication. Now that she's doing slightly worse than usual, it all gets so much more difficult to talk to her.
However, going over everything, I figure I should have enough to cover the expenses for us both. It means I can't do any wild impulse shopping or pamper anyone, but at least we'll get by. If she's fit enough to come with me, that is...
In other sister related news: a couple of months back it was planned that all the sisters would go to an amusement park tomorrow.
Blah, you know what. I'm not gonna do this right now. Maybe I'll edit up this post later but as of now I can't be bothered.
Positive stuff
Mr Azazel was kind enough to give me a Goonies game, which I've played (finally). It looks to be great fun and a good distraction. Thanks again.
I've also (finally) seen a little bit of "Animatrix". The first three shorts, to be precise. Expect to find out about what I though ... some day. Or I'll just ask James to type something up and copy it in here, haha. Anyway.
*takes deep breaths, huggles everyone and goes shopping for potatoes*
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