BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Noreen
Date: 07 May 17 - 10:50 AM

"Interesting times" for you still, Mrrz- and also for us in the UK and those in France.
I find it hard to be positive when those in power and those who elect them seem determined to ruin the world we have- but we do what we can.

Hope you are enjoying getting to know your new car, and that you and your boys are well.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 May 17 - 11:00 AM

Thanks all - yeah still no job. Boys fine, well, one is fine, one ok. Their excellent (the driver's I mean) insurance has me in a rental and has declared the car totaled, expletives deleted... I will update when I know what that means, in money... But they do have great insurance yay!

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 May 17 - 11:01 AM

Oh, yeah, and France. I fear.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Thompson
Date: 07 May 17 - 02:15 PM

Looks like Macron is in - exit polls are giving him nearly two-thirds of the votes. Le Pen has conceded.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 13 Aug 17 - 11:49 PM

You guys know I live in Charlottesville, Virginia... Sigh.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Aug 17 - 01:19 PM

I'm so sorry, Mrrzy. You're one of the good ones, and what happened was a very bad thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 14 Aug 17 - 09:00 PM

Oh, Mrrzy, I didn't know. This must have hit you hard. It hit me hard even way up here in RI. I'm sending you hugs and love.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Aug 17 - 08:34 AM

Oh, what a place to be living! Sympathy! (And Macron's popularity didn't last long; his approval rating was down to 36% last time I looked.)

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Aug 17 - 03:44 PM

You are a caring person, Mrrzy, and a role model for us, whether or not you see it that way. And you have a lot of company. Hang in there.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Aug 17 - 04:24 PM

After Trump went off the rails I heard him say what an important town Charlottesville is............."because I own the winery there which is the largest in the country".

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Thompson
Date: 17 Aug 17 - 03:47 AM

Except… the vineyard says he doesn't own it.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Aug 17 - 05:49 PM

This had to be interesting for you, Mrrzy, as a Tufts graduate -- somebody tried to throw an I-don't-know-what in Boston, but the people who came out by the thousands were anti-supremacists.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Aug 17 - 11:56 AM

Thank you all, and yes, the Boston thing was great. I also did graduate research in Barcelona, sigh again.

I was at the beach, we had left the day before. Made the whole Where did you come to the beach from conversation really, really difficult, especially when the family had small children.

Then we went to totality for the eclipse, and only just got back. That was beyond cool.

Meanwhile, Charlottesville is going to cover the statues with black, for mourning they say, because we can't move them, apparently, there are laws right now that prevent their removal.

I will have to do a pilgrimage of sorts around the town and reclaim my memories.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Aug 17 - 12:21 PM

Hey Mrrzy! You came up for air!
Do keep breathing....

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Aug 17 - 02:34 PM

Thanks, sweetie. My heart must be in great shape these days.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 11:27 AM

Younger kid back on mental ward. Much worse. Yikes.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 11:34 AM

So sorry to hear that.
You have my very best wishes.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Senoufou
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 12:46 PM

I'm sorry too Mrrzy. Thinking of you.
Eliza

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 01:24 PM

Me too. Wishing you strength and luck.

B xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 01:51 PM

These are perilous times for the young!
Guess this has nothing to do with your family
but I can't take my mind off of
the high school students who are becoming activists
after surviving an attack
by a fellow student with an assault weapon.

Mental illness is such an isolating experience.
Wishing for connection, contact, and supportive companionship,
somehow, for you and yours.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 06:46 PM

sending good wishes to you & your family

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Feb 18 - 08:12 PM

Good wishes, hugs, and love from me, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 27 Feb 18 - 08:36 AM

Good news is he's been actually committed this time, which he sorely needs.

Now he can never buy a gun, right? See, I have a sense of humor.

I am just SO relieved he's, I am repeating myself, actually been involuntarily committed. Last time it was kinda voluntary so they let him out WAY too soon.

Thanks.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Senoufou
Date: 27 Feb 18 - 08:48 AM

Ah, you must be feeling relieved that he's now under supervision Mrrzy.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Charley Noble
Date: 27 Feb 18 - 08:01 PM

Muzzy-

Lots of love to you in this difficult time.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 28 Feb 18 - 11:03 AM

Oh does he want out, and boy am I not going to help with that, so, yeah, thanks for the thoughts.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Feb 18 - 07:52 PM

Keep the faith, and keep yourself together, Mrrzy.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Mar 18 - 11:37 AM

One month later, Mrrzy,
are you and your family hanging in there?
Hoping that the future looks positive.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 28 Mar 18 - 09:33 PM

Thanks friend - he's better but just got recommitted for another month, which he needs. Some of which he needs. He is better but it's tenuous (Sunday he threw furniture and threatened suicide, today he was pretty much OK. Pourvu que ça dure.

Thanks, a lot, for checking.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Mar 18 - 09:39 PM

How providential that needs are being met --
yours as well as his.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 18 Apr 18 - 10:14 AM

Today is the 35th anniversary of Daddy, pacifist, being blown up, by terrorists inventing the carbomb. Just reminding y'all. On This Day In History. I am his age now, which would bother me a lot more if I weren't so worried about my crazy kid.

And poor kid is still in the hospital, about to be recommitted One More Time. (That makes this a musical thread.)

Shall we have more race riots in Charlottesville this summer? Will I ever get another job? Tune in next time on Interesting Times!

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 18 Apr 18 - 07:35 PM

Hugs from me, Mrrzy, and my hope for your times to get better even though that may make them less interesting

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 18 Apr 18 - 10:08 PM

seconding chantylasses's post.

Years ago a friend's daughter has several involuntary admissions - once a taxi driver saw her behaving erratically so took her to hospital - but she talked her way out after a day or so (yes, I'll take my medicine, I'll stay with my dad ...) Her final involuntary admission led to her "escaping" so she was then committed for long enough for treatment to work & last I heard back with family & friends, working & part of society, no longer a 20-ish bag lady.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Senoufou
Date: 19 Apr 18 - 03:19 AM

Hugs from me too Mrrzy. Hoping that things get better for you very soon.
Eliza

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Apr 18 - 09:30 AM

Mrzzy I share the anguish of kids in jeopardy. It feels hopeless but isn't. The future is on their side.

Employment is hard edged. In the final analysis people don't really care about you unless they want something from you. An employer will care more about the job, unless you are self employed or working for friends or family.
Will the job be a service or a product?
only the future knows. No job is BS. It might be a stepping stone.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 19 Apr 18 - 10:15 AM

Kid really looked better these last coupla visits. Probably not getting out at the end of this 30 days but I think the next one should really do it.

Love this place. Thanks, y'all.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Apr 18 - 07:05 PM

Hang in there, Mrrzy. Glad to hear that your needs, and his,
are somewhat being met.

(how long CAN you hang in there without a job?)

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Apr 18 - 08:13 PM

I hung in there for 20 years
but then again my needs are few and I don't Island hop.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 20 Apr 18 - 10:17 AM

I'm ok, for now, thanks. Meanwhile it's 4.20 on this side of the pond...

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 May 18 - 05:22 PM

Hey, Mrrzy!
How goes it with your adult child?

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 May 18 - 12:51 PM

Should be out by the and of this month, thanks! New set of interesting-times worries then... And I am learning to love valoum.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 May 18 - 12:51 PM

Yeah, valoum... Zoomier than valium. Which is what I meant.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Senoufou
Date: 10 May 18 - 01:09 PM

Haha Mrrzy! I think 'valoum' is what I need, if it helps one to whizz around energetically!
Glad to hear the patient is improving, with hopes for coming home at the end of the month.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 May 18 - 12:09 PM

Should be out next week. Well, I got to relax for a while...

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 11 May 18 - 09:35 PM

Mrrzy, please let us know if/when he is back at home, and let us know how he is. My fingers are crossed.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 May 18 - 03:35 PM

Keeping you in my thoughts, Mrrzy.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 May 18 - 03:40 PM

Oh he is NOT coming home. They have found him an apartment. Lessee if he gets the job he needs to keep it, and gets his meds etc. I am so proud of myself for not letting him come home that the guilt is almost imperceptible.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 14 May 18 - 08:48 PM

Good for you, Mrrzy!

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 May 18 - 04:42 PM

Good for him and better for Mrrzy.

Subject: RE: BS: Mrrzy is living in interesting times...
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 May 18 - 03:03 PM

Hey Mrrzy! Tell us how you're holding up.