I'm upset because I just took a test that I know was designed to make students get answers wrong with the bullshit answers such as:
a)
b)
c) a & b
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

My grades this semester are not going to be as good as the past 3 semesters :(

c) and d) would be the same, unless d) specifically meant a) + b) simultaneously...so c) would be a) and b) in separate instances...

was this a semantics test?!

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Cloud, I'm sorry about your daughter. Can she come home to you? Does she have a support network where she is?

Cloud, you have my sympathy. What a worrying time for you, especially given she's so far away. Not being a parent myself, I can only really imagine how difficult it must be to know one of your kids is distressed and having problems.

If she's no home, then is there a possibility of her moving near to you and starting again over there?

she can come home to us--she knows that, and it's made expressly clear to her--but she doesn't want to. It may come to that, but she likes the area of the country she's in.

and thanks very much for responding. I know there's nothing you guys can do but listen.

Oh, I'm so sorry Cloud.

Oh well, we're also giving Jimbo something to giggle about in his own time. ;)

Besides that, it's a suckful situation Cloud. Sounds like she knows what she wants for now, but we've probably all made less than great decisions following a breakup I'm sure.

Do you think she's holding out hope of a reconcilliation and that's why she's staying put?

no, she just thinks El Paso is a sucky town. :)

I'm just so sad and sick about this. Her husband keeps calling me--I don't know what to say to the guy.

Sorry for your loss. My MIL died on Sat just short of 8 weeks after falling in her home. Her suffering as is your grandmothers now over. The circle goes around.

I'm sorry, Merc. Died after falling--were the two related?

(everybody go do some balance training!)

She was 74 and for some reason getting really batty. We were in the process of selling her home and moving her to an assisted living facility the following month. She was complaining of lots of back and hip pain, being followed by an ortho doc and chiropractor. Xmas day she fell and broke her hip and her upper arm. When the took her to surgery they discovered that the fractures were pathologic (caused by disease, tumor). After a chest CT they found extensive bone, lung (primary), and lymph cancer. She was discharged to a total care nursing home after 12 days in the hospital and died after six weeks in the home. Pretty wild ride from driving herself everywhere before Thanksgiving to getting batty and not being able to do anything by Xmas, then the fall, and now gone. Needless to say my wife has been over to her house, the hospital, and home nearly everyday since this started. I hate to say it but I wish she had gone sooner, she would have suffered less. The nursing home did really great with her. Wonderful care. They kept her really comfortable towards the end.

Cloud, I hope your daughter finds her strength. If she's anything like her mom she's got plenty of it!

Chocolatl and Merc, so sorry to hear of your losses. I just found out today that my 95 year old grandmother is going into a home. They tried for a very long time to keep her in her home, but even with 24 hour nursing care it just wasn't good for her. Twice she crawled out of her bedroom window because she was afraid of the nurse. I don't know how she did it, except the windows are really low, and she went over to the neighbors (lifelong friends of hers) in her nightgown. It is sad, though, that she can't spend her remaining days in her own home. For the longest time you couldn't stop the woman, then, age came in and stopped her quite suddenly.

My dad and aunt and uncle are looking for a home today. I know she will get great care, and perhaps she'll crack the staff up with her dry sense of humor a time or two.

Shawnee, be sure that your dad asks around for a good place. They vary on the scale of good to very poor. Nothing is perfect but some are much better than others. We had both Hospice people and some Social workers recommend the one we finally put her in.

Thanks, Merc. I think they got some leads, and my mom was very impressed with a place her aunt was in. My mom also worked at the hospital for years and now runs the immunization clinic so knows a few in the know.

My grandmother and my grandfather were married 55 years when he passed away in the mid 80s. They were always very close and in love. I hope that there is something else out there and they can be together again.