That Moment :continued

I was stationed in Monterey for that, I remember. This was just because I was wide awake and sitting still. They sometimes hit hard right off here, but other times they build. Here's the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, just warming up with a low rumble:

 

I've felt earthquakes in California, Wyoming, and coastal Texas, of all the darn places.

 

I've only 'experienced' one earthquake, in Lansing, Michigan. No shaking, and it sounded like a rifle shot.

 

That moment when your ask your doctor 'It"s not cancer, isn't it" and he rolls his eyes, having heard that one all the time.
I swear I wasn't trolling then, but his face still cracks me up...

 

That moment when the caterer for one of your big annual programs cancels on you (for a good reason, but still...)

Lmao how much would it be to fly @Homer Potvin to MI

 

Ooh, that's bad, JT. Can you cook?

 

Not for 100+people




Also, that moment when another of your programs was moved to a date where you'll be on vacation.... So now you have a scheduling nightmare....

2023, WHYYYYYYY

 

Well, there was one notable figure who fairly recently found a workaround for a large group of guests

 

Not much gets worse than a cold big mac.

 

Just the cold fries that go with it.

 

I ended up having a reheated, 24 hour old Lotteria (Japanese/Korean fast food burger joint) cheeseburger a week or so ago. The nice thing about Lotteria is it doesn't get much worse than when it's served, so after a day or so it was still just this side of inedible.

 

TMW you start to tell your dying mom that you will be back in a few moments, and you realize there's no point because she will forget what you said.

 

Sounds like an MRE, the only thing that makes them edible is the application of large quantities of hot sauce.

 

TMW you realize that TV cable news shows couldn't exist without needy veterans' organizations and worthless snake oil 'supplements'.

 

I don't get it.

 

Its okay, that's what I figured.

 

Background: my mother finally passed away Thursday afternoon, following a couple weeks of slow unconscious decline, all at her home. I was there the moment she died.

Next day I was over at my long-time best friend's house, and he was offering support and understanding and simply his presence. At some point I asked him, "have you ever watched anyone die?" After a long pause he replied, "yes, my mother." At that moment I realized how self-centered I can be, because I didn't know that, didn't even recall when that happened, certainly never offered him any support or listening time. At that moment I realized that while every experience is unique to each of us, it is universal to all of us. And from that, I hope, I will have learned the essence of compassion, realizing that each and all of us are interrelated, as is suffering and relief from suffering.

 

bless you and your mother, losing moms is hard.

 

Thanks.

 

It is indeed. Bless you for all the losses you have suffered, as well.