Stuff

Daddy's home! Yeah!!! He was released from the hospital this past Thursday and is doing much better. They sent in a surgeon to discuss possibly removing part of his colon at some point in the future. Yikes! We will just have to hope that it doesn't come to that. The doctor talked about having the surgery if he starts having frequent attacks. When questioned as to what he considers frequent, he replied once or twice a year, maybe. This is dad's second attack in four months, and this one was a doozy. In November he was only in the hospital for a couple of days and felt pretty much normal by day two or three. This time he was in the hospital for four days, and he is still not quite back to normal a full week later. They are not going to get all knife-happy with him just yet though. If he doesn't end up having any more attacks in the near future, he will get to stay in one piece. :)

As for other things, not too much to tell you. I have yet another cold and I am beginning to think I will never be well again. Oh, I got to see Chris again yesterday, which was nice. He is headed to Florida on vacation and stopped by for a visit on his way. Unfortunately though, he still has a girlfriend. :( Not really sure if anything would happen with us again even if he didn't. But, so long as he is dating someone else, we will never know....

More Drama

I was really hoping that my next post would be a happy, cheerful one, but unfortunately that is not the case.

The good news is that he is going to be okay. The bad news is that I just got home from spending the evening at the ER with my dad. The poor guy just can't get a break! This time it is his diverticulitis acting up. His fever shot up and he was having severe abdominal pain, so off to the hospital we went. This crap can't ever happen during normal doctor's hours, can it? After sitting and waiting for three hours, they finally were able to get him a bed. Multiple x-rays and a cat scan later, they decided to admit him and fill him full of antibiotics and morphine. He is in so much pain though that the morphine is barely dulling it. This happened last November also, and he was there for two nights, so I figure that is what we are looking at again this time. Thank goodness he still has insurance from his job! Which, speaking of that, his grievance hearing is scheduled for April 6th, so keep your fingers crossed that things will go his way for a change and he will get his job back!

Dating Sucks

I would love to know when it became "okay" to end things with someone by never calling them! I still feel the need to tell someone that I don't want to continue seeing them, but I guess I am old-fashioned that way.

Until this weekend things with Eric were still going great. He called me every day last week while I was sick to check on me and kept saying that he couldn't wait to see me again. We finally were able to go out again this past Friday. He came over in the afternoon and we spent about an hour on the couch cuddled up together talking, then went out to dinner and to a play. All through the evening things seemed to go well. Then, at the end of the night once we were back at my house, I asked him if he wanted to come in. He said that he was sorry, but that he wasn't really feeling well and thought it might be best to go on home for the evening. The night ended with him kissing me three or four times and then him leaving.

Now, at any point in that story do you see anything that screams that something went wrong--that he has lost interest? Like a fool, I believed that he wasn't feeling well. I called on Saturday to check on him, but no answer, so I left a message. When I hadn't heard anything from him by Sunday night, I started wondering if maybe he faked not feeling well, but still wasn't willing to accept it. I called again on Monday, and again got the answering machine. Well, as you can guess, I still haven't heard back from him.

It makes no sense whatsoever to me! If at any point he had acted like he wasn't interested, I could see it. BUT HE DIDN'T!!! If anything, he acted completely crazy about me! So, I just plain don't get this. And, if that is the case and he isn't interested, is it really so hard to just say so? What is with the never calling thing? It is such a wimpy way to end things! Yeah, it sucks to have to tell someone that it is over. BUT SUCK IT UP ALREADY!!! I have told many a guy over the years that things were over between us, and it has yet to kill me or any of them. These guys that keep doing this to me really need to grow some balls.

And to think, I was actually considering changing my mouse trail to say something other than "Being Single Sucks."