"Temporary" Venting Thread V - Page 32

***Rían*** · 01-22-2011, 09:23 PM

yeah, that's kinda weird as well as very hard - but what a blessing that you can spare him pain down the road. Just make these last few days really good, with lots of good memories. My dog is 11 now and getting cloudy-eyed, although otherwise in good health - I feel for you - we all do

EllethValatari · 01-22-2011, 09:42 PM

Tessar I'm so sorry and praying for you. I have two dogs of my own and don't know what I would do if I had to put them down.

***Tessar*** · 01-24-2011, 08:59 AM

Oh for #$(%)#'s sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woken up this morning to the sound of my mom yelling, "SOMEONE HELP ME."

Go tearing down the stairs and everything's fine. She hit the old dog with the door by accident on the way out, which knocked him over and she thought she couldn't get him up. So she starts yelling, "someone help me," like she's fallen down the stairs or is having a heart attack or something.

I'm not sure how much more stress my brain can handle, at the moment. This week is winding up to be another slap, it appears. Great.

***Earniel*** · 01-24-2011, 02:42 PM

Aw.

Not the best way to get up in the morning, I know.

I've been yanked out of bed like that for mere mice a few times now. Although the time I woke up after a (very) late night to a screaming mother and a tiny flapping bird amidst our three very interested cats was pretty epic...

Voronwen · 01-30-2011, 02:56 PM

So.... trying to figure out what to do with the next 50 years of dead air time.

I never want another relationship ever again.

***Varnafindë*** · 01-30-2011, 04:50 PM

My dear Voronwen ...

EllethValatari · 01-31-2011, 12:04 AM

Voronwen, do not be depressed for too long at the loss of your relationship. Whether we like to think about it or not, loved ones may come or go, but God is always with us.

Voronwen · 01-31-2011, 12:16 AM

Yes, and right now i still have hope that God can revive it. After all where there's life, there's hope.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-31-2011, 01:18 AM

And, I should say, there is hope whether or not God revives it.

As the truism goes, there are always more fish in the sea. As is said rather less often, but no less truly, romantic relationships are not, by any means, the only relationships in which we find meaning.

***Rían*** · 01-31-2011, 02:08 AM

*Moothugs for Voronwen*

Voronwen · 01-31-2011, 12:48 PM

Thanks, guys.

**Mari** · 01-31-2011, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

... As is said rather less often, but no less truly, romantic relationships are not, by any means, the only relationships in which we find meaning.

So true.

*initiates another round of hugging*

Voronwen · 01-31-2011, 03:36 PM

I love Entmoot!

***Tessar*** · 01-31-2011, 06:31 PM

Well today my mom's dog peed alllllllll over the kitchen and I, being the first one home for once, cleaned it up. We think he's thrown up the last couple of days. He's just having problems lately.

Maybe it really is time.

He'll be going to sleep this weekend... it's kind of hard to look at him and know that his time is up and we all know it but he doesn't. I'm glad I don't have to make the choice, because I don't know that I could. On the one hand, he's 14 and that's far past a greyhound's expected life span. But when I look at him all I see is a puppy that doesn't understand why he can't run very far, or why it's so hard for him to get up.

Maybe it's really for the best.

Voronwen · 01-31-2011, 10:58 PM

No, no, no che non sei capace!

No, no, no, truly you know nothing of honor!
Or faith, or kindness, Nothing!
And yet you boast in blindness ardor and love for me
No, no, no, truly you know nothing

Leave me! Oh how you grieve me.
For I despise you
And find myself more hateful
Such love for me was fateful

So brief my admiration, My sighs and adoration
What could my heart foresee?
Ah, ill-starred me, Ah me!
What could my foolish heart foresee?
Ah me!

***Tessar*** · 02-05-2011, 03:28 PM

Well, it's done. Lock is gone. 14 year-old greyhound, and we had him for 11 good years... he had a great run. Lived much, much longer than most greyhounds do.

I'm not as upset as I thought I would be, but it's very sad all the same. My mom's taking it very, very hard. She starts to cry if she thinks about him, and that's hard to see. I asked if she was okay, and she said she was but it made her feel really old. I can understand that.

I'm a little worried about my dog, though. She's just sort of walking around the house, like she usually does, but she seems upset. I'm hoping she'll just forget about Lock pretty quickly... she's such an attention hog that I'm hoping she'll actually be happier now that she's the only dog. Right now maybe she's just concerned because she can't figure out where he went.

The last sane person · 02-05-2011, 04:00 PM

*hug* Yeah. Not a pleasant experience, but glad you are holding out well and focusing on the positive. I hope Rosie does well, and doesn't settle into a funk.

***Varnafindë*** · 02-05-2011, 06:31 PM

@ Tessar
(and at your dog as well - she may miss the other, but I expect she'll settle eventually)

***Jonathan*** · 02-06-2011, 06:57 AM

I'm sure Lock couldn't have spent those eleven years any better than he did

***Tessar*** · 02-11-2011, 02:24 PM

Thanks guys.

My dog seems to have recovered completely, and is calmer now that she's not competing for attention. My mom is doing well too. She said that when they administered the shot, as he was going under, Lock just suddenly relaxed and looked happier and more peaceful than she'd seen him in years.

I'm anxious today. I have my first accounting test... sort of feels like my first chance to see if I can actually hack it as a business major. I'm pretty scared. My sister thinks I'll do well because I've got the terminology down absolutely cold, but my dad was very non-committal... I'm not sure he thinks I can do it.

My nervousness comes from the fact that for our first project I got totally lost and had to have someone sit down with me and help me through every single step from start to finish. :-/ But at least now I understand how to do that.

I wish I could calm down. I need to focus and not screw this up. I wish I had studied more. I wish I were still a music major. I wish pretty much anything but to be taking this test.

01-22-2011, 09:23 PM	#621
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	yeah, that's kinda weird as well as very hard - but what a blessing that you can spare him pain down the road. Just make these last few days really good, with lots of good memories. My dog is 11 now and getting cloudy-eyed, although otherwise in good health - I feel for you - we all do __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

01-22-2011, 09:42 PM	#622
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Tessar I'm so sorry and praying for you. I have two dogs of my own and don't know what I would do if I had to put them down. __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

01-24-2011, 02:42 PM	#624
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Aw. Not the best way to get up in the morning, I know. I've been yanked out of bed like that for mere mice a few times now. Although the time I woke up after a (very) late night to a screaming mother and a tiny flapping bird amidst our three very interested cats was pretty epic... __________________ We are not things.

01-30-2011, 02:56 PM	#625
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	So.... trying to figure out what to do with the next 50 years of dead air time. I never want another relationship ever again. __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-30-2011, 04:50 PM	#626
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	My dear Voronwen ... __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

01-24-2011, 08:59 AM	#623
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Oh for #$(%)#'s sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woken up this morning to the sound of my mom yelling, "SOMEONE HELP ME." Go tearing down the stairs and everything's fine. She hit the old dog with the door by accident on the way out, which knocked him over and she thought she couldn't get him up. So she starts yelling, "someone help me," like she's fallen down the stairs or is having a heart attack or something. I'm not sure how much more stress my brain can handle, at the moment. This week is winding up to be another slap, it appears. Great.

01-31-2011, 12:04 AM	#627
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Voronwen, do not be depressed for too long at the loss of your relationship. Whether we like to think about it or not, loved ones may come or go, but God is always with us. __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

01-31-2011, 12:16 AM	#628
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Yes, and right now i still have hope that God can revive it. After all where there's life, there's hope. __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-31-2011, 01:18 AM	#629
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	And, I should say, there is hope whether or not God revives it. As the truism goes, there are always more fish in the sea. As is said rather less often, but no less truly, romantic relationships are not, by any means, the only relationships in which we find meaning. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle Last edited by Gwaimir Windgem : 01-31-2011 at 02:31 AM.

01-31-2011, 02:08 AM	#630
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Moothugs for Voronwen __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

01-31-2011, 12:48 PM	#631
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	Thanks, guys. __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-31-2011, 03:36 PM	#633
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	I love Entmoot! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

01-31-2011, 06:31 PM	#634
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Well today my mom's dog peed alllllllll over the kitchen and I, being the first one home for once, cleaned it up. We think he's thrown up the last couple of days. He's just having problems lately. Maybe it really is time. He'll be going to sleep this weekend... it's kind of hard to look at him and know that his time is up and we all know it but he doesn't. I'm glad I don't have to make the choice, because I don't know that I could. On the one hand, he's 14 and that's far past a greyhound's expected life span. But when I look at him all I see is a puppy that doesn't understand why he can't run very far, or why it's so hard for him to get up. Maybe it's really for the best.

01-31-2011, 10:58 PM	#635
Voronwen Lady of Andúnië Join Date: May 2009 Location: Andúnië Posts: 572	No, no, no che non sei capace! No, no, no, truly you know nothing of honor! Or faith, or kindness, Nothing! And yet you boast in blindness ardor and love for me No, no, no, truly you know nothing Leave me! Oh how you grieve me. For I despise you And find myself more hateful Such love for me was fateful So brief my admiration, My sighs and adoration What could my heart foresee? Ah, ill-starred me, Ah me! What could my foolish heart foresee? Ah me! __________________ " ...But the Exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabêth the Downfallen, Atalantë in the Eldarin tongue." "Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ... " ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

02-05-2011, 03:28 PM	#636
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Well, it's done. Lock is gone. 14 year-old greyhound, and we had him for 11 good years... he had a great run. Lived much, much longer than most greyhounds do. I'm not as upset as I thought I would be, but it's very sad all the same. My mom's taking it very, very hard. She starts to cry if she thinks about him, and that's hard to see. I asked if she was okay, and she said she was but it made her feel really old. I can understand that. I'm a little worried about my dog, though. She's just sort of walking around the house, like she usually does, but she seems upset. I'm hoping she'll just forget about Lock pretty quickly... she's such an attention hog that I'm hoping she'll actually be happier now that she's the only dog. Right now maybe she's just concerned because she can't figure out where he went.

02-05-2011, 04:00 PM	#637
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	hug Yeah. Not a pleasant experience, but glad you are holding out well and focusing on the positive. I hope Rosie does well, and doesn't settle into a funk. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-05-2011, 06:31 PM	#638
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	@ Tessar (and at your dog as well - she may miss the other, but I expect she'll settle eventually) __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

02-06-2011, 06:57 AM	#639
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I'm sure Lock couldn't have spent those eleven years any better than he did __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

02-11-2011, 02:24 PM	#640
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Thanks guys. My dog seems to have recovered completely, and is calmer now that she's not competing for attention. My mom is doing well too. She said that when they administered the shot, as he was going under, Lock just suddenly relaxed and looked happier and more peaceful than she'd seen him in years. I'm anxious today. I have my first accounting test... sort of feels like my first chance to see if I can actually hack it as a business major. I'm pretty scared. My sister thinks I'll do well because I've got the terminology down absolutely cold, but my dad was very non-committal... I'm not sure he thinks I can do it. My nervousness comes from the fact that for our first project I got totally lost and had to have someone sit down with me and help me through every single step from start to finish. :-/ But at least now I understand how to do that. I wish I could calm down. I need to focus and not screw this up. I wish I had studied more. I wish I were still a music major. I wish pretty much anything but to be taking this test.

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