Ooc: Volume 3
Thanks so very very much! You are all so good to me.
Yeah, it's been extra tough for her lately. My uncle died last year as you may recall and there have been a lot of unpleasant reminders. In October it was what would have been their anniversary, then thanksgiving. In a week or so it would have been his birthday then 5 days before christmas will be his death anniversary, then of course there's christmas itself, and lastly at the end of december is HER birthday. So an already hard time of year made considerably harder. On top of that she has some major pain/health issues that frequently keep her house bound and she's been going a little nuts because of everything.
My advice: Take care of yourself while you're young. I try to plan ahead for my aging (mostly successfully...) since I have seen how bad it can be and as a personal trainer I know the mistakes so many people make. Her health issues make this way harder than it should be and since they were mostly preventable, it's really hard to think of how things could be different for her if she'd not taken the path she's on. It's just plain sad.