Let me tell you about my last couple weeks

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So I am getting married in May. Which is awesome. My fiancee is a wonderful, sweet and incredibly beautiful woman. We are planning the wedding which has been a little stressful.

So about 10 days ago I get an email from Dad. My Mom fell outside and smashed the hell out of her head. (Note to Dad, next time CALL*) She ended up having brain surgery to clear out some blood clots on the surface of her brain. She is fine, in rehab right now. She will be out in a week or so. However, she is partially bald and isn’t all that happy about that with the wedding coming up. We don’t care but Mom isn’t all that happy about it.

My sister has been in a relationship with a guy. Looked like they were going to get married. Until he got cancer. He was given 6 months to live about 2 years ago. However, he did lots of experimental treatments and made it much longer than expected. Now his liver and kidneys are failing.

Did I mention that we are getting married shortly?

Then my fiancees work has slowed a ton. Which makes finances very tight. It isn’t her fault, just the nature of her work (photography). On the bright side we got her dress and most of the wedding stuff done. Now I just need a suit. And a photographer.

Did I mention that I am getting married shortly?

So with all this going on work is something of a nightmare. My boss is stressed out and taking on too much. What ends up happening is that instead of passing stuff off, he tries to take it all on and we end up in an emergency situation. Last week a major project failed due to, of all things, missing parts. My projects get done on time with little to no fuss. There are always little hiccups but that is just the way it goes. His, however, always turn into stressfests. He manages by emergency. I end up running around doing all kinds of stupid shit at the last minute because he didn’t plan things correctly. There are more projects on the way. I keep asking to get in on the design but he doesn’t want anyone else to touch anything. This means that they are all going to be nightmares. In his defense, he is technically strong, he just needs to learn how to delegate and let people do their jobs.

And I have multiple training classes coming up. VMWare and Storage. I am not worried about the classes, however I know that when I get back work is going to be stacked up and I will be more stressed out.

But, I am getting married to my beautiful lady. And I get time off. Yay.

Slee

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Forgot to add. We found a stray cat at our door. My fiancee called the local no kill shelter. They told her to have the cat put down.

So now we have another cat. Had him checked by the vet and fixed. The vet thinks the cat was o the street for about 6 months and that he is about a year old. That makes the total 4. With 4 dogs.

But I am lying in bed next to my wonderful lady with Semore the new cat (Semore 'cause when we found him he had Seen More Better Days), ChaChing the alpha dog (A chinese crested) and Sleestak the cat.

Oh, and I will have 9 years sober on the 20th.

Slee

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Congratulations. :slight_smile:

All this other stuff will work itself out.

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You’re getting married! Congrats! Long-life and happiness to you and the future Mrs S.
(There was some other stuff in your post, but I just skimmed that to read about the important thing. :slight_smile: )

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Congratulations on your new cat! :slight_smile:

Oh, and congrats on the wedding too. :smiley:

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So glad to hear that your mom is mending and will make it to the wedding. Tell her to channel her inner Brit royalty and wear a fabulous hat for the occasion?

Congratulations!

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Congrats on the impending nuptials Sleestak!

Just to echo what Queen Tonya said, the wedding is in May which is Spring time in all it’s glory. Your mom can trot out a hat in all it’s Spring finery and rock the place. Glad she’s doing good btw.

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Suddenly, my piddly life problems seem piddlier. Congrats on the impending nuptials, yay for new kitteh, double yay for sobriety!

Some day you’ll look back on all this stress and laugh. Then again, you might be laughing from a padded room… :eek:

:smiley:

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Wonderful news! Much happiness with Miss Slee in your new life together (and your menagerie), and best wishes to your mom for a full recovery. I agree with the others, she needs a Kentucky Derby hat. Maybe not the one with the twin spires, though. :smiley:

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Wait, I’m confused. You say your name is sleestak. But you have a cat named Sleestak. Are you really a cat? If you are you have remarkable typing skills.
Oh, and congratulations!

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Hmm, a problem and solution all in one paragraph - A wedding album full of self portraits! Your Bride could be the first to attempt this incredible feat!

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Obviously, he’s named after his cat, like Indiana Jones was named after his dog.

What a great user name though! Even the most snobbish critic questioning the cultural impact of Land of the Lost, has to concede that Sleestak is, like, totally fun to say.

¡Hsshssshsss hsssshss! (That’s “Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials”, in Sleestak, which is a very pithy language.)

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I know you were probably just venting, but I do actually see more good things than bad in that post. (And I’m not a Suzy Sunshine kinda person!)

You’re getting married to a wonderful woman, your Mom is ok, you have eight wonderful animals. It’s an embarrassment of riches!

I wouldn’t write your sister’s fiancee off yet. I’ve seen people get thru some really bad things.