the worst parts of being ill

So londo just left. He's been here since, um, Saturday the 19th. That's 11 days. It was very nice having him here, especially when I got sick. I get all sad and pathetic, and having someone to make me tea and soup and rub my back is wonderful.

However. ;) My apartment is not made to hold three people... and my room isn't made to hold two! I've only got one comfy chair and one computer... Leads to arguments over everyone's favorite timewasters. ;)

And then of course there's the housework. My room is incredibly stressfully cluttered, there's a couple weeks' worth of laundry to do, I need a shower+, there's about two months' worth of recycling to take out, and the sink and counters are full of dishes.

Oh, and then, in two days - Intercon. I'm supposed to bring lots of soup, which I don't even have the ingredients for(!), and be in these games, and help host a party half in my honor on Friday night, and I'm all sick and stressed about it... Blegh.

Anyone wanna come over and do laundry, dishes, and grocery shopping for me? I'll pay you in, um... love. And I can pay you in money in a week when I get some that doesn't go to rent.

the worst parts of being ill

So londo just left. He's been here since, um, Saturday the 19th. That's 11 days. It was very nice having him here, especially when I got sick. I get all sad and pathetic, and having someone to make me tea and soup and rub my back is wonderful.

However. ;) My apartment is not made to hold three people... and my room isn't made to hold two! I've only got one comfy chair and one computer... Leads to arguments over everyone's favorite timewasters. ;)

And then of course there's the housework. My room is incredibly stressfully cluttered, there's a couple weeks' worth of laundry to do, I need a shower+, there's about two months' worth of recycling to take out, and the sink and counters are full of dishes.

Oh, and then, in two days - Intercon. I'm supposed to bring lots of soup, which I don't even have the ingredients for(!), and be in these games, and help host a party half in my honor on Friday night, and I'm all sick and stressed about it... Blegh.

Anyone wanna come over and do laundry, dishes, and grocery shopping for me? I'll pay you in, um... love. And I can pay you in money in a week when I get some that doesn't go to rent.

The Parable of the Butterfly

Once there was an entomologist who found a chrysalis and put it in a jar and took it home. He waited patiently while the caterpillar pupated. One day, finally, the chrysalis began to writhe as the new butterfly within struggled to break free. So keenly did the entomologist sympathize with the butterfly's plight, that he was moved to take a razor and slice a way out of the chrysalis for the butterfly.

But it turns out, it is the exertion of the struggle to tear its way to freedom which causes the butterfly's heart to beat fiercely enough to force blood through its wings, to stiffen and straighten them for flight. This butterfly's wings dried crumpled, and it was never able to fly.


Taken from siderea.

The Parable of the Butterfly

Once there was an entomologist who found a chrysalis and put it in a jar and took it home. He waited patiently while the caterpillar pupated. One day, finally, the chrysalis began to writhe as the new butterfly within struggled to break free. So keenly did the entomologist sympathize with the butterfly's plight, that he was moved to take a razor and slice a way out of the chrysalis for the butterfly.

But it turns out, it is the exertion of the struggle to tear its way to freedom which causes the butterfly's heart to beat fiercely enough to force blood through its wings, to stiffen and straighten them for flight. This butterfly's wings dried crumpled, and it was never able to fly.


Taken from siderea.