Wednesday, August 18, 2010

When it rains, it pours

I've gone from being depressed about my "breakup" to being manic.  Usually this would bother me because mania isn't any better than depression, but I haven't gone completely over the edge (yet) so I feel it's better to be manic at the moment.  At least I can get out of bed, I'm not crying incessantly and I can eat again. I am however, starting to feel angry about the whole thing and annoyed about not being able to be at home whenever I want.  I'm trying to stifle these feelings since I know they aren't/won't do me any good. 

I had plans to be at my parents house tonight for my birthday dinner.  (I'm currently at their computer writing this.) So when I got here, my mom wasn't home yet from work, but my dad was here. (He's retired and therefore is almost always home.) When I first came in he seemed fine, asked me how everything was going and complained about it being hot & humid because of the rain.  Then, out of no where he tells me he got a call today that Marie (his older sister and my aunt) died.  Needless to say I was stunned.  I wasn't expecting to walk in and hear that someone died.  Marie had been very ill for a while. Last I had heard she had stopped eating and was bedridden and on constant morphine, so we knew the end was coming.  However, one is never really prepared to hear it's happened.  I think I'm still in shock about it.  I don't know what the plans are as far as him going back to PA for the funeral.  I know I won't be able to go and I don't know if mom will be able to either.

So, yet another crappy thing has happened this year around my birthday....this time it's affecting my family. 

Have I mentioned I REALLY hate my birthday??

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