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wookiepocket for this, if you must. Thanks ever so much for the suggestion. Honest.
On Wednesday, October 19 and Thursday, October 20, I will be indulging in the opportunity to be depressed.
I do not have any vacation or sick time left to take to my bed for a proper, luxurious, full-on depressive episode, so I will be at work on those two days. I plan, however, to drag myself home each evening and throw myself on the Couch of Woe in my living room and not move except to eat bonbons and stroke the cats while weeping daintily into my handkerchief.
Things you can do for Lori while she is depressed:
* Find her a handkerchief.
* Cook her dinner.
* Wash the dishes.
* Send her flowers. (Askimnotandrei for the address.)
* Send her a get well soon card. (see above.)
* Take her to lunch.
* Feed her bonbons by hand.
* Stroke her hair.
* Kiss her forehead.
* Fluff her pillow.
* Mend her pillow. (There's a small tear in the fake-fur sofa pillow.)
* Recommend a good read for her evening lying-down spells. Something light and not so well-written that she despairs of ever writing anything nearly as good as that, though, please.
Or, make some other token gesture that indicates that you value her time, input, skill, and energy, in whatever form you may have encountered it. Oh yeah.
And, lastly, recognize that even if she is laughing and smiling, she is still depressed, and that's OK, because this is a stage she must go through. It's called "wallowing." Or maybe "grief." Also possibly "frustration." It's OK. On Friday, she will be better. Promise.
Lori's Depression FAQs:
Q. Why wait until next Wednesday?
A: Because this weekend, I am in Los Angeles, and Tuesday night is when my writer's group meets.
Q: Can you really manage to put off your depression that long?
A: We'll find out the hard way.
Q: Are you serious?
A: Yes.
Q: Even about the bonbons?
A: The bonbons are to be taken either literally or figuratively, as you prefer.
wookiepocket for this, if you must. Thanks ever so much for the suggestion. Honest.On Wednesday, October 19 and Thursday, October 20, I will be indulging in the opportunity to be depressed.
I do not have any vacation or sick time left to take to my bed for a proper, luxurious, full-on depressive episode, so I will be at work on those two days. I plan, however, to drag myself home each evening and throw myself on the Couch of Woe in my living room and not move except to eat bonbons and stroke the cats while weeping daintily into my handkerchief.
Things you can do for Lori while she is depressed:
* Find her a handkerchief.
* Cook her dinner.
* Wash the dishes.
* Send her flowers. (Ask
imnotandrei for the address.) * Send her a get well soon card. (see above.)
* Take her to lunch.
* Feed her bonbons by hand.
* Stroke her hair.
* Kiss her forehead.
* Fluff her pillow.
* Mend her pillow. (There's a small tear in the fake-fur sofa pillow.)
* Recommend a good read for her evening lying-down spells. Something light and not so well-written that she despairs of ever writing anything nearly as good as that, though, please.
Or, make some other token gesture that indicates that you value her time, input, skill, and energy, in whatever form you may have encountered it. Oh yeah.
And, lastly, recognize that even if she is laughing and smiling, she is still depressed, and that's OK, because this is a stage she must go through. It's called "wallowing." Or maybe "grief." Also possibly "frustration." It's OK. On Friday, she will be better. Promise.
Lori's Depression FAQs:
Q. Why wait until next Wednesday?
A: Because this weekend, I am in Los Angeles, and Tuesday night is when my writer's group meets.
Q: Can you really manage to put off your depression that long?
A: We'll find out the hard way.
Q: Are you serious?
A: Yes.
Q: Even about the bonbons?
A: The bonbons are to be taken either literally or figuratively, as you prefer.
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Date: 2005-10-14 07:50 pm (UTC)(puts down Wednesday the 19th in Day Timer)
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Date: 2005-10-14 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 09:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 07:59 pm (UTC)A: The bonbons are to be taken either literally or figuratively, as you prefer.
Personally I prefer to take bonbons internally, but to each their own.
Every now and again I contemplate taking some time for being annoyed about the three-people-doing-five-people's-job aspect of work at the moment, but I'm too busy to give it a proper go.
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Date: 2005-10-14 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-10-14 09:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 10:24 pm (UTC)Okay please edgumacate the big black redneck.
The only bon-bons I'm aware of have ice cream in 'em.
I'm glad I saw this before I went out and bought a carton.
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Date: 2005-10-14 10:27 pm (UTC)Websters.com says, "A candy that often has a center of fondant, fruit, or nuts and is coated with chocolate or fondant." This has been extended to include ice cream bites coated similarly.
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Date: 2005-10-14 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-10-14 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 09:20 pm (UTC)What color thread?
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Date: 2005-10-14 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 10:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 09:22 pm (UTC)lunch? tea? thursday?
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Date: 2005-10-14 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 10:32 pm (UTC)i also suggest the tales of the city books for depressive reading.
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Date: 2005-10-14 10:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 11:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-14 11:22 pm (UTC)(i am not such the comic geek, but fell in capital el love with the series and read it compulsively on occassion)
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Date: 2005-10-15 02:09 am (UTC)Bonbon substitutes
Date: 2005-10-17 04:56 pm (UTC)Re: Bonbon substitutes
Date: 2005-10-18 06:57 pm (UTC)Re: Bonbon substitutes
Date: 2005-10-18 07:14 pm (UTC)