Oh hey I was just about to comment that the one time I got morphine in the hospital it absolutely did not make me feel like this. It didn’t feel like anything except “thank god the pain stopped, now I can rest.” But it didn’t make me feel good above my baseline and I was about to wonder if something was wrong with me? Now I just feel lucky.

You know, I was actually going to ask why short hair on elderly women was so common. I had just assumed it was a remnant of their preferences from when they were younger, but I can definitely see trying to maximize thinned out hair!

lol the clothing colors in panel 1 is fantastic.

Fantastic write up. Reminds me of a post on Hobby Drama.

It’s Morty

My favorite go to sad song nuke is, strangely enough, “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan

I was looking for a good source for that (I have heard the same thing) but found this instead which is still helpful.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666956022000290

My to do list app had a wrapped and I was deeply displeased to see it.

Definitely how I started, and there is definitely something to be said about playing a game where nobody knows what’s going on, as long as everyone understands that’s going to be the state of things and are willing to work together. Whenever something came up we weren’t sure about we’d ALL dive on the rule books, not just the GM.

I have a gemstone (I forget what kind, it’s a dark purple though) worry stone. It’s just the right shape to rest in my hand and let me rub my thumb over it. I don’t really use it for that often, but on occasion it’s nice to just hold a cool stone, literally and figuratively.

It would have cost you nothing to not share that.

I was at an airport once and paid to use a massage chair because I was exhausted and wanted a light snooze. When the time ran out the owner asked me to stay as long as I wanted for unlimited time, because of this fact lol

Ah hell, now I want pancakes real bad.

It’s a good read! I recommend catching the backstory on the linked pages!

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A powerful statement in therapy that still hits me when I think about it. “You don’t stop being someone’s child.” (I’ll leave it without context, the context would be too painful and personal, so read that however you want.)

Had a tamer but similar hill near my home growing up. Loved speeding down. It ended in a lot filled with gravel. Fortunately the day I spun out on the gravel lot was coming from a different, slower direction. Developed an extremely bad case of road rash all over one leg. When I realized what might have happened if I’d been taking the hill instead, that I probably would have broken my legs or worse, I stopped going down that hill. Realization of mortality can be like a bucket of ice water sometimes.

Another extremely compelling episode, I love these.

Extremely sorry for your loss. What a treasured loved one you got to have. I’m sure he loved you immensely.

Surprisingly uplifting!