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I’ll just say this: in an emergency on an airplane, they tell you to put your mask on yourself first, because you don’t, you can’t help anyone else and in fact could become an obstacle to those around you.

There’s also a sub-field of ethics- lifeboat ethics- that concludes that you don’t generally have an obligation to help others if doing so would put you at substantial risk of harm or death.

The same applies here. Do what you can, but don’t feel obligated to help to the point that your own health and well-being is jeopardized.

It may hurt. My dad was hurt when he refused to satisfy every demand his parents made on him in his last years. Many were patently unreasonable, and could have exhausted him to the point of endangering his patients. So he took the hit on being “a bad son” because he wanted to remain a good husband, father and MD.

If you need a laugh watch Death to 2020 on Netflix. It's too funny. It might be illegal in some places.

Jurassic World Evolution it's free till the 7th

Welp, we had our one week of winter. Now it's back to mid 60s highs. I suppose this is a good thing. My gas bill for last month was way more than double.

Thank you, guys. I hope I didn't make myself sound too selfish. I'm not saying I won't help. I just do want to feel trapped. She is my sister, of course I'll do what I can to help. I just know for my mental health, if nothing else, I would be better off separate from her.

I'm still holding on to the hope I might get lucky and find a partner. It'll be even harder if I have to explain this whole other family that comes with the deal. Or the pack of 4 dogs and 3 cats they just have to have. lol

Aeson said:

Thank you, guys. I hope I didn't make myself sound too selfish. I'm not saying I won't help. I just do want to feel trapped. She is my sister, of course I'll do what I can to help. I just know for my mental health, if nothing else, I would be better off separate from her.

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I never thought you were being selfish. I never assumed it was an all or nothing sort of deal. I know I mentioned "do what you are able/willing to do" because I feel that that should be the limit, not because I assumed you were not doing anything and was trying to shame you into doing SOMETHING. Family situations are the most difficult. I know. I just hope you do what's best for you and I hope all goes as well as it can. And I would never give up hope of finding someone. Sometimes it requires lots of work, sometimes it requires pure happenstance. Regardless, there should always be hope!

Totally unrelated, just watched this movie "Shadow in the Cloud" with Chloe Grace Moretz and even though the basis of the story isn't particularly original, I thought it was enjoyable and well done. The ending was a little ridiculous, but they had to show her 'kick ass'... and she did. It was hilarious. And awesome. And this movie I'd never heard of was SOOOOO much better, imo, than WW84. Which is crazy, considering the budget of both movies. Then again, budget isn't everything. (not blaming the actors in WW, it wasn't their fault the movie was so blah). Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. Not a terrible movie to watch first day of the new year!

My niece started her job today. She got on with Bojangles, the same one her brother started at a couple months ago. I wonder if that gives him seniority over her. lol

I found this nonalcoholic alternative for whiskey, gin, and tequila. Have any of you tried anything like them?

So... I ended up in the hospital overnight for observation Monday night...
Awhile back, beginning of last week, my toe started hurting, next day I woke up with a swollen toe and a huge blood blister under the nail. It didn't really get any better as the week went on and the beginning of this week two other toes started getting the same way. I called out of work on Monday to get it checked, spent the whole damn day at the emergency room in the Health Center, then got transferred to the local hospital overnight. Didn't get let out till 2:30 in the afternoon on Tuesday. Since I had a bunch of vacation time I was about to lose, I just took off the rest of the week.

Apparently I have "Covid toes" - not Covid - I tested negative, just Covid toes (it seems to be a somewhat common symptom of Covid)... There are apparently teeny weenie blood clots getting jammed up in the capillaries and causing the swelling and purple spots. It's "most likely" caused by Reynaud's disease, which is when your body overreacts to cold temperatures by constricting your blood vessels too much. I need to call a vascular guy for an appointment to make sure it's not some autoimmune disease or something else...

In the meantime, I'm supposed to pop aspirin every day, keep my feet warm and try not to wear my steel-toed boots any more than necessary. Since the puter is downstairs in my freezing-<bleeping>-cold basement, I'm trying to stay offline, but there's not much else to do around the house that isn't a "downstairs" project (hobby stuff, puter stuff, etc.)...