Bleh...

[my_thestral]

One of those dreadful weeks again - the little one is still ill, vomiting for nearly a week now, so we went back to the doctor and we're hopeful he'll be better by Wednesday, when he has his 7th birthday. The bed we ordered for him as a present 10 days ago is still not here, so I shouted at the shop assistant today and I blackmailed him into free delivery if the bed is not here by Wednesday - it's only good customer service, in this Slytherin opinion. ;)

I went to pick up son no.1 today at school only to find him shouting hysterically - apparently he had gotten in a fight with five other boys, broke up their ice sculpture and smacked a boy - an innocent bystander at that - in the mouth and gave him a split lip. His father was absolutely livid when he phoned the school, apparently. How will this impulse-driven Asperger son of mine ever avoid jail in the future, it's anyone's guess. *sigh* We try to explain the working of the system to him - if he becomes uncontrollably or too impulsively violent, he's going to end up institutionalised one way or another - and there won't be a damn thing I can do about that once he grows up. Not a very optimistic thought, I reckon. :(

In fandom/Lj related news: after digthewriter 's post about LJ no longer sending out friend notifications, I went to check out mine, just to discover that I have 3 new friends I never added back. :( That was immediately rectified, however it's hard not to feel a complete and utter idiot after that, so dear new friends, here are my profound apologies. (And a kick in the butt to you, LJ!) Because of the younger son's illness I'm also awfully behind on my Ron/Draco entry - it's literally been going nowhere lately, so I hope I can pull it together in time - if this prolonged stay at home continues for much longer, I might have to ask for extension (hopefully, I won't embarrass myself completely and drop out).

I haven't watched the Inauguration, but the first moves of The Orange One is taking are not promising: Withdrawing from Trans-pacific partnership or the proposed bill to pull the USA out of the United Nations - not to mention the monstrosity that is The global gag rule he just re-instated - now, these developments are not something that fills me with optimism - but then again the Dutch are more than up to the job of cheering me up with this "welcome" to the most megalomanic president ever - it made me giggle out loud and because it has English subtitles, you'll be able to enjoy it as well. :) I suppose as long as there is humour in this world, there is some hope left. Never mind the gloomy ol' me, I'll get over myself. :)

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[capitu]

Oh no! :( I'm sorry your little one is still so sick. And we were so hopeful he'd be fine by Friday, no? *pets him AND you*

I'm sorry about your older one getting into a fight. *all the hugs*

I haven't got all the notifications. Like, I got some but not all and now I don't know how many people adding me I've missed. :( I'll have to make my own post about this. LJ sucks.

[my_thestral]

It's really been a stressful week, but it's mostly over now. With some luck, the little one is going back to school tomorrow - just in time for his b-day, yey, his father will be packing candy all evening! :)

And thanks to the really cool teachers in my son's school the thing with the injured boy will probably not escalate further - though the thought of "next time" scares me, to be honest. :/ Still, this is not something that can be rectified by worrying about it, so I tend to deal with things as they come. *gratefully accepts the hugs*

I'm seriously considering making dreamwidth my real home if this bullshit at LJ keeps up - no b-day and friending notifications - it's hard not to look and feel an asshole, though I have a feeling that it's objectively not my fault. I relied on Lj, but at least when it comes to b-days, this is something I can fix - I will just go through all my 20+ friends' profiles and write out b-days on my calendar, so LJ can be lazy all it wants to be. :P Not an optimal solution, but still... a natural born complainer that I am, I already complained to LJ and I told them that I hope I'm not too arrogant for expecting a reply, LOL! :) In all honesty, I don't expect one, but if they fix the issue, that will be the best answer that is. *sends big hugs your way*

[capitu]

Worrying probably doesn't help, but I know it also can't be helped. Seriously, all the hugs. <3

I'm totally with you! I relied on LJ's notifications for so much, and now they just gone with no reason, so lame. Totally not your fault! I wish I'd remember on my own all my LJ buddies' birthday but it's just hard realistically speaking. I saved a doc with all the birthday dates so now it's on me to check that list, and I hope I can keep up but it's easy to forget, and it doesn't mean you don't care, but in your day to day life there's usually a lot going on. I hope they reply, maybe I should complain as well. ^^