“I got to the hospital and desperately needed a hug; he couldn’t hug me, but she could.”
“I know that I have a tendency to get over-involved in my relationships and lose myself and I was worried that I would be doing that if I drop most of my activities to stay at Noah’s and take care of him. Then I thought, this is for a limited period of time in a crisis situation and I will not allow it to continue forever. This has a finite life-span. I decided it is ok and healthy for me to do.” “Wow, I had that conversation with myself last night and came to the same conclusion.”
In response to inquiries from the nursing staff about who the other woman is, “Oh, that is his other girlfriend.”
Telling his mother that we can take care of him without a problem because there are many many people here who love him and will be happy to do whatever needs to be done to take care of him. Seeing it be true.
Calling Tom on the way to see Noah in the hospital and having him tell me to pass along his concern and please keep him posted as to Noah’s condition.
It has been a rough week, but it’s getting better already.
I flunked Spanish. The teacher was not willing to allow me any leniency when I missed class this week. C’est la vie.
Support networks are good. The more the better. I’m sorry to hear about your class, that was unreasonable of the teacher. *huggs* I’m glad you’re feeling better.
sillymesaysme has a good point.
This is kind of a tangent but it reminded me of my health psych class and about the importance of social support networks in staying healthy and dealing with illness.
With poly you’ve got a mathematical advantage because you have more people who are close to you. It’s better both in terms of quantity and quality.
Nifty.
Anyway, I’m glad Noah is in one piece and will stay that way. Pretty scary stuff. I wish him a speedy recovery and I think you’re awesome for taking care of him.
Hooray for the advantages of being poly! Bummer about the Spanish class, but consider this: you can always take Spanish again. Your prof was uncool to not make allowance for the fact that there is only one Noah, and right now that is where your energies are focused. S/he could have given you an incomplete under the circumstances, thus extending the time for you to study and finish up the course over the past week. Hugs!
Seconded. Profs hand out incompletes rather than flunking students with far less worthwhile excuses. As says, you can always take Spanish again, and his karma will roam around and bite him in the ass on a later date.
Hadn’t considered the expanded support network aspect of poly. Glad you have it there. Sending supportive thoughts your way from the Valley.
Go poly network!