March 8 -- Fuck You, March 8
9Can we just remove this date from the calendar entirely?
I apologize to those people who have happy events to celebrate on this date!
I abhor March 8th. My family lost someone very precious to us on this date.
@Cranky1950 has nothing on me today 
Do me a favor – when someone is having a seemingly terrible day and they may be taking it out on you unnecessarily, consider they might be dealing with a pressure, sadness, or concern unbeknownst to you. Try your best to absorb, deflect or negate the angst. Sometimes, just a simple smile can make a huge difference in another person’s day!
Is there a day of great significance in your life you would rather skip? Is there a day that is spectacularly awesome that you would like to share?
I probably won’t around much today…last day of training and trekking home to the ruggies (if they are a tween and a teen, can I still call them ruggies?) I will catch up with you all tomorrow! Be good until I am back on patrol.
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I have stuff on you?
@cranky1950 you are crankier on a regular basis, so you have that
I’m with you @mikibell.
I don’t have a particular reason, but Fuck Today.
For the principle of the thing.
@f00l I agree with both of you. Anyway, I’m feeling kinda crummy today.
@f00l Thank you for the support
Fuck Today.
Kill It With Fire
@f00l failed Jr League.
@cranky1950 May be eligible for Campfire Girls.
@OldCatLady I was a Campfire Girl.
@Barney Me, too!
@moondrake You know what that makes us? Old.
@OldCatLady
@moondrake
@Barney
I was also a Camp Fire Girl.
@cranky1950
Yes, I failed Jr League, and the Women’s Club, and every other chance I ever received to be a respectable person.
@OldCatLady
@moondrake
@f00l
Hanging up in my office.
Yes, I’m a little strange.
@Barney
@OldCatLady
@moondrake
It was at campfire camp (El Tesoro, near here, a great place) gatherings that I learned to do the shimmy and the twist.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_El_Tesoro
http://www.campfirefw.org/about-us/camp-el-tesoro/
@f00l
We didn’t allow horses at our camp.
@Barney
Riding was optional. If you didn’t want to ride, you might never be within 1/2 a mile of a horse.
@f00l That’s too close.
@f00l Did an overnight youth camp with a few other nearby Presbyterian churches maybe 5 or 6 years ago? Still a good time…
@compunaut
You did the youth Camp at El Tesoro?
It’s a great place. And quite large, unless my childhood memories deceive me.
Did you stop in Acton to see the grave of Davy Crockett’s last wife?
When I went to camp, we always stopped to see the monument. It’s the smallest State Park in Texas.
@f00l That giphy is hot on so many different levels.
@f00l I am Marxist* in that respect: I refuse to belong to any club that would have me as a member.
*Groucho, that is.
Fuck March entirely. I’ve lost three lives I treasure in March, two of them in the past year. It used to be my favorite month, with the first days of sitting outdoors weather, guest birds singing strange songs in every tree, flowers getting their glory on before the heat gets here. But there’s crushing grief tied to it now.
@moondrake I’m afraid to ask – how’s Simba?
@Barney Stomach cancer, fading fast. I planned on putting him to sleep on Monday, so we’d have this week for long car rides in the country and visits to the park, and he’ll have the weekend for all his friends to say goodbye. But I don’t know if he can make it that long, it’s progressing very rapidly now. He doesn’t seem to be in pain, but he can’t hold down food and is so thin. I’m taking it day by day. The 17th would have been the 10th anniversary of him being my boy.
@moondrake I’m so very sorry. Stomach cancer took my beloved Border Collie, Charlie. It’s been 12 years and I still ache for him.
I know how much you love Simba and how hard this is on you. Both of you have my love.
Edit: March sucks.
@moondrake
I feared …
I’m so sad to hear this. Thinking of both of you.
(The Waste Land by T S Eliot)
I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
…
Eliot was wrong this time. It’s MARCH.
@Barney I always think of the lyrics from Mr. Bojangles, “He spoke with tears of 15 years of how his dog and him but just travelled all about
His dog up and died, he up and died, and after 20 years he still grieves.”
@f00l Perfect.
@moondrake
@moondrake
For you and for @Simba.
@moondrake I’m so sorry. Give him lots of hugs and kisses.
@moondrake Sad sad sad… cancer took one of my cats some years ago. There is no good time to put your dog or cat down. No good time. Any time is too soon.
@moondrake Virtual hugs to both of you. Just can’t seem to get my feelings into words on the screen. A mix of happy you had the last nearly ten years and sad you can’t have more.
@moondrake
If you feel like doing so - let us know how things go.
Still thinking of both of you.
@moondrake
@moondrake I just had to say that when my children were growing up they had a stuffed monkey
and that was what they called him. I used to sing that song to them every night before bed time. Brought back some wonderful memories. Thank you for putting a smile on my face.
@f00l This week he started to decline rapidly. I’d set him an appointment for next Monday afternoon so I could have the week with him for long car rides and short trips to the park, and we’d have the weekend for some of his many friends to come and see him. I had to revise that to Friday and then ended up having to take him in Thursday morning. I spent every minute of his last five days with him, when I was working I was unable to do that for other pets. Although I will never be ready, he definitely was. At least I knew it was his time, I was free of the doubt that tormented me when he seemed fine except for not eating. But I’d give anything for it not to have been so.
@moondrake
I’m so sorry.
@moondrake
Was short on time earlier.
Am so glad you had those last days. They will mean so much now, and for the future.
Loving another being always has a terrible price tag. I guess we’ll keep paying it tho.
So far this year I’m just not really on board with 2017; it hasn’t been that great.
@jqubed
@mfladd? Is that you?
@PlacidPenguin ???
@jqubed
Twas a comment based on the fact that @mfladd hasn’t been liking 2017.
@jqubed The rest of the year has been treating me well, but with traveling, I was quite aware of the date. I like it much better when I am too busy to dwell on what could have been.
I want to say I understand completely and my prayers are with you. If I could reach through here and give you a great big hug and a kiss on your cheek. May your pain lessen as time goes past, may the sun shine brightly on your face and may GOD put a presence of peace on and around you and everyone else who has felt this loss.
@hotwheels53 that was so sweet, and feels heartfelt. I might have to join @barney in the crying!
You might have meant this for @moondrake, but I am going to take it for me too
@mikibell it was from my heart and soul. I mean it to go to anyone who lost someone they loved. I to felt a loss last month and many others. We all need to here love and kindness when we have felt a loss and thank you for your sincere reply. Peace be with you all
you are all in my prayers.
@hotwheels53
It will nearly always end much too early, even if they live every day they possibly could. I guess that’s the bargain we make when we let the furry ones into our lives and our hearts. I got to spend exactly 1,500 days with my little guy Bob, and we were wild about each other. He was with me every minute he could be. And then he was gone. I’ve had my share of loss in life, humans and pets, but losing him has been the hardest, by far. There hasn’t been a day in the last two years that I haven’t missed him, but I’m so thankful that I had him, and that I treated him like a king while he was here.
I hope you can get some comfort knowing that you gave Simba a great life. Good luck to you both.
hugs