JonasParker: December 2007 Archives

Season's Greetings

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And happy tidings. Rose and I are in Brockville right now, and we will be returning to Montreal later today. I can't say that I am looking forward to it. Let's compare the two places.

BrockvilleMontreal
  • A nice, warm, clean, familiar house with plenty of space.
  • Two people that enjoy taking care of things like ironing clothes.
  • Good food on a regular basis.
  • Relaxation and distance from my problems, time to heal and deal.
  • Proximity to my brother, my favourite relative.
  • Proximity to my sister, whose house is like a mansion.
  • Proximity to my nieces and nephews, some of which I know could benefit from my presence.
  • Access to a car if I get insurance.
  • Stores open until six on the weekends instead of five. That makes a big difference.
  • Satellite TV
  • A small, dirty, crappy apartment whose kitchen and living room combined are the size of my 8-year-old niece's bedroom. I am not kidding.
  • Obligations and responsibilities, not all of which I feel I can handle.
  • A sense of futility and frustration.
  • Having to walk around and deal with the metro and bus system, which is normally pretty good, but still.
  • A more complicated way of living.
  • Unfriendly people.

No rest for the stupid

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The chemo is over, and if all goes well, I'll never have it again, yet I still feel like shit. I still puked this morning, although weakly. I still have an awful taste in my mouth. I still have this gremlin in my throat that makes me want to voluntarily barf, as though there were anything to bring up. I am now 169 pounds. A week ago I was more than 180.

But worse than all that, or as as result of it, I don't really like myself at all. I have a feeling of worthlessness. I have little money, and I won't have any for a while. I hate my living circumstances. I feel stupid, listless, sad and angry, although not explosively so the way I did in October. I don't feel as though I can attend to anything properly. I wonder what I am doing at work and why they even need me at all. I better understand people that feel as though they are fakes about to be discovered. I have a make up exam tomorrow that I doubt that I will even write because I cannot even find the material I need to study. It's not even that hard, but I will fail this course. I will be a failure yet again. I can barely find the will to move. I feel like a skeleton in many ways.

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