We few...we band of buggered

I'm speaking of the five people on my friends list who didn't think Ats 5.18 was the cat's pajamas and were just a little disturbed by the message at the end. I think it's five, may be less. Not sure.

Sigh. Bad day. Very bad day. Getting worse. It's past one and I should sleep, instead I keep writing and deleting posts.

Got some bad news tonight about my sister-in-law who just had the baby. She's in dreadful pain. Slipped disc and severe back contusion from her labor, which have made it impossible for her to care for her new baby. I'm terribly worried about her.
She's such a sweet person and so does not deserve this. And there's nothing I can do to help. My brother is keeping everyone but close friends away at this point - due to her fragile emotional state. (Her mother is not helping her, they had to throw her out). The whole situation makes me cry.
All my other problems, of which there are many, seem silly in comparison. There is nothing worse than wanting to help and being unable to.

Updates...

Since we are having a fascinating discussion about Ats 5.18
in my last journal entry, I've made it public. Even though it has something very personal in it. The discussion has made me appreciate the episode more. No longer bugged by it.

Regarding the personal tid-bit. Thanks so much for your comments regarding my sister-in-law. She is doing better. Spoke to Kid Bro this morning and apparently things are under control. (My mother freaked out, as mothers tend to do when they are thousands of miles away.) It's a compressed disk in her lower back not a slipped disc as we originally thought.
And she's had it before but in the upper back. Apparently it affects your legs in a weird way. Kid Bro is wonderful though. He's taken time off work, brought in help, and is taking care of the child. He got the caregiver gene in our family. I kill plants. He could grow a forest.

Note to cjl - got your message, see you at 12:15 on Sunday!
For some reason aol isn't taking messages from my email again.