Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Spring

I wrote the last blog post Friday morning. Later that evening, I went to my friend Jay's for a beer.  Firefly showed up at the house in bad shape. She smoked crack all day on no sleep. She was twitching and incapable of putting thoughts together. It took me a while to calm her down, including threatening to call the cops and have her committed.

It has been five days now, she hasn't left the house alone. I took her to the doctor's appointment yesterday for a refill on suboxone. She has not unpacked her things from her car, and I have not suggested that she should. 

She needs to gain weight and muscle. She needs to create a plan. I don't mind her sitting here watching TV and sleeping, but that is not a long-term fix. I will be going back to the office soon. I cannot watch her forever. She needs to watch herself.

Currently, I am working my way through editing Dave's book.  It is a good experience for me. Sometimes I fear I am heavy-handed, but I am not trying to be critical. I am editing it as if it were my own work while trying not to change his story.  

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  1. I’ve just read your book....a hard uncompromising read ......I liked it


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    1. Thank you for the praise. Feel free to post that as a review. :)

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  2. I feel bad for her. I hope she see's that she needs help and gets it but all too often that is not the case with addicted people.

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    1. Well I hope she tries doing other things and sticks with staying put.

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  3. I view the whole writing thing as fun. Getting different opinions is why I have readers. Nobody reads the same sentence, if you know what I mean. I hope you're having fun with it!

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    1. You have a great series there. You should be proud of it!

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