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Note Issues (And some news)
9 years ago
Hello you lovely gentlecreatures. I just wanted to put up a journal for a few reasons, one being to push aside that utter downer of a previous entry, one was to ask a general question, and the last was to let you all know that I'm making what has quickly become a yearly pilgrimmage into the mountains of Kentucky to see to some family business.
So, first off, has anyone been having any issues with their notes recently (in the last few weeks, since the Hackening and all that nonsense)? Because it turned out that I had a handful of notes sent to me in the week-or-so following those unfortunate events that never showed up in my notifications and therefore sat unread and untouched for a distressingly long time before I caught on to the shenanigans. It's partially my fault, I know, because I could have caught it sooner if I'd been even remotely observant, but I'm more annoyed that it occured in the first place. My notes have since been getting pinged in my notification bar, so I'm hoping it was just a temporary side effect of the technical turmoil that went on, but I was curious if anyone else had experienced this issue.
And lastly, this coming Sunday I'm beginning what is likely to be another two-week trip to my family up north in the South. Since a few incidents last Autumn, my grandmother's health has been steadily failing, and a good chunk of my extended family is congregating there in the mountains in what feels unsettlingly like a "last chance" family reunion. So I imagine those weeks are going to contain a dizzying mix of emotions. Luckily, my hotel has wi-fi and my evenings should be pretty calm, so I'll hopefully be able to channel all that into something positive, or at least something creative.
What will be will be, however. Thanks to everyone for sticking around this long. We've passed thirteen thousand pageviews, and are hovering dangerously close to three-hundred fifty watchers, which is an exciting prospect. So onward to the future we march. For now, though, I'm going to bed. I have to drive my mother to a root canal in the morning.
So, first off, has anyone been having any issues with their notes recently (in the last few weeks, since the Hackening and all that nonsense)? Because it turned out that I had a handful of notes sent to me in the week-or-so following those unfortunate events that never showed up in my notifications and therefore sat unread and untouched for a distressingly long time before I caught on to the shenanigans. It's partially my fault, I know, because I could have caught it sooner if I'd been even remotely observant, but I'm more annoyed that it occured in the first place. My notes have since been getting pinged in my notification bar, so I'm hoping it was just a temporary side effect of the technical turmoil that went on, but I was curious if anyone else had experienced this issue.
And lastly, this coming Sunday I'm beginning what is likely to be another two-week trip to my family up north in the South. Since a few incidents last Autumn, my grandmother's health has been steadily failing, and a good chunk of my extended family is congregating there in the mountains in what feels unsettlingly like a "last chance" family reunion. So I imagine those weeks are going to contain a dizzying mix of emotions. Luckily, my hotel has wi-fi and my evenings should be pretty calm, so I'll hopefully be able to channel all that into something positive, or at least something creative.
What will be will be, however. Thanks to everyone for sticking around this long. We've passed thirteen thousand pageviews, and are hovering dangerously close to three-hundred fifty watchers, which is an exciting prospect. So onward to the future we march. For now, though, I'm going to bed. I have to drive my mother to a root canal in the morning.
That..well, that's relatively minor, compared to the other part of the journal. I hope things go well (as well as they can) for you, your family, and your grandmother. Best wishes.
As for my family, this has sort of been my life for the past few months. It's the main reason that I was in the state I was over the winter. My grandfather passed in September, and both of my grandmothers are in nursing homes/hospitals, one due to congestive heart failure and kidney issues, and the other because cancer is turning her lungs into swiss cheese. Soon enough, probably within the next few months, and almost certainly by the end of the year, I'm not going to have and grandfamily left. But... the knowledge that I'm hardly alone in this situation is a balm. It's hitting both of my parents much harder, probably because of the immediacy of the situation, and I'm more worried about their mental well being than my own. I suppose I've made my own peace with the situation.
Uhh... sorry for venting a little, but thanks for giving me the chance, and thanks for your thoughts.