My metamour, my girlfriend’s girlfriend, has received some absolutely devastating medical news.
The entire polycule has done an absolutely amazing job of stepping up to support her. In two weeks, I leave for Springfield, where I will join my Talespinner to fly out to London and from there travel to Wales to be with her. The extended polycule did an amazing job of pulling this together in a very short time, and supporting each other to make it happen. My metamours and meta-metamours who were able to even helped the rest of us financially so that we could make arrangements to fly out last minute.
Even complete strangers helped. I would not have been able to go without the kindness of people on social media who offered financial support, completely unasked and unexpected. I am overwhelmed grateful beyond measure for the kindness of people I don’t even know who contributed out of the blue to make this happen.
Thanks to the government shutdown, the FAA is reducing flights at many airports, including PDX. It’s not clear yet whether or not my flight will be one of the ones cut, or what will happen if it is.
United Airlines has offered no-questions-asked refunds on flights ahead of the FAA cuts in air travel…but because international travel isn’t affected by the mandated cuts, they’re only offering me a refund on my domestic flight. I have tickets from Portland to Springfield, then Springfield to London and back, then Springfield to Portland, and right now it’s completely up in the air when (or even if) I will be able to get to Springfield.
I am so goddamn tired of this.
I’m tired of him.
I’m tired of the pettiness. I’m tired of the meanness. I’m tired of the grift, the selfishness, the pointless purposeless malice. I’m tired of his followers, so eager to hurt themselves as long as the people they hate are hurt more.
I’m tired of trying to have empathy for people who are sobbing that they’re losing their jobs or ther farms because he isn’t hurting the people they think he should be hurting. They voted for the leopard and now they’re shocked their faces are being eaten, too.
The stupidity, the venality, the cruelty, the mendacity, the sadistic malignity, I am just so absolutely sick of all of it.
One day, this will end.
Here’s hoping all your travel plans work out for you and the others. I don’t blame you for being tired of that “man”. I am too – and I’m in the UK. Sometimes, when I wake in the night, I check the news in the hope of hearing that he’s died.
I so hope things work out for you.
I’m deeply tired of all this, too. It just seems like a death of a thousand cuts. But sone of the cuts go very deep. I don’t know how, or if, this country will recover.
But I hope you can get together with your family, we all need the ones we love. More so than ever lately.
With this I agree.
That Felonious orange moron told the American people what he was going to do from day one of his presidency. With Project 2025 as his play book and Stephen Fascist Miller running things behind the scenes, the average American citizen is in for many miserable years. If the 34-count convicted felon were to drop dead tomorrow from a Big Mac Attack I would not shed a tear in sorrow but plan a celebration of life knowing that the nightmare will soon be over for the American people. All of those people involved in this criminal regime will be prosecuted for their involvement and most will see serious prison time as the ultimate reward. I can’t wait for that day to arrive and get the rule of law back with the new Commander in Chief upholding and defending the Constitution as is sworn to in the Oath of Office during the swearing in ceremony.
If I had money to spare, I would be happy to help financially. But I do have (too much) time on my hands, so if I can check flights or do anything else to help out, let me know. It may take some coordinating to get you out of here.
Sorry to hear that. I hope everything goes as well as it can.
I’m so sorry! I hope you’re able to make your flight. I hope your girlfriend’s girlfriend makes a full recovery without having to pay a penny.
I didn’t want to vote for Biden or Harris. But I did. My SS & ACA are on the battle front so I support the shutdown. MAGAs are ungrateful people. They need to experience extreme hardship. It’s the only way they’ll learn. You & I are caught in the cross fire.
I assume you checked train, bus, options. If I was able I’d drive you cross country. Alas I have no car. My empathy towards you & your friend.
Seriously consider staying with her for next five years. I would love to see comparative writing about EU & U.S. politics