wait, it gets worse

I've spent the better part of 27 years trying to eat and read the newspaper comics at the same time. Can't do it. I either spend all my time reading or eating, or spilling my food on the comics thereby ruining them and the rest of my day. Yeah, I can answer questions and listen to someone else at the same time. I'm even able to eat and type, but work a newspaper and eat? Can't do it. But wait, it gets worse...

This girl, from my college/early-Army days, with whom I had a crush on. Told her so, got rejected, took some time to get over that, and then almost started dating but didn't because of a deployment (stupid Saddam Hussein and Operation Iraqi Freedom). Anyway, we're still on good terms. She called Friday and told me that she had just gotten engaged to her long-time boyfriend. I never met the guy but from what she's told me, I really don't like him. No, it's not a jealousy thing, but he sounds like such a loser. Yeah, she's got her quirks but she's smart and beautiful, good sense of humor. Her parents and I actually get along (something that's never happened before) but in the end, if it makes her happy then who am I to judge? And then?

My cat, by "my" I mean the family's because well let's face it I never really took care of him, died this week. He was 17 years, 9 months old. He lived a pretty full life if you asked me. Lived in two different countries, two different states, and let's face it almost old enough to vote in the upcoming elections. You know, there are people at my unit that aren't even that old. The cat that was almost old enough to buy a porno movie and a pack of smokes, you can't ask for much more than that. I laughed at him all the time because we'd have to buy the "senior-citizen" cat food which was labeled 7+ years. It's not like any of those things are life changing though right? They're not really going to affect my future that much right? Wait for it...

So, in this week, no wait, this crappy year so far what can be worse? Besides realizing my failing with a newspaper and food? Besides my cat dying? My dad is lying in the ICU ward of a hospital right now. He's got some auto-immune virus that attacks the nervous system that I've never heard of or can even pronounce. Basically he's lost almost all ability to move his arms and legs. He's on a treatment program to halt and reverse the damage, but even then it is possible for this disease to affect his major organs which could be very, very, very bad for him. Even with the treatment he's still got lots of physical therapy in order to restore regular function.

Yeah, and the last two items I had to learn from my aunt (dad's sister) on Friday. A full 1.5 days after he admitted himself into the emergency room. He drove himself there. So whatever else 2008 has in store for me, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to like it. If you think it can't get worse, the universe usually finds a way to prove you wrong.