Wow, yeah, the brain tumors. When I was a teenager, I used to babysit for the family that lived behind us now and then: an older sister and a little brother, a toddler. I remember he had little bells on his shoes. And then some years later he got one of those tumors--and this was more than a generation ago, plus some of those tumors are impossible, and so he died. I hope for your friends that their kids pull through, and I'm sorry for that double dose of bad news. And good for you for persevering with the blood donation. No, I don't think you'd told about how hard it is to give blood--how awful and typically human to have all those prejudices. They have them here too in this way: do you remember the mad cow scare? After that, they banned, in this country, anyone who had been living in England during a certain period of time from giving blood. We overlapped BY ONE MONTH with that time period. And hardly ever ate beef. And it's been 25 years and none of us shows any sign of sickening. And yet I'm still not allowed to donate blood. It's nuts. What do they think people in England do for blood? Same with the bans on if you've been in Africa. Nuts nuts nuts.
I know what you mean about the weight of glasses. I feel that way about my glasses. I have to wear them pretty much all the time, and I'm always taking them off. I should get some of those superlight frames--but like you said, ouch! the price.
I hope you get some rejuvenation in France, some time not filled up with obligations.
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Date: 29 Apr 2023 01:16 pm (UTC)I know what you mean about the weight of glasses. I feel that way about my glasses. I have to wear them pretty much all the time, and I'm always taking them off. I should get some of those superlight frames--but like you said, ouch! the price.
I hope you get some rejuvenation in France, some time not filled up with obligations.