and no one even knew it was really only you.

[rocknload]

I told my dad he should give me his pneumonia, since that'd get me out of work tomorrow and having to worry about school stuff for at least another week. Or yeah, I'd still have to worry about it, but I'd worry about it while rolling around in bed and going, "But I can't do anything about it, how unavoidably tragic."

"Hilarious," my father says. "You could die, too, that'd get you out of pretty much everything, wouldn't it?"

S-sigh.

Comments

[unicorn]

...Your dad is good at delivering straight lines!

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

He's like, genuinely delirious, too. I think that might have something to do with it.

And my parents are all paranoid about his disease. When I came up for dinner he was sitting on one end of the table and EVERYONE ELSE was sitting on the other side. I went to sit next to him because there were no other chair available, and my mom was like Nooooooooo.

[unicorn]

Why didn't they just take him a plate in bed?

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I guess he was bored of being locked in that room with nothing but a television all day? And maybe he's feeling better, I'm not sure.

[unicorn]

I hope that second is true!

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. He's too grumpy to give a straight answer!

[unicorn]

Understandable!

[yamiaudra.livejournal.com]

I hope you guys get better! I had commented on lj about when you wanted to exchange gifts but you never replied :( So when do you want to exchange gifts? Are you home today?

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

You did? Huh, I never got the email for your comment! FAIL, LJ, FAIL. Um, hmm, I dunno, it'd probably have to be after work sometime...? Or I don't know, I'll have to check my schedule or... When's good for you? Oh, and I'm at work until, uh, ten or so.

[sunsetsred.livejournal.com]

But what would I do without Brittany? I hope your dad gets better, even if it foils your ingenious plan!

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Pffft, it'd be worth the risk! I mean, the odds of me dying of complications are rather pitifully low, Bernie Mac notwithstanding.

[nadleeh]

Why does your family life read like a sitcom full of dark humour, Brittany?

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

We're all ~colorful~ people!

[theeternalmind.livejournal.com]

Well, it's true.