I've had an interesting 2012 so far. Since January 7th Bob & I have had a very dear friend staying with us - camped out in the guest house. She, like so many others these days, lost her house. With a storage unit full of household goods needing to be sorted, then relocated to another storage unit closer to her parent's house, is emotionally tremendous work.
I am so grateful to be able to give her a loving, stable place to live while she gets through the task. The pets are getting so spoiled - My friend buys them all their most favorite treats! She told me the other day being here has been such a blessing - the pets have been a bonus comforting element.
There has been a pesky situation come up though. A mutual friend has become unglued - he has acted out from such a nasty ugly irrational space with action I find intolerable. Why? Unbelievably bizarre paranoid ideas - to surreal to list.
Here is an example of a text he's sent: "One morning you are going to wake up ashamed of the way you purposefully and determinedly directed affairs so that I was left blowing in the wind. You have proved to me you are motivated by a self control satisfied by superiority and hate. Goodbye"
Here is an irrational voicemail:
This 40 something friend has had some health issues, in particular, a heart condition & a stroke, that have really messed things up for him. The negativity is getting me down. He thinks we are the enemy. Brain damage is the real cause - but I'm tired of being the "bad guy" in his mind. I've done nothing, my friend has done nothing other than being busy working out her own dilemmas.
I am his durable power of attorney - if he goes unconscious I make the medical decisions. That is how close we were as friends. I don't think I can handle being that for him anymore...