C'est La Vie

Things are finally going right in my life. I have a job which I like and am good at, and the pay ain't too shabby. I am doing well in my classes. I have great friends whom I love. To use the cliché, I'm single and loving it. I've been hitting the gym more often and feel great, body image-wise and health-wise. This is the current chapter of my life.

My friends and family, however, seem to be living in another story entirely.
I received a call this afternoon from amy, she informed me that her step-father was hospitalized today with congestive heart failure and would need four or five bypasses and with all the blockages in his good leg, the one that wasn't amputated at the knee, it may need to be amputated as well. Their entire family is hysterical because his condition is not looking promising.

Paige calls me with news that her most recent ex, whom she was completely head-over-heals for, cheated on her and that the entire relationship was built on lies. At first she was furious, now she's crying, we've been on the phone for almost three hours. I am happy to comfort her, though I have an 8am class and an exam tomorrow.

My dad has been in and out of the hospital several times in the past few months because of some liver and spleen, aka: alcohol related, issues and yet he refuses to end the behavior that is causing the problems, sometimes I really think he just wants to die.

My uncle was recently diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of cancer, and has been undergoing treatment with no improvement.

My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital with various age-related health issues.

My parents continually complain about their financial issues, yet somehow I don't know that going out to dinner and buying junk food and dvds counts as an effort to save money.

Adam seems to think that his life is completely meaningless unless he has a girlfriend and he is sinking deeper and deeper into depression.

These are all horrible things and I wish I could fix all of them but, as horrible as it sounds, I just want to get away from it all and enjoy that things are going well for me right now, things rarely go my way and now that they are I can't even sit back to enjoy them. None of this drama with my friends and family is new, it's always been there and I've always been there for them. I set aside my own issues to help them deal with theirs, but right now I don't have any and I just wish I could enjoy that for a few minutes. Instead I spend hours at a time on the phone trying to convince everyone that they are wonderful people and things will get better one day soon, by then I'm sure I'll have my own demons to deal with once again. But, such is life..right?