EDIT (2 weeks later): Fucking hell, really? Continuing the long chain of shitty things happening in my family, my mom just found out she has cancer. The prognosis might be fairly good (she's having a lot of tests done atm to figure out how extensive the cancer is), but she's going to need surgery, chemo, etc for sure. Uggh. There's not even anyone I can say this stuff to, that's why I'm just venting it here.
EDIT (1 week later): Thanks so much to all who stopped by and left a kind comment. I'm not going to respond to them individually, but I'm really glad to have you guys. My mom is now back home and doing alright considering, and I'm going