Oh man, that is so, so horrible. People can be such awful creatures. How totally violating. It's not just the money--well, but that is a huge part of it--it's the frigging nerve of some people. How can they be so heartless? Makes me want to punch them with FIRE.

I'm real sorry about your chickies, too. Glad your super-star pulled through. Don't beat yourself up - we all make mistakes. And she made it, after all.

I think I need a Truman icon! I have my "effing space" one that I like when things go wildly wrong, and on FB I have my RE4 "Futility" macro that I throw out there when it gets like this.

Hmm. Truman. Yeah, I need that icon.