# Eeeeehhhh, eh, eh-April...Yeah, life sucks, still... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836 "2019-04-01T03:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/221 "2019-05-01T00:15:50Z")
> [@slalexan](#): > > (My daughter is in the process of being diagnosed with ADHD and/or Autism. She’s also just like eating paper and salt and mouthing rocks and stuff and I’m really concerned about that. She has a her appointment with her pediatrician in a week so I should just chill. ) How old is she? ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/222 "2019-05-01T13:11:55Z")
**ENugent** , she is 5 years old. She is also not potty trained. We got out concerns. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/223 "2019-05-01T14:44:59Z")
> [@slalexan](#): > > **ENugent** , she is 5 years old. She is also not potty trained. We got out concerns. Sounds a lot like my son. He’s about to turn 11. He is potty trained now (thank god), but just yesterday I made him clean up the poop he had wiped off his hands onto the walls of the bathroom. 😕:mad: Children can be pretty gross, and autism/ADHD can result in some pretty weird behaviors even in normally sensible ones. Good on you for getting it diagnosed. In my experience, the only thing harder than taking your kid through the parade of specialists and therapists to deal with these kinds of things is living with them without the support of that parade. It won’t be fun, but you’ll get through it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/224 "2019-05-01T15:10:48Z")
> [@slalexan](#): > > I’m not convinced that kale is supposed to be eaten at all. It’s cow food so what you do is have a cow preprocess it into carne asada. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/225 "2019-05-01T15:19:11Z")
> [@ENugent](#): > > Sounds a lot like my son. He’s about to turn 11. He is potty trained now (thank god), but just yesterday I made him clean up the poop he had wiped off his hands onto the walls of the bathroom. 😕:mad: Children can be pretty gross, and autism/ADHD can result in some pretty weird behaviors even in normally sensible ones. Good on you for getting it diagnosed. In my experience, the only thing harder than taking your kid through the parade of specialists and therapists to deal with these kinds of things is living with them without the support of that parade. It won’t be fun, but you’ll get through it. I am happy we are getting this going and are working on getting her (and us) help. But my brain does NOT like how long this is taking. In the meantime, I’m just constantly worried. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/226 "2019-05-01T19:51:48Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > It’s cow food so what you do is have a cow preprocess it into carne asada. Last month, someone gave me some canned curry. The translation into English was pretty amusing: “Vegetarian flavour curry”. I showed a friend and he said, “I love the flavor of vegetarians; that’s why I eat beef.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/227 "2019-05-02T02:07:35Z")
You know my Daddy always had a garden and he made us eat our greens. Salad was mandatory. Funny how I was able to grow up and be healthy, along with all my sibs and never ever heard of kale. Never. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/228 "2019-05-02T05:44:23Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > A lot of _futile_ work in my experience. Kale is NOT my favorite green. Nor mine. In its favor, though, is the Zuppa Toscana at Olive Garden. That thing is loaded with kale, yet somehow, it’s freakin’ delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/229 "2019-05-02T16:16:49Z")
I woke up early but was not able to get back to sleep because of all the damn bird noise in the trees outside my window. “chirp _chirp_ chirp _squawk_ flutter BRAWK chirp tweet **CHIRP** chirp chirp squawk chirp **brawk** _ **BRAWK** _” I’m gonna get a power sprayer for my hose and soak the whole lot of miserable, disgusting, filthy, lice-ridden birds. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836/230 "2019-05-02T19:26:28Z")
Actually… you might want to re-think that, most birds _like_ getting a shower… I not only have the external bird noise, I have three parrots inside with me. They take it _personal_ if I continue to sleep past the time the sun hits the window. Or past the time the rest of the avian neighborhood starts the Morning [del]Chorus[/del] Shriek. On really wonderful mornings I get a chorus line of wild birds on the outside of the sill arguing and screaming at the indoor birds, who are definitely giving as good as they’re getting. And this is why I have ear covers rated at 30 decibels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeeeehhhh-eh-eh-april-yeah-life-sucks-still/831836.md?page=11)