i’m glad this has settled in a nice easy fashion. hopefully he will be able to get back on the wagon.
It’s too goddamn fucking hot! Christ, I fucking hate this time of year. Fuck Summer.
Wow, that’s a relief…hope all goes well!
I would still change those locks though.
Seconded! I need to clean/rebuild a grill, detail a couple of vehicles (the automatic car wash won’t touch that amount of brake dust), and finish tearing apart an oversized doghouse that has pretty much rotted out…and it’s too damn hot to do anything, even if you go out early in the morning. Oh, and my beautiful fig trees (bushes?) have not responded well to the weather this year; the last part of the fig crop molded on the trees before I could finish harvesting, and now the backyard reeks of rotting fruit. The birds, possums, and raccoons aren’t even interested at this point; it’s all insects now.
And a big “what the fuck” to the guy who deliberately rolled his truck into the intersection of a four-way stop as I was exercising my right-of-way. Seriously dickhead, were you trying to intimidate me? Or (as I judged from your facial expression) had you been partaking of the local pharmaceuticals, and thus no longer able to properly control your bro-dozer? In either case, I hope your truck’s accessories weren’t just for show, because you were headed in the direction of a half-assedly paved road that can do a number on a vehicle’s suspension.
That’s great news, but stay on top of it and make sure things don’t start to slide! You obviously know what you’re doing (the airtight contract was smart) but I think you’re also generally more trusting than I am. I’d never have had a roommate in the first place, TBH.
That is excellent news! I’m so relieved that you don’t have to have an angry confrontation.
And what have we learned from this, kids? That’s right…
Do nothing, and maybe it’ll all work itself out before you make it worse.
That is, in fact,
My last electric bill was over 200 dollars. This isn’t helped by being in my apartment all day working from home. I think I would actually be saving money by going into the office. My mental health sure would be alot better.
You must be walking on sunshine!
Sooo… I knew this was coming. My 93 year old mother fell and could not get up. She uses a walker but has a very nice electric scooter chair. She has not been using it, and the battery is completely dead. The manual for the chair says that in this situation you need to have a technician come to fix it.
I live 100 miles away. My cousin helped my mom, and called about the scooter. This company is requiring a doctors note that she actually needs it before sending someone to fix it. She was trained in it, and got approval for it from a skilled nursing facility.
WTF?
I need to call them. It will not be a pleasant conversation.
As an update to my previous rant - I went back to the insurance company website to find psychiatrists and found a different way to search. This search gave me actually useable information but I still have to call a bunch of different offices to see if I can get help. And, honestly, its really needed now.
I just spent way too much time getting mad about student loan forgiveness. For some reason, I get really defensive when people imply that it was poor decision making that led to me graduating with 6-figures of debt that, ten years later, I still owe about $38k on (A little less than $10k was federal, rest were private). On top of that, I really and truly thought it wasn’t going to happen so I refinanced my student loans earlier this year to take advantage of the lower interest rates which now means I am ineligible for any relief. However, that just makes me mad at me, not at anyone else.
I’m just tired of constantly digging myself out of this debt and then being told I’m a bad person for considering that it to be onerous. And do get me started on trying to afford a home.
You had a debt of 6 figures and you’ve paid it down to $38K. All I can say to you is well done. That’s an achievement. I hope you’re able to get out of the rest of it before long but holy crap, you’ve already come a long way.
Just think of all the value you are getting out of your hard-won degree and imagine what your life would look like without it.
You’ve had a hell of a slog, slalexan, and you’re certainly not a bad person for wanting higher education. That degree (and the knowledge it represents) is yours – no one can take it from you.
Made the mistake of looking at my Facebook feed (in my defense, a friend is on vacation and is posting some really nice pictures), where one of the loudest critics of student loan forgiveness is a young cousin who has never pursued education past high school for a variety of reasons, mostly religious. She never misses a chance to disparage those who have any sort of higher education, and today she’s furious because she’s “paying” for everyone else’s education when she didn’t even need one to be so successful*, and one musn’t try to obtain something unless they can pay for it in full**, and if it’s “my body my choice” then it should also be “your loan your repayment”…yeah. She’s gotten very bitter over the years.
*Just a few months ago, she was complaining that her accounts were almost empty.
**Yes, she has car payments.
Want to quit being his aide. He doesn’t deserve my help. However, the restaurant job I was offered two weeks ago hasn’t started me yet, and I don’t want to lose the nice tax refund. Advice?
Hopped in my car (2005 Honda) to go to lunch, saw a piece of chrome with a black plastic bit and some sort of white paste on it sitting on the console. WTF? Looked around, and finally noticed that the console mounted shifter (automatic transmission) was missing the button you push to allow you out of Park, and into Reverse or Park.
Put it in that slot, and it worked. “Have to get that fixed”, I think as I drive off.
Pull into the parking spot, try to shift into Park. Ah, yes, insert the button and . . . it no longer works, probably because this spring thing fell out. Futzing and cussing don’t work, eventually get it towed to the dealer.
When I called the dealer, they said that it was probably something they could fix, and, oddly, I was the second person in two days to have the problem. I assume it must have fallen out the last time I parked (and cracked/broken sometime previous), but I surely didn’t notice it at the time.
Not quite ready to buy a new vehicle, so I guess whatever it costs I’ll have to pay (it being undrivable, with no reverse or park, and if you can’t get it into park you can’t get the key out).
Have you poked around online to see how common the problem is? It’s not quite as critical as the shifting button, but I did save ~$300 by repairing an overhead console in an '09 Grand Cherokee using a small zip tie, a toothpick, and some glue. (According to various forums, most people with this problem only need the zip tie, but I had broken a couple of other pieces.)
Lime is the finest of the flavors. I have lime sherbet in the freezer right now. I find it a tragedy that most lime candies have disappeared (Life Savers, SweeTarts, Pixie Stix, the little suckers at the bank). Green is now the color of apple or worse, watermelon. Skittles finally brought back lime, but now all Skittles flavors seem muted.
They also dropped the lemon flavor. 
Moot point, I guess, since he didn’t call today so I didn’t work.
How could I have put up with rude, selfish, immature behavior for so long?
THAT’S what you need to figure out. And face honestly. By yourself, with a supportive group, and probably a counselor.
Otherwise you’ll just go from one toxic relationship to another (assuming you EVER get out of this one…).