One day at a time, dear.
I didn’t want to leave all my plants that I planted in my old yard. They were my babies!
RIP, little gecko.
My rant - three Alberta teenagers killed a five year old kid on a reservation by shooting into the house he was sleeping in, and they will get about three years in youth jail for it. I get that teenagers aren’t adults, and they don’t always make good decisions, but they can do so much damage, and there are so little consequences for them. I don’t like that one bit.
Thank you everyone. TBH, I think it did me good to post here. It does no good just to keep it bottled up.
His name was Picante, and he was a great little guy. 
Picante sounds like a great little lizard, Ana. I love lizards and I would be sad to see one go.
It took me two hours to drive home from work last night thanks to the storm, but luckily our power stayed on and there were no other issues. Got an early start at work this morning processing donations and promptly broke our giant new office printer. I mean parts snapped off. I was just trying to fix a paper jam.
My condolences, Anaamika. He wasn’t “just a gecko”, (what type of gecko, if you don’t mind my asking?) he was a loved member of your family. I had my leopard gecko, Atheena, for 13 years so I know that loss too.
He was a lovely little leopard gecko, hence the name Picante - spicy and piquant. He had lovely orange and tan coloration. Maybe I’ll see if I can put up a picture.
I had no idea the little buggers could live so long! They are beautiful too. I like little lizards
Thanks universe. Four inches of snow last night after last week’s hurricane was exactly what we needed. :rolleyes:
For a week or so, the joints/muscles in my left arm have hurt, getting progressively worse. I lean on that side when I’m working (right-handed mouser), and I can’t hardly fall asleep in any other position than my left side. Now my hip hurts, too. And my ankle. So far, my knee seems to be exempt, but I’m not holding my breath.
I don’t move a lot in my sleep, especially with the CPAP, but this is starting to get really awkward and annoying. I don’t think there’s anything “vital” going on, but I’m tired of it hurting. </whine>
I do have a doctor appointment tomorrow afternoon; when I mentioned the “pins and needles” feeling under the other shoulder blade, they suggested I should come in.
My suspicion is bursitis.
We’re on our seventh cycle of trying to have baby #2. I took a pregnancy test this morning, at 9dpo. Negative. I know it’s early, but I got a positive with my daughter at 9dpo. I’m going to feel gutted if this cycle isn’t it. Lucky 7? A due date very near my own birthday? Time to announce at Thanksgiving instead of being offensively hinted-at about when we’re going to have another? I know the names for a boy or girl. I know how the rooms will be decorated. I just don’t know when, or if, there will be a second one.
I hate feeling broken. I deserve better.
In some ways a wedding is just like every other big party. Don’t panic, make sure you’ve got enough beer and diet coke. It will be ok, and you might even have fun.
Hang in there, Sattua.
Why o why isn’t it time to go home yet? I just want to sit in a quiet place for 10 minutes before I have to make dinner and deal with all the shit that needs dealin’ with. Is that so much to ask?
Yes, it’s very frustrating when people won’t take care of something that’s seriously affecting their health and/or wellbeing. Doubly frustrating when you’re willing to help make the process of dealing with it easier and they won’t accept that help.
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I want to pit myself for my awful work ethic lately. I’m supposed to have been working from home in the last two days and I haven’t accomplished much. Lack of accomplishment = depression = more lack of accomplishment, etc. I really wanted to apply myself this week, too, to forget about all the madness of the last couple of weeks. I’m envious of people who cope with stress by being productive. I cope with stress by completely shutting down.
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Ditto, don’t beat yourself up. I was exhausted enough from sitting around doing nothing while waiting all of this non-electricity out at my brother’s that I took this week off.
I’m going to grouch about my damn tooth. Broke it on Sunday right as Sandy was whirling toward us. Made arrangements to see the dentist on Wednesday, but that didn’t happen due to no electricity. So, FINALLY, I saw the dentist yesterday at 5:00 pm. He started working to give me a root canal and crown. He was cleaning out the roots when…you got it…the electricity went out.
He was mostly finished with the root canal (or at least what he could with a flashlight shining in my mouth) but couldn’t make the temporary crown so now I have this funky alien weird tooth with huge gaping holes in it that are a major tongue magnet. Blargh!
If you’re sitting near me on the bus, and I have earplugs in my ears, plus I’m wearing both a hat and a hood over my ears, and I can STILL hear your iPod, it’s too fucking loud. Turn it down, douchebag.
You are aware, are you not, that in this circumstance, shoving the iPod up their nose sideways is a completely acceptable solution, right? And one I would pay to see?
Fuck alla y’all! Now, I can only post one thread per week. All because of fuckers reporting me.
So many threads, so little time. The one thread I posted this week has been locked!
Fuck alla y’all! :mad:
Why aren’t you banned yet?
I am often just AMAZED at the level people listen to their music at on public transportation. All I can think is the hearing aid industry is going to LOVE the younger generation.
Customer rants:
Quit hiding your food in the linens! There is nothing I hate worse than going to pick up a napkin and having a bunch of chewed food falling out. There’s paper napkins for that. Also, stop spitting gum into the cloth napkins. Those things cost money you know.
Which leads to rant #2. The floor is not a trash can. Food you don’t want does not go onto the floor. Leave it on your plate, put it on a b&b plate, hell, leave it on a table. Just don’t throw it on the floor. Adults, I’m talking to you. You’re worse than the kids 9 times out of 10.
Lousy tippers. I understand tipping little if you get bad service. However, I’m the best damned server* in the pub, so I know you’re not getting bad service. Tip at least 10%. 15% is even better.
If you’re paying with a credit/debit card, fill out the receipt completely! If all you do is sign your name, I can put any amount on the tip & total lines, and you’d have no way to prove you didn’t put that there. I know it can happen, we’ve had one server do it already.
Watch your kids! Our porch & steps are not a playground, and letting your kids play on the railing can lead to them getting seriously hurt. Of course you won’t take responsibility for this, and will in all likely hood sue us after little Johnny breaks his fool neck after jumping off the rails onto concrete.
Co-worker rants:
If you’re always calling in, getting others to cover your shifts, and ask to be the first one cut once the rush is over, don’t fucking bitch about not making money. I can and have made $70 on a day shift, but that’s because I work the entire shift. Of course you’re not going to make money if you only work the first 2 hours we’re open.
If you only worked the first 2 hours of the morning shift, and the first 3 hours of the evening shift, you did not work a double that day. You only worked 5 hours total, so don’t bitch about not getting a free meal. You want free food? Work the required 8.5 hours. Not that hard.
Don’t skimp on the side work. I can do all the morning side work in 20 minutes, and all the evening side work in 30. Why the hell the rest of you take an hour+ to do it, usually with 2 or more working on it at a time, is beyond me.
Finally, our boss is an amazing person. He’s bent over backwards to help all of us at one time or another, even though he’s not making money right now, so stop fucking taking advantage of him. You’re gonna ruin the good thing we have going here, and turn a wonderful person into a cynical bastard at the same time.
(*Not my opinion. My co-workers and boss tells me I’m the best server at least once a week.)
You’re allowed to participate in threads other people start too, you know; just so you don’t hijack them.
It might even be good for you to not have to have every conversation you join be about Diamonds02.
Also, there are other MBs out there.