Are you pissed off? I'm pissed off. Vent Thread.

[r00]

Haven't been around for a few days, so here's my catch-up post:

Kristin: I would have raged as well.  Your car getting hit must have sent you over the edge.  I am glad that it is being handled by the responsible parties as well as possible.  It's nice to know there are still some people out there that actually take responsibility for their mistakes.  Here's to hoping you can find a one bedroom as soon as possible and kiss the random roommate crap shoot goodbye!

Threat:  So sorry to hear about your dad.  I don't know how you are dealing with this as I know I would be a total wreck.  Please hang in there and be there for him, yet keep your mind busy with moving forward with your career as well.

Boom and Theo:  I hear it's dead dog day there soon.  My anti-cruelty to animals clause goes out the window the second some beastie goes after my family, much less a meth head driven pit bull.  Hopefully your sketchy neighbors don't return.  An ultra mean dog usually means someone is manufacturing and/or selling, so hopefully you can pinch them on that if they come back.

[r00]

my vent...
Ok enough with the cold, rainy weather already!  It's almost fucking June for christ's sake. 

[rokken like dokken]

oh yeah, my vent...

I fucking HATE that I never see my husband anymore. He's always off having meetings for his new stock-get-rich scheme crap. Even weekends he's gone all day. I realise he's doing this "for us", but I really resent the fact that he spent ALL of our savings on this shit (and didn't bother to ask me about it) and is now trying to tell me we're going to LIVE in the Kingdom indefinitely. I like the place and all, but I need living things around me, not this gawdawful endless dirt and hades-like heat. Sorry, but if we aren't going to live in MA, I'm going home. 

Yeah, that kind of sounds like a shit deal.  I hope everything turns out ok with your money at least.   

Theo, I feel you as well.  I have people who live three doors down who have what seems like a pit bull who damn near ran right for us one day, out of the blue and were only stopped by my fence; luckily my 80-year-old neighbor wasn't in her backyard as well. 

[threatsicle]

Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes. I'm hanging in there. The way I do. Keeping a good balance for myself and the family. It's not so hard when you have a focus and you accept the realities of the situation. It'll be easier to cope with as time passes, but I can't lose myself to any handicapping depressions -- especially to be strong around him and to have him know things are and will be taken cared of.


K: Glad your car's getting fixed!

dee: I would've lost it if my partner didn't consult me with what they were doing with our savings! That's good trust though -- especially if it's to secure a good future for you guys.

Theo: I would report the owner for being tweakers. There's no reason to have vicious dogs unattended unless they have something to hide.

& rokken: Aren't you on holiday? Why the hell are you on the internet!??!

[rokken like dokken]

Holiday's over, back to Calgary for me!  My 8-hour sojourn at LAX was at the tail-end of my trip, actually. 

One of my old friends from school lost his dad recently, too - but he'd had health problems for like 20 years, at least.  It's never easy, but it gets manageable (I think) once everyone's accepted the gravity of the situation.

[luna]

Rae you are so strong, your family is lucky to have you


Why is it that guys refuse to go to the fucking doctor? B has been sick for 2 weeks and is getting worse again and still won't go...i finally caught it from him a few days ago and at this rate I'll catch it again once I'm better

[naut]

Here be my first word problem whinges.

1. I have a huge crush on a friend of my housemates. HUGE. Like heart pounding, eyelash batting, stomach churning. We were all out last weekend and I cracked onto him and his response was confusing.
2. My housemate's girlfriend - who lives interstate - is going to move in with us sooner rather than later. I am all for paying less rent and bills, but I have never lived with a couple before. It is a big apartment (2 bed 2 bath) but still an apartment. My housemate and I have lived together for a year and I'd consider him a friend now, so I am apprehensive that this might muck things up.
3. My job is insanely busy at the moment.

[sin]

All 3 of the clients I work with were going on vacation this week, and will be gone for the rest of the month.  To keep up my hours in the interim, I asked my supervisor to be scheduled for training shifts at the location next door, being as it was easy to get to since I don't have a car, and I was at least somewhat familiar with the clients, being as I've worked next door for years.  I was put on the schedule there, and that was fine.

About a week ago we find out that one of the clients won't be able to go on vacation, so they actually need people at my original location.  I say fine, and I get taken off of my training shifts and re-scheduled back to my normal hours.

Then ONE HOUR before I was scheduled to start my shift on Wednesday I get a text message saying "(clients name) is going on vacation after all.  You're training next door today, new schedule in your mailbox."  I am somewhat annoyed at flipping back, but I'm okay with it, until I get to work and check my schedule.

The one shift I had that day is the only training at the location I asked for that I have.  All the rest are for a location CLEAR across town that is impossible for me to get to, with clients I have NEVER met.  I am completely confused as to why I didn't just revert back to my old schedule, and instead got a completely different 3rd schedule.  Supervisors aren't returning my calls, I don't even know where the location I'm supposed to work at IS, I wasn't consulted at all about my availability, and I'm training mostly on morning shifts, which I never work anyway, at a location I will be unable to sub at. 

[TPD]

hand still hurts. i kinda wanna tell people it's from excessive masturbation in lieu of the real reason.
excessive mortal kombat.
yup, this gamer is getting old and his comeback is a long and painful journey.

[Naylzie]

You hurt your hand... playing MK? 

Whoa, dude, whoa.  I think that might be a sign that you have a problem

Wisecracking aside, I hope it's not carpal tunnel or anything.  That would be shitty.

[TPD]

occasionally my hand would cramp up from using the wacom for extended periods... but then it'd be fine.
this is just days of pain. happened 2 weeks ago. then i was fine after a few days of rest.
but i had one particular heated extended battle and back to hurt hand.
i feel so lame.

[boofu]

Thanks guys.

dee: Sorry, I was a little on edge that day. I know pit bulls aren't the problem, owners are. Boom's family had three of the nicest (and biggest) pit bulls I've ever seen. My aunt used to raise wolf dog hybrids. Trust me, I would probably feel bad for days if I had to kill it, regardless of the legal outcome. It's very sad.

roo: I know meth heads when I see them. They're meth heads.

threat: I called Vice last week and left a message, and the other night when the cops actually came and ticketed her, a vice cop was with them. It's just a matter of time.

It's very sad that having the gun at home has made me feel safer. I'm coming to more and more of a conclusion that if something happens, It's going to be me. Cops are 10, 15 minutes away. This whole experience has made me want to purchase a hand gun and begin carrying. It's a 75 dollar class with the state and you can carry anywhere besides government buildings, banks and schools in Iowa. Also, Iowa changed the law so technically you can open carry (but i don't know who would want that kind of attention). I've always been worried since I'm a big guy clothes would shift and I would get in trouble for someone SEEING the gun, but it's a moot point now.

Situation would have been moot if I had a handgun concealed on me at the time. I could have stepped between Joe and the dog and put 4 bullets in him. I'm starting to sound a little tacticLOL but you guys get the idea...

[Naylzie]

Boofu ~ *hugs*  The worst we had in the old neighborhood was the combination crackhouse/brothel on the corner and occasional riots in the street, and we don't even have Beloved's kiddo full time, just summers.  He's a big part of why we moved, rather than just trying to find a new fifth when the shit hit the fan (many 20-somethings rooming together in a bad part of town doesn't exactly lend itself to summer vacation for a child).  I hope they bust the lab soon for the sake of your collective safety/sanity.

Ted ~ dude, don't just let that hang out.  If it keeps on being made of pain, get it looked at.  If it's carpal tunnel, there are things you can do if it's still early, and if it's advanced, you don't wanna fuck with it.

My rants are small and insignificant.  I am tired ALL THE FUCKING TIME right now.  It is uncool six ways from Sunday.  My insomnia is back with a vengeance and I am struggling to keep my eyes open like an old lady right now.  Seriously, it is 10:00.  WTF, body.  And, although it could be MUCH worse since I have 5 total, I am absolutely going to have to metaphorically eviscerate one of the classes I'm long-term subbing in.  3 of them are perfectly nice groups of kids, the fourth I've barely seen because they're seniors and almost done, but these kids are just so fucking clueless about how unbelievably rude they are that it's just fucking sad.   

[TPD]

i probably should... there's no reason it should till be hurting this much.

[rokken like dokken]

My suspicions were confirmed, and my dad did indeed put our dog down today.  I just wish he would've told us what was going on, is all.