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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2019 22:21:40 GMT
One word (or is it 2?) - PERI-MENOPAUSE. I'm feeling worse than when I was a teenager: paranoid, irritated, anxious, forgetful and headachey. I just want to feel normal again. Please, someone who has been through it and has come out of the other side, tell me that this goes away? ETA: hugs to everybody who has far worse stuff to cope with than I have. I meant to say that first, but the forgetful part kicked in. Absolutely it goes away...but it probably does some changing up for a while first just to keep you on your toes 🙂 Hugs to all of you struggling with some very real stresses and worries and unpleasant situations ((hugs))
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Post by Delta Dawn on Oct 7, 2019 1:19:08 GMT
My son just got a huge tattoo on his neck. His Japanese side hate me already. This is just more fuel to that fire. Anyway...
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Oct 7, 2019 8:40:58 GMT
One word (or is it 2?) - PERI-MENOPAUSE. I'm feeling worse than when I was a teenager: paranoid, irritated, anxious, forgetful and headachey. I just want to feel normal again. Please, someone who has been through it and has come out of the other side, tell me that this goes away? ETA: hugs to everybody who has far worse stuff to cope with than I have. I meant to say that first, but the forgetful part kicked in. Absolutely it goes away...but it probably does some changing up for a while first just to keep you on your toes 🙂 Hugs to all of you struggling with some very real stresses and worries and unpleasant situations ((hugs)) Thank you! x
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Post by kibblesandbits on Oct 7, 2019 12:43:33 GMT
My son just got a huge tattoo on his neck. His Japanese side hate me already. This is just more fuel to that fire. Anyway... why would your grown son's decision about his own body have anything at all to do with you? Tell them to piss off if they comment to you. My vent - having to spend way more money than I want to on something that has to happen around the house. The original investment was an indulgence (pool), now some unavoidable maintenance is making a big dent in the wallet. Ugh.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 7, 2019 13:49:49 GMT
I don’t like to complain but I’m starting to stress. I was out of state Tuesday thru yesterday for a business trip. In that timeframe my fil had a stroke, my dad called to tell me my grandmother was dying, my house which is for sale had two showings Friday and one yesterday. So of course my dh has been at the hospital since Thursday and trying to make the house look presentable. I have a feeling things are going to be crazy for a while. Oh my gosh...complain away! That is enough to make anyone cry. I hope things improve for you.
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Post by malibou on Oct 7, 2019 15:06:47 GMT
Super duper petty vent.
Underpants. I wanted a couple of pairs that claim to fix the visible panty line problem. I went to TJMaxx, found the style I wanted, a decent brand, in my size. I wore the first pair yesterday, and in the end, they worked. No visible panty line! Woot woot! Okay, so it was because I had to take the damn things off as the kept sliding down. Seriously, if the zombie apocalypse started yesterday, I would have been lagging behind as my underwear dropped around my ankles and I struggled not to trip over them.
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Post by luvnlifelady on Oct 7, 2019 15:15:35 GMT
My vent is work related too. I’m pretty sure my manager hates me. I think it is because I am not a local. She definitely has her bakery favorites I am not one of them. I’m trying to just stay under the radar but I seem to get called to the carpet almost weekly and for the dumbest things. She and I are the two oldest in the group pretty much so I think the problem is there can only be one hen in the kitchen.
I’m trying to stick it out through the holidays and hopefully through the first year but after that, I’m definitely looking around if not before.
She also smokes like a chimney and reeks. I can’t understand how she has been there for so long. I wouldn’t want to sit down to a wedding cake consultation with her smelling like an ashtray.
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Post by smcast on Oct 7, 2019 15:37:15 GMT
I have five calls out to service people for work that needs to be done in my home. It has been two weeks since the tree trimming guy said he'd look at my tree and give me an estimate. It rubs up against the house when windy and keeps me awake. Especially bad in winter when it storms. It has been three months since the dryer guy said he'd order a part so my clothes dryer would work properly. Something to do with electrical board. It works good enough so I haven't bugged him. I called a plumber for a possible blockage from basement drains out to street that needs to be roterrootered. (?spelling) I called another business to replace filters on reverse osmosis system. They are short handed so will call me back. Who knows when? I called a construction company to look at dd bedroom wall that has paint bubbling up. Patched, sanded and repainted cracks when bought house 10 years ago. Still a problem so obviously moisture is getting in somehow. Had chimney looked at years ago and seemed ok. This is the week I'm off until Thursday night so I'm around but I'll probably sit and wait and no one will call. I always feel in limbo and then have to bug people to get work done. Or they'll say they'll come and then don't. Home ownership, always something!! I know this is really minor compared to a lot of things people are dealing with. I hesitate to even complain but it ticks me off all the time. Now I just booked two hotel rooms so we can do some college visits with dd, who is a hs junior. Going up to Fargo next week to check out NDSU and by golly, there's a concert Thursday so our hotel rates just went up. Grrrrr! Try and save a little and then something happens with the house and drains my money right away.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 7, 2019 16:13:36 GMT
Ok, I’m game for this thread today. Yesterday when we were at the lake, I took our new rescue dog outside to pee. We were just turning around to go back inside when the crabby old psycho neighbor dog tore her 12” long tie down straight out of the ground, ran straight through their invisible fence and was making a beeline for our new dog, snarling and growling. I immediately started reeling him in and was backing up because as soon as he saw her coming he started charging toward her too, snarling and growling, ugh. Ours isn’t a little dog, BTW. When I got him up to the cabin, I was so focused on these dogs not tearing each other up that I tripped on the bottom step and fell backward hard on my butt on the next steps up. Now I’m sporting a bruise that’s about 3-4” wide by about 10-12” long from my butt crack all the way to my hip. And it hurts just as bad as it looks. Of course the neighbors felt awful about it and said they didn’t realize how soft the ground was from all the recent rain, and that from now on the little beast will be chained to a tree.** (She did also have her radio collar on for the invisible fence which is already set on high for her, but that didn’t deter her for even a second.) She hasn’t ever been aggressive toward people but has gone after other dogs. **Only when she is outside unattended, she is mostly an indoor dog.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 7, 2019 16:36:56 GMT
My vent is work related too. I’m pretty sure my manager hates me. I think it is because I am not a local. She definitely has her bakery favorites I am not one of them. I’m trying to just stay under the radar but I seem to get called to the carpet almost weekly and for the dumbest things. She and I are the two oldest in the group pretty much so I think the problem is there can only be one hen in the kitchen. I’m trying to stick it out through the holidays and hopefully through the first year but after that, I’m definitely looking around if not before. She also smokes like a chimney and reeks. I can’t understand how she has been there for so long. I wouldn’t want to sit down to a wedding cake consultation with her smelling like an ashtray. My boss always says you start a company and quit a boss. Your manager isn't acting like she wants you there, so maybe start looking now. She isn't treating you like she wants you to stay. I work with my old boss (not my current boss) and she treats me really well. I think you can have two strong personalities together if they choose to want to get along.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 19:05:35 GMT
People who cannot read!! I posted in the parent group that fundraiser starts today, that I will be at practice to hand out packets. It is the second sentence in my post. First comment? "Will you be at practice?"
I am muttering under my breath at home about idiot parents and am thinking about a very strong drink after this. I understand why we get very few parents who are willing to coordinate fundraisers. I helped with this one before so I can handle it but the stupid questions make me crazy! I have lowered my opinion of some parents who keep asking the same questions all of the time that have been answered.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 19:22:44 GMT
I am organizing a meet the candidates night for our local town elections with the chamber of commerce. EVERYONE is so up in arms about politics these days, everyone has an opinion. Do you think we can get people to commit to going? Nah. Just keyboard activists who will talk smack on the internet but not go to an informational event. Typical.
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Post by baylorgrad on Oct 7, 2019 19:52:57 GMT
My vent: Bank of America closed all of its banking centers in my town in August. The three ATMs that are available are withdrawal-only. If I want to make a cash deposit or a check deposit outside the rules of taking a picture of it on the app, I have to drive 40 miles to the nearest full-service center. My vent for today: Bank of America changed the ATM closest to my apartment and work so withdrawals can be made in multiples of $100 ONLY. Seriously?!? As soon as I can, I'm closing my account (that I've had since 1995) and switching to my credit union.
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Post by cecilia on Oct 7, 2019 23:15:20 GMT
I am annoyed at a couple members of the volunteer group I am in. They are so up the club president's butt they can't see straight when it comes to other members' value and skills.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Oct 7, 2019 23:39:21 GMT
My husband's Silverado truck continues to sit at the dealership for the third week now waiting on the critical part needed to repair it -- which they can't get due to the UAW strike. The dealership found the part at two other dealers, but they won't sell it in case they need it for one of their customers. Thank goodness he has a truck provided by work as well as there's no telling when we'll get his personal truck back.
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Post by jemali on Oct 8, 2019 2:59:20 GMT
My DD is getting married this weekend. It’s supposed to be an outdoor wedding. The average temperature is 60. But the forecast for Saturday is 38° with rain/snow/wind.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Oct 8, 2019 3:35:32 GMT
Why is it that those who you bend over backwards for, do them favors, are the ones who shit on you in the end? I have been selling off a lot of art supplies on a facebook group I belong to. I am running excellent prices, because my goal is just to get the stuff out of here, so that I can focus on what I want to create. I have several women who informed me AFTER they went shopping and claimed a ton of items (like filling up medium and large priority boxes) that they cannot pay until xxx date. Which in 2 instances is 2 weeks out. I had 2 more women who I allowed to accumulate stuff until their boxes were full up (since I was still listing items) who not only asked me to hold their stuff for 3 weeks for payment, but when the day of payment came due, they asked me to split up invoices so that they could make payments!!!!! (these women were repeat buyers) Then another asked if she could use a money order, again, after shopping and claiming a bunch of items. So, I checked in with her a week after I agreed to the money order (never again) and she said "oh i was hoping you would contact me, I deleted my messages and did not have your address anymore". So here we are going on week #2, still no money order in sight and I am about to burst! When I invoice, I have to pull everything, box/pack it up just to be able to quote accurate shipping, so it is all ready to go, and here I am still tripping over boxes by my desk that really should be mailed out. One woman who asked to pay last Friday, did not, then when I sent her a reminder she responded that she would be getting to her bill paying over the weekend. So I sent a reminder Monday morning. I got yet another excuse. So I finally messaged her and said if you are not going to pay me today (and sent her all her excuses in the message to her) then I was canceling the invoice. She was like I am unemployed and eating dinner. WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON CRAFT SUPPLIES IF YOU HAD NO WAY OF PAYING? I know part is on me for "giving them the rope" so to speak, but dammit, I was trying to be nice and helpful. gaaaaaahhhhhhh!
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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 8, 2019 3:41:45 GMT
SOO glad your sweet doggie and the other are okay----how SCARY! Sorry about your pain, though. and that from now on the little beast will be chained to a treeThat breaks my heart!! I WISH people who chain their dogs just didn't have them! What a horrible, sad life for the poor doggie! Not to mention, the doggies that get caught up in chains and die from asphyxiation!
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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 8, 2019 3:49:10 GMT
I am annoyed at a couple members of the volunteer group I am in. They are so up the club president's butt they can't see straight when it comes to other members' value and skills. Been there, done that !!! Not only with volunteer groups I've been in, but former co-workers, too. EVERY masochistic, incorrect, RUDE thing boss lady said and did were interpreted like the LAW to her horrible devotees! P.S.... A while after I resigned, former boss lady was fired and ESCORTED OUT OF HER OFFICE IN HANDCUFFS !! Hmmm, I wonder what her dedicated idiot followers though of her "laws" then?
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 8, 2019 3:49:29 GMT
SOO glad your sweet doggie is okay----how SCARY! Sorry about your pain, though. and that from now on the little beast will be chained to a treeThat breaks my heart!! I WISH people who chain their dogs just didn't have them! What a horrible, sad life for the poor doggie! Not to mention, the doggies that get caught up in chains and die from asphyxiation! No, it won’t be anything like that. She’s mostly an indoor dog. It’s just that when she goes out to go do her business, she has to either be tied up securely or someone has to be out there the entire time with her on a leash which isn’t always possible. The tie out didn’t hold her with all the rain we’ve had and the invisible fence does nothing to keep her in their yard either even with her collar on the highest setting. They have to do *something* to keep her from leaving their yard and going nuts on any other dog being walked down the road or the neighbor dogs in their own yards. She isn’t typically in the yard very long at all because she goes so batshit crazy any time she even sees another dog, and just about everyone in our bay has one or more dogs. These people are wonderful neighbors and are very loving, caring pet owners who have owned at least 6-7 dogs in the 15 years they’ve been there, and they are horrified that this dog goes so off the rails when she’s outside.
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Post by scrappintoee on Oct 8, 2019 3:56:53 GMT
crazy4scraps ......Oh, that's good to know! Sorry, I got a bit overly emotional without knowing the WHOLE** story. When ours was a new pupp, we also put him on a very long "thing" (not a chain, but same concept) to let him walk around a bit, annnnnd sometimes, he took FOR EV ER to potty, so I get it! Especially if it was freezing ----he'd be tethered for a while as we stood inside the WARM house, watching him through the windows. I was SOOO happy when DH put up a fence ** After learning wayyyy too many sad / horrific stories with our local bulldog rescue, I admit hearing the word CHAIN gets to me----again, I apologize
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Post by luvnlifelady on Oct 8, 2019 4:06:58 GMT
My DD is getting married this weekend. It’s supposed to be an outdoor wedding. The average temperature is 60. But the forecast for Saturday is 38° with rain/snow/wind. That would be making me somewhat nervous. I hope it still goes off without a hitch. Try to stay positive and just go with the flow if you can. Best of luck.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 4:07:31 GMT
I have been feeling way too stressed at work...somehow reading other's problems makes me feel less alone and more just in this human struggle along with everyone...so I am going to try to take that attitude to work because I thinking a few there are even more stressed then I realized and hopefully not as mad at me for something as my imagination sometimes gets to thinking! Currently I struggle with balancing being assertive in the moment with being percieved as bitchy...and then second guessing myself later...Also, Mondays suck! When I like these posts I am not liking the bad events but just saying I hear it and it sucks and vent it out!
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Post by luvnlifelady on Oct 8, 2019 4:10:02 GMT
My vent is work related too. I’m pretty sure my manager hates me. I think it is because I am not a local. She definitely has her bakery favorites I am not one of them. I’m trying to just stay under the radar but I seem to get called to the carpet almost weekly and for the dumbest things. She and I are the two oldest in the group pretty much so I think the problem is there can only be one hen in the kitchen. I’m trying to stick it out through the holidays and hopefully through the first year but after that, I’m definitely looking around if not before. She also smokes like a chimney and reeks. I can’t understand how she has been there for so long. I wouldn’t want to sit down to a wedding cake consultation with her smelling like an ashtray. My boss always says you start a company and quit a boss. Your manager isn't acting like she wants you there, so maybe start looking now. She isn't treating you like she wants you to stay. I work with my old boss (not my current boss) and she treats me really well. I think you can have two strong personalities together if they choose to want to get along. Thank you for that. I will see what happens in the coming weeks. I have a feeling I will get called to the carpet again. I think if we employees have a run-in with each other that we should just work it out amongst one another but most of them go running to the boss and tattletale like five-year-olds. It’s ridiculous. I’ve never seen such a group of catty women.
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Post by gryroagain on Oct 8, 2019 4:19:47 GMT
Mine is the stupidest vent ever, because I totally did it to myself. I have a gigantic paper due the 27th for a 400 level English class. The topic was picked ages ago, and for the sole reason I wanted to make the title funny 😂 We had to pick an author from the reading for the class and relate them to the totality of American Literature, and I picked Thoreau because I wanted to call my paper “Thoreau-ly American”.
Because I do things like that.
So now I’m writing the abstract that was due yesterday and I’ve given the thing no thought. And made my life way harder than it needs to be. For a pun. Because I am a moron.
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Post by ametallichick on Oct 8, 2019 6:51:33 GMT
It's been one helluva week for me. Starting on Sunday - my 18 year old Russian Blue kitty, Velvet, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. One of her paws is my profile pic here. I miss her more than words can express. We've been helping my FIL since he moved here from Wisconsin two weeks ago. He's in his own apartment and doing fine but I've been busy helping him with lots of various errands. Thankfully he is a wonderful man and at 90, he is still able to walk and is mentally alert. Found out on Tuesday I have to have a skin biopsy on some eczema that won't go away. Did the allergy patch tests but the only allergy it showed was to gold. Which was weird is I've worn my gold wedding rings for 41 years and nothing on my fingers. These patches are in the knee joints and hips. Hence the biopsy at the end of this month. My car had a flat tire and ended up needing 2 front tires on Thursday. Got a tiny crack in the windshield from a rock kicked up by a passing vehicle on the highways earlier in the week. Quickly went into a crack and now I have to get my windshield replaced on Monday. Being a Toyota Sienna van, it is a big windshield. Then my dh lost his set of keys at either his dad's apartment complex or at a car dealership (he was helping his dad to get a newer used car). Keys have not shown up at either location. So today we had to get those keys replaced. Those electronic computerized auto keys are so expensive! Still need to get the house key duplicated for him but I could not deal with that today. I wondered if it was a full moon but it's not. I hope things calm down before the full moon. LOL I'd just be glad to get a decent night sleep. I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping with all the sadness I'm feeling (I miss Velvet...sigh...) and stress I am under. Long, expensive week. This makes my heart hurt. I lost my Georgie almost 3 years ago and I miss him more than words can say. I know how you’re feeling. It sucks so fucking bad!! I hope you can find a little piece of happiness in your memories of her. 🌈
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Post by luvnlifelady on Oct 8, 2019 9:28:17 GMT
Mine is the stupidest vent ever, because I totally did it to myself. I have a gigantic paper due the 27th for a 400 level English class. The topic was picked ages ago, and for the sole reason I wanted to make the title funny 😂 We had to pick an author from the reading for the class and relate them to the totality of American Literature, and I picked Thoreau because I wanted to call my paper “Thoreau-ly American”. Because I do things like that. So now I’m writing the abstract that was due yesterday and I’ve given the thing no thought. And made my life way harder than it needs to be. For a pun. Because I am a moron. I’m sure you will do well on your paper but I would probably have done something like that too. Good luck.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Oct 8, 2019 11:34:46 GMT
My DD is getting married this weekend. It’s supposed to be an outdoor wedding. The average temperature is 60. But the forecast for Saturday is 38° with rain/snow/wind. My son was married in an outdoor ceremony this past weekend. It was overcast and breezy which was nice. The light misting just as we were being seated was not! But thank goodness, it only lasted for a minute or two and then stopped. I hope you get good weather luck, too!
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Oct 8, 2019 20:03:57 GMT
I need this today so I don’t say something and lose my job. I have a coworker who will speak up and over people (mostly me) constantly. She apparently knows everything and has traveled everywhere and is an expert at cooking any dish because she will chime in with a know-it-all comment no matter the subject or if she was even included in the conversation. The worst is she speaks for me in meetings and if we’re talking at the same time she doesn’t stop. It looks ridiculous, like we’re some carnival act.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Oct 8, 2019 20:05:57 GMT
Mine is the stupidest vent ever, because I totally did it to myself. I have a gigantic paper due the 27th for a 400 level English class. The topic was picked ages ago, and for the sole reason I wanted to make the title funny 😂 We had to pick an author from the reading for the class and relate them to the totality of American Literature, and I picked Thoreau because I wanted to call my paper “Thoreau-ly American”. Because I do things like that. So now I’m writing the abstract that was due yesterday and I’ve given the thing no thought. And made my life way harder than it needs to be. For a pun. Because I am a moron. I think you and I could be best friends because this is completely something I would do.
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