traceria Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I know there's already a topic about what folks do when they're sad and need a pick-me-up, but I figured, for those of us who sometimes need a Good Rant before we can return to what passes for normal, I'd start a new topic specifically for the purpose. So, please loose your Good Rants here! Those replying to rants should feel free to offer condolences, snacks (chocolate is definitely acceptable), encouragement to have a stiff upper lip and so on. And if I see any references to First World Problems (Weird Al lyrics or otherwise), well, I at least am not going to give you a tough time. After all, you're already having a bad day! So, to give you an example, my rant from yesterday would have gone something like this: I can't even say I got out of bed on the wrong side. I was sleeping on the SOFA thanks to the incessant snoring of my husband. No matter which way he turned, it WOULD NOT STOP. Finally, after getting terrible sleep from the interruptions caused by the snoring, I finally gave up and went to sleep on the sofa at 5:30 AM. Thanks to moving around and doing things that required Mental Power like setting the alarm on my phone, my brain woke up just enough to not want to go back to sleep. So I ended up laying there for another 30-40 minutes (at a guess) trying to fall back to sleep only to have disturbing dreams. 7 AM came too quickly. Then work was TERRIBLE. I work in a law firm, so we keep a time sheet all day, every day. Usually I bill something between 5-6 hours in a work day, but yesterday I ended up billing over 7 hours. Now, consider that of the 8 hours I'm here, one of those is for lunch, so in essence, I billed more hours than I was actually here (we bill by tenths of an hour, which are six minutes a piece, so if something takes only ten minutes, it will actually be billed as 0.2 hours or 12 minutes). By the end of the day, I had about five partial files open on my desk, each one having interrupted work on another, and was just plain sick of getting phone calls and emails and having to be PLEASANT since we work for these people or at least don't want to alienate them. So that set me up for a nice long semi-nervous breakdown last night, which, in retrospect, actually ended up as a good thing because I felt much better after crying and yelling (as in, talking very loudly and quickly but not with malicious intent) at no one in particular while making a good effort to use up half a tissue box. And that, folks, is yesterday's rant for me. Feeling much better after my evening rant, this sample one, and a better night's sleep. Take it away, anyone who is having a horrible day! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Lack of sleep will make you crazy. Thankfully there is a cure: sleep. Hope you got some. Co-miserate: My husband has a barking cough. He's had it for about a month now. Various doctor visits and no results. The joke is it's TB. My mom is a hypochondriac so we always joke that anything is the worst possible thing ever. Headache? Oh you have a tumor. That sort of thing. But there are times when I'm so tired and he's carrying on and the whole smothering someone with a pillow looks a little good.... ha! OF course, if I'm bothered by it, he's really bothered by it. So I should be super kind and patient and sensitive and selfless... and perfect... and I'm not. As for your situation: The thing about snoring is---that person IS sleeping. They may not be getting great quality sleep, but it's sleep! It counts!!!!! So smother away! No don't. I'm joking. Sounds like you are overwhelmed. When was your last vacation? I'd rant if I could. Truth is, my life is pretty good right now. Husband with TB and me with one ear that doesn't work withstanding. I meet people all the time who are in such terrible circumstances, it keeps me in check about my upsets. I just have to watch not getting too sad about other people's stuff. I want to save the world somehow. I hate it when people suffer.Virtual non-germy hugs and lullabies to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Lack of sleep will make you crazy. Thankfully there is a cure: sleep. Hope you got some. Co-miserate: My husband has a barking cough. He's had it for about a month now. Various doctor visits and no results. The joke is it's TB. My mom is a hypochondriac so we always joke that anything is the worst possible thing ever. Headache? Oh you have a tumor. That sort of thing. But there are times when I'm so tired and he's carrying on and the whole smothering someone with a pillow looks a little good.... ha! OF course, if I'm bothered by it, he's really bothered by it. So I should be super kind and patient and sensitive and selfless... and perfect... and I'm not. As for your situation: The thing about snoring is---that person IS sleeping. They may not be getting great quality sleep, but it's sleep! It counts!!!!! So smother away! No don't. I'm joking. Sounds like you are overwhelmed. When was your last vacation? I'd rant if I could. Truth is, my life is pretty good right now. Husband with TB and me with one ear that doesn't work withstanding. I meet people all the time who are in such terrible circumstances, it keeps me in check about my upsets. I just have to watch not getting too sad about other people's stuff. I want to save the world somehow. I hate it when people suffer. Virtual non-germy hugs and lullabies to you. Two decent nights of sleep after that terrible one have definitely helped! I do need a vacation but have to wait until September 7th to start it, which is okay. Fortunately, work has been less crazy the past couple days, which is helpful. I also have a great husband when he's not sleeping/snoring, so he's since made some nice gestures to help me in the sleep/stress department, like offering to go grocery shopping this week instead of me. That's rather funny about the TB 'diagnosis'! Hopefully it really isn't a serious condition! Speaking of trying to save the world... Sometimes I'm tempted and give in to watching/reading the news, and it doesn't take much to get me feeling the same way you described. Gotta stay away from that stuff for our own sanity! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Two decent nights of sleep after that terrible one have definitely helped! I do need a vacation but have to wait until September 7th to start it, which is okay. Fortunately, work has been less crazy the past couple days, which is helpful. I also have a great husband when he's not sleeping/snoring, so he's since made some nice gestures to help me in the sleep/stress department, like offering to go grocery shopping this week instead of me. That's rather funny about the TB 'diagnosis'! Hopefully it really isn't a serious condition! Speaking of trying to save the world... Sometimes I'm tempted and give in to watching/reading the news, and it doesn't take much to get me feeling the same way you described. Gotta stay away from that stuff for our own sanity! Glad to hear you are feeling better Snoring husbands are the worst. Have you tried earplugs? Or a bigger bed perhaps ? Also, wine, I found, does wonder after a stressful day at work I must ask about your avatar.... My four years old daughter currently is crazy on My Little Pony. Just right now, as the supper slowly cooks, I am forced to watch yet another episode (which I must have seen a 100th times ). So seeing a pony on your avatar was funny to me, I had to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 I must ask about your avatar.... My four years old daughter currently is crazy on My Little Pony. Just right now, as the supper slowly cooks, I am forced to watch yet another episode (which I must have seen a 100th times ). So seeing a pony on your avatar was funny to me, I had to say. Some choose to watch My Little Pony. Others have it thrust upon 'em. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Some choose to watch My Little Pony. Others have it thrust upon 'em. I am of the second kind... Sometimes, when I try to get to sleep, I hear "my little pony, my little pony, lalalala" in my head. It is really annoying That and the fact I keep seeing the same episode over and over again I get it, Rainbow Dash is awesome: she is fast, she has wings and she has hair like a rainbow *Sight* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Glad to hear you are feeling better Snoring husbands are the worst. Have you tried earplugs? Or a bigger bed perhaps ? Also, wine, I found, does wonder after a stressful day at work I must ask about your avatar.... My four years old daughter currently is crazy on My Little Pony. Just right now, as the supper slowly cooks, I am forced to watch yet another episode (which I must have seen a 100th times ). So seeing a pony on your avatar was funny to me, I had to say. In the past earplugs have worked, but for some reason the recent batch of snoring is stronger than the blocking-power of the earplugs! So sad. At least the past couple nights he's not been as bad, and I can only hope the trend will continue! I do love a glass of wine. You know, also the past couple of evenings we've had some wine with dinner. I wonder if that and less snoring relate to one another?! Awww, I feel for you, for the theme song also gets stuck in my head! Though, I'm the sort of person that sings, hums and whistles all the time anyway, and it doesn't necessarily bug me. Besides, the husband has also been playing Final Fantasy X lately, so it's almost as likely I'll have the battle music in my head for that, which is really awesome music. I think the key with MLP is actually watching the episodes in order from the beginning, at least if you want to get it all in context. We got into it because my husband is a big table-top and card gamer and, therefore, so am I by connection. He went to our local game store to play Star Wars cards and saw the starter deck of the MLP game there and decided to check it out. Then one of the guys he knows, who looks like a real tough guy complete with a shaved head and tattoos of all the Magic: The Gathering mana symbols on his arms, came over and got all excited to see my husband had bought the MLP card game. So we got into playing the card game and figured we should check out the show because the cards all include references to characters and events in the show. We liked the show from the start but were further hooked when we started catching references to Star Trek and other things that only adults of our generation or older would get. There's also a whole episode that is like a train murder mystery (though instead of a person being murdered, cakes and other desserts are mysterious eaten!), which had references to Holmes, Agatha Christie, and even a little old-school cartoons that feature the bag guy tying someone to the train tracks. Now the younger generation will know about the ol' train track trap! Hopefully at some point you can see some different episodes and it will help. (Cool smiley chosen for the sake of Rainbow Dash. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Bloody Cauthon Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited August 8, 2014 by Matrim Bloody Cauthon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's exactly what this thread is for! Edit: By the way, how's the eye? Edited August 8, 2014 by traceria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Bloody Cauthon Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 That's exactly what this thread is for! Edit: By the way, how's the eye? not a clue, its missing. I really should stop misplacing things like that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 In the past earplugs have worked, but for some reason the recent batch of snoring is stronger than the blocking-power of the earplugs! So sad. At least the past couple nights he's not been as bad, and I can only hope the trend will continue! I do love a glass of wine. You know, also the past couple of evenings we've had some wine with dinner. I wonder if that and less snoring relate to one another?! Actually, I believe alcohol worsen snoring.... When my husband decides on snoring, I just kick him until he stops :ph34r: but I guess I am lucky: he is not a snorer. Awww, I feel for you, for the theme song also gets stuck in my head! Though, I'm the sort of person that sings, hums and whistles all the time anyway, and it doesn't necessarily bug me. Besides, the husband has also been playing Final Fantasy X lately, so it's almost as likely I'll have the battle music in my head for that, which is really awesome music. I think the key with MLP is actually watching the episodes in order from the beginning, at least if you want to get it all in context. We got into it because my husband is a big table-top and card gamer and, therefore, so am I by connection. He went to our local game store to play Star Wars cards and saw the starter deck of the MLP game there and decided to check it out. Then one of the guys he knows, who looks like a real tough guy complete with a shaved head and tattoos of all the Magic: The Gathering mana symbols on his arms, came over and got all excited to see my husband had bought the MLP card game. So we got into playing the card game and figured we should check out the show because the cards all include references to characters and events in the show. We liked the show from the start but were further hooked when we started catching references to Star Trek and other things that only adults of our generation or older would get. There's also a whole episode that is like a train murder mystery (though instead of a person being murdered, cakes and other desserts are mysterious eaten!), which had references to Holmes, Agatha Christie, and even a little old-school cartoons that feature the bag guy tying someone to the train tracks. Now the younger generation will know about the ol' train track trap! Hopefully at some point you can see some different episodes and it will help. (Cool smiley chosen for the sake of Rainbow Dash. ) OK, so there really is something going on with MLP? I initially recorded that show because I thought the ponies were cute and that my 4 years old daughter may like it... I was also getting tired of Strawberry Shortcake and Dora :ph34r: I saw what, 7 episodes so far (seen a dozen times each as there is only one new one per week)? It seemed to me like a bunch of ponies who fixed problems by the mystical power of friendship Let's see, I saw one with some dark pony defeated by the element of friendship or something like that, one were Apple Jack has to pick up a lot of apples, one with annoying tiny flying things, one with Trixie the magician bitch pony, one with the fashion things and the ugly dresses, one with the pony mark and the poor tiny pony being bullied for not having hers (that one I actually liked), one where Rainbow Dash has to compete and make a super solid rainbow, one where Twilight makes a girls night and it turns bad.... I think that's about it. No Star Trek so far My daughter really loves Rainbow Dash, because he has wings and she is super fast I am thinking of throwing her a My Little Pony birthday (she will be 4 next month). Now, I need to find tiny ponies (one for each kid), furniture with ponies on it, balloons with ponies on it and you know stuff with ponies on it Sight. I did not know grown-ups where into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I'm kind of done with Once Upon a Time. It's not a bad show, but I don't like watching it with my parents. The constant moralizing, along with the fact that they can be an episode ahead and I just have to catch up on my own and not complain at all, kind of grates on my nerves. It's not a huge deal. It just sucks the enjoyment out of a fun show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 It's not a bad day per se. I'm just really nervous. We have to go to someone's house for dinner. I don't know them well at all. My son doesn't get to go to people's homes so he isn't great about the social skills. On the one hand, it's a wonderful chance for him to learn, on the other, it's an ulcer for me. Such is life. Hopefully all will go well. Roll the autism dice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathTaker Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Here is my rant. I'M BROKE, I'VE GOT WRITER'S BLOCK, I CAN'T THINK OF HOW TO DESIGN MY SHARDBLADE, MY E CIG DIED THIS MORNING AND I LEFT THE CHARGER AND THE BACK UP BATTERY AT HOME SO I'M BORDER LINE STRANGLING STATUS!!!!! Aside from that I'm doing OK. Oh yeah, and my allergies are killing me. On the bright side, it's my Friday and I have three days off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Actually, I believe alcohol worsen snoring.... When my husband decides on snoring, I just kick him until he stops :ph34r: but I guess I am lucky: he is not a snorer. OK, so there really is something going on with MLP? I initially recorded that show because I thought the ponies were cute and that my 4 years old daughter may like it... I was also getting tired of Strawberry Shortcake and Dora :ph34r: I saw what, 7 episodes so far (seen a dozen times each as there is only one new one per week)? It seemed to me like a bunch of ponies who fixed problems by the mystical power of friendship Let's see, I saw one with some dark pony defeated by the element of friendship or something like that, one were Apple Jack has to pick up a lot of apples, one with annoying tiny flying things, one with Trixie the magician bitch pony, one with the fashion things and the ugly dresses, one with the pony mark and the poor tiny pony being bullied for not having hers (that one I actually liked), one where Rainbow Dash has to compete and make a super solid rainbow, one where Twilight makes a girls night and it turns bad.... I think that's about it. No Star Trek so far My daughter really loves Rainbow Dash, because he has wings and she is super fast I am thinking of throwing her a My Little Pony birthday (she will be 4 next month). Now, I need to find tiny ponies (one for each kid), furniture with ponies on it, balloons with ponies on it and you know stuff with ponies on it Sight. I did not know grown-ups where into it Hopefully the episode "The Problem with Parasprites" isn't too far off in your future! Or who knows, maybe it's been on TV since you wrote that? I can only hope. How are the party plans going?! My rant for the today: GAHHHH!!!! Our office can not hire someone quick enough to pick up the pieces of all I'm trying to do. Two of the other ladies (there are only three of us total) in my department are battling debilitating illnesses, which is bad enough, but that means I'm doing the work of 2-2.5 people (depending on whether they work part of a day or are out the whole day). I think the new hire starts in early September. Hurry up, September!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Hopefully the episode "The Problem with Parasprites" isn't too far off in your future! Or who knows, maybe it's been on TV since you wrote that? I can only hope. How are the party plans going?! The one with the annoying flying thing Pinkie Pie chases of with music? Yeah, I saw it, about 100 times My rant for the today: GAHHHH!!!! Our office can not hire someone quick enough to pick up the pieces of all I'm trying to do. Two of the other ladies (there are only three of us total) in my department are battling debilitating illnesses, which is bad enough, but that means I'm doing the work of 2-2.5 people (depending on whether they work part of a day or are out the whole day). I think the new hire starts in early September. Hurry up, September!! Welcome to my world: we are always under staff but I cannot really fault the company, it's really hard to hire people doing what we do. Its either we get someone to immigrate here in the french part of Canada (with all that comes with it, the good, the bad and the ugly, although they all seem to like it here as they tend to stay) or we take someone freshly out of school, which is pretty much what we have been doing lately. So I feel old amongst all of these very young men. I feel like I am their aunt or something: it is amazing the amount of wisdom I surprisingly managed to grasp in the last decade 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I hope those of you doing the work of more than 1 person, get paid the wages of all of those people. :-)Rant: Every time I tidy up, I hide things from myself. I'm so tired of losing my stuff. When it's all out in the open (read that as messy) I can sort of find what I'm hunting. I take this as a sign of needing Fewer things in my nest. Next week, I'll get the trash bags out and do a major weed-out of excess. Then I will throw away things and wonder where they are later... and I will "tidy up" and forget my organizational strategy. Lather-rinse-repeat. *sigh* 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I hope those of you doing the work of more than 1 person, get paid the wages of all of those people. :-) Rant: Every time I tidy up, I hide things from myself. I'm so tired of losing my stuff. When it's all out in the open (read that as messy) I can sort of find what I'm hunting. I take this as a sign of needing Fewer things in my nest. Next week, I'll get the trash bags out and do a major weed-out of excess. Then I will throw away things and wonder where they are later... and I will "tidy up" and forget my organizational strategy. Lather-rinse-repeat. *sigh* I can so relate to this! I am a mess as a person. My mother was a cleaning obsessed women and she transmitted a profound hate towards anything cleaning related. I am always loosing my keys, my sunglasses, my shoes, my sandals, my watch, my children's shoes , my children's hats :ph34r:, my children's bathing suit , my bathing suit I feel like I spend half of my time looking for stuff..................... Organization? Bah. That went up in the sewer when I got kids... Their stuff is all around. The playroom is a storming mess, really. It is so messy my MOM comes in to clean every once in a while as she pity me, a working mother of two Thing is, I really prefer spending my free time doing ANYTHING but cleaning................. Just like right now. I should be cleaning, I should be picking up those blankets on the sofa, but no: I am lazily enjoying my glass of wine while the supper cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I hope those of you doing the work of more than 1 person, get paid the wages of all of those people. :-) Rant: Every time I tidy up, I hide things from myself. I'm so tired of losing my stuff. When it's all out in the open (read that as messy) I can sort of find what I'm hunting. I take this as a sign of needing Fewer things in my nest. Next week, I'll get the trash bags out and do a major weed-out of excess. Then I will throw away things and wonder where they are later... and I will "tidy up" and forget my organizational strategy. Lather-rinse-repeat. *sigh* *groan * I know what you mean. I don't loose all the normal things, like my keys, but I'm forever putting something important in a "safe place" so I will not lose it, and then promptly forget where that is. I do that ALL the time. And about once a week I look around and think I really need to straighten up by getting rid of things, but it never happens. I'm not a hoarder, but my style of organization is piles in strategic places in my house (a side table downstairs, my bedroom dresser, some filing bins that never get emptied out). The one with the annoying flying thing Pinkie Pie chases of with music? Yeah, I saw it, about 100 times Welcome to my world: we are always under staff but I cannot really fault the company, it's really hard to hire people doing what we do. Its either we get someone to immigrate here in the french part of Canada (with all that comes with it, the good, the bad and the ugly, although they all seem to like it here as they tend to stay) or we take someone freshly out of school, which is pretty much what we have been doing lately. So I feel old amongst all of these very young men. I feel like I am their aunt or something: it is amazing the amount of wisdom I surprisingly managed to grasp in the last decade Yes, that one! It's a shout out to an old Original Series Star Trek - Trouble with Tribbles. The downside to working in a law firm is we have deadlines. So people like to ignore the deer-in-headlights look on your face in favor of making sure something is done like yesterday. I just need to survive the next week and the new girl will start, thank goodness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Yes, that one! It's a shout out to an old Original Series Star Trek - Trouble with Tribbles. Oh. Well, I never was much of a Star Trek fan, so I didn't get the link. It was a funny episode though. I really liked Pinky Pie in that one. I haven't gotten any new episodes on my recorder lately: I think the schedule must have changed. The downside to working in a law firm is we have deadlines. So people like to ignore the deer-in-headlights look on your face in favor of making sure something is done like yesterday. I just need to survive the next week and the new girl will start, thank goodness! Hey I hope the new girl will be up to the task! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 I think everyone has their own clutter threshold. I prefer minimalism. However, some amount of "clutter" seems to make non-robot types feel more "warm" and "at home". So I throw out some strategically placed "dust catchers." I keep it fairly clean but I'm very mentally disorganized. The worst is the "Put it here for safe-keeping because it's important," and having no Idea where that is later. I feel like I got zapped by the Men in Black pen light. I've always been more of a type B person. Routine, schedule, goals all sound very difficult to me. But if I don't have any of that, after a while, I'm not happy either. I make lists. That's how I function. And to be honest, I'm not doing it very well. There's room for massive improvement.There's an increase in these experiences: Where did I just put my keys?! Where's my phone? (thank Goodness for the Find my Phone app) Why did I just walk into this room? Where did I park the car? I fear some of this is part of the aging process. Some of it is being stressed. A lot of it is the result of over multi-tasking. ------------School started today. The new amount of precious "Do not lose" papers shall be forthcoming in the backpack. Homework assignments, teacher web sites to check daily (seriously? ugh) and school projects shall get rolled into my circus act. Where's my paper bag to breathe into? I want to nap but I've had too much coffee. A first world problem, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 School started today. The new amount of precious "Do not lose" papers shall be forthcoming in the backpack. Homework assignments, teacher web sites to check daily (seriously? ugh) and school projects shall get rolled into my circus act. Where's my paper bag to breathe into? I want to nap but I've had too much coffee. A first world problem, indeed. I can't begin to imagine what that might be like (yet), but it already has me thinking I'll need to stock up on paper bags not for school lunches but for breathing whenever our future kids start with all that. *shudder * Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 I can't begin to imagine what that might be like (yet), but it already has me thinking I'll need to stock up on paper bags not for school lunches but for breathing whenever our future kids start with all that. *shudder * Good luck! ahahahahahaha If people ask me about having kids, I tend to make them go sterile. I have that affect on people. /humblebrag My experience with family life is pretty off the norm so pay no attention. We are really weird but make it work for us. Life is what we make of it. I just don't remember adding that dash of Chaos to the recipe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Last week, I came back to work after my three weeks of yearly summer vacations. Of course, since I left for three weeks, I had to, of course, off load all my work to my colleagues. As a result, when I came back, I had nothing to do. Quite boring. My superior was on vacations. Even more boring. So I complained I was bored Silly me Antennas are now stock-piling on my desk My superior came back. We had a staff meeting... She had to ask: "How did that one ended up on your desk? I didn't go through me... And you are doing this one as well? How about the other one I gave you?" "XYZ just gave me one... ABC gave me another one... but I am still working on number 3 Tentatively :ph34r: " "Just like that?" "I may have complained loudly about being bored" Silly me but, on the bright side, I am not bored anymore I can't begin to imagine what that might be like (yet), but it already has me thinking I'll need to stock up on paper bags not for school lunches but for breathing whenever our future kids start with all that. *shudder * Good luck! My kid starts school next year...................... Should I go stock pile on paper bags now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tien'sPetLurg Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Speaking of paper bags... I stayed up way too late coloring this one for my son's lunch today. He's all about Minecraft right now. I messed up Steve but was too tired to fix it. Maxal: I hate being bored. I also hate being overwhelmed. Clearly, I'm just full o' hate. Where's the balance, eh?!It's a pretty good day over in my sphere. Hoping everyone else is having a fine time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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