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[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

I have to sit in a car for 10 hours today. Yippee.

 

@Blightsong, I'm so sorry.

[Guest]

My sister tried to commit suicide today.

She took 10g of Tylenol, but a friend found her and made her throw up and called paramedics. Words cannot describe the sadness that I feel that she is in a bad enough place to have done this and that me and her don't have enough of a relationship as to where I could have helped her. I really don't know what to do or what I can do.

Hopefully things are better tommorow, thanks for a place to get this out.

 

I am sorry Blightsong  I unfortunately do not have much advice to say but to try to just be there. Sometimes, we don't always have to say something clever, but being seen as caring can be enough.

 

Take care.

[Mistrunner]

She is just now getting out of high school and doesn't really know what to do with her life. Some of her friends are becoming junkies. I really don't know, she doesn't talk much about what's going on with her to me. My mom was trying to get a therapist to see her this past week but the therepist was doing something on that specific day. I wish I knew how to help, but I don't. This is the worst feeling I've ever felt.

Edit: I'm typing this as it becomes her 18th birthday. I'm so sad that people so young think that they are in a spot in their lives that this is their only option. Thanks for the kind words, I'm going to try to go to sleep.

I don't have any fabulous advice or clever things to say but I just want to say I'm so sorry, I hope she's okay, and we're here for you. All the hugs.

 

I have to sit in a car for 10 hours today. Yippee.

 

@Blightsong, I'm so sorry.

Been there. Many times. Once it was nearly a full 25 hours.   Long car rides- blegh. Where did you go? Someplace fun, I hope?

[Kobold King he/him]

My sister tried to commit suicide today.

She took 10g of Tylenol, but a friend found her and made her throw up and called paramedics. Words cannot describe the sadness that I feel that she is in a bad enough place to have done this and that me and her don't have enough of a relationship as to where I could have helped her. I really don't know what to do or what I can do.

Hopefully things are better tommorow, thanks for a place to get this out.

 

Just wanted to say that I'm sorry along with everyone else. I don't know if you're religious at all, but I hope you won't be offended when I say that your sister, your family, and you yourself will be in my prayers.

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

I don't have any fabulous advice or clever things to say but I just want to say I'm so sorry, I hope she's okay, and we're here for you. All the hugs.

 

Been there. Many times. Once it was nearly a full 25 hours.   Long car rides- blegh. Where did you go? Someplace fun, I hope?

Back home.

[Adamir he/him]

My current English Literature teacher has a severe case of favoritism towards his two nephews in the class. Let me put it this way; one of them turned in an assignment a week late, and which skipped several questions; said person then said, and I quote, "I have a procrastination complex. One day, I am going to be awesome." There is no justice when he gets full marks for an incomplete, late assignment when I was up until 02:00 AM to get mine done on time.

Edited August 17, 2015 by Adamir

[+Slowswift]

So, let's see... my computer chucked a bunch of files into the Nethersphere while I was cleaning up my desktop a while ago.

 

All of them. Lost.

 

So, I turned off the computer and waited a while. My cousin is a tech nerd, he can fix it! That was three weeks ago, I got impatient with trying to remember to call him, and figured: Hey! System restore! It had helped me out before, so I gave it a try.

 

Lolnope.

 

So on top of the fact that I now have to live with that loss, I'm also having just in general a terrible, terrible day. 

 

And I don't know why. Also I keep making typos. And my computer (the one I'm using now, not the other one that lost some files) keeps freezing every five minutes for no discernible reason.

 

...anybody know of a place where they'd let a seventeen-year-old unwind with a machine gun? Anyone? Anyone? No? Well then, I guess I'll just scream into a pillow.

 

...

 

Thanks for listening to my incoherent first-world ramblings, guys. Even just writing that was therapeutic. Y'all are fantastic.

 

EDIT: I just realized, the fact that senior year starts this Wednesday might have something to do with that. *sighs*

Edited August 17, 2015 by Slowswift

[Haelbarde he/him]

So, let's see... my computer chucked a bunch of files into the Nethersphere while I was cleaning up my desktop a while ago.

All of them. Lost.

So, I turned off the computer and waited a while. My cousin is a tech nerd, he can fix it! That was three weeks ago, I got impatient with trying to remember to call him, and figured: Hey! System restore! It had helped me out before, so I gave it a try.

Lolnope.

Have a look at a piece of Software called Recuva. That can sometimes help get files back. Edited August 17, 2015 by Haelbarde

[Mestiv he/him]

The computer you are using now may be freezing due to overheating (oh the irony). If it's a PC try to clean it inside, if it's a laptop try to clean it and don't use it on soft surfaces like pillows, that can block the airflow. Hope it solves at least this one problem of yours.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

For a month straight, my mom hasn't quibbled when we used our phones while watching TV in the evenings. She used her phone, too. Then, tonight, she randomly decides that the phone usage is making her feel unloved and bans them. "And you can't just leave because I made this a no-phone zone," she tells me as I head for the stairs.

I'm twenty-five years old. If I want to wait in my room for a while because you decided to yank my leash tonight, I'll wait in my room.

Edit: Okay, seriously? I'm sorry that what I said offended you, but you don't live with my mom. I do. I see what she does, and trust me, I'm not complaining to complain. I NEED to vent here. If what I say about my mom offends you that much, shoot me a PM and I'll explain. Just seriously, enough with the stealth downvotes. There's a theme here and it's getting ridiculous.

Edited August 18, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Briar King]

That was me darling. I'm on phone so blame my thumb it was supposed to be up. Atleast I'm 99% sure it was me as I just got back on phone and it was still on neg screen.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

That was me darling. I'm on phone so blame my thumb it was supposed to be up. Atleast I'm 99% sure it was me as I just got back on phone and it was still on neg screen.

Sorry. I understand the accidental downvote thing , though; it's caught me more than a few times. Sorry I lost it.

[Briar King]

Well there ya go since I can't revote that post

[Seonid he/him]

Gotcha covered!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Well there ya go since I can't revote that post

Gotcha covered!

 

Thanks. And again, I'm sorry for losing it like that. I'm fairly certain someone has been downvoting nearly every post I make about my mom in this thread, so I overreacted.  

[Kasimir he/him]

Bah. Semester's started and it's been one disaster after another. Turns out the Dean's Office and my department don't count workload credits the same way, so while I was told it was okay to do four classes and a thesis at the same time, my department threw a hissy fit--at the last minute--and refused to let me be officially registered as doing a thesis. Which is real bad since you have to stay on for a year after being officially registered, so if I couldn't be registered this semester, I'd have to stay on for an extra semester, during which I have to pay unsubsidised school fees (my subsidy would've run out) and/or risk being expelled as I'd be considered to have overstayed candidature.

 

Oops.

 

So I went to the Dean's Office to get a workload waiver so I could do one extra class and a thesis. (My department insisted I stick with three.) Dean's Office instantly granted me the waiver, said they'd let my department know. Hahanope. Department said it wasn't possible; the mess expanded to include my supervisor, the Head of Department, the admin office, the manager, and the Dean's Office, and still no one could get the mess resolved.

 

So I gave up and tried to drop the offending class, since that was the other alternative my department offered me. ...Our online module system refused to let me drop the class because it said that by dropping the class, I was contravening the minimum workload policy. So basically, I couldn't be registered as doing a thesis because I exceeded the maximum workload policy with the thesis added, and I couldn't drop a class because by dropping the class, my workload was so light that it broke the rules on minimum workload.

 

Finally got that sorted out, and was about to show up to German class today, happy and relaxed...

 

Only to find out I have a group video project (I hate both group and video assignments), 5 assignments due next week, and most importantly, the textbook I got last year when auditing the German class? It's now no longer used because there's a new edition, just published this year. I have to go fork up for the new edition.

 

...I want a refund on today :/

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Bah. Semester's started and it's been one disaster after another. Turns out the Dean's Office and my department don't count workload credits the same way, so while I was told it was okay to do four classes and a thesis at the same time, my department threw a hissy fit--at the last minute--and refused to let me be officially registered as doing a thesis. Which is real bad since you have to stay on for a year after being officially registered, so if I couldn't be registered this semester, I'd have to stay on for an extra semester, during which I have to pay unsubsidised school fees (my subsidy would've run out) and/or risk being expelled as I'd be considered to have overstayed candidature.

 

Oops.

 

So I went to the Dean's Office to get a workload waiver so I could do one extra class and a thesis. (My department insisted I stick with three.) Dean's Office instantly granted me the waiver, said they'd let my department know. Hahanope. Department said it wasn't possible; the mess expanded to include my supervisor, the Head of Department, the admin office, the manager, and the Dean's Office, and still no one could get the mess resolved.

 

So I gave up and tried to drop the offending class, since that was the other alternative my department offered me. ...Our online module system refused to let me drop the class because it said that by dropping the class, I was contravening the minimum workload policy. So basically, I couldn't be registered as doing a thesis because I exceeded the maximum workload policy with the thesis added, and I couldn't drop a class because by dropping the class, my workload was so light that it broke the rules on minimum workload.

 

Finally got that sorted out, and was about to show up to German class today, happy and relaxed...

 

Only to find out I have a group video project (I hate both group and video assignments), 5 assignments due next week, and most importantly, the textbook I got last year when auditing the German class? It's now no longer used because there's a new edition, just published this year. I have to go fork up for the new edition.

 

...I want a refund on today :/

And I just failed my very first physics pre-test, having also skipped chem and bio, and only just starting alg 2

[Blaze1616 he/him]

...physics ...and only just starting alg 2

 

You're in for a bumpy ride...

[Kaymyth she/her]

Our former housemate has been visiting us since Thursday.  This has been lovely, as we missed her, for she is an awesome human being and is basically family.  She is supposed to stay through Sunday and leave for home in Portland Monday.

 

Today, a cousin of hers was found dead.      He was the caregiver for another, younger autistic cousin, and at this moment the family doesn't know how or why he is dead.  She is going to need to stay with us longer (not a problem, though we had to reassure her of that fact) and is currently juggling logistics and switching plane tickets and unsure as to whether her job will fire her over this.

 

Along with all of the other awful, she is also now going to miss spending her wedding anniversary with her wife. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Our former housemate has been visiting us since Thursday.  This has been lovely, as we missed her, for she is an awesome human being and is basically family.  She is supposed to stay through Sunday and leave for home in Portland Monday.

 

Today, a cousin of hers was found dead.      He was the caregiver for another, younger autistic cousin, and at this moment the family doesn't know how or why he is dead.  She is going to need to stay with us longer (not a problem, though we had to reassure her of that fact) and is currently juggling logistics and switching plane tickets and unsure as to whether her job will fire her over this.

 

Along with all of the other awful, she is also now going to miss spending her wedding anniversary with her wife. 

 

That's awful. Do you know how much longer she'll be staying with you? 

[Kaymyth she/her]

That's awful. Do you know how much longer she'll be staying with you? 

 

No, not yet.  It doesn't matter - as far as we're concerned, our home is her home.  Like I said before, she's family.

[Briar King]

I'm actually supporting my sister as I type this shopping with her since my bnlaw is dead and doing various other tasks the past few hrs and more hrs to come.

Ed: My point is to be there for people when they need it.

Edited August 18, 2015 by Briar King

[Elsecaller3414 she/her]

Went in for a high school orientation to help get us newbies ready to go to a new school.  It didn't help in the very least.  All the "helping" done was bragging about how this school is the best in the entire country (well, 2nd or 3rd or SOMETHING) and sports and blah blah blah.  I am not a sports person, and I still felt very lost today.  The actual first day is tomorrow, so I hope I don't die. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Went in for a high school orientation to help get us newbies ready to go to a new school. It didn't help in the very least. All the "helping" done was bragging about how this school is the best in the entire country (well, 2nd or 3rd or SOMETHING) and sports and blah blah blah. I am not a sports person, and I still felt very lost today. The actual first day is tomorrow, so I hope I don't die.

As someone whose orientation focused more on amusing campfire songs and the school's zero tolerance policy than on actually orienting the freshmen in attendance, I can say that the chances of you dying are extremely low. If you've gone to a public school before, it's just like middle school but with slightly more mature students. If you were homeschooled, just follow the crowd. Walk fast to get to your classes, try to get on your teachers' good sides, and don't be afraid to ask for directions if you need them. You'll do fine.

[Elsecaller3414 she/her]

As someone whose orientation focused more on amusing campfire songs and the school's zero tolerance policy than on actually orienting the freshmen in attendance, I can say that the chances of you dying are extremely low. If you've gone to a public school before, it's just like middle school but with slightly more mature students. If you were homeschooled, just follow the crowd. Walk fast to get to your classes, try to get on your teachers' good sides, and don't be afraid to ask for directions if you need them. You'll do fine.

 

From what I can tell, the seniors are no more mature than 6th graders, it's just a different sense of the word.  My foot got stomped on so many times by some guy who was jumping up and down on the bleachers.  Too hyped, I guess.  There is such a thing as too much school spirit. 

 

Edit: Thanks for the advice.  It helps a lot.

Edited August 19, 2015 by Elsecaller3414