The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[Claincy he/him]

3 minutes ago, Jondesu said:

Sorry you're going through that.  Hopefully the sinus issues (or whatever else might be contributing) will be resolved!

Thanks, there are still some things I could try that have a chance of working

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I'm headed up to the Mayo Clinic in a couple weeks to hopefully get some better idea of what's causing mine.  That's my good news to share with the thread!

Good luck!

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For another Good News thing: I've been wanting to make a video game about Chronic illness for a long time (since before I got sick in fact!). A design finally fully clicked for me recently and I intend to start making it in the near future

[Tsidqiyah he/him]

Recently I accepted a new job in the Houston TX area  my family and I are so excited. The best part my work is footing 95-100% of the bill to move us down there. 

[Delightful]

3 hours ago, Tsidqiyah said:

Recently I accepted a new job in the Houston TX area  my family and I are so excited. The best part my work is footing 95-100% of the bill to move us down there. 

I.....I like your name. Are you Jewish? Biblically inclined? Or did you pick it up somewhere else?

(you are under no obligation whatsoever to answer)

[Tsidqiyah he/him]

2 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I.....I like your name. Are you Jewish? Biblically inclined? Or did you pick it up somewhere else?

(you are under no obligation whatsoever to answer)

I am versed in the Bible, but the name actually came out a search for a name for a character i was developing. I adopted it here before I even realized the Biblical connection. (I primarily use the KJV)  It also has some fun mythological connections which I relate to. I study mythology and love finding the influences of this world's stories in literature. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

2 minutes ago, Tsidqiyah said:

I am versed in the Bible, but the name actually came out a search for a name for a character i was developing. I adopted it here before I even realized the Biblical connection. (I primarily use the KJV)  It also has some fun mythological connections which I relate to. I study mythology and love finding the influences of this world's stories in literature. 

oooh nice I love mythology myself

[Delightful]

8 minutes ago, Tsidqiyah said:

I am versed in the Bible, but the name actually came out a search for a name for a character i was developing. I adopted it here before I even realized the Biblical connection. (I primarily use the KJV)  It also has some fun mythological connections which I relate to. I study mythology and love finding the influences of this world's stories in literature. 

Huh. What was the non-Biblical connection?

And honestly the way it's spelled I should have guessed it was character-related, what with the q and all. 

[Tsidqiyah he/him]

31 minutes ago, Delightful said:

Huh. What was the non-Biblical connection?

And honestly the way it's spelled I should have guessed it was character-related, what with the q and all. 

It has some Babylonian / Persian meaning along the lines of "bringer of justice" though my review shows that may be due to the Babylonians abduction of the Israelites. and their influence on the other cultures. The character i am writing uses a shortened version, Tsidiq. 

Back in October we were expecting our second son and we are only looking at nine-letter names (both mine and my wife's names are nine letters long so we decided to continue the curse) My wife has a baby name app and this was one it suggested, this spelling was the first suggestion but their was at least one other. 

 

For those wondering Sebastian (Saber) was born at the first of December, 5 weeks early, by Emergency C-Section. He was released form the NICU the day AFTER Christmas and spent two more weeks on Oxygen.  Today he is a morning bug whose favorite pastimes are smiling and trying to play with his 18 month old brother. 

[+Slowswift]

So... I applied for a job.

 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

1 minute ago, Slowswift said:

So... I applied for a job.

 

how'd it go?

[+Slowswift]

1 minute ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

how'd it go?

Good, I think. They were a bit understaffed, so the whole thing took like three hours, but I think it went really well.

Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon...

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

3 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

Good, I think. They were a bit understaffed, so the whole thing took like three hours, but I think it went really well.

Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon...

Good luck!

[Erandeni he/him]

4 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

So... I applied for a job.

 

Great! Can I ask you what's the job?

[+Slowswift]

2 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Good luck!

Thanks!

1 minute ago, Idealistic Mistborn said:

Great! Can I ask you what's the job?

Yes! I applied to Deseret Industries, a chain of thrift stores my church owns.

Actually, I wasn't even planning on applying, at least not today -- but all of five minutes into talking with an employment councilor, I was filling out an application. Here's hoping there's no paperwork nightmares... which, of course, means there will be. XD 

Edited April 4, 2017 by Slowswift

[Erandeni he/him]

Seems great @Slowswift, hope you get the job.(without much paperwork )

[+Slowswift]

1 minute ago, Idealistic Mistborn said:

Seems great @Slowswift, hope you get the job.(without much paperwork )

Thank you!  

[Tristan]

Had an EEG and found out my epilepsy is back in full swing today. That's not good news, but I had the whole day off! The tech taught me how to read my own electrical recordings while I was there, too, which was incredibly fascinating. (She even taught me which alphanumerical characters correlated with which electrodes so I could see how something as simple as swallowing or blinking travels throughout the brain!) Plus, I changed my nose ring for the first time! And it only took me ten long minutes and a few sniffles and tears.  AND it's raining, and I love the rain.

It's been a good day overall!

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

6 hours ago, Tristan said:

Had an EEG and found out my epilepsy is back in full swing today. That's not good news, but I had the whole day off! The tech taught me how to read my own electrical recordings while I was there, too, which was incredibly fascinating. (She even taught me which alphanumerical characters correlated with which electrodes so I could see how something as simple as swallowing or blinking travels throughout the brain!) Plus, I changed my nose ring for the first time! And it only took me ten long minutes and a few sniffles and tears.  AND it's raining, and I love the rain.

It's been a good day overall!

RAAAIN!!!!  I love the rain.

I had a pretty good day overall which was nice considering the shtick that's been going on lately >> Started off in geo, watched an interesting doco on megacities, then had art, I got my book mark back (100% ) Then we had maths, I have been up the past 2 days no sleep working on crap for maths (and geo assignment with lots of procrastination in between XD) And then we had PDM, and we basically completed everything for the term, and we planned an excursion to go to the city to do some film photography . Then we had history elective last and I did my presentation thingy and I got a 94% and I'm very happy considering everything I've stated above was done at the started, finished and submitted at the last moment XD I had literally started the geo assignment the night before, but didn't get any work done, so I stared at a wall (then that crap with dad happened) but anway. I wrote up a very good 2200 word essay on Urban Consolidation and what Sydney will look like in 15 years. And for once in my life I feel proud of myself for going through so much crap and yet still managing to perform so well . And I haven't slept in 56 hours so I probably should sleep but I feel very energetic even though I have a massive pounding headache that feels like someone is pounding nine inch nails (XD cos I 'm listening to them right now). And I am doing lots of random crap and having lots of fun.

WUBALUBADUPDUP !!!

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

14 hours ago, Tsidqiyah said:

It has some Babylonian / Persian meaning along the lines of "bringer of justice" though my review shows that may be due to the Babylonians abduction of the Israelites. and their influence on the other cultures. The character i am writing uses a shortened version, Tsidiq. 

Interesting! In Hebrew it means "justice of God".

It was also the name of a prominent king in the Bible.

[A Budgie she/her]

Got the result of my ancient history essay back today, and I did really well. I'm hoping to get an A in most/all of my subjects this semester, and it's looking good so far.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

2 minutes ago, A Budgie said:

Got the result of my ancient history essay back today, and I did really well. I'm hoping to get an A in most/all of my subjects this semester, and it's looking good so far.

aaaye  

Congratulations  

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

On the upside, it looks like I'll be able to switch over to AAA insurance and save a good chunk of money, so at least one good thing came from me being pissed off enough to just call every customer service company I had a beef with today.  

[+Slowswift]

So... I have a job. 

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

2 minutes ago, Slowswift said:

So... I have a job. 

 

Congratulations! Where? What'll you be doing? When do you start?

[+Slowswift]

3 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Congratulations! Where? What'll you be doing? When do you start?

Thanks! It's at Deseret Industries, the thrift store my church owns. I'll be at the dock (where donations are dropped off), unloading, and I start tomorrow!

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I'm halfway through 12th grade and tomorrow is my day of term! WOOHOO!