Having a Bad Day?: Get 'yer Hugs here!!

[Briar King]

People still get that? I got my kids shots for it. I was 5 (1985) when I got it. 

[Oversleep]

Tomorrow is expected a drop in temperature and strong wind and snow and I'm already feeling like I'm getting sick and I just want to curl up under blanket instead of studying

[Erunion he/him]

@Queen Elsa Steelheart - Massive, massive hug. 

Three pieces of encouragement: Firstly, you will survive this and you will be better for it. 

Secondly: 'This too shall pass'. 

Because, finally, and in the words of the immortal papa Tolkien:

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, the Return of The King

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

19 minutes ago, Ookla the Incorrigible said:

@Queen Elsa Steelheart - Massive, massive hug. 

Three pieces of encouragement: Firstly, you will survive this and you will be better for it. 

Secondly: 'This too shall pass'. 

Because, finally, and in the words of the immortal papa Tolkien:

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, the Return of The King

Thank you, I really needed that hug. And Tolkien is epic. Trust in Papa Tokien. He is wise  Summer vacation is in one and half weeks so hopefully this will be pass too

 

[Erunion he/him]

3 minutes ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said:

Thank you, I really needed that hug. And Tolkien is epic. Trust in Papa Tokien. He is wise  Summer vacation is in one and half weeks so hopefully this will be pass too

 

Nice! Southern hemisphere eh? Summer vacation will do you good!
And always trust papa Tolkien. He's the best. 

I miss summer vacation. Haven't had one in.... 5 years? 
It would be fine if I were working, but I'm still in school. My uni doesn't believe in having summers off... 

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Incorrigible said:

Nice! Southern hemisphere eh? Summer vacation will do you good!
And always trust papa Tolkien. He's the best. 

I miss summer vacation. Haven't had one in.... 5 years? 
It would be fine if I were working, but I'm still in school. My uni doesn't believe in having summers off... 

Uni summers here are like 3 months long. School is six weeks.

[Erunion he/him]

3 minutes ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said:

Uni summers here are like 3 months long. School is six weeks.

If I chose to take no courses in summer it would be a full semester. However, my program makes taking no courses in the summer impossible as there are a multitude of courses only offered in the summer. You're expected to work through the year. 

Which means I haven't had a break from studying longer than 2.5 weeks since summer 2011. 

Thinking about that makes me need a hug orz. 

[Sunbird she/her]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Incorrigible said:

If I chose to take no courses in summer it would be a full semester. However, my program makes taking no courses in the summer impossible as there are a multitude of courses only offered in the summer. You're expected to work through the year. 

Which means I haven't had a break from studying longer than 2.5 weeks since summer 2011. 

Thinking about that makes me need a hug orz. 

That's awful! *hugs*

[Erunion he/him]

8 minutes ago, Ookla the Flighty said:

That's awful! *hugs*

Spent most of this year super burnt out because of this and some things that happened in my personal life. Ended going from August-August with 0 breaks. 
Had a break this august though, which has saved my sanity. 

[marsoupial they/them]

6 hours ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said:

Thank you, I really needed that hug. And Tolkien is epic. Trust in Papa Tolkien. He is wise  Summer vacation is in one and half weeks so hopefully this will be pass too

 

I did a double take when I read the thing about summer vaca  Forgot about the whole "different-sides-of-the-equator" thing. 

Also, "uni" is referring to college, right?

[Arraenae]

@Queen Elsa Steelheart, @Ookla the Incorrigible, have a hug. It'll get better.

[Erunion he/him]

@Ookla the Atypical - Yes, Uni is short for University. There's a distinction in my country (Canada) between colleges and Universities, so we usually differentiate them. 
Colleges are usually for professional and trades diplomas, or for doing pre-work before transferring to a university, whereas universities grant more traditional degree programs. 

[Delightful]

Life sucks and everything sucks and I feel very trapped and unhappy and somewhat panicking. 

[marsoupial they/them]

13 minutes ago, Ookla the Chibi said:

Life sucks and everything sucks and I feel very trapped and unhappy and somewhat panicking. 

First things first, Del, take a moment to take a breath. Just inhale, then exhale. Don't let the panic overload your head. You are in charge. 

Now... what's wrong? Feel free to rant. 

[Delightful]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Atypical said:

First things first, Del, take a moment to take a breath. Just inhale, then exhale. Don't let the panic overload your head. You are in charge. 

Now... what's wrong? Feel free to rant. 

Thanks. 

So

im stuck in a Hebrew learning program below my level of Hebrew with a bully of a teacher with standards like it's a kindergarten. Don't go to the bathroom during class. Close your textbook we're doing a worksheet now. Stop eating. *says something mildly offensive* -it's just an example of how to use this word in a sentence!

i stepped out for ten minutes to make a phone call I could only make during class time. When I got back in "I'm gonna mark you late if you just leave and don't come back"

i was avoiding class after a break so turned up twenty minutes late. She asks in front of the whole class "so can I know where you've been for the past hour?"

hour?!

if I quit I lose accomodations and have a whole problem sorting out what to do next.  If I stay I'm miserable. It's her own insecurities ans I can ignore them for a day or two but she's wearing away at my poor squishy heart and I don't know what to do. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Is there anyone you can report her to? Or some way you can leave her a nasty one-star review somewhere?

[Delightful]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Pug-whisperer said:

Is there anyone you can report her to? Or some way you can leave her a nasty  ione-star review somewhere?

Her superior wants to know why I keep missing class, I'm seeing her on Thursday; I had a quick conversation with her today and she didn't seem too sympathetic. I might be able to switch to a lower class; I'm bored anyway but at least I'll feel safe. But again, can't do that till Thursday. This person doesn't teach Wednesday so I have to convince my panic centre that it's safe to be in class with her all of tomorrow. Well all of a long morning. 

 

I also pronised someone some sigital work im not sure I can finish and I'm trying to work out if I should try get a lot done tomorrow  or just tell her personal issues I can't. And just not get paid. 

No on ever said life was so complicated. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Chibi said:

Her superior wants to know why I keep missing class, I'm seeing her on Thursday; I had a quick conversation with her today and she didn't seem too sympathetic. I might be able to switch to a lower class; I'm bored anyway but at least I'll feel safe. But again, can't do that till Thursday. This person doesn't teach Wednesday so I have to convince my panic centre that it's safe to be in class with her all of tomorrow. Well all of a long morning. 

 

I also pronised someone some sigital work im not sure I can finish and I'm trying to work out if I should try get a lot done tomorrow  or just tell her personal issues I can't. And just not get paid. 

No on ever said life was so complicated. 

Dial up the pity when you meet with her superior. Try dropping words like "hostile environment" and "singled out." It might help. 

[Briar King]

Insane wind, trees falling, me outside in  insane wind cutting up fallen trees...

[Delightful]

3 hours ago, Ookla the Pug-whisperer said:

Dial up the pity when you meet with her superior. Try dropping words like "hostile environment" and "singled out." It might help. 

The conversation will probably happen in Hebrew but I take your point. Now I can't sleep and I don't know how in earth I can get through tomorrow. 

[Jondesu he/him]

Just had a big fight with my wife, and thought we'd reached a point of understanding at least, and then she stormed off after we'd stopped talking for a while and I have no idea why...

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Has anyone here ever been in a position where they were asking themselves the question of being a bad influence on the people they care about? Today, my girlfriend learned that her best friend for five years began cutting last night, and believes that it's due to her influence. 

[Mestiv he/him]

5 hours ago, Jondesu said:

Just had a big fight with my wife, and thought we'd reached a point of understanding at least, and then she stormed off after we'd stopped talking for a while and I have no idea why...

Get her some flowers, no matter why she stormed off, flowers shouldn't hurt... I hope you'll figure it out together soon!

[Jondesu he/him]

7 hours ago, Ookla the Cat Lord said:

Get her some flowers, no matter why she stormed off, flowers shouldn't hurt... I hope you'll figure it out together soon!

She came back and explained, and in fact had already resolved it in her mind, so we're good for now (on that part at least). 

[Erunion he/him]

Not sure if this belongs in the relationship thread instead, but I definitely need a hug. 

 

Just had a super detailed and realistic dream about getting back together with my ex. One of those ones where you wake up and have to sort out what's real and what's false, and it takes you a bit. 

Do not need this right now. It's been a year, I'm supposed to be over her by now. 

It's not even that I want to get back with her - before I woke up I'd sat her down in the dream and was discussing whether or not this was a good idea - might be that I'm feeling lonely. I don't know storm it all. 

 

But yeah - don't fall in love with the wrong person people; and if you do don't spend four years ignoring problems and thinking that everything will be ok cuz you're so much in love! (How could it not work out when you're in love? Storm you Disney and Hollywood)