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

[Lunamor she/her]

5 minutes ago, Mist said:

*hugs*

Yours is really similar to mine! Is it a devon rex?

*throws distractingly cute animals at Ene*

Edited July 30, 2020 by Lunamor

[Mist she/her]

Just now, Lunamor said:

Yours is really similar to mine! Is it a devon rex?

*throws distractingly cute animals at Ene*

Uhhhhhhhh. I don't know. One adopted us, another adopted us (not pictured because she kept moving), and another is the child of the one not pictured. 

[AonEne he/him]

Thank you for the cats *hugs and wonders why autocorrect thinks cats are days* 

[Lunamor she/her]

Cause we got cats for daaaaaays!

[Emi she/her]

On 30/07/2020 at 4:19 AM, AonEne said:

Does anyone have a cute animal? 

I guess it’s too late, but: 

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

12 hours ago, Emi said:

I guess it’s too late, but: 

mlem

[AonEne he/him]

Oh my gosh, adorable. Thank you, Emi, it’s never too late for cats! 

[Caesura she/her]

I've been laid off for the second time since Covid hit; I have 3 weeks to find another job so we have enough money to finance our mortgage. I want to study some more to get on a career track I'm interested in, but we can't currently afford that, so I'm just trying to find a job that's tolerable for now. I'm still pretty young, I've got plenty of time to figure stuff out, but I'm just... confused, stressed, at a bit of a loose end, trying to find some sort of purpose. It sure has been a wild year, hasn't it?

Anyway.

*hugs* for anyone who wants them (and an open inbox if anyone wants to talk), and cat pictures!

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[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

1 hour ago, Caesura said:

I've been laid off for the second time since Covid hit; I have 3 weeks to find another job so we have enough money to finance our mortgage. I want to study some more to get on a career track I'm interested in, but we can't currently afford that, so I'm just trying to find a job that's tolerable for now. I'm still pretty young, I've got plenty of time to figure stuff out, but I'm just... confused, stressed, at a bit of a loose end, trying to find some sort of purpose. It sure has been a wild year, hasn't it?

Anyway.

*hugs* for anyone who wants them (and an open inbox if anyone wants to talk), and cat pictures!

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Sending so many hugs your way! I hope everything works out for you and that you can find a more lasting job that you enjoy soon! Those cats are adorable.

[Nathrangking he/him]

5 hours ago, Caesura said:

I've been laid off for the second time since Covid hit; I have 3 weeks to find another job so we have enough money to finance our mortgage. I want to study some more to get on a career track I'm interested in, but we can't currently afford that, so I'm just trying to find a job that's tolerable for now. I'm still pretty young, I've got plenty of time to figure stuff out, but I'm just... confused, stressed, at a bit of a loose end, trying to find some sort of purpose. It sure has been a wild year, hasn't it?

Anyway.

*hugs* for anyone who wants them (and an open inbox if anyone wants to talk), and cat pictures!

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*Hugs.* That is rough even in the best of times. You will get through it though. We are here to listen. 

[Draginon he/him]

Not exactly bad but more a ‘I’m getting tired of this’ thing.

Disney Cruise released their October-December 2021 dates and I wanted to have a different itinerary than what my mother wanted. So far here’s what our previous and upcoming cruises are: Cruise 1 Bahamas 3 day (Nassau and Castaway Cay), Cruise 2&3 Bahamas back to back 3 & 4 day (Same ports as Cruise 1), Cruise 4 November 2020 Western Caribbean 7 day (Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Castaway Cay) and Cruise 5 spring break 2021 same as Cruise 1.
The cruise she decided on was a repeat of the back to back meaning with 7 cruises we’ll have visited the exact same places 6 times!

You can see why I’m getting sick of that trip and destinations. Unfortunately she refuses to budge from November and December so we’re stuck with the Bahamas or doing a Caribbean trip if we leave from Port Canaveral but if we do Miami at least the Bahamas includes Key West and if we do Galveston it’s at least western Caribbean or a Key West and Castaway Cay trip.

The ones I really want to do though only happen during spring and summer so I’m screwed with her unwillingness to budge on dates or to get a trip that fits the schedule if we flew out instead of wasting time driving to Florida from Texas. To show how silly her unwillingness is there was an Eastern Caribbean trip (I would’ve preferred this trip tbh) that fit the timeframe perfectly but because it left on Sunday, and since she only wants to drive, it meant having to rush there after work on Friday and drive pretty much nonstop on Saturday. She refused to even consider flying in on Saturday, spend the night at the hotel at Orlando International and take the Disney bus to the port.

[Mist she/her]

48 minutes ago, Draginon said:

Not exactly bad but more a ‘I’m getting tired of this’ thing.

Disney Cruise released their October-December 2021 dates and I wanted to have a different itinerary than what my mother wanted. So far here’s what our previous and upcoming cruises are: Cruise 1 Bahamas 3 day (Nassau and Castaway Cay), Cruise 2&3 Bahamas back to back 3 & 4 day (Same ports as Cruise 1), Cruise 4 November 2020 Western Caribbean 7 day (Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Castaway Cay) and Cruise 5 spring break 2021 same as Cruise 1.
The cruise she decided on was a repeat of the back to back meaning with 7 cruises we’ll have visited the exact same places 6 times!

You can see why I’m getting sick of that trip and destinations. Unfortunately she refuses to budge from November and December so we’re stuck with the Bahamas or doing a Caribbean trip if we leave from Port Canaveral but if we do Miami at least the Bahamas includes Key West and if we do Galveston it’s at least western Caribbean or a Key West and Castaway Cay trip.

The ones I really want to do though only happen during spring and summer so I’m screwed with her unwillingness to budge on dates or to get a trip that fits the schedule if we flew out instead of wasting time driving to Florida from Texas. To show how silly her unwillingness is there was an Eastern Caribbean trip (I would’ve preferred this trip tbh) that fit the timeframe perfectly but because it left on Sunday, and since she only wants to drive, it meant having to rush there after work on Friday and drive pretty much nonstop on Saturday. She refused to even consider flying in on Saturday, spend the night at the hotel at Orlando International and take the Disney bus to the port.

*hugs* That's annoying. 

[Draginon he/him]

Decided to keep track of my mother’s abuse/doing wrong stuff. We’re thinking of going to visit my sister at Christmas so I’m keeping track of this for an intervention if my sisters up for it.

[Mist she/her]

3 hours ago, Draginon said:

Decided to keep track of my mother’s abuse/doing wrong stuff. We’re thinking of going to visit my sister at Christmas so I’m keeping track of this for an intervention if my sisters up for it.

*hugs* Good luck! That's really tough. I hope it works. 

[Draginon he/him]

19 hours ago, Mist said:

*hugs* Good luck! That's really tough. I hope it works. 

Thanks. The way my mother is I’m too scared to confront her by myself so I need a third party involved.

[Briar King]

Ugh I’m really hoping I ain’t fixing to get hit by two different hurricanes within a day of each other.. it’s not looking good for my lovely Cajun paradise though.

[Mist she/her]

4 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Ugh I’m really hoping I ain’t fixing to get hit by two different hurricanes within a day of each other.. it’s not looking good for my lovely Cajun paradise though.

Oh no! Good luck! Stay safe! *hugs*

[Zelly]

Rambling stressed teacher venting below (I feel like I post one of these every Fall and Spring )

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I'm just so, so, so tired.

Our elementary school is going all virtual for the first 9 weeks.  I'm relieved for everyone's safety.

But we've spent the last week doing enormous amounts of training on programs that are brand new to us. We're learning to make websites, creating online assignment and content, streaming videos, etc. We're learning new reading and math programs that aren't even related to virtual learning (why????). And thing is, we've had so much training and follow up Q&A sessions that we have barely had the time to use what we've learned.  The sheer amount of information has been overwhelming. On top of this we're having 1-1 meetings with parents and students next week, so we're frantically unpacking and making our rooms look presentable.

And some, very few students with various needs, will be present in class everyday.

The worst part is, we still don't know anything.  What times can students log in?  How much work is expected daily? When will live sessions be and how long? How are we making various accommodations? What are the few present students doing all day and who is teaching them?  They are good questions that I know parents will (and should ) be asking next week, but we don't have answers.

I know we'll be okay, this will all pass, and we'll learn as we go......but in the mean time it's working 12 hour days, feeling confused and inept.

 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Someone though some eggs at my car last night. I have an idea who it was, but have no way to prove it.

 

[Chinkoln he/him]

3 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

Someone though some eggs at my car last night. I have an idea who it was, but have no way to prove it.

 

I will take responsibility, you may rant your heart out at me if it will make you feel better.

[Mist she/her]

On 8/21/2020 at 8:16 PM, Zelly said:

Rambling stressed teacher venting below (I feel like I post one of these every Fall and Spring )

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I'm just so, so, so tired.

Our elementary school is going all virtual for the first 9 weeks.  I'm relieved for everyone's safety.

But we've spent the last week doing enormous amounts of training on programs that are brand new to us. We're learning to make websites, creating online assignment and content, streaming videos, etc. We're learning new reading and math programs that aren't even related to virtual learning (why????). And thing is, we've had so much training and follow up Q&A sessions that we have barely had the time to use what we've learned.  The sheer amount of information has been overwhelming. On top of this we're having 1-1 meetings with parents and students next week, so we're frantically unpacking and making our rooms look presentable.

And some, very few students with various needs, will be present in class everyday.

The worst part is, we still don't know anything.  What times can students log in?  How much work is expected daily? When will live sessions be and how long? How are we making various accommodations? What are the few present students doing all day and who is teaching them?  They are good questions that I know parents will (and should ) be asking next week, but we don't have answers.

I know we'll be okay, this will all pass, and we'll learn as we go......but in the mean time it's working 12 hour days, feeling confused and inept.

 

That's really frustrating. Good luck! 

5 hours ago, Silverblade5 said:

Someone though some eggs at my car last night. I have an idea who it was, but have no way to prove it.

Oh no! Hugs?

[revelryintheart she/her]

You know those days where everything just seems to go wrong? That was me today.

We sang in choir for the first time this school year. I basically haven't sang since March, since I don't like singing in front of my family and we can't sing in church. So today was my first time singing in a long time. I don't have very much confidence in my singing to begin with, and today I think it dropped to pretty much zero. I sounded awful. I couldn't get the correct breath ratio, my range had drastically decreased, and I couldn't project at all. What made it even worse was hearing the other people around me because I'm surrounded by AMAZING singers (in in the school's top choir but sometime I wonder how I even got in). So I'm hoping that I was just having an off day, but I'm kinda scared that if will take a while to get my voice back to normal. Also my choir teacher has started using Canvas, but I'm not used to having choir assignments on Canvas, so I forgot to check Canvas and ended up missing two assignments that she has since locked.

And you know those times when people but you for no good reason? Like you just get annoyed at someone for existing? That was me today I don't know why. And one of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask me "are you ok?" I don't like talking about my feelings so I absolutely despise that question.

Then after school I was scheduled to go to a job/hiring paperywork training thing for my new job, but the HR manager wasn't there. After forever of waiting and eventually talking to customer service, I got to sit there for 2 1/2 hours watching videos. Plus I was super hungry the entire time (I didn't eat lunch) so that made it really hard to focus. Also I have a ton of homework tonight.

[Mist she/her]

11 minutes ago, revelryintheart said:

You know those days where everything just seems to go wrong? That was me today.

We sang in choir for the first time this school year. I basically haven't sang since March, since I don't like singing in front of my family and we can't sing in church. So today was my first time singing in a long time. I don't have very much confidence in my singing to begin with, and today I think it dropped to pretty much zero. I sounded awful. I couldn't get the correct breath ratio, my range had drastically decreased, and I couldn't project at all. What made it even worse was hearing the other people around me because I'm surrounded by AMAZING singers (in in the school's top choir but sometime I wonder how I even got in). So I'm hoping that I was just having an off day, but I'm kinda scared that if will take a while to get my voice back to normal. Also my choir teacher has started using Canvas, but I'm not used to having choir assignments on Canvas, so I forgot to check Canvas and ended up missing two assignments that she has since locked.

And you know those times when people but you for no good reason? Like you just get annoyed at someone for existing? That was me today I don't know why. And one of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask me "are you ok?" I don't like talking about my feelings so I absolutely despise that question.

Then after school I was scheduled to go to a job/hiring paperywork training thing for my new job, but the HR manager wasn't there. After forever of waiting and eventually talking to customer service, I got to sit there for 2 1/2 hours watching videos. Plus I was super hungry the entire time (I didn't eat lunch) so that made it really hard to focus. Also I have a ton of homework tonight.

*hugs* That's quite a day. I'm really sorry. You're amazing. Life will get better. Good luck with everything! 

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

32 minutes ago, revelryintheart said:

You know those days where everything just seems to go wrong? That was me today.

We sang in choir for the first time this school year. I basically haven't sang since March, since I don't like singing in front of my family and we can't sing in church. So today was my first time singing in a long time. I don't have very much confidence in my singing to begin with, and today I think it dropped to pretty much zero. I sounded awful. I couldn't get the correct breath ratio, my range had drastically decreased, and I couldn't project at all. What made it even worse was hearing the other people around me because I'm surrounded by AMAZING singers (in in the school's top choir but sometime I wonder how I even got in). So I'm hoping that I was just having an off day, but I'm kinda scared that if will take a while to get my voice back to normal. Also my choir teacher has started using Canvas, but I'm not used to having choir assignments on Canvas, so I forgot to check Canvas and ended up missing two assignments that she has since locked.

And you know those times when people but you for no good reason? Like you just get annoyed at someone for existing? That was me today I don't know why. And one of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask me "are you ok?" I don't like talking about my feelings so I absolutely despise that question.

Then after school I was scheduled to go to a job/hiring paperywork training thing for my new job, but the HR manager wasn't there. After forever of waiting and eventually talking to customer service, I got to sit there for 2 1/2 hours watching videos. Plus I was super hungry the entire time (I didn't eat lunch) so that made it really hard to focus. Also I have a ton of homework tonight.

*All the hugs in the world*

I understand the choir part, I have definitely felt like that in the past. If you're in the top choir, there's a reason, and I'm sure your voice will be back to normal soon! 

My fall show just got completely cancelled, which I'm really upset about, I was going to have a super fun part. I was a Chinese gambler (male) parading as a Christian convert. But, now it's cancelled, and we won't be able to do it at all, so that really stinks.

Edited August 25, 2020 by DramaQueen

[Mist she/her]

5 minutes ago, DramaQueen said:

*All the hugs in the world*

I understand the choir part, I have definitely felt like that in the past. If you're in the top choir, there's a reason, and I'm sure your voice will be back to normal soon! 

My fall show just got completely cancelled, which I'm really upset about, I was going to have a super fun part. I was a Chinese gambler (male) parading as a Christian convert. But, now it's cancelled, and we won't be able to do it at all, so that really stinks.

*hugs* Shows getting canceled is the worst. I'm sorry.