Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Sept 20, 2013 12:05:01 GMT -5
Thank you everyone so much. You guys are making me cry. @cse1960, yes I am safe and have a job, access to money, currently seeing a therapist, all that. The thing most on my mind right now is finding a lawyer, and I don't know where to start. Any SoCal ladies have any recs? PM me if you do. I can't use the internet while at work, so sorry if I don't reply, but again thank you so much, everyone. I really appreciate everything. I know I will come out of this amazingly, it's just going to super suck for a while.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Sept 19, 2013 21:52:42 GMT -5
thank you everyone. thank you. fuckstick, I'm in simi. I'll probably tske you up on thst. i'll check in with you guys tomorrow . thank you. sorry for typos.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Sept 19, 2013 20:50:39 GMT -5
I'm getting a divorce. I can't believe it. I'm shaking. MH cheated on me 5 years ago. We have been trying to work it out since then, but I just found out that he's been texting and talking to other women again. FUCK. FUCK FUCK. What in the world am I going to do?!?!? Fuck. He's going to a hotel and a friend is coming over to be with me. Oh my god. I can't believe I am going to be getting a divorce. I can't... Fuck.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Sept 12, 2013 18:46:58 GMT -5
My battery is currently at 10% and will die at any moment. The battery life on my phone fucking sucks. It barely makes it through a 10 hour workday when it's just in my pocket. If I'm actually using it I get no more than 3 hours out of it. I usually let it go until the battery is really low, otherwise it would always be on a charger.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Sept 10, 2013 10:42:41 GMT -5
I am a horrible sleeper. If I have something on my mind I can't turn my brain off. Even though I don't drink a lot of liquids I wake up 2-5 times a night to go to the bathroom (I've been to the doctor, nothing I can do). I get woken up very easily. My husband tends to fall asleep at the t.v.or computer, wake up at 4 or 5 and come to bed. That wakes me up and then I can't get back to sleep because I'm stressing that I only have three hours left to sleep. We came to the agreement that if he falls asleep, wakes up and it's past 2 a.m., he sleeps on the couch. That has helped astronomically. You would think he would make an effort to not fall asleep in the middle of a computer game...but, nope.
I don't really have any sugggestions other than meds on nights that it's really important you get sllep (big meeting the next day or something. You are not alone, and I'm sorry you are struggling.
Sincere apologies to the childfree-by-choice club.
LOL! I've resigned myself to the fact that I will be the last local woman standing in the club. However, that will make me President by default, which is also pretty cool.
I'm sort of local (about 45 minutes away), and I'm still in the club. I do, however, nominate you for President. I will not stand in your way.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Sept 4, 2013 9:49:28 GMT -5
I got up this morning and as I was walking to the bathroom I veered to the side and ran into the wall. I thought it was because I had just woken up (I'm kind of clumsy), but for the rest of the morning every time I bent over I got really lightheaded and nauseous. I almost fell over a couple of times. Needless to say, I called in sick to work because I don't feel safe driving, and my job (veterinary technician) requires a lot of leaning over and movement. I'm hoping it's low blood pressure or something, but it is really weirding me out.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 19, 2013 22:52:30 GMT -5
I spent so much money today. whoops. I bought all sorts of supplies for our dog's first agility trial this weekend. I am so so nervous. I also bought the Harry Potter book boxed set and a new board game. Next week we are having a slip and slide party and game night. It is going to be epic.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 19, 2013 18:08:40 GMT -5
We have a harness that has a place for a clip that snaps directly into the seat belt buckle. Like this (except my dog is an Australian shepherd We started using after a time that I had to slam on the brakes really hard and he flew from the back seat to the front seat. Ever since then he has always worn a seat belt. Last year he was in the car when I was rear ended badly enough that my car was totaled. He stayed safely buckled in the back seat the whole time. Better safe than sorry.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 18, 2013 23:26:14 GMT -5
Only in regards to work stuff.
If I have to put an IV catheter in an old, dehydrated, stubby legged dog you had better believe I slap 20 catheters on the table. If I have them all, I won't need them all.
And curses to the person who says "whoah that is a HUGE vein" right as someone is getting ready to draw blood. Curses on them.
Curses also on the one who says "geez, it's really slow for a Sunday." Every single time someone says that we get a hit by car, a dog fight, and a rattlesnake bite all coming through the door five minutes later.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 18, 2013 22:54:44 GMT -5
I do not regret giving my husband the silent treatment for two days. It was childish, but the conversation we had last night was the best, most productive conversation we have had in years. I don't think it would have happened without the silent treatment.
I do not regret the large tub (seriously large tub) of local bbq joint ranch dressing currently sitting in my fridge.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 18, 2013 14:35:31 GMT -5
I re-read all the time. I have a few books that I love so much I can't get enough of. Sometimes I re-read and remember exactly what is going to happen (John Grisham books, etc). Others I re-read and I have forgotten a lot of the details (Outlander books).
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 17, 2013 16:34:10 GMT -5
I have the best friends in the whole wide world. I am having a really really shitty day, and my friend went out on her lunch snd got me a gift box...full of beer. She made me smile for the first time in days.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 16, 2013 23:06:04 GMT -5
I'msitting here waiting for H to get home so we can eat dinner. It is 9 o'clock, I've been alone all day, I haven't eaten dinner yet, and I'm pretty grumpy about it. I have to work this weekend, so I'm pretty grumpy about that too.
1) Elephant ears sound very familiar (in the context you are using them), but I can't remember what they are.
2) This time of year is always really hard on me.
3) I applied for a job that I really really really want and I haven't heard back yet. I've applied for this job three times now, easily meet all of the qualifications, and I know people with the same qualifications as me that have gotten the job in years past. I don't know what I am missing. It's very disheartening.
Combine #2 and #3 and I can't sleep.
1. They are fried dough covered with cinnamon and sugar. I think they are also called funnel cakes, or at least they are similar. You can get them at the fair.
2. I am sorry you are having a rough time 3. I totally understand how that is frustrating. It is hard out there. Perhaps you will get it, and they just haven't gotten back to you yet, or maybe something even better. Good luck!
Yes! That's what they are. I love those. They are superior to funnel cake (although funnel cake is pretty fantastic as well). I'm keeping my fingers crossed about this job. Thanks for the kind words. (heart)
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 16, 2013 3:14:32 GMT -5
1) Elephant ears sound very familiar (in the context you are using them), but I can't remember what they are.
2) This time of year is always really hard on me.
3) I applied for a job that I really really really want and I haven't heard back yet. I've applied for this job three times now, easily meet all of the qualifications, and I know people with the same qualifications as me that have gotten the job in years past. I don't know what I am missing. It's very disheartening.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 15, 2013 17:17:11 GMT -5
Yes. That list describes me very well. Pretty much the only thing I don't fit on that list is the spotless work area. I am a messy Type A.
I laughed and nodded when reading these: 1. Making to-do lists calms you down. 2. You have alarms and schedules for everything. 3. You hate when people are late. 4. Almost as much as when they make you late. 11. You finish people’s sentences out of impatience.
#3 - OMG, rage. I hate hate hate it when people are late. #4 - it gives me the cold sweats and lots of anxiety when people make me late. #11 - my husband hates that I do this to him, mostly because I'm always right about what he was going to say and it flabbergasts him.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 15, 2013 16:28:25 GMT -5
No. When I was very young my daycare did some sort of Halloween thing where you stick your hands into covered boxes that contain different "scary" things. You could eat them if you wanted. Peeled grapes were whitches eyeballs, etc. They cut olives in half and cut notches into them for bats' feet. I took a bite of an olive and HATED it. For some reason I have not been able to eat olives since. It's really strange, especially since I have outgrown all of my other childhood food aversions.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 15, 2013 14:35:42 GMT -5
Fish guts don't bother me. I was elbow up to them most days in school, and I deal with much worse some days at work. But spider webs....no no no no no no no. I HATE that feeling.
oh my god. How does everyone seem so calm in that video? I would be in hysterics.
That was my first thought. Everyone is so ho hum about it, I'd be losing my mind.
Exactly this. I just can't fathom going through something like this. It only took a few minutes to go from a little wave to tearing down the bridge and then a few more to houses floating by. Incredible. I would have been worried the whole time that the building I was standing on was going to collapse, and then wondering how in the world I was going to get down. Wow.