it has been unusually hot in our apartment this week and most of the past three days have been spent mitigating that
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So I finally got this stupid apartment complex that I’m trying to move to respond to me. Had a couple questions on the lease, but the most important was that I was supposed to get like 2wks free rent, but the lease didn’t show that. They sent me the lease last Wednesday, expecting me to sign within 24-48hrs, while promising to “answer my questions promptly” but then it took them 4-5 biz days to get back to me. I emailed, called, and texted every day. I told them that I’m not signing anything until I get my questions answered. I was getting worried as I already put down a small deposit.
When they called today, I was half expecting to have to argue with them, but luckily the leasing specialist said “Sorry about that; I’ve sent you a new lease with the concession.” And it was there. Still need to review this new lease in its entirety, in case they added anything that wasn’t in the first lease. Which has happened to me before elsewhere; I had the apt managers redo a lease twice, because they kept messing it up. Only signed it on the third try. Don’t know if they were incompetent or trying to pull as fast on me; honestly, probably the first given how that place was run. Anyway, always read over your entire lease, even if they just corrected one little thing.
Hopefully get this signed by Friday. Once this is finished, I’ll be able to book a truck and fly some of my family out to help me.
That sounds like a headache! For all your trouble, I hope you get a good lease.
I finished reviewing the whole thing about an hour ago. Looks good; went ahead and signed it! Of course, when I go on to the resident portal to pay the first month rent and such, it has the wrong amount -.-
I text messaged the specialist – because no joke, that’s their preferred method – and told him that once he fixes it tomorrow, I’m ready to pay. Let’s see if that gets done in a timely manner.
Of to a good start so far, yesterday I met up with my buddies for a DND night for the first time in 2 months and this morning it was raining for the first time in weeks.
Last week ended on a sour note of having an entire day ruined by a migraine but I still managed to get some stuff done before it went into full swing on Saturday so that’s not too bad.
This week has potential for sure and I’m really hoping it goes smoothly, even though half of my department at work (my department only has 2 people lol) is on vacation.
I know you’re not my partner because the details don’t quite match up, but this gave me a chuckle because he could have written most of this. Hope the rest of your week goes smoothly!
There’s still hope for the week
So far today is way better than yesterday lol
I’ma include some recent stuff to get it off’ my chest-equivalent <.< >.>
So, eegh. I recently found out someone’s been creeping around lying about me and endangering my actual life this way. That’s pretty stressful. Also, they’ve been involved in tearing up a community I’ve been subbed to (and kindof its instance too), so that’s just (sarcastically) lovely. On the other paw, I got some blockers out of the way and may be able to get some life help soonish. I feel ill just thinking about that sort of thing (phone calls, going places) sooo… might “procrastinate” for a day or a week v.v
[Josh and abuser who’s been targetting me, don’t read this part] Also, it friggin’ hurts to have a special kind of loneliness just festering all’ my life. I’m on some total “different wavelength” from everycritter else and will clearly never be understood and when anyone tries to help or connect with me at all they get most everything wrong, sometimes insistently so. So, people think they understand me (possibly better than I do, which is usually quite offensive) and mostly make things worse. If I tell more, they get more wrong. So I just can’t connect with anyone. Bleh.
I’ve got a constant supply of these, though. So that’s nice, I guess 🤷 🫴 🍬 shares Jolly Ranchers
I’m on some total “different wavelength” from everycritter else and will clearly never be understood and when anyone tries to help or connect with me at all they get most everything wrong, sometimes insistently so.
While it may take a long while of searching, I can say that there is someone out there with your wavelength. The ONLY reason I say this is because my sister, after 30+ years of searching for someone who could give her what she needed in a relationship finally found someone who was not only willing, but enthusiastic to be a part of her life in a big way. They are engaged and plan to be wed around this October.
She didn’t go hunting on dating apps or social media… She did what she always did. Played games that have a strong social element, and wasn’t afraid to chat about herself directly, her issues, her wants, all of it. I used to call her the impossible girl because of how hopeful she remained after all that time. Most other people I know in that situation would feel hopeless but she kept it up and kept at it.
That being said, I don’t know what’s right for you and yours, and I hope you’re able to find some solace in your situation.
Thanks for the jolly ranchers! Always happy to chat, even if not on the same wavelength. I think that sometimes making connections across different wavelengths can be pretty enlightening!
Um, frustrated.
My parents are eighty years-old, driving for DoorDash (using my car), and they’re putting 1,000 miles on the car a week. There is no lifeline once my car dies, thanks to inflation. There is no other job for them, because no one will employ two octogenarians.
And I can look at the two flavors of conservatism headed our way in November and I low-key hope my mom and dad pass away instead of having to deal with the struggle that’s going to come, because it’s invariably going to get worse. I don’t think civil war is coming, but I do think the capitalists are going to find new and shitty ways to make all of our lives harder.
i finished riding across iowa a few days ago. now need to return to “normal” life, which is so much more complicated than waking up every day to ride my bike 40-80 miles.
Man, RAGBRAI is on my wife and I’s bucket list of rides we want to do.
it was a blast! i highly recommend it if you enjoy big group rides, street festivals, pie, and beer.
I’ve recently had the fortune of getting some paid time off of work. And wow. It’s incredible how much of a difference there is. I guess I got so used to a strict work schedule that now that I’ve experienced freedom, it’s going to be hard to go back.
How often do you repost this question. Seems like the intent is weekly but it’s been 18 days.
i’ve been a little busy and by the time i noticed i’d missed the date again i was like “it just makes more sense to wait until Monday to keep the thread on schedule and useful”–not much sense in having one up for three days tbh
Couldn’t be better. Returned to work with no issues after completing a partial hospitalization program.
Figured out I need to connect with the trans community again IRL to cope with the gestures at the news and the United States political discourse.
Fortunately, that’s not so hard to do in the Twin Cities.
Might write like a gonzo article about the Kafkaesque experience of trying to pretend everything is fine while the youth are dying and there’s real question about continued access to lifesaving medical care.
That all probably sounds a bit dark but I am coping and maintaining optimism. I’m not ashamed of not being cis anymore and that’s a big deal for me.
Not awesome.
Having a depressive episode that’s messing with my appetite and I’ve woken up early three times this week.
Stressed the hell out. Mental illness issues ahead. If that is a problem for your mental state, please don’t read further.
My wife is schizophrenic. She has been off her meds of her own volition for at least 6 months. The voices that manifest as part of her condition are in full force now and part of that was her thinking that no one needs to use money for credit cards anymore.
I’ve spoken with her doctor, he has agreed to get her an emergency supply of the medication she was taking before… However she’s currently in a paranoid state of mind and fully believes she’s completely functional. She wants to divorce me for taking away the credit card that’s ‘totally free’ and at this point even though she clearly isn’t right in the head, she’s not wrong enough to be forced into a facility to help.
The main problem is that she will likely not accept medication from me, I cannot force anything, and I can’t in good conscience just leave. So either she breaks more and proper intervention can begin, or she somehow cuts through the fog, voices, and her own concept of being ‘special’ to start taking the medication again.
I’m stressed because while she cannot have me removed from the house by police order for anything I’ve actually done, there’s nothing stopping her from fabricating a story that might land me in a world of trouble.
While her mind isnt right, it’s not completely wrong either. She’s still very intelligent and can connect some dots. It’s just sometimes those dots go way off course.
Please do not force her to take meds if she doesn’t want it. Just try to convince her to take meds.
I am also a schizophrenic and I haven’t took meds for 2 months and I am doing fine except minor inner conversion and imagining past event with slight variation.
I literally said I cannot force her to. I just made it an available option. Which she has thankfully taken. I’m hoping it will be enough to bring her back from the edge she has been on for the past month.
I know another schizophrenic from work, and while it doesn’t affect him in exactly the same way it affects my wife, there are similarities. Much with anything person related, each one is different, if even just a bit. What’s severe for her might be minor to others, and what’s minor to her might be severe for others. In my wifes case, she starts this very slow spiral downwards as the voices increase in intensity, and beyond the paranoia stage for her is a complete cognitive collapse. We’ve been through that before and she was 302’d as a result.
For my one coworker, the worst he seemed to get after being off his meds for 6ish months was just a loss in focus on work, but he was allllllll about exploring abandoned houses looking for antiques and sorting through his number of storage units to catalog and auction/sell his found trove. Still very functional, mind seemed all together.
Hugs to you. I dated someone with schizophrenia for a bit. Ended up breaking up with her for unrelated reasons (I was a bit of a mess myself at the time), but I can still feel the terror of trying to keep her safe when she had completely disconnected.
Sorry to hear that - it must be very hard. I’m sending you a virtual hug!
I’ve been alright. I’m recovering from a mental health episode, but I’m doing much better. I’ve started drawing again and started playing games again :)
Temperature has been haywire for a month or so. Yesterday it said 29° feels like 37°, how lol.
Other than that I have had a pleasant week, I haven’t hangout much with irl friends but that’s because helping out dad with work has kept me tired. Gaming side, I haven’t let go of Peggle Deluxe despite ending the Adventure mode a while ago, it’s such a genuinely fun game that I can’t help trying to 100% it.
Excited to try Portal this week, always wanted to play it.
We had our baby shower this past weekend, and I’m glad to have it behind us. There’s still another one for/from my side of the family in two weeks but it should be very low-key comparatively. My mother drove for 8 hours to be here for the weekend (New England summer roadwork smh) and it was the first time we’ve seen her since last August, so it was really wonderful to have her up. I sent her home with so many plants…
I’m nearly done rebuilding our original bird coop, and it’ll be super great to have that finished and ready. It was a huge pain to move by myself with no tractor access but the frame held up admirably, and the new tweaks should make maintenance way easier - it feels like a prerequisite with all of the additional work we’ll be facing in another month.
Well congrats on the baby!
I’d like chickens and a garden some day too, but I’ll have to wait until I can manage to buy a house. Sounds great though.
Not great. My company is doing a Kickstarter for a project we are working on and have spent tens of thousands of dollars on and it looks like it is set to fail if our marketing agency doesn’t work it’s voodoo magic in the last week or two of our campaign. Because right now we are fucked and I am going to be out of 2 jobs.
So I will have to go on benefits (again), probably end up relapsing into heroin addiction for a bit to handle the pain.
I hope no matter your situation that you find a way to avoid heroin or any other addiction to cope with your troubles.
Kinda funny how easy it is for me to lose complete interest in something and also just how freeing that can be.
It’s nice.
Bad news: I caught whatever the hell my wife had last week. So far I don’t think I’m doing as badly as she did though.
Good news: PICKED UP MY NEW BIKE YESTERDAY!
Annoying news: The bike came with 44cm wide handle bars. I’m running 40cm wide and have contemplated going to 38cm wide on my current bike.
But still, NEW BIKE!
OK, but what’s the neutral news?
DFM tweaks are going about as expected with the injection molder, tool maker, and myself for one of my designs.
