Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board The Moaning, Groaning, I just want to Vent thread

Hang in there, Des...

it's too complicated to get into the details leading up to it, but I had a six year emotionally disabled kid spit in my face today... not just a raspberry but a big ol' blob of spit right below my left eye... a lot of folks think working with kids is great cause "they're so cute" and the whole summers off thing, but sometimes... well, sometimes you get spit in the face...

Hang in there man, you're doing what is best for your family...making a living. Trust me, I had to travel when Jon was only a couple weeks old. It sucks majorly...and there is nothing to feel bad about if you need to vent about it. It's what you're going through...and it's a good thing to miss the wife and baby...shows the love is still real and growing.

My grip on my emotions is stretched so freakin thin right now it isn't even funny. The slightest thing is going to set something in motion that may not be a good thing, and may be the thing I need most.

I need something to give...

Cobalt Kid, Hang in there. You'll be back with the family in no time.

Shark Lad, never fun to get spat upon.

Dev-Em, Do some deep breathing. They (the mysterious, omniscient "they" that everybody refers to) say that is a stress reliever.

...and the hits just keep on coming. Muther...

I'm sorry you have to deal with that Dev-Em.

No problem. Lessons learned and all that. Things have to get better at some point...right?

Yes. They have to.

Hope things are easing up, Dev. Also hope comics, movies and other forms of escapism are allowing you to do exactly that, even if only for 5 minutes at a time.

Ugh.

for you all.

I'll add that being sick as a dog on a beautiful Fall day is pathetic. I managed to pull myself together enough this morning to make brunch, but that's about it.

(And at least my supervisor was nice to me at work yesterday, and thanked me for coming in even though I wasn't feeling well.)

oh .... ouch. that makes the time my dog chewed up the remote seem like no big deal.

we just got pet insurance, after some long debate, as i am from the country and we don't insure no animals .... or usually have health insurance ourselves ... ;P

but after getting lab results on a tumor removed from my big dog i sided with my bf .... since the lab results cost twice as much as MY lab results do. yes .... the dogs lab results are more expensive than mine. and he cost 40 bucks at the pound. and he's a mutt.


sorry cleoMeLASH !!

Cleome,

So sorry to hear that. Sid is lucky to have you though.

Sorry to hear that, cleome. I'm glad Sid is okay, though.

Thanks, Guys.

Power Boy, unfortunately the money that could've gone to things like pet insurance goes to things like human insurance. And credit cards.

And, yeah, The Sid is much better. We are determined to train him to stay the hell off the kitchen counter, though. Bought an extra spray bottle for that purpose, and now mr_cleome and I have to take turns listening for his trespassing and spraying him with water. <span style="font-size: 11px;">Little jerk.</span>

Guys, do you ever have those days when you realize your birthday is coming up, and it frightens and/or depresses you that you're getting older.

In 2004 the next few days after my birthday and the approaching New Year I got depressed realizing how old I was.

The first time it happened was when I was really little, and I started crying because I didn't want to get older.

I don't know if it's just the empty December atmosphere with no Christmas decorations but, I realized, I'm turning twenty. I opened a letter in the mail from weeks ago that I said I, myself, owed 300 dollars to a dentist. The thought terrified me, even when my mom explained she and dad were the ones who were supposed to pay it.

I'm turning twenty and that scares me.

...

Huh, I guess all I can do on the internet is whine about trivial things.

Child, call me when you're turning 40. We'll talk.

I guess it doesn't have to be my birthday that causes it.

We were in a crappy part of Brooklyn and, well, I HATE the city during winter. Well, those partly cloudy days.

Seasonal affective disorder.

It hits me weird. I get frustrated and depressed when winter doesn't kick in like it should. Today was sunny with temp in the 60s.

BLAST YOU, Mother Nature--!!!!

When it's all sunny in winter, I don't mind. But those partly cloudy days when sunset makes it really weird, gets me very uncomfortable.

It can really suck if your birthday's Christmas and it doesn't snow. Or hasn't snowed, at all.

I'll probably be wearing shorts, a tank top and flip-flops on Christmas. Stupid South!!!!!

Move to Michigan Lashie...we gots the cold now.

lol, I got about 8 inches of snow down and a warm day is -10C (14F)

I'm more startled at the swiftness of time passing than I am particularly obsessed with how old I am. It actually feels kind of neat to have made it this far.

One thing I miss at this time of year is the childhood excitement about snow, presents, time off... the whole nine yards. Last week I wasn't really thinking about how neat it was to get time off from work. I was mostly thinking about how tough THIS week would be, because I'm not compensated for time off.

[grumble]