There's nothing like a walk to water to soothe nerves...until you come home to a skunk on your porch. In that event: keep backing away slowly and talk softly to yourself.
Looks like that reboot I did was only temporary. My big mouth just undid it all! Now people in real life are pissed and once again when I have zero battery they're just asking for more work. Why the hell am I like this?! Oh wait sorry, forgot thats too real.
Truth is I'm an insecure, self-loathing, defeated, hot mess that can't do anything! And it's all my fault!
Krista - thanks for being supportive. Being the only person in my house with working legs and arms is hard. The other person chips in where they can but it's hard when you have problems with them first thing in the morning when they just pointed out the one thing you didn't do. Ended up rage cleaning and then crying for half an hour. It was lucky they had left to go run some errands while I was busy having my meltdown. I really don't like the way I acted and I really don't want to be like that around the people I care about.
Spud(She/Her) - I am the only able bodied caretaker in my home. The wife is basically wheelchair bound. Now I am struggling through carpal tunnel PT. Sometimes you have to just say ENOUGH! Let them feel your frustration and then maybe they will try to help out as they can or at least not criticize the things you don't have the time to do. Remind them that you are trying to do it all and ask them for slack. I did and now my wife is helping with my PT.
Life hack: To reboot brain, take break, settle feelings, make giant task into smaller tasks. Make the "happy OS" noise like when your computer successfully boots up. Carry on!(idk it worked for me but maybe doesn't work for everyone.)
(This little guy is a kinase. It moves large important things in cells one step at a time. )
I'd blame the penguins since that seems to be in vogue. Lately I've known I have stuff to do but every time I start doing it my brain just goes "AHHH!!!!" and shuts down. Then I feel terrible but still don't want to do what I need to. Anybody else have that problem?
Warning: Dirty Humor content in post!I gave our portable AC unit a blow job! I found the sump-pump! The reservoir now drains to the outside. It just looks like the storage shed is crying...out of one eye!
Spud(She/Her) - Isn't that always the way? If you were to look there first, it wouldn't have been there. I have a habit of doing the same thing. Always the first thought but last place I look...lol
Figured out how to keep the thing from flooding. Cat litter moat(clay unscented), get up and bail out in morning, unplug by evening. Repeat until September or October. Gonna be my exercise routine because I literally lost track of the Sub-pump we ordered.
Added my pronouns to my handle. I know that on the internet nobody can see me but I want to be known as female. Even if I am a Spud. Don't care if I offend anyone or it doesn't make sense.
I have always been female. My hormones are out of wack.(I was born female but some endocrine problem makes me look brawny.) My three measurements aren't perfect and I don't adhere to anyone's standards. But I am a woman and I will not hide that anymore. I AM SPUD!
While I totally understand why people may choose not to include their pronouns, and while I think some people got way too militant about expecting everyone to start including their pronouns... I've never understood people who have issues with others voluntarily providing their pronouns. It's literally a guide to help others know how you prefer to be addressed! Do the people that get annoyed by that also get annoyed by including an email address or phone number in your work email signature? "How dare you give me unsolicited information about how I can reach you!"
Osaru Ninja! You issued a challenge bana! Ninja's United! This slumber nana monkey accepts the trinket and vows to spread the glory of Howler Monkey Ninja! Bana bana!
Got a review that made me think. I'm setting a rule for myself. I should've done a long time ago. I was having a dry spell so I used personal anecdotes/family stories as the basis for some of my fiction.
It's kind of hit or miss with those having a middle a beginning or end. I can't speculate on the motivations of any one of my family members. Therefore, I will not use that type of event as part of a story that needs to be a story.(Also I never used any names of any living family members. I did make the mistake of putting one of my several great grandmas in a romance story. Big mistake. )
Not angry, just turning over a blank page and moving forward.
Sadly, Uncle Buck went home to Jesus this past year. He was the only one in the family who got the humor in the tale... even if it was only the parts about uncle Larry/
You know the problem with lots of rain, a portable AC unit keeping things climate controlled and one human bailing out the large reservoir beneath it? That human can't keep up!
I know I know there should've been infrastructure there so we could drain the cistern to the outside! But dammit I'm stuck in the middle of this. I switched things off. It's forecast for MORE RAIN and a heatwave this week! Shed already flooded I had to shut the AC/Dehumidifier off. Thank goodness that we ran the power from outside that storage area.
Dear God, please help everyone who is flooded or flooding because of the excessive rain. Be with them to uplift their spirits, help them have peace, and help them do what is necessary during these difficult times in Jesus name, amen.
dogpack saving 4premium+ - thanks for the prayer; house is ok it's just the humidity this summer gets condensed out by the portable AC. We wouldn't have a flooded shed if we hadn't been trying to keep food storage cool w/o proper logistical setup for where the water goes.
But the rest of the people who ran afoul of real natural disasters probably need the prayers more than I do.
I worked really hard. My father-in-law got a new mobility scooter. I freed her from her cargo box, put her together and dragged her into the house. I've named her Red Lucky! She weighs 135lbs and eats electrons. She even has a trashcan friend named Little Gray. (Yes I gave the scooter a gender and name. I'm weird. Not changing that anytime soon.)
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- thanks for being supportive. Being the only person in my house with working legs and arms is hard. The other person chips in where they can but it's hard when you have problems with them first thing in the morning when they just pointed out the one thing you didn't do. Ended up rage cleaning and then crying for half an hour. It was lucky they had left to go run some errands while I was busy having my meltdown. I really don't like the way I acted and I really don't want to be like that around the people I care about.
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- i'll pray for you. Heat dome sounds awful. Me? I'm spoiled, it's only 83 here in the shade. 
- thanks for the prayer; house is ok it's just the humidity this summer gets condensed out by the portable AC. We wouldn't have a flooded shed if we hadn't been trying to keep food storage cool w/o proper logistical setup for where the water goes. 
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