How do you feel today? v. 3.0

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What age students, LF?

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:25 am

Good luck, LF!

Sarge, ugh, sinus infections are the worst. Hope you feel better soon.

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:43 am

MsMary wrote:Well, I had knee surgery about two weeks ago. So my knee's a bit ache-y. And I'm bored silly from the inactivity. But I'm doing my PT exercises and hanging in there.

Hell, I'm amazed you have a knee left after all the surgery you've had on it.

Get better soon everybody.

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:05 am

aliantha wrote:Good luck, LF!

Sarge, ugh, sinus infections are the worst. Hope you feel better soon.

thank you - have to be better by friday. julie and i are going to houston for the day.

Post by **Auleliel** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:50 pm

Lord Foul wrote:SO NERVOUS. Going to substitute teach a class for the first time... Even though it's English, which my degree is in, I feel like a babe in the mouth of a large bass.

Good luck, and have fun!

"a babe in the mouth of a large bass"
Interesting expression--I've never heard that one before.

Post by **MsMary** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:09 pm

Avatar wrote:
MsMary wrote:Well, I had knee surgery about two weeks ago. So my knee's a bit ache-y. And I'm bored silly from the inactivity. But I'm doing my PT exercises and hanging in there.

Hell, I'm amazed you have a knee left after all the surgery you've had on it.

Get better soon everybody.

--A

Ha, Av.

Well, the first time they added something (new ligament) and took something away (torn cartilage). This time they took away a little more torn cartilage and smoothed up the rough edges so that (hopefully!) I will have less pain when I do my regular activities.

Anyway, thanks for the well wishes.

And everyone else who's not feeling well - Get better soon!

Post by **danlo** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:57 pm

As long as it isn't Mid School you'll be OK, eventually...

Post by **Auleliel** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:10 pm

danlo wrote:As long as it isn't Mid School you'll be OK, eventually...

Middle school is my favorite to teach--never a dull moment!

Post by **MsMary** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:45 pm

Auleliel wrote:
danlo wrote:As long as it isn't Mid School you'll be OK, eventually...
Middle school is my favorite to teach--never a dull moment!

Wow, that's for sure!

Challenging age group.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:43 pm

Menolly wrote:What age students, LF?

It was high school, mostly 9/10th grade. The first two classes needed to be told to quiet down a couple times but the last class was fantastically quiet. Funny how 2.00pm and anticipation for the last bell shuts everyone up.

Auleliel wrote:
Lord Foul wrote:SO NERVOUS. Going to substitute teach a class for the first time... Even though it's English, which my degree is in, I feel like a babe in the mouth of a large bass.
Good luck, and have fun!

"a babe in the mouth of a large bass"
Interesting expression--I've never heard that one before.

Me pulling into my writer hat.

Just imagine a baby falling into the giant mouth of a fish.

Also--I wanna bang this chick. I'd forget, like, all the Thomas Chronicles if I could... Thomas...wha?

Post by **balon!** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:07 pm

Money. Girls. Trouble.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:14 pm

Still recovering from this weekend. We went to a funeral a road trip away. The baby was sick, and the wife has two heartbeats, yet is not a Time Lord. I started getting a scratchy throat before we left, but forded ahead anyway. I got sick, the baby is still sick and the wife is just starting to get sick. Only about 2 hours of actual family time, and the rest seemed to be a constant state of driving, wiping noses and wishing we would all sleep at the same time so we would not be woken by those that weren't sleeping.

Post by **JazFusion** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:02 pm

More doom and gloom in my life. Read on at your own risk.

So...there was a big fight with all of my in-law family last week. My brother-in-law got in a fight with my husband the day we moved, and I got in the middle of it. Apparently, whatever I said was horrible and my brother-in-law took everything out of context, said something to my sister-in-law, who said something to my father-in-law, who said something to my mother-in-law who said something to me.

There were a few days of the "he said, she said" BS, but my husband got everything straightened out with his parents, I guess. I've been having panic attacks and am walking around on so many eggshells I feel I'm going to crack one day.

On the job front, I applied to a job as a medical assistant in Louisiana last week and got a call about it yesterday. Funny, that after 4 months of fruitless job searching in NH, I get a call within one week in Louisiana.

I still have plans to move down there. I fear it might mean the end of my marriage. We'll see, I guess. My mother-in-law keeps telling me they can't support the extra electricity or food. I told my husband I don't know what to do besides go to my mom's where she can financially support us until we can get back on our feet. He doesn't want to move down, and he won't be able to for a time due to his allergies to cats (my mom has 4) and there's no room for him at her house.

Everything is just unraveling.

Everything.

Post by **JazFusion** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:10 pm

Oh, and my son has his well-child visit last week. His pediatrician is referring him to a pediatric neurologist for possible Asperger's or some sort of autism spectrum disorder. It wouldn't upset me so much if everything else weren't happening right now.

I've always worried about my son, every parent does, but now I'm worried about his diagnosis, his speech therapy, his doctor appointments, his health, whether or not he'll be fine. Just everything.

I haven't felt this emotionally upset since my father died.

Also, I deleted my Facebook. I had that thrown in my face during the whole in-law fight. Again. I stay up too late. I curse too much. I reveal too much personal info.

I guess I'm just the worst person ever.

P.S. - did I also mention we're not allowed to watch our own TV, be on the computer, or play our 360 while we're here? In addition to being emotionally distraught, I've been bored out of my fucking mind.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:58 pm

Great Frith, Jaz, I am so very sorry. I can't imagine how awful that must be. And you are definitely not the worst person ever. In fact, it sounds like the in-laws may earn that title for making you feel this way when what you really need is help.
And it sounds like since your mom is willing to support you and not make you feel like a piece of dirt, you should probably do it. Has your husband said as much that it would mean the end of your marriage? If this hasn't really been discussed, then you probably shouldn't worry so much about it until it is. I have seen some strong relationships survive having to live apart temporarily, and that is what it takes to make BOTH of you happy in the long term, then it will ultimately be worth it. However, if this has been discussed as a real possibility, well, then you have to make the awful choice. But nobody should be made to feel like such a burden on a household. This sounds like something out of a tamer V.C. Andrews novel or something.
Good luck with the job search, and try not to stay up too late, curse, and reveal too much personal info at an interview. And then you can get the job and give the finger to the fucking in-laws.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:19 pm

For the love of god, Jaz, get out! It might mean the end of your marriage, you said. But it might not. And you sure as hell can't stay where you are. Go to your mother's, get enough space to breathe and to think, then take it from there.

One problem at a time. Problem 1: get to a place where you're welcome.

Post by **Orlion** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:27 pm

I concur with what has been said. It may be bumpy at first, but by finding a place where you're welcome will make you a player in the game, not a piece. Right now, it seems that your mother is the only one to realize that.

Post by **Seareach** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:31 pm

CovenantJr wrote:For the love of god, Jaz, get out! It might mean the end of your marriage, you said. But it might not. And you sure as hell can't stay where you are. Go to your mother's, get enough space to breathe and to think, then take it from there.

One problem at a time. Problem 1: get to a place where you're welcome.

Yeah, I'm with CovJ on this one. I don't know enough to make a comment on your marriage but, well, things have a way of turning out aok. From experience, you can come back from the brink of what seems like a hopeless relationship to one that, amazingly, eventually seems to get back on the right track. I think this is especially the case when children are involved.

Post by **Cambo** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:22 pm

JazFusion, I don't know you and you don't know me, so I'll keep what I have to say brief and to the point:

Don't fucking DARE allow your treatment by your in-laws to convince you that you are a bad person who somehow deserves it. I allowed other people's treatment of me to colour my perceptions of my self-worth for far too long. It got to the point where I hated looking at myself in the mirror and my greatest wish was to be someone else. People treated me like crap, and I didn't do anything about because I didn't think I was worth anything better.

Again, I don't know much about you, but I am goddamn certain that you do deserve better than the treatment you are getting now. No-one can force your in-laws to be better people, or to treat you like a human being, but there are people out there (your mother sounds like one of them) who are and who will. Find them. Go to them. Work from there.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:00 pm

Cambo wrote:Well, I just got the box, so I need an av cable, a power adaptor, a gard drive and controllers. Everything is available from various places apart from the power adaptor, which is proving tricky.

I bet NZ has different requirements than the UK, right? I ask because my Xbox has just given up the ghost but the power adaptor is fine, so I could send it to you if you can use it. But I suspect you can't.

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