What's messing with your Groove?

[Hazir]

Open a window?

[Timbuk2]

Just heard that a friend and colleague in my old team at my last place of work died of a heart attack last night.

He was a big guy in both personality and build. Larger than life. Always bright and friendly, knew everyone in the office, would drop everything to help you. Clichéd eulogical things to say I know, but he genuinely was a top man. One of life's good guys.

A keen weight trainer who didn't drink or do drugs, ate very healthily, body is a temple kinda guy, aged 38 or 39. Dropped dead of a multiple heart attack while walking to his car.

[termite]

that is very young

[oldmunchkin]

Sorry to hear that, timbuk2.

Open a window?

Even with both windows open I have been sitting around in my shorts and a tank top! Oh well, shouldn't bitch, at least I have a home. That's more than I had last year at this time!

[agamemnus]

How can I trust Sandals not to accidentally poison my drink when they can't spell "than" correctly? The ad said: "something then blahblah" instead of "than". I guess it's official: "than" can be used interchangeably with "then"!

[Catgrrl]

LOL, regarding that, a friend of mine noticed that mistake on a box of pasta, and she wrote to the company about their mistake (she's in marketing herself so grammar is a pet peeve of hers). And they fixed it!


Kaitlyn was pushing the buttons on her bouncy chair that she doesn't fit in anymore, and listening to the music play reminded me of how tiny she used to be. I kind of miss that little blobby baby

[rumrunner]

Packing!!!! Gawd I hate packing, and loading. It only leads to unloading and unpacking. Then you have to arrange all the crap that was already arranged at the old place. What the sense of it? Oh, yeah, it would quite a long commute from this side of the mountain to Denver. But, sheesh, Packing.

[littlelolligagged]

So don't unpack. Problem solved.

Another option is just to get rid of all your stuff completely, but I've found leaving it in boxes means you can have things when you suddenly decide you really want them (no, I haven't completely unpacked yet, it's only been 6 months since we moved, after all).

[Angel_Mapper]

Caught a damn flu. Went to sleep Tuesday night and just now got out of bed.

[oldmunchkin]

Packing!!!! Gawd I hate packing, and loading. It only leads to unloading and unpacking. Then you have to arrange all the crap that was already arranged at the old place. What the sense of it? Oh, yeah, it would quite a long commute from this side of the mountain to Denver. But, sheesh, Packing.

I understand that feeling. I really haven't moved all that many times, but I despise it! I always leave the packing until the last minute then find myself staying up all night the night before I move, trying to get all the (so-called) last minute stuff ready to go!

So don't unpack. Problem solved.

Another option is just to get rid of all your stuff completely, but I've found leaving it in boxes means you can have things when you suddenly decide you really want them (no, I haven't completely unpacked yet, it's only been 6 months since we moved, after all).

I still have boxes I packed in 1982, out in the storage shed. I know what's in them, well mostly, and it's things I don't want get rid of just yet. It's stuff with sentimental value! Oh hell, I'm just a flippin' packrat! haha Stay tuned for the new season of hoarders, I'm probably on it!

I started moving my living room around today, trying to make more room in here. Dammit, I got part of it done and wimped out! I should have been able to get it all done in one damned day. FFS, I only have 2 book shelves, 2 chairs, and my computer desk that need rearranged! I am so goddamned weak!

[rumrunner]

So don't unpack. Problem solved.

Another option is just to get rid of all your stuff completely, but I've found leaving it in boxes means you can have things when you suddenly decide you really want them (no, I haven't completely unpacked yet, it's only been 6 months since we moved, after all).

If only the wife would allow it. No way she'll live out of boxes, not after spending so much of my ...our money to buy things she ...we like. But today it's done and tomorrow we leave for Denver. Going to take highway 285 and visit South Park and Fairplay along the way if the weather isn't too bad. There's supposed to some snow on Monarch pass today/tonight but tomorrow is supposed to sunny around 45F. The wife's worry about the weather is starting to bug me a little, though.

[Ominous Gamer]

I've been working the phones for the county for a little while now. Training under the original department as a back up or vacation guy.

So...that department all got layoff notices yesterday. 6 weeks to find a new job. Most of these guys are in drop, or have been here for so long they've got more vacation time then they could dream of using.

So...anyone want to guess who didn't come to work today?

Now guess who got pegged to pick up all the slack...

[rumrunner]

Sounds like govt. work to me. Do get any kind of severance? Unemployment, if it gets to that, doesn't pay much. Hope something good comes along soon.

[Hazir]

Snow, in Istanbul, today.

By the way, boxes you didn't open since 1982 don't really contain anything of any value.

[oldmunchkin]

Snow, in Istanbul, today.

By the way, boxes you didn't open since 1982 don't really contain anything of any value.

Most of the stuff in them has more sentimental value than monentary value! Pictures my Grandmother drew, things like that! I know they are safe in those boxes, in the storage shed, instead of getting ruined like so many of my other things!

I burned the damned bacon!

[GGT]

Spoken like a true pack rat, munch.

I need to get a molar crown tomorrow, to replace the chipped and worn out inlay. Bummer. They're going to give me a 4% cash discount on the $852 charge. woo

[Hazir]

Most of the stuff in them has more sentimental value than monentary value! Pictures my Grandmother drew, things like that! I know they are safe in those boxes, in the storage shed, instead of getting ruined like so many of my other things!

I burned the damned bacon!

This is the moment for this little anecdote; a couple had this really lovely service that was too good to be used for normal family dinners. So they took it out of the cupboard only twice a year. Then after their special dinner the service would be transported down to the kitchen in a dumbwaiter. Untill the cable broke one day that is. With the cable the virtually new and splendid service went.

Again, nothing that has been in a box untouched for 29 years is really valuable to you in any meaning of that word. Once you die, most of it will be trashed by those who come behind you, and you yourself might have spared them the effort because all you had of that stuff was a memory anyway. The stuff you talk about isn't 'safe' it's in suspended trashing.

[NGS]

3 and a half years ago one of my good friends rejected me for the homecoming dance. We made up since then and have become even better friends.

After a week and a half of deep thinking I decided it would be good--both for my confidence and in general--if I asked her to prom. So I spent over an hour yesterday making a sign for her locker and a big, long-winded message on the sidewalk from the school parking lot. Everyone said it was adorable.

The only problem is that in the 12 hours between me asking the question and her seeing the question, someone else asked her, she said yes, fuck my life.

tl;dr Today's been an embarrassing, teenagy, emotional rollercoaster, and it can't end any sooner.

[Catgrrl]

I hope I have hit the bottom of this physically exhausting, emotional rollercoaster that is parenthood for a little while. I can't take much more of this feeling.

[Khendraja'aro]

I hope I have hit the bottom of this physically exhausting, emotional rollercoaster that is parenthood for a little while. I can't take much more of this feeling.

[Timbuk2]

3 and a half years ago one of my good friends rejected me for the homecoming dance. We made up since then and have become even better friends.

After a week and a half of deep thinking I decided it would be good--both for my confidence and in general--if I asked her to prom. So I spent over an hour yesterday making a sign for her locker and a big, long-winded message on the sidewalk from the school parking lot. Everyone said it was adorable.

The only problem is that in the 12 hours between me asking the question and her seeing the question, someone else asked her, she said yes, fuck my life.

tl;dr Today's been an embarrassing, teenagy, emotional rollercoaster, and it can't end any sooner.

Well, the timing sounds shitty, but you can bet she has taken note of your gesture and your efforts in general.

[GGT]

I hope I have hit the bottom of this physically exhausting, emotional rollercoaster that is parenthood for a little while. I can't take much more of this feeling.

Cat, I hope you get checked out by your doctor. Post-partum depression is real. So are post-partum thyroid problems.

[Veldan Rath]

Yep, this is a fact...and not just for moms...

I now see why parents drink. (or hire nanny's...or both)

[NGS]

Well, the timing sounds shitty, but you can bet she has taken note of your gesture and your efforts in general.

Oh no doubt. I'm much recovered from yesterday and we've talked a little bit. Everything's definitely gonna be cool, I just got to be a victim of circumstance. There's no one to be mad at so there's no need to be mad.

[Timbuk2]

Oh no doubt. I'm much recovered from yesterday and we've talked a little bit. Everything's definitely gonna be cool, I just got to be a victim of circumstance. There's no one to be mad at so there's no need to be mad.

Ah but being mad at the world/universe/society/life in general is still a perfectly rational emotion.

Good that things are cool though.

[oldmunchkin]

I hope I have hit the bottom of this physically exhausting, emotional rollercoaster that is parenthood for a little while. I can't take much more of this feeling.

Cat, I hope you get checked out by your doctor. Post-partum depression is real. So are post-partum thyroid problems.

Very true! Another thing to have checked out is your hormone levels! (Yes, I know that is part of PPD, but some doctors don't think to check the "simple" stuff out too.) After The Kid was born, my hormone levels went all wonky! I didn't specifically have PPD, but every little thing pissed me off. I had PMS constantly! It sucked, but The Kid's pediatrician checked out my hormone levels, and prescribed me something (Can't remember what it was, but it wasn't a hormone I don't think, since I was on the pill at the time.) that definitely helped! Talk to your doctor, Cat, and make sure she/he listens to you. I'm sure she/he can help you!

Until you can see your doctor, just keep telling yourself this will all be a distant memory someday! I look at The Kid now and 1.) wonder where the hell time went, 2.) how the hell can you be all grown up and a responsible adult when you should still be a baby, and 3.) why didn't I take more time to appreciate all the cute little things he did when he was a baby/toddler!

[rumrunner]

some s-o-g f stole name. Okay it was just my username on Xbox live, but

[Flixy]

Laptop broken, desktop gives hard disc error. Good day for electronics

[GGT]

munch, the thyroid IS all about hormones. I'd go one step farther and suggest to Cat: Do Not rely on the TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) blood test, but ask for a complete thyroid profile.

I only say this because (1) my first OB/GYN was a woman, whose husband was also my internist. When I went to him for a routine check-up after I was done with her OB post-partum checks, I started venting about early motherhood (dysphoria, tearfulness, fatigue, insomnia, irritability, changes in mood and temperament, recurrence of migraines). He ordered some blood work beyond the norm, then told me about his wife. The same woman who had discharged me from her services.

Both were physicians, she was even a specialist in OB/GYN! But neither one of them recognized her symptoms after she had her first child. Turns out they needed a third (objective) physician to diagnose her post-partum thyroid damage. It's not common but it does happen.

And (2) I've known many women whose thyroid problems took years to diagnose. Because the symptoms can look like other things. "Normal" things get lower on the list of probabilities by age and circumstance. Dry skin and hair (climate, allergies, change your soap or shampoo), menstruation fluctuations (reduce your stress, take The Pill), fatigue or irritability (cut down on caffeine and stress, exercise more, take vitamins), constipation or diarrhea (change your diet, take fiber, hydrate), general sadness and/or frustration, feeling that "something is wrong here" (all new mothers say that, get out more often, join a New Mother Group, this too shall pass)......

If you don't feel like your Old Self by the time you think you should be or want to be, listen to that. If your first doctor blows you off, find another one. If you find other people asking when baby #2 is coming along, and you think OMG how could I be pregnant and expect another baby while just doing THIS with baby #1 is practically killing me!!....it could very likely be a medical problem.

[oldmunchkin]

GGT, I meant above what is often done to test the thyroid! I know Mommymunchkin struggled with hormonal changes well into her late 30's before some smart doctor did a thyroid test and started her on daily pills.